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October 16th, 2014: Beginning of the End (1957)

Oct16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Giant Insects, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "this enormous X could feed the world", bad special effects, Bert I. Gordon, cash-in, Drive-In, farm, lady reporter, less famous siblings, low-budget, Morris Ankrum, Peter Graves, reporter, rip-off, scientists, stock footage, The Marines

January 28th, 2014: Riki-Oh (1991)

Jan28 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Based on a Comic Book, Based on the Manga, Dark Future, Horror, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Prison, Revenge, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Bad Dubbing, bad special effects, breath control, gore, Hong Kong, kung fu, prison, prison warden, prisoner, wooden acting

June 15th, 2013: Teenagers From Outer Space

Jun15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Black and White, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, War with Aliens Tagged adults playing teens, bad rear projection, bad special effects, cash-in, Drive-In, JD, lobster, low-budget, quotably bad dialogue, teens, Warner Brothers

April 12th, 2013: Earth vs. the Spider (1958)

Apr12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Giant Insects, Horror, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged adults playing teens, AIP, bad rear projection, bad special effects, Bert I. Gordon, cash-in, DDT, Drive-In, gym, high school, James H. Nicholson, low-budget, music summons the monster, musical interlude, rip-off, rock and roll, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Science!, scientists, teachers, teens

April 5th, 2013: Teenage Caveman (1958)

Apr5 by Professor Mortis

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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

January 11th, 2013: The Brain that Wouldn’t Die (1962)

Jan11 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Black and White, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original Tagged "what's locked in the closet", Acting!, artist model, bad special effects, burlesque, car accident, cash-in, decapitation, deformed assistant, disfigured face, double cross, Drive-In, father, fiance, grindhouse, head on a platter, head transplant, kidnapping, low-budget, mad scientist, models, nurse, organ transplantation, overbearing father, plastic surgery, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, Sammy Petrillo, Science!, scientists, sleazy, strippers, surgery

December 10th, 2012: Supersonic Man (1979)

Dec10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Superheroes Tagged alien superhero, bad special effects, Cameron Mitchell, cash-in, father, Juan Piquer Simón, killer robots, lady reporter, low-budget, mastermind, reporter, rip-off, scientists, Spain

November 21st, 2012: The Order of the Black Eagle

Nov21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Espionage, Independent, Movember, Movie of the Day, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged animal sidekick, baboon, bad special effects, banditos, Boon, Duncan Jax, gadgets, hot air balloon, Ian Hunter, kidnapping, low-budget, Nazi Scientist, Nazis, Neo-Nazis, North Carolina, rescue mission, rip-off, scientists, secret agent, secret weapon, South America

September 23rd, 2012: Hercules (1983)

Sep23 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on Myths, Event Film, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Robots, So-Bad-It's-Good, Stop Motion Animation, Sword and Sandals, Sword and Sorcery Tagged bad animation, bad narration, bad rear projection, bad special effects, bear, Cannon, cash-in, Classical Mythology, Drive-In, gods, Hercules, Italy, killer robots, Lou Ferigno, low-budget, Luigi Cozzi, Menahem Golan, quest, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, Sybil Danning, terrible bear suit, Yoram Globus

September 18th, 2012: Superman IV

Sep18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Family, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good, Superheroes Tagged arms control, bad rear projection, bad special effects, before they were famous, Cannon, cash-in, Christopher Reeve, Cosmonauts, Gene Hackman, Great Wall of China, Jackie Cooper, Jim Broadbent, John Cryer, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Mark McClure, Menahem Golan, nuclear weapons, Sam Wannamaker, scientists, Sidney J. Furie, Soviet Union, Sun, Superman, Warner Brothers, William Hootkins, Yoram Globus

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