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August 19th, 2014: Blacula (1972)

Aug19 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Blaxploitation, Dracula, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Romance, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, Vampires Tagged AIP, awful gay stereotypes, cash-in, Denise Nicholas, Drive-In, Elisha Cook Jr., forensic expert, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Los Angeles, lost love, low-budget, reincarnation, rip-off, Samuel Z. Arkoff, slavery, sunlight kills, Thalmus Rasulala, The Hues Corporation, Vonetta McGee, William Marshall

December 13th, 2013: 1941

Dec13 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Assumed Identity, Comedy, Event Film, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick, War Movies Tagged Battle of Los Angeles, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, General Stilwell, German Navy, Japanese Navy, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, Los Angeles, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Nazis, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, troubled production, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two, zoot suit riots, zoot suits

October 24th, 2013: Emperor of the North Pole aka Emperor of the North

Oct24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip, Thriller Tagged 20th Century Fox, apprentice/mentor relationship, before they were famous, character study, conductor, double cross, Elisha Cook Jr., Ernest Borgnine, fight in a train car, Frank DeVol, Great Depression, hobo, Jack London, Keith Carradine, Lee Marvin, Oregon, railroad, Robert Aldrich, Sid Haig, Simon Oakland, train, train station, Vic Tayback

September 3rd, 2013: Shane (1953)

Sep3 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, Western Tagged Alan Ladd, Ben Johnson, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Elisha Cook Jr., farm, farmers, George Stevens, gunfighter, hired guns, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, National Film Registry, Paramount Pictures, range war, split nomination, Van Heflin

August 20th, 2012: The Haunted Palace (1963)

Aug20 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Poem, Based on a Short Story(ies), Cults, Gothic Horror, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Possession Tagged AIP, cash-in, Charles Beaumont, cursed town, Debra Paget, Edgar Allan Poe, Elisha Cook Jr., H.P. Lovecraft, James H. Nicholson, Lon Chaney Jr., Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Vincent Price, warning from beyond the grave

May 18th, 2012: House on Haunted Hill (1959)

May18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", acid, Allied Artists, bickering married couple, Carol Ohmart, dinner party, doctor, double cross, Drive-In, Elisha Cook Jr., Emergo, gimmick, gossip columnist, matinee, party, pilots, secretary, skeleton, Vincent Price, William Castle, William Castle Productions

May 13th, 2012: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

May13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cults, Demons, Drama, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged apartment, Charles Grodin, creepy neighbors, D'Urville Martin, deal with the devil, demon, doctor, Elisha Cook Jr., Ira Levin, John Cassavetes, Maurice Evans, Mia Farrow, new home, old men, pregnancy, Ralph Bellamy, Roman Polanski, Ruth Gordon, Satan, satanism, Victoria Vetri, William Castle, William Castle Productions

May 5th, 2012: The Killing (1956)

May5 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Heist, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged athlete turned actor, bar fight, bartender, bookie, Coleen Grey, double cross, Elisha Cook Jr., femme fatale, flowers, horse racing, James Edwards, Jim Thompson, Joe Sawyer, Joe Turkel, loan shark, low-budget, non-linear timeline, racetrack, shotgun, sniper, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Timothy Carey, unfaithful spouse, United Artists, wrestler

May 27th, 2011: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

May27 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Black and White, Detective, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Whodunnit Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, double cross, Elisha Cook Jr., Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, MacGuffin, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, twist, Walter Huston, Ward Bond, Warner Brothers, William Hopper

1941 (1979)

Jun16 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Full Reviews, Reviews, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof, War Movies Tagged Bob Gale, Christopher Lee, Columbia Pictures, Dan Aykroyd, Dub Taylor, Eddie Deezen, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank McRae, Joe Flaherty, John Belushi, John Landis, John Milius, John Williams, Lionel Stander, Lorraine Gray, model airplanes, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Allen, Ned Beatty, riot, Robert Stack, Robert Zemeckis, Slim Pickens, Steven Spielberg, submarine, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Treat Williams, Universal Pictures, Warren Oates, Wendie Jo Sperber, World War Two

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