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May 22nd, 2014: Sleuth (1972)

May22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Crime, Drama, Heist, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged battle of wits, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, class issues, clowns, co-production, country estate, double cross, double nominee, gimmick, hairdresser, it's not over, jilted lover, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, mystery writer, Palomar Pictures, prejudice, thief, twist, writer

September 23rd, 2013: Wicked, Wicked

Sep23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Camp, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Serial Killer, Slasher, Stalker, Thriller Tagged attic, bellhop, body collector, Charles B. Pierce, Duo Vision, Edd Byrnes, ex-girlfriend, gigolo, gimmick, hotel, hotel detective, insanity, life guard, MGM, molested child, musical interlude, Richard L. Bare, secret lair, serial killer, singer, sleazy manager, split screen, taxidermy, thief, traumatized children, twist

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

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

March 29th, 2012: The Beast Must Die (1974)

Mar29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Short Story(ies), Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller, Werewolves, Whodunnit Tagged Amicus, Britain, British Lion Film Corporation, Calvin Lockhart, Charles Gray, country estate, dog as wolf, Drive-In, gimmick, hunters, it's not over, James Blish, low-budget, Michael Gambon, most dangerous game, Peter Cushing, twist

August 10th, 2011: Clue (1985)

Aug10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Board Game, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged "the butler did it", Bill Henderson, blackmail, butler, cameos, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp, Communism, Debra Hill, Debra Hill Productions, dinner party, Eileen Brennan, expository rant, French Maid, gimmick, Howard Hesseman, Jane Wiedlin, John Landis, Jonathan Lynn, Lee Ving, Lesley Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Michael McKean, multiple endings, Paramount Pictures, PolyGram, red herring, Red Scare, scientists, singing telegram, The Guber-Peters Company, Tim Curry

April 19th, 2011: The Tingler

Apr19 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Black and White, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day Tagged color sequence, Columbia Pictures, deaf people, fear, gimmick, matinee, movie theater, mutes, pathologist, Vincent Price, William Castle, William Castle Productions

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