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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

IMDB Rating: 6.70
1394 votes

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Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).
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Casey EdwardsBud Abbott
Freddie PhillipsLou Costello
Swami TalpurBoris Karloff
Also posted in 1949, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Thing

IMDB Rating: 8.00
33012 votes

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An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over.
Actors
R.J. MacReadyKurt Russell
Dr. BlairWilford Brimley
NaulsT.K. Carter
Also posted in 1982, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Comments (0)

Without a Paddle

IMDB Rating: 5.70
9859 votes

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The legendary high jacker is actually Dan Cooper. DB Cooper is the name of the man arrested shortly after the real high jacker jumped from the plane but was quickly cleared by the authorities. Unfortunately, the newspapers picked up DB Cooper's name instead of Dan Cooper and the name stuck.
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Young TomMatthew Price
Young JerryAndrew Hampton
Young DanJarred Rumbold
Also posted in 2004, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery | Comments (1)

Blazing Saddles

IMDB Rating: 7.80
30096 votes

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The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.
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BartCleavon Little
JimGene Wilder
TaggartSlim Pickens
Also posted in 1974, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (1)

High Plains Drifter

IMDB Rating: 7.50
8644 votes

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A mysterious gunfighter without a name rides across the desert landscape and arrives in the mining town beside the sea "Lago" to stay for the night. After gunning down three desperado's who tried to kill him, the town hires the gunfighter to help defend the town from three murderous outlaws, Stacey Bridges, Bill Borders and Cole Carlin who have been released from jail after they brutally whipped to death the town's local lawman Marshal Jim Duncan who is in his grave with a unmarked gravestone, the three outlaws set out to return to "Lago" to get their vengeance. Can the mysterious gunfighter without a name stop the three outlaws?
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The StrangerClint Eastwood
Sarah BeldingVerna Bloom
Callie TraversMarianna Hill
Also posted in 1973, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller, Western | Comments (0)

30 Days of Night

IMDB Rating: 7.00
10860 votes

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This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
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Sheriff Eben OlesonJosh Hartnett
MarlowDanny Huston
Stella OlesonMelissa George
Also posted in 2007, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Pale Rider

IMDB Rating: 7.00
8742 votes

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Clint Eastwood is a mysterious preacher who comes to a gold mining camp near a small town in the mountains. The miners are in grave danger as a ruthless landowner decides to take their land, with the support of the sheriff. The only one who seems brave enough to save them is this preacher who came from nowhere and nobody knows his past or his real name. Why is the sheriff afraid of him? Why is he such a good shooter? Is he really a preacher?
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PreacherClint Eastwood
Hull BarretMichael Moriarty
Sarah WheelerCarrie Snodgress
Also posted in 1985, Action, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (0)

Monster House

IMDB Rating: 6.90
8398 votes

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The teenage DJ is observing his neighbor Nebbercracker on the other side of their street in the suburb that destroys tricycles of children that trespass his lawn. When DJ's parents travel on the eve of Halloween and the abusive nanny Zee stays with him, he calls his clumsy best friend Chowder to play basketball. But when the ball falls in Nebbercracker's lawn, the old man has a siege, and sooner they find that the house is a monster. Later the boys rescue the smart Jenny from the house and the trio unsuccessfully tries to convince the babysitter, her boyfriend Bones and two police officers that the haunted house is a monster, but nobody believes on them. The teenagers ask their video-game addicted acquaintance Skull how to destroy the house, and they disclose its secret on the Halloween night.
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Little GirlRyan Newman
NebbercrackerSteve Buscemi
DJMitchel Musso
Also posted in 2006, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)

Bandidas

IMDB Rating: 5.60
4005 votes

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In 1848, a New York bank wants to put a railroad across Mexico, so it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and evicts farmers on the proposed rail line who owe money. The bank's henchman is the murderous Jackson. He runs afoul of two women, María, the tough but uneducated daughter of a farmer, and Sara, the European-educated daughter of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the now landless people and to seek revenge, María and Sara become bank robbers, veritable Robin Hoods. But Jackson and his hired guns are after them. What are the women's options?
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MariaPenélope Cruz
SaraSalma Hayek
QuentinSteve Zahn
Also posted in 2006, Action, Comedy, Crime, Western | Comments (0)

The Fallen Ones

IMDB Rating: 3.50
231 votes

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The Fallen Ones, an ancient cult in Egypt that worshiped giants. One such giant was Aramis, who's father is a fallen Fallen Angel who had Armamis mummified to save his spirit from the great flood. Time passes and it's 2005 and a team of Archaeologists have found the tomb lead by clues in ancient text. But one of them is not who they appear to be, he is the Fallen One and has plans on resurrecting Aramis and start a new race of giants and destroy all of humankind. Unless Matt and his team can find a way to take down a hundred foot mummy.
Actors
Matt FletcherCasper Van Dien
AngelaKristen Miller
MortonRobert Wagner
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror | Comments (0)
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