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The Professor’s Fall Journal: October Week One

Oct25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Book, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Demons, Drama, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Found Footage, Ghost, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Made for TV, Melodrama, Monster, Mummy, Mystery, Nightmares, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Sci-Fi, Short, Silent, Spoof, Stop Motion Animation, Werewolves, Whodunnit Tagged ABC, Arch Oboler, Best Picture, Bigfoot, Bugs Bunny, Canada, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Christopher George, Claude Akins, cops, cruise ship, Dark Fantasy, David Keith, David Suchet, Dirk Benedict, Dracula, Edgar Allan Poe, Egypt, fishmen, France, George Melies, Guillermo Del Toro, Halloween, Halloween party, haunted house, Hugh O'Brien, Italy, John Forysythe, John Schneider, Kevin Smith, Lee Merriwether, Lights Out, low-budget, Lucio Fulci, Lynda Day George, Maya, Mel Blanc, Michael Shannon, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Ovidio G. Assonitis, park ranger, Poirot, Pre-Columbian contact, Quiet Please, radio show, Ray Milland, Roger Mosley, Satan, satanism, seance, Sears Radio Theater, Spain, Stella Stevens, toxic waste, Vincent Price, Wil Wheaton, Yugoslavia

April 30th, 2014: Troll (1986)

Apr30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Possession Tagged Albert Band, Anne Lockhart, annoying children, apartment, before they were famous, Brad Hall, cash-in, Charles Band, children of famous people, co-production, Empire Pictures, Italy, John Carl Buechler, Julia-Louis Dreyfuss, June Lockhart, low-budget, musicians, nepotism, Noah Hatthaway, Phil Fondacaro, Richard Band, Shelley Hack, Sonny Bono, the declining years, trolls, twist, wizards

March 28th, 2014: The Devil’s Backbone

Mar28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Ghost, Homefront, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Uncategorized, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, ghost story, gold, Guillermo Del Toro, homage, kid ghost, Mexico, orphanage, Spain, Spanish Civil War

February 25th, 2014: The Company of Wolves

Feb25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Anthology, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Radio Show, Based on a Short Story(ies), Coming of Age, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Horror, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Movie of the Day, Werewolves Tagged Angela Carter, Angela Lansbury, aristocracy, before they were famous, Britain, David Warner, devil, father, forest, grandmother, hunters, husband, ITC, low-budget, mother, Neil Jordan, Palace Pictures, Stephen Rhea, story teller, story within a story, Terence Stamp, transformations, werewolf, wife, wolf man, wolves

December 1st, 2013: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Dec1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Comedy, Demons, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Holiday, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Remake Tagged "truth behind the fairy tale", Christmas, Christmas Eve, fairy tale, father, father-son relationship, Finland, hunters, Santa Claus, single father, snowmobile, ugly Americans

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

July 12th, 2013: The Avengers (2012)

Jul12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Comic Book, Computer Animation, Event Film, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Space Opera, Superheroes, War with Aliens Tagged Alan Silvestri, Alexis Denisof, based on a comic book, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, comic books, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harry Dean Stanton, Jenny Agutter, Jeremy Renner, Jon Favreau, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel Studios, mecha, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Paul Bettany, Powers Boothe, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, scientists, secret agent, secret military project, secret weapon, Stan Lee, Stellan Skarsgård, Tom Hiddleston, World War Two Veterans

December 25th, 2012: Babes in Toyland aka March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)

Dec25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Comedy, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Musical, Slapstick Tagged boogeyman, fairy tale, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, Henry Brandon, MGM, Mickey Mouse, monkey, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, toy soldiers, toys, toys as weapons, Zepplin

April 2nd, 2012: Ponyo (2008)

Apr2 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Animation, Anime, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Based on Myths, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day Tagged Betty White, Cate Blanchett, Cloris Leachman, Disney, dubbed, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Studio Ghibli, Tina Fey, Toho

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Mar9 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Event Film, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Sword and Sorcery, The Original Tagged Anna Mae Wong, Arabian Nights, Bagdad, caliph, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, magic, Noble Johnson, princess, Raoul Walsh, thief, United Artists

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