Saturday, December 31, 2005
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
Tagline: Shuddery things from beyond the stars, here to breed with human women!
Plot Summary: Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.
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Friday, December 30, 2005
Santa Sangre (1989)
Plot Summary: A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the heretical church of Santa Sangre ("Holy Blood"), and then commit suicide. Back in the present, he escapes and rejoins his surviving and armless mother. Against his will, he "becomes her arms" and the two undertake a grisly campaign of murder and revenge.
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Thursday, December 29, 2005
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Tagline: A ghoulish tale with wicked humour & stunning animation.
Plot Outline: Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't quite understand the concept.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Tagline: Santa Claus saves Christmas for the Children of the World!
Plot Outline: The Martians kidnap Santa because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Bad Santa (2003)
Tagline: He doesn't care if you're naughty or nice.
Plot Outline: A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
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Monday, December 26, 2005
Black Christmas (1974)
Tagline: If this movie doesn't make your skin crawl... It's On Too Tight!
Plot Outline: A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.
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Sunday, December 25, 2005
You Better Watch Out (1980)
Saturday, December 24, 2005
King Kong (2005)
Tagline: The eighth wonder of the world.
Plot Outline: In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with leading lady Ann Darrow.
And I liked the movie!
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Friday, December 23, 2005
King Kong (1933)
Tagline: The Most Awesome Thriller Of All Time! Out-leaping the maddest imaginings! Out-thrilling the wildest thrills! The strangest story ever conceived by man!!
Plot Outline: An expedition exploring a remote island capture a gigantic ape and bring him back to New York for exhibition. A beautiful actress who accompanies them is menaced when the monster's love for her causes him to break out.
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
Kingukongu no gyakushu (King Kong Escapes) (1967)
Plot Summary: King Kong is brought in by an evil ruler to dig for precious gems in a mine when the robot MechaKong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle that threatens to level Japan.
I remember seeing this in the early 80s. It was great fun!!!
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
King Kong Lives (1986)
Tagline: The Legendary Kong is Back! America's Biggest Hero is back...and He is not happy.
Plot Summary: A giant ape King Kong, which was shot and fell off the World Trade Center, appears to be alive, but is in coma for 10 years and desperately needs a blood transfusion in order to have an artificial heart implanted. Suddenly, in the rainforest, another gigantic ape is found - this time a female. She is brought to the USA, and the heart is successfully implanted. But then King Kong, having felt a female ape, breaks loose...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962)
Tagline: The motion picture screen beckons you to adventure that thrills the emotions with shock and terror! The most colossal conflict the screen has ever known! The Battle of the Century!! Now an all-mighty all-new motion picture brings them together for the first time in the colossal class of all time! Mighty King Kong! Mighty Godzilla!
Plot Summary: Mr. Tako, the chairman of a pharmaceutical company, learns of roma tomato-sized berries that grow on Farou Island, are a miracle cure, and that the natives worship a god called Kingkong who has allegedly grown to giant size from eating the berries. What better way to promote the product, Tako figures, than to bring the creature back to Japan? So he leads an expedition with Sakurai and Furue to get the berries and the monster. Meanwhile, some American pilots discover the chunk of the glacier Godzilla was sealed in back in 1955. Sakurai's sister's boyfriend Kazuo is busy trying to sell an invisible but superstrong wire, which of course no one wants until Kong escapes...
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Monday, December 19, 2005
Konga (1961)
Tagline: Not since "King Kong"...has the screen exploded with such mighty fury and spectacle!
Plot Summary: Dr.Decker comes back from Africa after a year, presumed dead. During that year, he came across a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee to test out his theory. As he has many enemies at home, he decides to use his chimp, 'Konga' to 'get rid of them'. Then Konga grows to gigantic proportions and reaks havoc all over the city of London!!
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Sunday, December 18, 2005
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