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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

February 10th, 2013: Son of Dracula (1943)

Feb10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Dracula, Film Noir, Horror, In Name Only Sequel, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Vampires Tagged Alucard, black magic, cash-in, children of famous people, Curt Siodmak, Deep South, double cross, Drive-In, Evelyn Ankers, femme fatale, Jack P. Pierce, Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Siodmak, swamp, twist

January 19th, 2013: The Black Cat (1934)

Jan19 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Cults, Horror, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House, Revenge, Thriller Tagged "This Lair is Gonna Blow!", Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Carl Laemmle Jr., designated hero, double cross, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar G. Ulmer, explosives, flayed alive, Great War, Great War veteran, incest, insanity, Jack P. Pierce, John Carradine, necrophilia, revenge, satanism, torture, torture chamber, twist, Universal Pictures, war crimes

October 23rd, 2012: The Brain from Planet Arous

Oct23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Black and White, Fugitive Alien, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "So Bad It's Hertz", airplane, alien cop, alien criminal, alien ultimatum, brains, Bronson Canyon, dogs, Drive-In, gamma radiation, insanity, Jack P. Pierce, John Agar, low-budget, meteorite, mind bullets, mind control, model airplanes, Nathan Juran, possession, radiation, Science!, scientists, telepaths

March 4th, 2012: Giant from the Unknown

Mar4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Horror, Independent, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Western Tagged "Native American Face", "we don't like strangers in these parts", Albert Glasser, American Indian, archaeological dig, archaeologist, Bob Steele, California, cattle mutilation, conquistadors, Drive-In, geologist, giant, Jack P. Pierce, low-budget, Morris Ankrum, Richard E. Cunha, scientists, sheriff, storm, suspended animation, the declining years

November 26th, 2011: The Mummy (1932)

Nov26 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Black and White, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mummy, The Original Tagged Boris Karloff, Carl Laemmle Jr., cash-in, Edward Van Sloan, Jack P. Pierce, John L. Balderston, Karl Freund, lost love, Noble Johnson, punishment worst than death, reincarnation, rip-off, Universal Pictures

October 12th, 2011: The Wolf Man (1941)

Oct12 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Black and White, Horror, Movie of the Day, The Original, Werewolves Tagged "are they mad or...", "England", autumn, Bela Lugosi, carnival, Claude Rains, curse, Curt Siodmak, Evelyn Ankers, father, George Waggner, gypsies, Jack P. Pierce, Lon Chaney Jr., Maria Ouspenskaya, pentagram, prodigal son, Ralph Bellamy, silver kills the monster, The Wolf Man, Universal Pictures, wolfsbane

September 21st, 2011: The Invisible Man (1933)

Sep21 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Horror, Mad Scientist, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged "England", Carl Laemmle Jr., Claude Rains, Cockney Comic Relief, Dwight Frye, E.E. Clive, Gloria Stuart, H.G. Wells, Henry Travers, insanity, invisibility, Jack P. Pierce, James Whale, John Carradine, John P. Fulton, National Film Registry, Odious Comic Relief, Preston Sturges, Una O'Connor, Universal Pictures, Walter Brennan, William Harrigan

January 29th, 2011: The Raven (1935)

Jan29 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Based on a Poem, Black and White, Horror, Movie of the Day Tagged Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, double cross, Jack P. Pierce, mad surgeon, torture chamber, Universal Pictures

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