Tag Archives: 1970s

Carrie (1976)

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

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 →

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Madhouse (1974)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

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 →

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Phantasm

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

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 →

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The Rescuers

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

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 →

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The Stone Killer

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

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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Favorite Films: Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

“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 →

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Favorite Films: Star Wars

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

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 →

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Dog Day Afternoon

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

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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Solaris (1972)

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

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 →

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Alien

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

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 →

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