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October 18th, 2014: The Changeling (1980)

Oct18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Barry Morse, Canada, composer, cover-up, Eric Christmas, George C. Scott, ghost story, haunted house, historian, historical society, Jean Marsh, John Colicos, kid ghost, less famous spouse, Melvyn Douglas, musicians, Peter Medak, politician, professors, seance, Senator, Tax Shelter Film, Trish Van Devere, twist, vengeful ghost, wheelchair, William Gray

March 31st, 2014: The Dead Zone (1983)

Mar31 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Drama, Horror, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Anthony Zerbe, assassination, Brooke Adams, Christopher Walken, Colleen Dewhurst, David Cronenberg, Debra Hill, Dino De Laurentiis, Dino De Laurentiis Company, Herbert Lom, Lorimar Films, Martin Sheen, Paramount Pictures, politician, psychic, Stephen King, Tom Skerritt

October 12th, 2012: I Married a Witch

Oct12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, The Original, Witches Tagged "lightning ressurects the dead", Best Score Nominee, burned at the stake, Cecil Kellaway, cranky ghost, curse, family curse, father, father-daughter relationship, fiance, flashback, Frederic March, interrupted wedding, light, love potion, love triangle, politician, Preston Sturges, Puritans, Rene Clair, Salem, Salem Witch Trials, shrew, United Artists, Veronica Lake, wedding, wedding night, witch

July 1st, 2012: Wild in the Streets (1968)

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2 Comments Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Satire, Sci-Fi Tagged AIP, Barry Shear, Barry Williams, before they were famous, Bill Mumy, Bobby Sherman, cameos, children of famous people, concentration camp, corrupt politicians, Dick Clark, double cross, Drive-In, Ed Begley, generation gap, Hal Holbrook, it's not over, James H. Nicholson, Larry Bishop, Les Baxter, LSD, Millie Perkins, musical interlude, musicians, old men, Paul Frees, Peter Tork, political group, politician, revolution, Richard Pryor, Robert Thom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, secret police, Senator, Shelley Winters, teens, Walter Winchell

May 22nd, 2012: Z (1969)

May22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Political Thriller, Thriller Tagged assassination, assassination attempt, Best Actor (Cannes), Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Picture Nominee, car accident, car attack, coma, conspiracy, Costa-Gravas, coup, doctor, France, Greece, hospital, informer, Irene Pappas, it's not over, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, journalist, Jury Prize (Cannes), Palme D'Or Nominee, paramilitary group, political group, politician, reluctant witness, surgery, Yves Montand

November 22nd, 2011: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Nov22 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Political Thriller, Satire, The Original, Thriller Tagged Angela Lansbury, assassination attempt, brain washing, China, Communism, controlling mother, corrupt politicians, dream sequence, Frank Sinatra, George Axelrod, Henry Silva, Janet Leigh, John Frankenheimer, Korean War, Lawrence Harvey, mother, nightmares, patsy, politician, repressed memories, Richard Condon, Soviet Union, suicide, U.S. Army, Washington D.C., Whit Bissell

April 29th, 2011: Citizen Kane

Apr29 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Hermann, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Nominee, Everett Sloane, Gregg Toland, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph Cotton, Mercury Productions, newspaper, opera, Orson Welles, politician, recluse, reporter, rise and fall, RKO, Robert Wise

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