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Professor’s Fall Journal: October Week 4

Nov29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Adaptation, Aliens, Animation, Based on a Book, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Camp, Comedy, Dracula, Family, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Mad Scientist, Made for TV, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Short, Silent, Slasher, Space Travel, Thriller Tagged "homage is French for rip off", Brian Cox, Britain, cartoon, Donald Pleasence, Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Klaus Kinski, London, meta, Peter Cushing, Porky Pig, rip-off, sylvester cat

March 7th, 2014: Scream (1996)

Mar7 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slasher, Spoof, The Original Tagged "homage is French for rip off", adults playing teens, annoying teenagers, asshole reporter, before they were famous, Bob Weinstein, brothers, children of famous people, comic relief deputy, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, deputy, Dimension Films, Drew Barrymore, Harvey Weinstein, Henry Wrinkler, high school, homage, insanity, it's not over, Jamie Kennedy, Kevin Williamson, Liev Schreiber, Linda Blair, Matthew Lillard, meta, mother-daugther relationship, Neve Campbell, principal, revenge, rip-off, Rose McGowan, sisters, Skeet Ulrich, tabloids, teens, Wes Craven

September 13th, 2013: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Sep13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Body Snatchers, Demons, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Slasher Tagged body stealing, bounty hunters, cameos, cops, coroner, diner, Erin Gray, family curse, FBI, Friday the 13th, Harry Manfredini, John D. LeMay, Kane Hodder, meta, New Line Cinema, police station, rip-off, satanism, Sean S. Cunnigham, Steven Williams, SWAT

January 1st, 2013: Kwaidan aka Kaidan (1964)

Jan1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Anthology, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Fantasy, From Beyond the Grave, Ghost, Horror, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, The Original Tagged Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, blind, ghost story, Japan, Lafcadio Hearn, Masaki Kobayashi, meta, monks, musicians, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, vengeful ghost

October 4th, 2012: Sherlock Jr. (1924)

Oct4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Short, Silent, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Buster Keaton, Buster Keaton Productions, day dreaming, fantasy sequence, frame up, Joe Keaton, meta, projectionist

July 13th, 2012: Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI

Jul13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Slasher Tagged "lightning ressurects the dead", Alice Cooper, Friday the 13th, graveyard, insanity, it's not over, lightning, meta, nightmares, paintball, Ron Palillo, teens, Thom Matthews, twist

June 6th, 2012: Targets (1968)

Jun6 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Drama, Horror, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged as himself, before they were famous, behind the scenes, Boris Karloff, cult, Drive-In, Frank Marshall, homage, horror star, Laszlo Kovacs, low-budget, mass murderer, mass shooting, matricide, meta, Mike Farrell, Paramount Pictures, patricide, Peter Bogdanovich, Roger Corman, Samuel Fuller, sniper, The Real Don Steele, Vietnam veterans

January 1st, 2012: Kwaidan aka Kaidan (1964)

Jan1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Anthology, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Fantasy, From Beyond the Grave, Ghost, Horror, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, The Original Tagged Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, blind, ghost story, Japan, Lafcadio Hearn, Masaki Kobayashi, meta, monks, musicians, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, vengeful ghost

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Oct26 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Full Reviews, Horror, Independent, Mockumentary, Reviews, Slasher, Spoof Tagged Ahab, Cassandra, cider press, double cross, farm, film within a film, final girl, homage, it's not over, librarian, library, low-budget, meta, morgue, orchard, psychiatrists, Robert Englund, twist, Zelda Rubenstein

April 30th, 2011: Fright Night (1985)

Apr30 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, The Original, Vampires Tagged Amanda Bearse, Art Evans, boy who cried wolf, Chris Sarandon, Columbia Pictures, homage, horror host, it's not over, killer next door, meta, Roddy McDowall, shape shifting, Tom Holland, William Ragsdale

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