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August 5th, 2014: Mothra (1961)

Aug5 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Event Film, Giant Insects, Kaiju, Killer Plants, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Akihiko Hirata, allegory, atomic, atomic testing, evil businessman, gods, insects, Ishiro Honda, Japan, Kenji Sahara, kidnapping, music summons the monster, musical interlude, natives, newspaper, nightclub, radiation, radiation mutation, reporter, Robert Dunham, scientists, Shinichi Sekizawa, shipwrecks, stowaway, Takashi Shimura, telepaths, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka, twins

October 5th, 2013: Phenomena aka Creepers (1985)

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2 Comments Posted in Coming of Age, Giallo, Horror, Independent, Killer Kids, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Serial Killer, Slasher, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, boarding school, children of famous people, chimpanzees, Daria Nicolodi, Dario Argento, Donald Pleasence, etymologist, forensics expert, Franky Goes to Hollywood, Goblin, insanity, insects, Iron Maiden, Italy, Jennifer Connelly, maggots, mother-son relationship, Motorhead, pop soundtrack, revenge, serial killer, spoiled rich kids, Switzerland, teens, the declining years, twist, wheelchair

September 18th, 2013: Bug (1975)

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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

July 16th, 2013: The Fly (1986)

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Leave a comment Posted in Horror, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Remake, Sci-Fi Tagged 20th Century Fox, animal testing, before they were famous, Best Makeup, body horror, Britain, Brooksfilms, Canada, David Cronenberg, Geena Davis, giant maggots, insanity, insects, Jeff Goldblum, John Getz, mad scientist, nightmares, reporter, scientists, teleportation

September 14th, 2012: Creepshow (1982)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Animals Attack, Anthology, Based on a Comic Book, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black Comedy, Comedy, From Beyond the Grave, Horror, Killer Plants, Monster, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Spoof, The Original, Thriller, Zombies Tagged Adrienne Barbeau, alcoholic, beach, before they were famous, Christine Forest, college, college students, comic books, doctor, Drive-In, E.C. Comics, E.G. Marshall, Ed Harris, evil businessman, father-daughter relationship, father-son relationship, Fritz Weaver, Gaylen Ross, George A. Romero, Hal Holbrook, homage, incompetent doctors, insects, it's not over, Leslie Nielsen, low-budget, nightmares, ocean, overbearing father, patricide, professors, rednecks, scientists, shrew, Stephen King, Ted Danson, Tom Atkins, Tom Savini, unfaithful spouse, voodoo doll, Warner Brothers

July 15th, 2012: Damnation Alley

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Apocalypse, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Disaster, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Sci-Fi Tagged 20th Century Fox, Air Force, Albany, Detroit, dirt bike, Drive-In, George Peppard, insects, Jackie Earle Haley, Jan Michael Vincent, Jerry Goldsmith, Kip Niven, Las Vegas, nuclear missile base, nuclear war, Paul Winfield, radiation mutation, rednecks, Roger Zelany, RV, show girl, Utah, World War Three

March 16th, 2012: A Bug’s Life (1998)

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Comedy, Computer Animation, Family, Movie of the Day, Musical, Road Trip Tagged Alex Rocco, Andrew Stanton, ants, Best Original Score Nominee, Bonnie Hunt, Brad Garrett, David Hyde Pierce, David L. Lander, Dennis Leary, Disney, Edie McClurg, grasshoppers, Hayden Panettiere, homage, insects, John Lasseter, John Ratzenberger, Jonathan Harris, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Spacey, Madeline Kahn, Michael McShane, misfits, Phyllis Diller, Pixar, Randy Newman, Richard Kind, Roddy McDowall, under siege

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