Monster of the Day #1250
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Monster of the Day #1250

Not a lot more Ash vs Evil Dead monsters yet, unless I just keep doing Deadites. Luckily, Campbell was in plenty of movies with monsters.
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Short new piece….

It's down in the Nuggets, so I wasn't sure people would see it. It's my roundtable piece, and I reposted a nugget from the old site for a film with a similar theme.
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The Corpse Grinders (1971)
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The Corpse Grinders (1971)

We’re returning to familiar ground here. This is the third film from Ted V. Mikels’ Golden Age (1966-1973). Of course, golden ages are relative. We’re not talking John Ford here by any means. Yet in those seven years Mikels made six films that have maintained a good level of clunky charm. This is the…
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Jabootu Repost: Strays (1991)
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Jabootu Repost: Strays (1991)

Plot: Night of the Living Dead, only with housecats instead of zombies. For whatever reason, the killer cat genre remains a surprisingly robust one. I mean, I can understand movies being centered on killer dogs, because dogs could actually, you know, kill you. In contrast, killer cat movies—by which I mean films featuring regular-sized…
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