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May 11th, 2014: The Final Terror

May11 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adventure, Degenerate Hillbillies, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slasher, Survival Tagged Adrian Zmed, Andrew Davis, asylum, before they were famous, booby trap, bus, bus driver, campfire story, canoes, Daryl Hannah, Drive-In, forest, forest rangers, ghile suit, grindhouse, insanity, Joe Pantoliano, John Friedrich, juvenile delinquent, Lewis Smith, Mark Metcalf, mother, mother-son relationship, opening kill, red herring, river, Samuel Z. Arkoff, son, traps

May 6th, 2014: Fantastic Mr. Fox

May6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Heist, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation Tagged 20th Century Fox, Adrien Brody, anthropomorphic animals, badger, Best Animated Film Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Bill Murray, Brian Cox, chicken thief, farm, farmers, father, father-son relationship, fox, George Clooney, heist, Jason Schwartzman, Karen Duffy, Mario Batali, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, mother, mother-son relationship, Noah Bambauch, Owen Wilson, Roald Dahl, Roman Coppola, ski mask, supermarket, talking animals, thief, weasel, Wes Anderson, Wilem Defoe

May 3rd, 2014: Black Caesar (1973)

May3 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Tragedy Tagged absent father, AIP, Al Jolson songs, bad period detail, barber shop, blackface, cash-in, D'Urville Martin, Don Pedro Colley, double cross, father, father-son relationship, Fred Williamson, funk soundtrack, Gloria Hendry, grindhouse, Harlem, homage, James Brown, Julius Harris, Larco Productions, Larry Cohen, ledgers, location shooting, low-budget, MacGuffin, Mafia, mob, mob war, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, rise and fall, shoe shine boy, single mother, spaghetti, Val Avery

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

Oct5 by Professor Mortis

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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

August 24th, 2013: American Gangster (2007)

Aug24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Cops, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Armand Assante, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, brothers, Carla Gugino, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clarence Williams III, Common, corrupt cops, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, heroin, Idris Elba, Imagine Entertainment, John Hawkes, Jon Polito, Josh Brolin, Kevin Corrigan, maverick, maverick cops, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, Nicholas Pileggi, Relativity Media, Ridley Scott, rise and fall, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA, Ted Levine, Universal Pictures, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans

June 14th, 2013: The Brides of Dracula (1960)

Jun14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Dracula, Horror, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Vampires Tagged "no room at the inn", abusive mother, Anthony Hinds, Baron, Baroness, Britain, coach, creative crosses, Germany, girls' school, graveyard, holy water, inn, Jimmy Sangster, matricide, Michael Carreras, Michael Ripper, mother, mother-son relationship, Peter Cushing, sexy vampires, superstition, teachers, Terence Fisher, unfriendly locals, vampire hunter, Van Helsing, Yvonne Monlaur

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

Fire and Ice

Oct6 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Animation, Fantasy, Independent, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged barbarians, cash-in, dinosaurs, father, father-daughter relationship, Frank Frazetta, glacier, Maggie Roswell, masked avenger, mother, mother-son relationship, overbearing mother, Ralph Bakshi, rip-off, rotoscoping, sorcerer, volcano

April 25th, 2012: Psychomania aka The Death Wheelers

Apr25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Cults, Horror, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Uncategorized Tagged black magic, Britain, butler, cash-in, double cross, Drive-In, George Sanders, immortality, it's not over, low-budget, mother, mother-son relationship, motorcycle gang, Stonehenge, suicide, the declining years, toad, twist, undead

March 11th, 2012: White Heat (1949)

Mar11 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Heist, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged bank robbers, bank robbery, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, controlling mother, double cross, Edmond O'Brien, fire, James Cagney, Max Steiner, mother-son relationship, prison, prison break, Raoul Walsh, undercover, Virginia Mayo, Warner Brothers

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