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Scary Movie Monday – Mighty Joe Young, Part 2

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Continuing our look back at 1949’s Mighty Joe Young, featuring effects supervised by the great Willis O’Brien and early stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen. One thing that is really striking while rewatching it on DVD is just how sloppy the … Continue reading →

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Scary Movie Monday – Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Okay, this one isn’t scary at all, but it still has a really big gorilla in it, and there’s some good tension in spots. Continuing our look at lesser-known Willis O’Brien movies and spin-offs (that aren’t King Kong–I’m planning to … Continue reading →

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Scary Movie Monday – The Valley of Gwangi

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Continuing with our theme of Willis O’Brien related films (that are not King Kong), we have 1969’s The Valley of Gwangi, from Warner Brothers/Seven Arts, featuring perhaps the worst studio logo in Warner’s history, a clunky ‘W’ in a shield … Continue reading →

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Super Movie Monday – The Black Scorpion

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Tony Frazier

Someday, since this is a superhero blog, I’ll have to cover the other Black Scorpion movie, the one about a black-clad female superhero. But since we’re in Halloween mode, we’re talking here about the cheapie released by Warner Brothers in … Continue reading →

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