Movie Marathon (Part 2)

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1942

Movies with vegetables in the title

  1. Hot Potato
  2. The Corn Is Green
  3. The Great Waldo Pepper
  4. The Peanuts Movie
  5. The Onion Field
  6. Fried Green Tomatoes
1943

didn’t we agree in the last thread that tomatoes were a fruit?

-“BB”-

1944

Movies with vegetables in the title

  1. Hot Potato
  2. The Corn Is Green
  3. The Great Waldo Pepper
  4. The Peanuts Movie
  5. The Onion Field
  6. Fried Green Tomatoes
  7. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

(This is not an easy category—let the tomato thing go)

1945

Movies with vegetables in the title

  1. Hot Potato
  2. The Corn Is Green
  3. The Great Waldo Pepper
  4. The Peanuts Movie
  5. The Onion Field
  6. Fried Green Tomatoes
  7. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  8. The Life of Lucky Cucumber
1946

Movies with vegetables in the title

  1. Hot Potato
  2. The Corn Is Green
  3. The Great Waldo Pepper
  4. The Peanuts Movie
  5. The Onion Field
  6. Fried Green Tomatoes
  7. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  8. The Life of Lucky Cucumber
  9. Children of the Corn
1947

Movies with vegetables in the title

  1. Hot Potato
  2. The Corn Is Green
  3. The Great Waldo Pepper
  4. The Peanuts Movie
  5. The Onion Field
  6. Fried Green Tomatoes
  7. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  8. The Life of Lucky Cucumber
  9. Children of the Corn
  10. Freebie and the Bean

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
1948

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
  2. Arachnophobia
1949

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
  2. Arachnophobia
  3. Tarantula!
1950

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
  2. Arachnophobia
  3. Tarantula!
  4. Spider-Man
1951

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
  2. Arachnophobia
  3. Tarantula!
  4. Spider-Man
  5. Raiders of the Lost Ark

Lots of 'em in the opening scene set in the ancient Peruvian temple.

1952

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
  2. Arachnophobia
  3. Tarantula!
  4. Spider-Man
  5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  6. Eight-Legged Freaks
1953

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
  2. Arachnophobia
  3. Tarantula!
  4. Spider-Man
  5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  6. Eight-Legged Freaks
  7. The Incredible Shrinking Man

The scene where he battles the spider still gives me the willies.

1954

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
  2. Arachnophobia
  3. Tarantula!
  4. Spider-Man
  5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  6. Eight-Legged Freaks
  7. The Incredible Shrinking Man
  8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Shelob, brrrr! Talk about getting the willies…

1955

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
  2. Arachnophobia
  3. Tarantula!
  4. Spider-Man
  5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  6. Eight-Legged Freaks
  7. The Incredible Shrinking Man
  8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  9. Spiders
1956

Spiders in Film

  1. Charlotte’s Web
  2. Arachnophobia
  3. Tarantula!
  4. Spider-Man
  5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  6. Eight-Legged Freaks
  7. The Incredible Shrinking Man
  8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  9. Spiders
  10. Dr. No

The bad guys try to kill 007 in his sleep with a tarantula.

Pass.

1957

That was an interesting scene, since tarantula bites are not fatal unless you have an unusual allergy to them.

1958

Movies with unusual deaths

  1. This Is Spinal Tap - spontaneous combustion
1959

Movies with unusual deaths

  1. This Is Spinal Tap - spontaneous combustion
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark - melted by Ark of the Covenant
1960

Movies with unusual deaths

  1. This Is Spinal Tap - spontaneous combustion
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark - melted by Ark of the Covenant
  3. Se7en - Prostitute died of internal bleeding when a sex customer was forced to have sex with her with a bladed strap-on, as the Lust Sin.
1961

Movies with unusual deaths

  1. This Is Spinal Tap - spontaneous combustion
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark - melted by Ark of the Covenant
  3. Se7en - Prostitute died of internal bleeding when a sex customer was forced to have sex with her with a bladed strap-on, as the Lust Sin.
  4. The Abominable Dr. Phibes - death by crushing frog’s head