Hard Times (1975) – Review

Sometimes it’s weirdly comforting when things don’t change – take Walter Hill for example. Famous for gritty, minimalist thrillers where talk is cheap and the

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Race With The Devil (1975) – Review

As satanic panic washed over cinema in the 70s, it seemed it was getting progressively more difficult to get anything done without the evil threat

French Connection II (1975) – Review

In 1971, William Friedkin made The French Connection, a savage thriller that delivered an unapologetically squalid look at New York police work courtesy of heavy

Death Race 2000 (1975) – Review

Can satire be too ridiculous? I mean, that’s the point of satire, right, to exaggerate things that are occurring in our political or social climate

The Devil’s Rain (1975) – Review

Oh sure, the horror subgenre known as Satanic Panic may have made a bit of a resurgence in the last couple of years with Exorcist

Three Days Of The Condor (1975) – Review

These days, actual global politics are so far off the fucking chain that any movie that delves into the shifty workings of international espionage that

The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) – Review

Killer bug movies, arachnids in particular, are as sizable a cornerstone of the killer animal movie as sharks and crocodiles and yet the eight-legged bastards

Shivers (1975) – Review

Way before the uproar that faced Crash in 1996, it seems that even as early as his third film, David Cronenberg had what it took

Deep Red (1975) – Review

Known in its native Italy by the equally impressive sounding Profondo Rosso, Dario Argento’s Deep Red is arguably the pinnacle of the sub-genre known collectively

Rollerball (1975) – Review

Making futuristic movies in a time when the ability to realise said worlds is heavily limited is tough. Not only can you get bizarrely dated

The Flying Guillotine (1975) – Review

Not to be confused with the more popular Master Of The Flying Guillotine (as if you would…), which cheekily hijacked the titular device despite not

Jaws (1975) – Review

You ever had (or asked) that fateful question? You know the one, the question that makes most people sweat or shrug because they either can’t

Terror Of Mechagodzilla (1975) – Review

Fate has a funny way of working out sometimes. Take the two Mechagodzilla movies Toho put out in the mid-70s for example what was supposed