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 […]
Tag Archives: 1973
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 […]
The Exorcist
The greatest thing to come out of Catholicism since Pancake Day, The Exorcist is re-released for its 50th anniversary. It follows a famous actor (Ellen Burstyn) who moves to Washington […]
Theatre of Blood
Having referenced Theatre of Blood yesterday as an example of homicidal gimmickry, lend me your ears as we revive this comedy of terrors. Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) throws […]
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 […]
Scarecrow
A pair of drifters (a young Al Pacino and a middle aged Gene Hackman) drift into each other while drifting in the countryside. They decide to drift together for a […]
Fantastic Planet
On a distant planet populated by the Draags, a race of giant blue aliens, humans are booth pets and pests. When one of their number, Terr (Jean Valmont, Eric Baugin), […]
Enter the Dragon
Lee (Bruce Lee) is a top Shaolin monk who’s sent to investigate Han (Kien Shih) a former member of his order whose suspiciously remote island has attracted the attention of […]
Don’t Look Now
First released in 1973 to give an entire generation a phobia of red raincoats, Don’t Look Now is restored in all its squirmy, permy glory. Based on Daphne du Maurier’s short […]
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Set at some point between our time and 1,000 years in the future when Charlton Heston is due to land, this follows the ape uprising of Conquest, documenting the tensions […]
Screen Goblin 