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December 10th, 2014: Billy Jack (1971)

Dec10 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel, Tragedy, Western Tagged "the role that made them famous", animal cruelty, Billy Jack, box office smash, coven, Delores Taylor, double cross, Drive-In, environmental message, Green Beret, half breed, Hapkido, hippies, Howard Hessman, Kenneth Tobey, low-budget, mustangs, one hit wonder, One Tin Soldier, private school, progressive school, pushed too far, racists, rape, rednecks, role-playing, runaway, shoe free ass kicking, stand-off, Tom Laughlin, veteran, Vietnam veterans

January 19th, 2014: Hard Target (1993)

Jan19 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Based on a Book, Chase, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Survival Tagged Arnold Vasloo, homeless, Jean-Claude Van Damme, John Woo, most dangerous game, New Orleans, veteran, Vietnam veterans, Yancy Butler

July 2nd, 2013: Zero Hour!

Jul2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Airplanes, Based on a TV Show, Black and White, Disaster, Drama, Event Film, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, Thriller Tagged airplane, airport, Arthur Hailey, Dana Andrews, doctor, flashback, food poisoning, Linda Darnell, pilots, post traumatic stress disorder, Sterling Hayden, veteran, William Conrad, World War Two, World War Two Veterans

March 9th, 2013: The Professionals (1966)

Mar9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Columbia Pictures, Conrad L. Hall, double cross, explosives, Hispanic-face, hostage, Jack Palance, kidnapping, Lee Marvin, Maurice Jarre, mercenary, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Ralph Bellamy, ransom, Robert Ryan, Texas, trackers, train, veteran, Woody Strode

February 17th, 2013: Slaughter (1972)

Feb17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Crime, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original Tagged AIP, casino, Don Gordon, double cross, Drive-In, funk soundtrack, Green Beret, grindhouse, handball, Jim Brown, MacGuffin, Mafia, Marlene Clark, maverick, Mexico, mobsters, racism, racist cops, racists, revenge, Rip Torn, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Stella Stevens, T-Men, veteran, Vietnam veterans

January 16th, 2013: Escape from New York (1981)

Jan16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Dark Future, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "but I get results", "New York", "You will self destruct in 24 hours", Adrienne Barbeau, Air Force One, airplane, arena, Avco Embassy Pictures, Bob Minor, bridge, Britain, Charles Cyphers, co-production, Donald Pleasence, double cross, Drive-In, Ernest Borgnine, futures past, George "Buck" Flower, glider, Harry Dean Stanton, helicopter, hostage, Isaac Hayes, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, John Diehl, Kurt Russell, land mines, low-budget, musical interlude, New York City, plane crash, President of the United States, prison, prison warden, prisoner, rescue mission, scientists, Tom Atkins, veteran, World War Three

December 9th, 2012: Bulldog Drummond (1929)

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Play, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller Tagged awful gay stereotypes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, gay sidekick, Great War veteran, Gregg Toland, Joan Bennett, kidnapping, Montagu Love, Pre-Code, Ronald Coleman, Samuel Goldwyn, Samuel Goldwyn Company, United Artists, veteran, yellow peril

April 10th, 2012: The Crazies (1973)

Apr10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Disaster, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged "too expensive to show", allegory, biological warfare, burning, Drive-In, fire, firefighters, George A. Romero, grindhouse, helicopter, high school, incest, insanity, it's not over, low-budget, Lynn Lowry, murder, National Guard, nurse, Pennsylvania, priest, pyromaniac, quarantine, rape, scientists, self immolation, small town, spineless bureacrats, suicide, town doctor, tragedy of errors, veteran, Vietnam allegory, Vietnam veterans

February 21st, 2012: Pontypool (2008)

Feb21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Horror, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, The Original, Zombies Tagged Afghan War vet, Bruce McDonald, Canada, DJ, IFC Films, it's not over, language, language barrier, Lisa Houle, low-budget, news broadcasts, premonition, radio show, reporter, Stephen McHattie, traffic reporter, twist, veteran, virus zombies

January 19th, 2012: Bloodlust! (1961)

Jan19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged alcoholic, before they were famous, crazed veteran, crossbow, Drive-In, henchman, hunters, insanity, island, low-budget, mastermind, most dangerous game, rip-off, Robert Reed, sniper, teens, uncharted island, veteran, World War Two Veterans

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