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December 20th, 2014: The Hebrew Hammer

Dec20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Holiday, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Spoof Tagged Adam Goldberg, Andy Dick, children of famous people, Comedy Central Films, Ed Koch, homage, Intrinsic Value Films, Judy Greer, low-budget, Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles, Nora Dunn, Peter Coyote, Rachel Dratch, Richard Riehle, Sean Whalen, Tony Cox

December 12th, 2014: Pootie Tang

Dec12 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Sketch, Blaxploitation, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Spoof, Superheroes Tagged Andy Richter, Bob Costas, Chris Rock, Conan O'Brien, Dave Attell, David Cross, evil businessman, folk hero, Greek chorus, Gwyneth Paltrow, J B Smoove, J.D. Williams, Jennifer Coolidge, Kristen Bell, Lance Crouther, Louis C. K., Missy Elliott, narrator, Reg E. Cathy, Robert Vaughn, Wanda Sykes

August 19th, 2014: Blacula (1972)

Aug19 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Blaxploitation, Dracula, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Romance, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, Vampires Tagged AIP, awful gay stereotypes, cash-in, Denise Nicholas, Drive-In, Elisha Cook Jr., forensic expert, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Los Angeles, lost love, low-budget, reincarnation, rip-off, Samuel Z. Arkoff, slavery, sunlight kills, Thalmus Rasulala, The Hues Corporation, Vonetta McGee, William Marshall

August 4th, 2014: Trick Baby (1972)

Aug4 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Based on a Book, Blaxploitation, Chase, Con, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged con artist, diamonds, Don Fellows, double cross, Iceberg Slim, Kiel Martin, Larry Yurst, location shooting, low-budget, Mafia, Mel Stewart, mobsters, Philadelphia, racists, real estate scam, Robert Beck, Ted Lange, Universal Pictures

July 22nd, 2014: Ganja and Hess

Jul22 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Addicition, Arthouse, Blaxploitation, Drama, Horror, Vampires Tagged addiction, allegory, anthropologist, Bill Gunn, blood cult, church, cult, Duane Jones, freezer, gospel choir, insanity, it's not over, low-budget, Marlene Clark, minister, occult, professors, suicide, triple threat, vampirism as addiction metaphor

May 3rd, 2014: Black Caesar (1973)

May3 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Tragedy Tagged absent father, AIP, Al Jolson songs, bad period detail, barber shop, blackface, cash-in, D'Urville Martin, Don Pedro Colley, double cross, father, father-son relationship, Fred Williamson, funk soundtrack, Gloria Hendry, grindhouse, Harlem, homage, James Brown, Julius Harris, Larco Productions, Larry Cohen, ledgers, location shooting, low-budget, MacGuffin, Mafia, mob, mob war, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, rise and fall, shoe shine boy, single mother, spaghetti, Val Avery

November 22nd, 2013: Black Belt Jones

Nov22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Comedy, Crime, Espionage, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "martial arts", "Save the Old X", Alan Weeks, assassination attempt, bar, beach, blackmail, cash-in, Charles B. Pierce, Dennis Coffey, diplomats, dojo, double cross, drugs, Earl Jolly Brown, father, father-daughter relationship, Fred Weintraub, gambling debts, Gloria Hendry, gymnasts, IOU, Jim Kelly, karate, love montage, Luchi De Jesus, Mafia, Malik Carter, Marla Gibbs, militants, montage, Paul M. Heller, pool hall, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, Robert Clouse, Robert Wall, Scatman Crothers, secret agent, sidekick, Sonny Barnes, teacher student relationship, Ted Lange, Warner Brothers

November 4th, 2013: Willie Dynamite

Nov4 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Alan Weeks, Albert Hall, before they were famous, cash-in, cops, Diana Sands, funk soundtrack, George Murdock, J.J. Johnson, low-budget, Martha Reeves, New York City, pimp, prostitutes, Roscoe Orman, social worker, Thalmus Rasulala, Universal Pictures

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

February 17th, 2013: Slaughter (1972)

Feb17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Crime, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original Tagged AIP, casino, Don Gordon, double cross, Drive-In, funk soundtrack, Green Beret, grindhouse, handball, Jim Brown, MacGuffin, Mafia, Marlene Clark, maverick, Mexico, mobsters, racism, racist cops, racists, revenge, Rip Torn, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Stella Stevens, T-Men, veteran, Vietnam veterans

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