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May 25th, 2013: Laserblast (1978)

May25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Horror, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Possession, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Stop Motion Animation Tagged alien possession, alien weapon, cash-in, Charles Band, Drive-In, Eddie Deezen, Keenan Wynn, low-budget, Richard Band, rip-off, Roddy McDowall, Ron Masak, teens, the declining years

March 29th, 2013: The Green Slime

Mar29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Blobs, Disaster, Event Film, Horror, Last Stand, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged any part of the monster becomes another monster, asteroid, Australia, Bill Finger, co-production, Drive-In, fast reproducing monsters, goofy monster suit, Japan, Kinji Fukasaku, Luciana Paluzzi, MGM, models, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Dunham, scientists, space exploration, space station, the declining years, Toei Company

March 27th, 2013: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Mar27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Heist, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, cops, diamond heist, diner, double cross, Edward Bunker, Harvey Keitel, Laurence Tierney, Los Angeles, Michael Madsen, Miramax, mix-tape soundtrack, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Steve Buscemi, Steven Wright, the declining years, Tim Roth, torture, undercover

March 7th, 2013: King Kong Escapes

Mar7 by professormortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adventure, Dinosaurs, Espionage, Event Film, Giant Animals, Kaiju, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "apes love blondes", Akira Ifukube, Akira Takarada, apes, Arthur Rankin Jr, cash-in, co-production, doppelganger, Eiji Tsuburaya, Eisei Amamoto, goofy monster suit, gorilla suit, Ishiro Honda, Japan, killer robots, King Kong, Mie Hama, Paul Frees, Rankin/Bass Productions, Rhodes Reason, robot servant, scientists, submarine, suitmation, T-Rex, the declining years, Toho, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, uncharted island, United Nations

Ministry of Vengeance

Mar2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Espionage, Full Reviews, Independent, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged "I'm Done Fighting", airport, attempted rape, cash-in, child death, Concorde Pictures, double cross, flashback, George Kennedy, hard ass seargant, hostage, Italy, James Tolkan, John Schneider, last stand, Lebanon, low-budget, Middle East, military training, minister, Ned Beatty, post traumatic stress disorder, pushed too far, Rome, terrorists, the declining years, torture, training sequence, TV actors, twist, under siege, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Yaphet Kotto

January 3rd, 2013: Premature Burial

Jan3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Nightmares, Period Film, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged AIP, Alan Napier, buried alive, cash-in, Charles Beaumont, Dick Miller, double cross, Drive-In, Edgar Allan Poe, Gene Corman, Hazel Court, insanity, low-budget, Ray Milland, rip-off, Roger Corman, the declining years

December 28th, 2012: Truck Turner (1974)

Dec28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged AIP, Alan Weeks, bounty hunters, brothel, cash-in, Charles Cyphers, dead partner, Dick Miller, Drive-In, Fred Weintraub, grindhouse, hit man, Isaac Hayes, Jonathan Kaplan, madame, Nichelle Nichols, party, Paul Harris, pimp, prostitutes, revenge, Sam Laws, Scatman Crothers, Stan Shaw, the declining years, Yaphet Kotto

October 18th, 2012: Crawlspace (1986)

Oct18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Horror, Movie of the Day, Serial Killer, Stalker, Thriller Tagged "Skinemax", apartment, attempted rape, booby trap, Charles Band, children of famous people, crawlspace, creepy neighbors, David Schmoller, death trap, doctor, Empire Pictures, grindhouse, Klaus Kinski, landlord, less famous spouse, mad surgeon, peeping tom, prisoner, Russian Roulette, soap opera actress, Talia Balsam, Tane McClure, the declining years, traps

October 14th, 2012: The Resurrected aka Shatterbrain (1992)

Oct14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Detective, DTV, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Possession, Remake, Stop Motion Animation Tagged "New England", asylum, British Columbia, Chris Sarandon, Dan O'Bannon, Deep Roy, detective, diary, flashback, H.P. Lovecraft, Hartford, Jane Sibbett, John Terry, low-budget, nightmares, Rhode Island, Richard Band, Robert Romanus, the declining years, TV actors

September 29th, 2012: The Manitou (1978)

Sep29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Possession, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Ann Southern, anthropologist, Burgess Meredith, cash-in, doctor, Drive-In, fraud medium, Jeanette Nolan, Jon Cedar, Lalo Schifrin, low-budget, medicine man, Michael Ansara, possession, psychic, rip-off, scientists, seance, Stella Stevens, the declining years, Tony Curtis, triple threat, William Girdler

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