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April 17th, 2014: The Attic (1980)

Apr17 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Black Comedy, Drama, Horror, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller, Tragedy, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, Atlantic Releasing Corporation, attic, Carrie Snodgress, chimpanzees, disappearance, double cross, fantasy sequence, father-daughter relationship, fiance, fire, Frances Bay, Gary Graver, George Edwards, home movies, it's not over, librarian, library, low-budget, movie theater, murder, overbearing father, paralysis, pyromaniac, Ray Milland, sailors, secret, twist, wheelchair

April 5th, 2014: The Terror (1963)

Apr5 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Uncategorized Tagged AIP, before they were famous, Boris Karloff, castle, Dick Miller, Drive-In, fire, Francis Ford Coppola, imposter, insanity, it's not over, Jack Hill, Jack Nicholson, Jonathan Haze, low-budget, Monte Hellman, Roger Corman, Sandra Knight, twist, witch

January 25th, 2014: Spontaneous Combustion (1990)

Jan25 by retrozombi

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2 Comments Posted in Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Brad Dourif, experiments, fire, radiation mutation, scientists, Tobe Hooper

October 7th, 2013: The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

Oct7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Camp, Drama, From Beyond the Grave, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Thriller Tagged abbey, AIP, Britain, co-production, Edgar Allan Poe, evil cat, fire, honeymoon, insanity, it's not over, Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff, twist, Vincent Price, widower

September 18th, 2013: Bug (1975)

Sep18 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Bradford Dillman, burning, college, earthquake, etymologist, farm, farmers, fire, gross out, insanity, insects, Jea nnot Szwarc, Jesse Vint, Joanna Miles, mad scientist, minister, Patty McCormack, professors, roaches, scientists, William Castle, William Castle Productions

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

February 16th, 2013: The Mummy (1999)

Feb16 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Event Film, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Mummy, Period Film, Remake, Romance, Screwball, Slapstick, The Original Tagged "re-imagined", "This Lost World is Gonna Blow!", Arnold Vosloo, before they were famous, biblical allusion, Brendan Fraser, buried alive, buried treasure, cult, cult leader, cultists, deserted city, doomed expedition, Egypt, Egyptians, Erick Avari, ethnic stereotype, fire, French Foreign Legion, Great War, Great War veteran, Jerry Goldsmith, John Hannah, Jonathan Hyde, Kevin J. O'Connor, Legionnaire, librarian, library, Oded Fehr, Odious Comic Relief, pilots, plague, Rachel Weisz, reincarnation, riverboat, scarab, secret society, sorcerer, Stephen Sommers, storm, thief, Universal Pictures

January 21st, 2013: Hugo (2011)

Jan21 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in 3D, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Computer Animation, Drama, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film Tagged Asa Butterfield, automaton, Ben Kingsley, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Brian Selznick, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, clockwork, dad bomb, Emily Mortimer, father-son relationship, film history, fire, George Melies, godfather, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, magician, Martin Scorces, orphan, Paramount Pictures, Paris, Ray Winstone, Sacha Baron Cohen, train station, uncle

October 20th, 2012: Thundercrack! (1975)

Oct20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adult, Animals Attack, Arthouse, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Hardcore, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Spoof Tagged bestiality, blow-up doll, circus, crazy old woman, Curt McDowell, fire, George Kuchar, gorilla suit, gorillas, grindhouse, hitchhiking, homage, horny gorilla, insanity, low-budget, mother-son relationship, musical interlude, older woman, porn, secret, storm, tragic past, truck crash, truckers, twist, underground films, vomit, voyeur

Vamp (1986)

Sep14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, College, Comedy, Full Reviews, Horror, Independent, Reviews, Road Trip, Vampires Tagged "kill it with fire", albinos, Billy Drago, cash-in, Chris Makepeace, Deedee Pfieffer, elevator, elevator operator, fire, fraternity, Gedde Wantanabe, Grace Jones, homage, Kansas, kid vampire, less famous siblings, low-budget, Molotov cocktails, nerds, New World Pictures, Oklahoma City, operator, rip-off, Robert Rusler, sexy vampires, street gang, strip club, stripper with a heart of gold, sunlight kills, unfriendly locals, yuppies

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