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December 22nd, 2014: The Day of the Locust (1975)

Dec22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Tragedy Tagged "simple" people, annoying children, behind the scenes, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Billy Barty, Bo Hopkins, brothel, Burgess Meredith, California, child killer, cock fight, cuckold, Dennis Dugan, Donald Sutherland, Geraldine Page, Great Depression, hallucinations, Hollywood, insanity, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hillerman, Karen Black, Los Angeles, mob, Nathaneal West, Paramount Pictures, Pepe Serna, prostitutes, Richard Dysart, riot, travelling salesman, Vaudville, William Atherton, William Castle

May 31st, 2014: I Saw What You Did (1965)

May31 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged baby sitters, children of famous people, crank call, Drive-In, Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, low-budget, rip-off, teens, telephone, Universal Pictures, William Castle, William Castle Productions

September 18th, 2013: Bug (1975)

Sep18 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi Tagged Bradford Dillman, burning, college, earthquake, etymologist, farm, farmers, fire, gross out, insanity, insects, Jea nnot Szwarc, Jesse Vint, Joanna Miles, mad scientist, minister, Patty McCormack, professors, roaches, scientists, William Castle, William Castle Productions

May 18th, 2012: House on Haunted Hill (1959)

May18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", acid, Allied Artists, bickering married couple, Carol Ohmart, dinner party, doctor, double cross, Drive-In, Elisha Cook Jr., Emergo, gimmick, gossip columnist, matinee, party, pilots, secretary, skeleton, Vincent Price, William Castle, William Castle Productions

May 13th, 2012: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

May13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cults, Demons, Drama, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged apartment, Charles Grodin, creepy neighbors, D'Urville Martin, deal with the devil, demon, doctor, Elisha Cook Jr., Ira Levin, John Cassavetes, Maurice Evans, Mia Farrow, new home, old men, pregnancy, Ralph Bellamy, Roman Polanski, Ruth Gordon, Satan, satanism, Victoria Vetri, William Castle, William Castle Productions

May 31st, 2011: Matinee (1993)

May31 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Belinda Balaski, bomb shelter, Cathy Moriarty, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, film within a film, homage, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Dante, John Goodman, John Sayles, Kellie Martin, Kevin McCarthy, Lisa Jakub, Naomi Watts, Robert Picardo, Universal Pictures, William Castle

April 19th, 2011: The Tingler

Apr19 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Black and White, Horror, Independent, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day Tagged color sequence, Columbia Pictures, deaf people, fear, gimmick, matinee, movie theater, mutes, pathologist, Vincent Price, William Castle, William Castle Productions

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

I Saw What You Did (1965)

Nov3 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Black and White, Full Reviews, Reviews, The Original, Thriller Tagged baby sitters, children of famous people, crank call, Drive-In, Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, low-budget, rip-off, teens, telephone, Universal Pictures, William Castle, William Castle Productions

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