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September 8th, 2014: Forbidden Planet (1956)

Sep8 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Play, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Robots, Sci-Fi, Space Travel, The Original Tagged Anne Francis, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, comedic robot, dated gender roles, Earl Holliman, Jack Kelly, James Best, Les Tremayne, Leslie Nieslen, Marvin Miller, MGM, overbearing father, Richard Anderson, Robby the Robot, Robert Dix, robot servant, scientists, space exploration, Walter Pidegon, William Shakespeare

April 17th, 2014: The Attic (1980)

Apr17 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Black Comedy, Drama, Horror, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller, Tragedy, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, Atlantic Releasing Corporation, attic, Carrie Snodgress, chimpanzees, disappearance, double cross, fantasy sequence, father-daughter relationship, fiance, fire, Frances Bay, Gary Graver, George Edwards, home movies, it's not over, librarian, library, low-budget, movie theater, murder, overbearing father, paralysis, pyromaniac, Ray Milland, sailors, secret, twist, wheelchair

January 24th, 2014: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Jan24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip, Sequel, Slapstick Tagged archaeologist, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Sound Nominee, Boy Scouts, circus, college, Crusades, Denholm Elliott, desert, father, father-son relationship, fight in a train car, flashback, Frank Marshall, George Lucas, Germany, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Italy, John Rhys-Davies, John Williams, Julian Glover, knights, Nazis, overbearing father, prequel, professors, Sean Connery, Steven Spielberg, tank, teens, the Holy Grail, train, treasure, treasure hunt, treasure map, Venice, Zepplin

October 4th, 2013: Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Oct4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Disaster, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Silent, Slapstick Tagged boat, Buster Keaton, class issues, college boy, cyclone, father-daughter relationship, father-son relationship, jail, meet cute, overbearing father, prison break, river, shopping for clothes, steamboat, storm

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

June 11th, 2013: Big Jake (1971)

Jun11 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Western Tagged Batjac Films, Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot, children of famous people, Christopher Mitchum, Drive-In, Elmer Bernstein, Estranged parent, father, father-son relationship, grandfather, Hank Worden, Harry Carey Jr., hostage, hostage situation, Jim Davis, John Agar, John Wayne, kidnapping, Maureen O'Hara, old men, old timer, overbearing father, Patrick Wayne, ranch, rancher, ransom, Richard Boone, Roy Jenson, Texas Ranger

May 20th, 2013: The House that Dripped Blood

May20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Anthology, Comedy, Horror, Movie of the Day, Spoof, Vampires, Wax Museum, Witches Tagged abandoned house, Amicus, Britain, Christopher Lee, cops, cursed objects, Denholm Elliott, father-daughter relationship, film within a film, filmmaking, Ingrid Pitt, it's not over, Joanna Lumley, Jon Pertwee, Joss Ackland, low-budget, overbearing father, Peter Cushing, Scotland Yard, twist, writer

January 11th, 2013: The Brain that Wouldn’t Die (1962)

Jan11 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Black and White, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original Tagged "what's locked in the closet", Acting!, artist model, bad special effects, burlesque, car accident, cash-in, decapitation, deformed assistant, disfigured face, double cross, Drive-In, father, fiance, grindhouse, head on a platter, head transplant, kidnapping, low-budget, mad scientist, models, nurse, organ transplantation, overbearing father, plastic surgery, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, Sammy Petrillo, Science!, scientists, sleazy, strippers, surgery

September 14th, 2012: Creepshow (1982)

Sep14 by Professor Mortis

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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

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

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