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July 21st, 2014: Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Jul21 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Bela Lugosi, belly dancing, Carl Laemmle Jr., carnival, Edgar Allan Poe, gorilla suit, Jack P. Pierce, John Huston, Karl Freund, Leon Ames, medical student, Noble Johnson, Pat Roach, side show, Sidney Fox, stock footage, Universal Pictures

January 29th, 2014: King Kung Fu (1976)

Jan29 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Camp, Comedy, Independent, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged comedy team, gorilla suit, gorillas, Kansas, kung fu, low-budget, reporter, terrible gorilla suit, Wichita

March 7th, 2013: King Kong Escapes

Mar7 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adventure, Dinosaurs, Espionage, Event Film, Giant Animals, Giant Apes, Kaiju, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "apes love blondes", Akira Ifukube, Akira Takarada, apes, Arthur Rankin Jr, cash-in, co-production, doppelganger, Eiji Tsuburaya, Eisei Amamoto, goofy monster suit, gorilla suit, Ishiro Honda, Japan, killer robots, King Kong, Mie Hama, Paul Frees, Rankin/Bass Productions, Rhodes Reason, robot servant, scientists, submarine, suitmation, T-Rex, the declining years, Toho, Tokyo, Tomoyuki Tanaka, uncharted island, United Nations

December 31st, 2012: Trading Places (1983)

Dec31 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Holiday, Movie of the Day Tagged "hooker with a heart of gold", "Not Santa!", "prince and the pauper", Al Franken, before they were famous, Best Music Nominee, bet, Bo Diddley, butler, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Party, Cinema Group, class issues, Dan Aykroyd, Denholm Elliott, Don Ameche, double cross, drugs, Eddie Murphy, Elmer Bernstein, evil businessman, frame up, Frank Oz, Giancarlo Esposito, gorilla suit, gorillas, homeless, industrial espionage, insider trading, it's not over, jail, James Belushi, James Eckhouse, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Landis, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve Party, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Paul Gleason, prostitutes, Ralph Bellamy, Santa Claus, stock broker, Tom Davis, train, Wall Street, WASP, white collar criminals, wise servant

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

August 2nd, 2012: Bride of the Gorilla (1951)

Aug2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Black and White, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Movie of the Day, Mystery, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "it's all in their heads-or is it?", before they were famous, curse, Curt Siodmak, Drive-In, femme fatale, gorilla suit, gorillas, insanity, it's only a dream, jungle, Lon Chaney Jr., low-budget, natives, older man, plantation, Raymond Burr, stock footage, the declining years, twist, witch, Woody Strode

Konga (1961)

May12 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Full Reviews, Giant Apes, Horror, Kaiju, Mad Scientist, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Bad Tagged botanist, Britain, carnivorous plants, cash-in, chimpanzees, college, college students, embiggened, gorilla suit, Merton Park Studios, Michael Gough, rip-off, teacher's pet

August 1st, 2011: The Thing with Two Heads

Aug1 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Chase, Comedy, Independent, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "Let's Rip Off the Defiant Ones Together", AIP, cash-in, dirt bike, Drive-In, gorilla suit, gorillas, Lee Frost, low-budget, musical interlude, racists, Ray Milland, Rick Baker, rip-off, Rosey Grier, two heads are better than one, Wes Bishop, William Smith

June 10th, 2011: Robot Monster

Jun10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Aliens, Black and White, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, Robots, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, War with Aliens Tagged annoying children, Bad Dubbing, bad special effects, Bronson Canyon, Drive-In, Elmer Bernstein, George Barrows, George Nader, goofy monster suit, gorilla suit, it's not over, it's only a dream, lizards as dinosaurs, low-budget, matinee, Phil Tucker, stilted dialogue, twist, wooden acting

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