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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

December 20th, 2012: Zodiac (2007)

Dec20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cops, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Serial Killer, Thriller, True Crime Tagged Anthony Edwards, asshole reporter, Brian Cox, California, Candy Clark, children of famous people, cops, David Fincher, Dermot Mulroney, Donal Logue, Elias Koteas, insanity, Ione Skye, it's not over, Jake Gyllenhaal, James LeGros, John Carroll Lynch, John Terry, Mark Ruffalo, maverick cops, murder, newspaper, Paramount Pictures, Phillip Baker Hall, red herring, reporter, Robert Downey Jr., San Francisco, serial killer, threatening letters, Warner Brothers

August 10th, 2011: Clue (1985)

Aug10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Board Game, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged "the butler did it", Bill Henderson, blackmail, butler, cameos, Christopher Lloyd, Colleen Camp, Communism, Debra Hill, Debra Hill Productions, dinner party, Eileen Brennan, expository rant, French Maid, gimmick, Howard Hesseman, Jane Wiedlin, John Landis, Jonathan Lynn, Lee Ving, Lesley Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn, Martin Mull, Michael McKean, multiple endings, Paramount Pictures, PolyGram, red herring, Red Scare, scientists, singing telegram, The Guber-Peters Company, Tim Curry

March 23rd, 2011: Urban Legend (1998)

Mar23 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Revenge, Slasher, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged "New England", Alicia Witt, Brad Dourif, cash-in, children of famous people, college, double cross, expository rant, Jamie Blanks, Jared Leto, John Neville, Joshua Jackson, journalist, killer in the back seat, Loretta Divine, Michael Rosenbaum, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Rebecca Gayheart, red herring, rip-off, Robert Englund, TriStar Pictures, urban legend

February 18th, 2011: Strait-Jacket (1964)

Feb18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Black and White, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged axe murders, cash-in, Columbia Pictures, George Kennedy, insanity, is x crazy?, Joan Crawford, Lee Majors, Leif Erickson, low-budget, red herring, Robert Bloch, twist, William Castle, William Castle Productions

A Perfect Getaway

Jun12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Full Reviews, Reviews, Thriller Tagged Chris Hemsworth, David Twohy, Hawaii, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton, Milla Jovovich, red herring, secret identity, serial killer, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant

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