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November 14th, 2014: The Pit (1981)

Nov14 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Horror, Independent, Killer Kids, Monster, Movie of the Day, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged baby sitters, Canada, creepy sponge bath, cult, hallucinations, insanity, it's not over, librarian, library, low-budget, New World Pictures, obscene phone call, pervert, posse, Sammy Snyders, Tax Shelter Film, teddy bear, twist, voyeur

August 20th, 2014: The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

Aug20 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Cults, Horror, Kaiju, Monster, Movie of the Day, Silent, Stop Motion Animation Tagged cult, cult leader, cultists, dream, dream sequence, H.P. Lovecraft, insanity, island, Lovecraftian, low-budget

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

January 22nd, 2014: TRON (1982)

Jan22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Animation, Computer Animation, Event Film, Family, Movie of the Day, Parallel World, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged arcade, Barnard Hughes, Bruce Boxleitner, cult, Dan Shor, David Warner, Disney, evil computer, flop, Jeff Bridges, laser, Michael Dudikoff, Peter Jurasik, programmer

November 15th, 2013: Live and Let Die (1973)

Nov15 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Thriller Tagged Albert R. Broccoli, alligator, before they were famous, Bernard Lee, Best Original Song Nominee, Britain, Bullshitania, car chases, Caribbean, cash-in, CIA, Clifton James, coffin, cult, cult leader, cultists, David Hedison, double decker bus, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, Earl Jolly Brown, fight in a train car, fortune teller, funeral, gadgets, Geoffrey Holder, George Martin, Gloria Hendry, Guy Hamilton, Harlem, Harry Saltzman, heroin, Ian Fleming, island, James Bond, Jane Seymour, Julius Harris, Lois Maxwell, London, MI6, New Orleans, New York City, occult, Paul McCartney, prosthetic arm, racist cops, racists, rednecks, Roger Moore, secret agent, sheriff, speedboat, switchblade, tarot, train, United Nations, Voodoo

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

September 7th, 2013: Suspiria (1977)

Sep7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Cults, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Witches Tagged "memory is the key", airport, Alida Valli, ballet, ballet academy, blind, Claudio Argento, Claudio Simonetti, coven, cult, cultists, dance, Daria Nicolodi, Dario Argento, doctor, forest, Germany, Goblin, Italy, Jessica Harper, Joan Bennett, maggots, razor wire, seeing eye dog, taxi, teachers, Udo Kier, witch

August 25th, 2013: Alligator (1980)

Aug25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daughter relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

August 2nd, 2013: Tell Your Children aka Reefer Madness (1936)

Aug2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Black and White, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, Tragedy Tagged counter-culture, cult, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, drugs are killing our kids, grindhouse, insanity, low-budget, marijuana, midnight movie, teens

March 19th, 2013: House of Wax (1953)

Mar19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Camp, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Wax Museum Tagged Andre De Toth, before they were famous, burn victim, burning, Can Can dancers, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson, cult, fire, gimmick, insanity, juggler, mad artist, musical interlude, mutes, sculptor, Vincent Price, Warner Brothers, wax figure, wax museum

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