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June 18th, 2013: The Evictors

Jun18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Crime, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Period Film, Thriller Tagged Bill Thurman, Charles B. Pierce, cops, Dennis Fimple, double cross, Drive-In, dysfunctional family, home buying, homefront, house with a history, insanity, it's not over, Jessica Harper, location shooting, Louisiana, low-budget, Magic Black Person, massacre, Michael Parks, new home, prohibition, real estate agent, twist, unfriendly locals, Vic Morrow, World War Two

March 28th, 2012: Capturing the Friedmans

Mar28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Documentary, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Documentary Nominee, child abuse, child molestor, child pornography, clowns, dysfunctional family, HBO Documentary, Long Island, teachers

October 8th, 2011: Better Off Dead…(1985)

Oct8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Black Comedy, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Stop Motion Animation Tagged Amanda Wyss, attempted suicide, big dance, CBS Entertainment Productions, competition, cult, Curtis Armstrong, Dan Schneider, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, duel, dysfunctional family, Elizabeth Daily, exchange student, fantasy sequence, France, John Cusack, Kim Darby, montage, musical interlude, out of touch parents, paperboy, Savage Steve Holland, sidekick, skiing, snobs vs. slobs, sports announcer, Steven Williams, Taylor Negron, teens, training sequence, Vincent Schiavelli

September 17th, 2011: Beerfest

Sep17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Spoof, Sports, T+A Tagged beer, Broken Lizard Industries, Cloris Leachman, Donald Sutherland, double cross, drinking contest, dysfunctional family, Erik Stolhanske, Germany, Jay Chandrasekhar, Jürgen Prochnow, Legendary Pictures, M.C. Gainey, Mo'Nique, Paul Soter, Ralph Moeller, training sequence, Village Roadshow Pictures, Warner Brothers, Will Forte

August 18th, 2011: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Aug18 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Degenerate Hillbillies, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House, Slasher, The Original Tagged cannibalism, cemetery, chainsaw, Drive-In, dysfunctional family, grindhouse, Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns, taxidermy, teens, Tobe Hooper

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