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July 6th, 2014: Cujo (1983)

Jul6 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Horror, Movie of the Day, Serial Killer, Thriller Tagged Charles Bernstein, Christopher Stone, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Danny Pintauro, Dee Wallace, Don Carlos Dunaway, Ed Lauter, Frank Welker, Jan de Bont, Lauren Currier, Lewis Teague, Stephen King

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

January 23rd, 2014: Stand by Me

Jan23 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Comedy, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip Tagged "Old Person Looks Back", 1950s, abusive father, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, brothers, Casey Siemasko, Columbia Pictures, Corey Feldman, forest, Gary Reily, Jerry O'Connell, John Cusack, Keifer Sutherland, Maine, pop soundtrack, River Phoenix, Rob Reiner, Stephen King, train, Will Wheaton, writer, younger brother

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

September 12th, 2012: Christine

Sep12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Horror, Killer Cars, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Possession Tagged 1950s, 1970s, Alexandra Paul, bullies, cheerleader, classic car, cursed objects, doo-woop, football player, Harry Dean Stanton, high school, it's not over, John Carpenter, John Stockwell, Keith Gordon, Kelly Preston, Plymouth Fury, Robert Prosky, shop class, Stephen King, teens

August 22nd, 2012: Children of the Corn (1984)

Aug22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Cults, Demons, Horror, Independent, Killer Kids, Killer Plants, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, The Original Tagged "murder the adults", before they were famous, cash-in, child death, child killer, Cinema Group, corn, Drive-In, farmers, fields, gods, Hal Roach Studios, Linda Hamilton, low-budget, New World Pictures, Peter Horton, R. G. Armstrong, Stephen King, teens, wrath of the gods

March 15th, 2012: The Mist (2007)

Mar15 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Disaster, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, Parallel World Tagged "kill it with fire", Andre Braugher, Bob Weinstein, character study, Chris Owen, Dimension Films, fire, flamethrowers, Frances Sternhagen, Frank Darabont, Harvey Weinstein, it's not over, Jeffery DeMunn, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden, monsters from another dimension, religious nut, Richard Saperstein, secret military project, Stephen King, supermarket, Thomas Jane, Toby Jones, twist, U.S. Army, under siege, Weinstein Company, William Sadler

February 2nd, 2012: The Shining (1980)

Feb2 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Ghost, Horror, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged alcoholic, axe murders, Barry Nelson, blood, child abuse, ghost story, haunted hotel, hotel, insanity, Jack Nicholson, Joe Turkel, mountains, psychic, recovering alcoholic, Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall, snow, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, twins, Warner Brothers, winter

December 4th, 2011: The Shawshank Redemption

Dec4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Drama, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Clancy Brown, David Proval, Frank Darabont, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore, Jeffrey DeMunn, Maine, Paul McCrane, Roger Deakins, Stephen King, Thomas Newman, William Sadler

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