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April 1st, 2014: Detour (1945)

Apr1 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Independent, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged accidental death, Ann Savage, Edgar G. Ulmer, hitchhiking, poverty row, Producer's Releasing Corporation, Tom Neal

February 8th, 2014: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Feb8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Romance, The Original, Thriller Tagged adultery, affair, alcoholic, Cecil Kellaway, courtroom scene, D.A., diner, double cross, drifter, hitchhiking, Hume Cronyn, James M. Cain, John Garfield, Lana Turner, Leon Ames, MGM, murder, roadhouse, twist

December 12th, 2013: Nightmare at Noon aka Death Street U.S.A.

Dec12 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Disaster, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Western, Zombies Tagged albinos, Bo Hopkins, Brion James, drifter, Drive-In, ex-cop, George Kennedy, Hans Zimmer, helicopter, hitchhiking, intelligent zombies, Kimberly Beck, lawyers, motor home, rip-off, scientists, sheriff, tool using zombies, vigilantes, virus zombies, Wings Hauser, yuppies

May 6th, 2013: Return to Glennascaul

May6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on an Urban Legend, Black and White, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Short Tagged abandoned house, Best Short Subject Nominee, Dublin, ghost story, haunted house, hitchhiking, Ireland, Orson Welles

April 21st, 2013: The Fog (1980)

Apr21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in From Beyond the Grave, Ghost, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, The Original Tagged "We Can't Close the Beaches!", Adrienne Barbeau, alcoholic, annoying children, baby sitters, centenary, Charles Cyphers, children of famous people, cursed town, Darwin Joston, Dean Cundey, DJ, double cross, Drive-In, fishermen, George "Buck" Flower, ghost story, grindhouse, Hal Holbrook, hitchhiking, it's not over, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, low-budget, Nancy Kyes, ocean, priest, Rob Bottin, Tom Atkins, weatherman

Nightmare at Noon aka Death Street USA

Feb18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Disaster, Horror, Independent, Quick Reviews, Remake, Reviews, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Western, Zombies Tagged albinos, Bo Hopkins, Brion James, drifter, Drive-In, ex-cop, George Kennedy, Hans Zimmer, helicopter, hitchhiking, intelligent zombies, Kimberly Beck, lawyers, motor home, rip-off, scientists, sheriff, tool using zombies, vigilantes, virus zombies, Wings Hauser, yuppies

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

July 14th, 2012: Wild Strawberries (1957)

Jul14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged Best Original Screenplay Nominee, daughter-in-law, doctor, dream sequence, father, father-in-law, father-son relationship, flashback, hitchhiking, Ingmar Bergman, nightmares, overbearing father, Svensk Filmindustri, Sweden

March 9th, 2012: Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Mar9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Film Noir, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Albert Dekker, before they were famous, Classical allusion, Cloris Leachman, detective, Ernest Laszlo, ethnic stereotype, femme fatale, Frank DeVol, hitchhiking, Jack Elam, low-budget, MacGuffin, mechanic, Mickey Spillane, Paul Stewart, Ralph Meeker, Robert Aldrich, scientists, Strother Martin, United Artists

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