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February 19th, 2014: Something Wild (1986)

Feb19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Comedy, Crime, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, Charles Napier, ex-husband, high school reunion, insanity, Jeff Daniels, John Cale, John Sayles, John Waters, Jonathan Demme, kidnapping, Laurie Anderson, Melanie Griffith, MPDG, Ray Liotta, Tracey Walter

August 25th, 2013: Alligator (1980)

Aug25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daughter relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

August 26th, 2012: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

Aug26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Coming of Age, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Remake, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Western Tagged before they were famous, cash-in, Darlanne Fluegel, Drive-In, farm planet, farmers, George Peppard, hive mind, James Cameron, James Horner, Jeff Corey, John Sayles, low-budget, mercenary, New World Pictures, rip-off, Robert Vaughn, Roger Corman, Sam Jaffe, scientists, Seven Samurai situation, space cowboy, space trucker, Sybil Danning, teens, village

Alligator (1980)

Jul25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Full Reviews, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster, Reviews Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daughter relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

November 28th, 2011: The Howling (1981)

Nov28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Horror, Independent, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Stop Motion Animation, The Original, Werewolves Tagged Avco Embassy Pictures, Belinda Balaski, Dee Wallace, Dennis Dugan, Dick Miller, Forrest J. Ackerman, Joe Dante, John Carradine, John Sayles, Jonathan Kaplan, Kenneth Tobey, Kevin McCarthy, Patrick Macnee, Rick Baker, Rob Bottin, Robert Picardo, Roger Corman, Slim Pickens

May 31st, 2011: Matinee (1993)

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2 Comments Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Belinda Balaski, bomb shelter, Cathy Moriarty, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, film within a film, homage, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Dante, John Goodman, John Sayles, Kellie Martin, Kevin McCarthy, Lisa Jakub, Naomi Watts, Robert Picardo, Universal Pictures, William Castle

Piranha (1978)

Aug31 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Animals Attack, Black Comedy, Full Reviews, Horror, Reviews, The Original Tagged alcoholic, Barbara Steele, Belinda Balaski, Bradford Dillman, cash-in, Dick Miller, Drive-In, homage, Joe Dante, John Sayles, Kevin McCarthy, low-budget, New World Pictures, Paul Bartel, rip-off, Roger Corman

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