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October 11th, 2013: La Belle et La Bête aka Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Oct11 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Black and White, Drama, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged castle, curse, evil sisters, fairy tale, father, father-daughter relationship, forest, France, Jean Cocteau, magic, robot servant, rose, twist

October 9th, 2013: The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Oct9 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Comedy, Cops, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged asylum, Best Original Song Nominee, blackmail, Blake Edwards, Britain, Burt Kwouk, castle, co-production, Deep Roy, doomsday machine, France, Germany, Henry Mancini, Herbert Lom, hit man, incompetent cops, insanity, Lesley-Anne Down, Oktoberfest, Omar Sharif, Peter Sellers, scientists, secret agent

October 7th, 2013: The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

Oct7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Camp, Drama, From Beyond the Grave, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Thriller Tagged abbey, AIP, Britain, co-production, Edgar Allan Poe, evil cat, fire, honeymoon, insanity, it's not over, Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, twist, Vincent Price, widower

October 5th, 2013: Phenomena aka Creepers (1985)

Oct5 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Coming of Age, Giallo, Horror, Independent, Killer Kids, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Serial Killer, Slasher, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, boarding school, children of famous people, chimpanzees, Daria Nicolodi, Dario Argento, Donald Pleasence, etymologist, forensics expert, Franky Goes to Hollywood, Goblin, insanity, insects, Iron Maiden, Italy, Jennifer Connelly, maggots, mother-son relationship, Motorhead, pop soundtrack, revenge, serial killer, spoiled rich kids, Switzerland, teens, the declining years, twist, wheelchair

October 4th, 2013: Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Oct4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Disaster, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Silent, Slapstick Tagged boat, Buster Keaton, class issues, college boy, cyclone, father-daughter relationship, father-son relationship, jail, meet cute, overbearing father, prison break, river, shopping for clothes, steamboat, storm

October 2nd, 2013: Donnie Darko (2001)

Oct2 by Professor Mortis

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7 Comments Posted in Coming of Age, Fantasy, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged abusive father, Ashley Tisdale, before they were famous, Beth Grant, child molestor, children of famous people, cult, Daveigh Chase, Drew Barrymore, fanatic, Graham Greene, Halloween, Halloween party, hallucinations, head film, Holmes Osborne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Jerry Trainor, Katherine Ross, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, midnight movie, murder, Noah Wyle, non-linear timeline, on the lam, one hit wonder, Pandora Cinema, parental absence equals party, party, philosophy, psychiatrists, religious nut, Richard Kelly, Seth Rogen, teens, therapist, time portal, twist, vehicular homicide

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Sep30 by Professor Mortis

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September 28th, 2013: Death Drug (1978)

Sep28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Addicition, Blaxploitation, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Propaganda Tagged Angel Dust, before they were famous, cash-in, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, drugs are killing our kids, low-budget, music industry, musical interlude, Philip Michael Thomas, rise and fall, Rosalind Cash, The Gap Band

September 27th, 2013: Village of the Damned (1960)

Sep27 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Book, Black and White, Horror, Killer Kids, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged George Sanders, hive mind, hybrids, John Wyndham, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, mob, suicide, telepaths, torch wielding villagers

September 26th, 2013: A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Sep26 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Airborne Operations, Based on a Book, Campaign History, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged "A Galaxy of Stars", "Cast of Thousands", Anthony Hopkins, Arnhem, Ben Cross, Cornelius Ryan, Denholm Elliott, Dirk Bogarde, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Hardy Kruger, James Caan, John Ratzenberger, Laurence Olivier, Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Michael Caine, Nazis, Operation Market Garden, paratroopers, Richard Attenborough, Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal, Sean Connery, United Artists, William Goldman, World War Two

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