Martin
George A. Romero moves vampires from Transylvania to Pennsylvania (via Indiana) in this 1977 horror he should have called Interstate with the Vampire. Romero does for vampires what he previously […]
Tag Archives: 1970s
Godzilla vs. Megalon
It is fun to imagine there is someone in the world who has stumbled across Godzilla vs. Megalon expecting another serious reckoning with Japan’s nuclear holocaust, only to be confronted […]
The Crazies
29 years before 28 Days Later, George A. Romero spawned a virus that turns half the population insane; a phenomenon that has occurred every four years ever since. 1973’s The […]
Video Nasty 39: Zombi 2
A New York couple (Ian McCulloch and Tisa (sister of Mia) Farrow) head to the Caribbean to explore a voodoo curse that causes the dead to rise, in this 1979 […]
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Anyone who saw Nosferatu and thought “this would be better in colour and with talking” should seek out this 1979 remake and get their head examined. Werner Herzog’s 1979 revamp […]
Dark Star
Kubrick meets Americana in John Carpenter’s first film, written by Alien scribe Dan O’Bannon, about a crew scouting colonisable planets in the 22nd century. If 2001: A Space Odyssey was […]
Black Christmas
Black Christmas (1974) is a Canadian slasher flick about a sorority house quite literally going to pieces over the Christmas break, not to be confused with Black X-Mas (2006), Black […]
Carrie
Carrie’s (Sissy Spacek) high school bullies hatch a plan to douse her with pig’s blood on prom night in the 1976 classic they should have called Meat Girls. Based on […]
Network
A news anchor (Peter Finch) threatens to kill himself on air, but his announcement backfires when he shoots up the ratings. On re-release for director Sidney Lumet’s 100th birthday, Network […]
The Omen
An American ambassador (Gregory Peck) accidentally adopts the antichrist (Harvey Spencer Stephens) in this 1976 tale of diplomatic inanity. The Omen piggybacks on the success of The Exorcist and throws […]
Screen Goblin 