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The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
When hot-shot surgeon Dr. Bill Cortner and his girlfriend Jan Compton are involved in a crash speeding to Bill’s remote house in the middle of nowhere Bill is flung from the car, alive and uninjured. Unfortunately Jan does not share the same fate. Upon making his way back to the car in hopes of finding […]
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Welcome to the new home of It Came From the Public Domain!
January 24, 2011
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Some readers may have noticed that It Came From the Public Domain! has not been updated in a very long time. Sadly this has been due to some rather tragic events in the past couple of years. Since November of 2009 three of my relatives have died and as one can imagine multiple deaths in […]
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Special Christmas Double Feature Pt 2: Scrooge
January 23, 2011
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It is now officially Christmas here on It Came From the Public Domain! and that means it’s now time for our second special Christmas feature. Christmas isn’t Christmas without sitting in front of a warm fireplace (or huddled in front of a flickering computer monitor) and watching one of the many renditions of Charles Dickens […]
Special Christmas Double Feature Pt 1: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
January 23, 2011
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Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring… except for your ever faithful projectionist, Cult Hero. As a treat for all my Darklings tonight I bring you a special double feature to lighten up what is for many the most depressing night of the year. To begin I […]
White Zombie
January 23, 2011
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When plantation owner Charles Beaumont becomes obsessed with bride to be Madeline Short he convinces her and her fiancée to join him at his plantation in the depths of dark and mysterious Haiti. His obsession reaches it’s climax when, after being rejected by the young lover he turns to Voodoo master Murder Legendre (played by […]
Carnival of Souls
January 23, 2011
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When Mary finds herself the sole survivor of a fatal drag race leaving two of her friends dead and their bodies lost to the river along with the car they were driving she decides it’s best to move on with her life.She packs up, leaves town and starts a new job, hoping to forget that […]
The Little Shop of Horrors
January 23, 2011
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When a mild mannered flower shop keeper finds a strange plant and begins to take care of it strange things begin to happen… Like people disappearing. Unknown to poor Seymour his new plant comes from outer space and it’s diet is human flesh! The Little Shop of Horrors also happens to be the debut of […]
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
January 23, 2011
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Now how could we possibly go without adding a Dracula film into the mix? Well my Darklings not only do we have a Dracula movie for your viewing pleasure but a classic Hammer film at that. The Satanic Rites of Dracula stars legend Christopher Lee as Dracula who is undead and well and causing havoc […]
Freaks
January 23, 2011
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Freaks is the tale of the lives of circus Freaks. It is the tale of love and betrayal and of just what happens when you cross a band of Freaks after they have accepted you as one of their own. Hans, a little person (or midget for the non politically correct) falls in love with […]
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Thomas Edison’s Frankenstein
January 23, 2011
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This film is a shorty but a goodie. Perhaps the oldest surviving horror movie, Thomas Edison’s Frankenstein is an early adaption of the book by Mary Shelley. Considered primitive by today’s standards this piece of cinematic history shall be celebrating it’s 100th birthday next year. Thomas Edison, we salute you (even if you did electrocute […]
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September 22, 2020
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