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April 17th, 2014: The Attic (1980)

Apr17 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Black Comedy, Drama, Horror, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller, Tragedy, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, Atlantic Releasing Corporation, attic, Carrie Snodgress, chimpanzees, disappearance, double cross, fantasy sequence, father-daughter relationship, fiance, fire, Frances Bay, Gary Graver, George Edwards, home movies, it's not over, librarian, library, low-budget, movie theater, murder, overbearing father, paralysis, pyromaniac, Ray Milland, sailors, secret, twist, wheelchair

January 23rd, 2014: Stand by Me

Jan23 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Comedy, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip Tagged "Old Person Looks Back", 1950s, abusive father, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, brothers, Casey Siemasko, Columbia Pictures, Corey Feldman, forest, Gary Reily, Jerry O'Connell, John Cusack, Keifer Sutherland, Maine, pop soundtrack, River Phoenix, Rob Reiner, Stephen King, train, Will Wheaton, writer, younger brother

October 2nd, 2013: Donnie Darko (2001)

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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

July 16th, 2012: Baby Face (1933)

Jul16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, attempted suicide, bar maid, Barbara Stanwyck, bartender, Darryl F. Zanuck, double cross, George Brent, John Wayne, maid, murder, National Film Registry, Pre-Code, studio interference, suicide, tacked on ending, Warner Brothers

April 16th, 2012: The Circus (1928)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged abusive father, acrobats, Charles Chaplin, Charles Chaplin Production, circus, tight rope, triple threat, United Artists

December 2nd, 2011: Suburbia (1983)

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Music Tagged abusive father, before they were famous, child abuse, child death, child molestor, cops, Drive-In, feral child, Flea, grindhouse, live performance, low-budget, New World Pictures, Penelope Spheeris, punks, Roger Corman, squatters, suburbia, teens, traumatized children

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