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Professor’s Fall Journal: October Week 4

Nov29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Adaptation, Aliens, Animation, Based on a Book, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Camp, Comedy, Dracula, Family, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Mad Scientist, Made for TV, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Short, Silent, Slasher, Space Travel, Thriller Tagged "homage is French for rip off", Brian Cox, Britain, cartoon, Donald Pleasence, Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Klaus Kinski, London, meta, Peter Cushing, Porky Pig, rip-off, sylvester cat

October 31st, 2014: Halloween (1978)

Oct31 by Professor Mortis

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7 Comments Posted in Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slasher, The Original, Thriller Tagged abandoned house, annoying children, Arthur Malet, asylum, baby sitters, Blue Oyster Cult, boogeyman, bullies, Charles Cyphers, Compass International Pictures, Dean Cundey, Debra Hill, dogs, Donald Pleasence, final girl, graveyard, Halloween, homecoming, Irwin Yablans, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, killer in the back seat, Kyle Richards, marijuana, Moustapha Akkad, Nancy Kyes, Nancy Stephens, P.J. Soles, psychiatrists, sheriff, sorroricide, Tommy Lee Wallace, unstoppable killer, urban legend

October 5th, 2013: Phenomena aka Creepers (1985)

Oct5 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Coming of Age, Giallo, Horror, Independent, Killer Kids, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Serial Killer, Slasher, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, boarding school, children of famous people, chimpanzees, Daria Nicolodi, Dario Argento, Donald Pleasence, etymologist, forensics expert, Franky Goes to Hollywood, Goblin, insanity, insects, Iron Maiden, Italy, Jennifer Connelly, maggots, mother-son relationship, Motorhead, pop soundtrack, revenge, serial killer, spoiled rich kids, Switzerland, teens, the declining years, twist, wheelchair

May 28th, 2013: You Only Live Twice (1967)

May28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Espionage, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Space Travel Tagged Akiko Wakabayashi, Albert R. Broccoli, Anthony Ainley, assassin, astronauts, bad makeup, Bernard Lee, Blofeld, Britain, Burt Kwouk, Charles Gray, Cold War, Desmond Llewelyn, Donald Pleasence, Eon Productions, femme fatale, fishermen, fishing boat, gimmick weapon, gyrocopter, gyrojets, Harry Saltzman, helicopter, hijacking, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Japan, John Barry, Karin Dor, Lois Maxwell, magnets, MI5, Mie Hama, ninja, nuclear war, poison, Roald Dahl, samurai swords, scientists, Sean Connery, Soviet Union, space hijacking, space race, sumo wrestling, undercover, United Artists, volcano, wedding

March 24th, 2013: The Great Escape (1963)

Mar24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, blind, Charles Bronson, claustrophobia, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Elmer Bernstein, James Coburn, James Garner, John Sturges, motorcycle, Nazis, Nigel Stock, pilots, prison, prison break, Richard Attenborough, solitary, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, tunnel, World War Two

January 16th, 2013: Escape from New York (1981)

Jan16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Dark Future, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "but I get results", "New York", "You will self destruct in 24 hours", Adrienne Barbeau, Air Force One, airplane, arena, Avco Embassy Pictures, Bob Minor, bridge, Britain, Charles Cyphers, co-production, Donald Pleasence, double cross, Drive-In, Ernest Borgnine, futures past, George "Buck" Flower, glider, Harry Dean Stanton, helicopter, hostage, Isaac Hayes, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, John Diehl, Kurt Russell, land mines, low-budget, musical interlude, New York City, plane crash, President of the United States, prison, prison warden, prisoner, rescue mission, scientists, Tom Atkins, veteran, World War Three

March 24th, 2012: The Great Escape (1963)

Mar24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, blind, Charles Bronson, claustrophobia, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Elmer Bernstein, James Coburn, James Garner, John Sturges, motorcycle, Nazis, Nigel Stock, pilots, prison, prison break, Richard Attenborough, solitary, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, tunnel, World War Two

Death Line aka Raw Meat

Feb6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Cops, Degenerate Hillbillies, Full Reviews, Independent, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Bad Tagged AIP, alcoholic, Britain, cannibalism, cash-in, children of famous people, Christopher Lee, David Ladd, Donald Pleasence, J. Rank Organization, low-budget, Norman Rossigton, subway

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