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December 10th, 2013: Dead Again (1991)

Dec10 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Black and White, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged amnesia, Andy Garcia, artists, bad makeup, before they were famous, butcher, Campbell Scott, composer, courtroom scene, Derek Jacobi, dual role, electric chair, Emma Thompson, execution, flashback, Hollywood, hypnosis, Kenneth Branagh, Los Angeles, maid, masquerade, murder, nun, orphanage, photographer, priest, psychologist, refugees, reincarnation, reporter, scissors, supermarket, Sydney Pollack, trial, twist, Wayne Knight

June 24th, 2013: An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)

Jun24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Adventure, Arthouse, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Drama, Espionage, Fantasy, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, War Movies Tagged Best Short Film Live Action, Civil War, execution, France, hanging, interrupted execution, low-budget, spy, twist

September 16th, 2012: Lion of the Desert (1981)

Sep16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Campaign History, Epic, Event Film, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Propaganda, War Movies Tagged Anthony Quinn, Colonialism, double cross, execution, Fascists, Guerrillas, Italy, Libya, Maurice Jarre, Moustapha Akkad, Mussolini, Oliver Reed, Raf Vallone, rip-off, Rod Steiger, United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)

August 4th, 2012: Paths of Glory (1957)

Aug4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged Adolphe Menjou, courtroom scene, execution, France, French Army, George MacReady, Great War, Jim Thompson, Joe Turkel, Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Richard Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Timothy Carey, trial

October 30th, 2011: Black Sunday (1960)

Oct30 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Vampires Tagged AIP, Barbara Steele, castle, curse, cursed town, Drive-In, dual role, execution, family curse, gore, Italy, Les Baxter, Mario Bava, Nikolai Gogol, priest, prince, princess, Samuel Z. Arkoff, village, warnings from townsfolk

March 28th, 2011: Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel aka Castle of the Walking Dead aka Blood Demon

Mar28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Short Story(ies), From Beyond the Grave, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged cash-in, Christopher Lee, drawn and quartered, Drive-In, Edgar Allan Poe, execution, Germany, highwayman, judge, Karin Dor, Lex Barker, priest, rip-off, story teller, torture, torture chamber, undead, virgin sacrifice

February 25th, 2011: Alphaville (1965)

Feb25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Dark Future, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Sci-Fi, Spoof Tagged Akim Tamiroff, Anna Karina, distopia, Eddie Constantine, evil computer, execution, France, homage, Jean Luc Godard, Lemmy Caution, low-budget, totalitarian society

Adios, Sabata

Apr29 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Full Reviews, Reviews, Sequel, Spaghetti Western, War Movies, Western Tagged cash-in, dubbed, execution, gadgets, gatling gun, gold, Guerrillas, in-name-only-sequel, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), Sabata, secret police, United Artists, Yul Brynner

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