Salem’s Lot
Old foes come to New England in a 1979 take on Stephen King’s vampire tale. Originally conceived as a movie, Salem’s Lot was expanded to a 3+ hour TV miniseries […]
Tag Archives: 1970s
The Brood
David Cronenberg’s angry divorce movie follows Frank (Art Hindle) as he tries to save his ex-wife (Samantha Eggar, brilliant) and daughter (Cindy Hinds, creepy) from an unorthodox psychotherapist (Oliver Reed, […]
Straw Dogs
In Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 thriller Straw Dogs, American academic David (Dustin Hoffman) and his English wife Amy (Susan George) move to her tiny Cornish village with barely enough room to […]
Gus
Struggling American football team The Atoms enlist the help of Yugoslavian mule Gus, and his handler Andy (Gary Grimes), to take their kicks in a winning strategy to rival Moneyball. […]
The Hills Have Eyes
An affluent nuclear family’s RV breaks down on a military testing site where they’re terrorised by a nuclear family of a not-so-different kind. Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes is […]
On iPlayer: Westworld
The original Westworld is available on iPlayer over the festive period, probably because it stars Yul Brynner. This 1973 sci-fi/Western is written and directed by Michael “Jurassic Park” Crichton, a […]
Video Nasty 26: I Spit on Your Grave
The story of a New Yorker (Camille Keaton) who takes revenge on her redneck rapists, I Spit on Your Grave was at the heart of the video nasties scandal. Originally released […]
Deliverance
Four businessmen (Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox) take a canoe trip down a Georgia river before it – and they – are dammed. Before temporarily scuppering his career with Zardoz, […]
The Muppet Movie
The first of many, many cinematic outings shows the Muppets’ humble beginnings, as Kermit goes in search of stardom, picking up his furry friends on the way to Hollywood. Meanwhile […]
The Aristocats
I loved Disney’s The Aristocats as a child, though I don’t know if that’s because I loved cats and jazz or if I love cats and jazz because of this […]
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