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Tag Archives: 1970s
Carrie (1976)
It seems to be a basic truth in movies that any horror film of any renown that was made before the year 2000 will get a remake after it. Series, one-offs, cult classics, major hits… doesn’t matter, so long as … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween Haunters
Tagged 1970s, 5 Stars, Amy Irving, Brian De Palma, Carrie, John Travolta, movies, Nancy Allen, Piper Laurie, reviews, Sissy Spacek, Stephen King, William Katt
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Madhouse (1974)
It’s always a pleasure to watch a film where the actors love their work. And when it comes to B-grade horror movies, few people loved their work as much — or were half as good — as Vincent Price and … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween Haunters
Tagged 1970s, 4 Stars, Jim Clark, Madhouse, movies, Peter Cushing, reviews, Robert Quarry, Vincent Price
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Phantasm
I always like to wait at least one night between watching a horror movie and reviewing it, just in case the film actually succeeds at giving me nightmares (so far, none has.) In the case of Phantasm, however, I waited … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged 1970s, 2 Stars, A. Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, Bill Thornbury, Don Coscarelli, movies, Phantasm, Reggie Bannister, reviews
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The Rescuers
The Rescuers is another of those films lost to the fog of my childhood memory. It was originally released in 1977, and then was re-released in 1983 and 1989 (this being back when Disney regularly re-released films to theatres, and … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged 1970s, 4 Stars, Bob Newhart, Disney, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page, Joe Flynn, Michelle Stacy, movies, Rescuers, reviews
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The Stone Killer
It’s a truism in Hollywood that if somebody has a successful film, somebody else is going to try to imitate it. It’s often lamented today, what with the internet providing a greater amount of movie discussion, but it predates the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, 3 Stars, Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Michael Winner, movies, reviews, Stone Killer
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Favorite Films: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
“Look, my liege!” “Camelot!” “Camelot!” “Camelot!” “It’s only a model.” The 1960s brought together a unique troupe of British comedians who would end up becoming known the world over for their sketch comedy. Graduates of Oxford University and Cambridge University, … Continue reading
Favorite Films: Star Wars
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. Star Wars is a film that virtually everybody in western civilization recognizes, and just about everybody has seen. From the vantage point of 2012, the film’s 35th anniversary, it almost … Continue reading
Posted in Favorite Films, Oscarama
Tagged 1970s, 5 Stars, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Kenny Baker, Mark Hamill, movies, Peter Cushing, Peter Mayhew, Ralph McQuarrie, reviews, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope
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Dog Day Afternoon
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. It’s an old phrase — coined by Mark Twain according to most sources — and just occasionally it seems to be true. Certainly that seems to apply to the film Dog Day Afternoon; released … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, 5 Stars, Al Pacino, Charles Durning, Dog Day Afternoon, James Broderick, John Cazale, movies, Penelope Allen, reviews, Sidney Lumet, Sully Boyar
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Solaris (1972)
When I decided to watch Solaris, I knew only a handful of things about it. I knew that it was from 1972, and had been remade in 2002, as an American film starring George Clooney. I knew that it was … Continue reading
Alien
Yet another film that has caused more than a few people to ask me “How have you not seen that yet?”, Alien has long been regarded as both a classic science-fiction film and a classic horror film. The film brought … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween Haunters
Tagged 1970s, 5 Stars, Alien, Bolaji Badejo, H.R. Giger, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, John Hurt, movies, reviews, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto
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