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August 20th, 2013: An American Werewolf in London

Aug20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Horror, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Tragedy, Werewolves Tagged "it's all in their heads-or is it?", "The Moors", backpackers, Best Makeup, Brian Glover, Britain, college students, cover-up, cranky ghost, curse, David Naughton, doctor, dream sequence, Elmer Bernstein, Frank Oz, full moon, Griffin Dunne, hospital, in-joke, Jenny Agutter, John Landis, London, mix-tape soundtrack, Muppets, nightmares, nurse, older woman, panic, PolyGram, porn theater, punks, Rick Baker, Rik Mayall, stealth remake, transformations, undead, unfriendly locals, warnings from townsfolk, werewolf

February 1st, 2013: City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel

Feb1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Cults, From Beyond the Grave, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good, Witches Tagged Amicus, Christopher Lee, Drive-In, low-budget, Vulcan, warnings from townsfolk

May 24th, 2012: Brigadoon (1954)

May24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, The Original Tagged "love breaks the spell", alcoholic, Arthur Freed, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, curse, cursed town, Cyd Charisse, deus ex machina, Elaine Stewart, Gene Kelly, love at first sight, MGM, miracle, New York City, Scotland, Van Johnson, village, Vincente Minnelli, warnings from townsfolk

October 30th, 2011: Black Sunday (1960)

Oct30 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Vampires Tagged AIP, Barbara Steele, castle, curse, cursed town, Drive-In, dual role, execution, family curse, gore, Italy, Les Baxter, Mario Bava, Nikolai Gogol, priest, prince, princess, Samuel Z. Arkoff, village, warnings from townsfolk

October 13th, 2014: Tombs of the Blind Dead

Oct13 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Cults, Horror, Monster, Movie of the Day, The Original, Vampires, Zombies Tagged Amando de Ossorio, blind, Drive-In, grindhouse, it's not over, Knights Templar, low-budget, rip-off, ruins, Spain, train, train attack, warnings from townsfolk, zombies on horseback

September 6th, 2011: Nosferatu (1922)

Sep6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Dracula, German Expressionism, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, Vampires Tagged Bram Stoker, castle, Expressionism, F.W. Murnau, Germany, Max Schreck, Nosferatu, plague, rats, rip-off, shipwrecks, sunlight kills, superstition, warnings from townsfolk

Brigadoon (1954)

Aug17 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Fantasy, Full Reviews, Musical, Reviews, Romance, The Original Tagged "love breaks the spell", alcoholic, Arthur Freed, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, curse, cursed town, Cyd Charisse, deus ex machina, Elaine Stewart, Gene Kelly, love at first sight, MGM, miracle, New York City, Scotland, Tudor Owen, Van Johnson, village, Vincente Minnelli, warnings from townsfolk

February 1st, 2011: City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel

Feb1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Cults, From Beyond the Grave, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good, Witches Tagged Amicus, Christopher Lee, Drive-In, low-budget, Vulcan, warnings from townsfolk

City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel

Nov14 by Professor Mortis

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