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April 5th, 2013: Teenage Caveman (1958)

Apr5 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Apocalypse, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", "it was the future all along", adults playing teens, AIP, bad special effects, before they were famous, cave, cavemen, Drive-In, futures past, it's not over, James H. Nicholson, Jonathan Haze, low-budget, Malibu Pictures, Robert Vaughn, Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, teens, terrible bear suit, twist

April 4th, 2013: The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Apr4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Cults, Degenerate Hillbillies, Ghost, Horror, Killer Dolls, Killer Kids, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Satire, Slasher, Spoof, Stoner, Werewolves, Zombies Tagged "spam in a cabin", Amy Acker, archetypes, Bradley Whitford, cabin, children of famous people, Chris Hemsworth, college students, cult leader, cultists, Drew Goddard, drugs, Final Couple, final girl, homage, it's not over, Joss Whedon, mind control, paramilitary group, rednecks, Richard Jenkins, sacrifice, scientists, Sigourney Weaver, stoners, twist

Ministry of Vengeance

Mar2 by professormortis

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

February 26th, 2013: The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Feb26 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Apocalypse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Dark Future, Horror, Independent, Last Man on Earth, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Survival, The Original, Vampires, Zombies Tagged co-production, Drive-In, Italy, kid vampire, low-budget, plague, Richard Matheson, Samuel Z. Arkoff, scientists, troubled production, twist, vampire hunter, Vincent Price

February 10th, 2013: Son of Dracula (1943)

Feb10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Dracula, Film Noir, Horror, In Name Only Sequel, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Vampires Tagged Alucard, black magic, cash-in, children of famous people, Curt Siodmak, Deep South, double cross, Drive-In, Evelyn Ankers, femme fatale, Jack P. Pierce, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Siodmak, swamp, twist

5 Dolls for an August Moon aka Island of Terror

Feb9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Giallo, Mystery, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged chemical formula, chemist, double cross, Drive-In, freezer, grindhouse, inventors, island, isolation, it's not over, Italy, low-budget, MacGuffin, Mario Bava, murder, private island, rip-off, scientists, teens, twist, William Berger

January 26th, 2013: Detroit 9000

Jan26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day Tagged Alex Rocco, Arthur Marks, cash-in, cops, corrupt cops, Detroit, double cross, Drive-In, funk soundtrack, grindhouse, Hari Rhodes, Herbert Jefferson Jr., location shooting, low-budget, Luchi De Jesus, maverick cops, Michigan, racist cops, rip-off, robbery, Scatman Crothers, twist, Vonetta McGee

January 22nd, 2013: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Jan22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, German Expressionism, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, Silent, The Original, Thriller Tagged asylum, before they were famous, carnival, Conrad Veidt, Expressionism, flashback, Germany, insanity, it's not over, nightmares, Robert Weine, sleep walker, somnabulist, twist

January 19th, 2013: The Black Cat (1934)

Jan19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Cults, Horror, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House, Revenge, Thriller Tagged "This Lair is Gonna Blow!", Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Carl Laemmle Jr., designated hero, double cross, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar G. Ulmer, explosives, flayed alive, Great War, Great War veteran, incest, insanity, Jack P. Pierce, John Carradine, necrophilia, revenge, satanism, torture, torture chamber, twist, Universal Pictures, war crimes, World War One

October 20th, 2012: Thundercrack! (1975)

Oct20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adult, Animals Attack, Arthouse, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Hardcore, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Spoof Tagged bestiality, blow-up doll, circus, crazy old woman, Curt McDowell, fire, George Kuchar, gorilla suit, gorillas, grindhouse, hitchhiking, homage, horny gorilla, insanity, low-budget, mother-son relationship, musical interlude, older woman, porn, secret, storm, tragic past, truck crash, truckers, twist, underground films, vomit, voyeur

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professormortis on May 17th, 2013: Easy Rider (1969)
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