1970s – We Have Issues

The Dunwich Horror (1970) – Review

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Despite having a gargantuan influence over the horror genre as a whole, one of the main reasons filmmakers have found it tough to adapt the

Hard Times (1975) – Review

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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

Race With The Devil (1975) – Review

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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

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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

Starcrash (1978) – Review

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In the deluge of cash-ins that followed in the wake of George Lucas’ Star Wars, the torrent of cheapo pretenders provided derivative thrills of all

The French Connection (1971) – Review

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As the sixties gave way to a whole new decade, crime thrillers seemed desperate to further pick at the unsightly scabs that had formed in

The Devil’s Men (Aka. Land Of The Minotaur) (1976) – Review

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Greeksploitation is one of the lesser known avenues for horror movies and the like, but look hard enough and you’ll find a few trash epics

The Godfather Part II (1974) – Review

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Mickey Altieri from Scream 2 may have been a deranged film freak with a multitude of flaws, but you’ve got to give him his due

The Godfather (1972) – Review

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Once the iconic, haunting strains of Carlo Savina’s The Godfather Waltz kicks in, it soon becomes obvious that there isn’t much more left to say

Stranger In Our House (Aka. Summer Of Fear) (1978) – Review

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When comparing the 70s/80s filmographies of some of horror’s leading lights, you can see a clear line of progression from their scrappy beginnings to the

Frogs (1972) – Review

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With some movies, it sometimes helps to read the small print. Back when I was a mere slip of a lad, I stood in the

The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974) – Review

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There’s something about a 70s thriller that just hits different. Maybe because it was a decade so utterly berefted of sanded down edges that just

The Magnificent Butcher (1979) – Review

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Martial arts movies, especially ones featuring Sammo “moves well for a big fella” Hung, feature vast, dizzyingly complex fight sequences that feature hundreds, if not

Dance Of The Drunk Mantis (1979) – Review

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In 1994, Jackie Chan paid homage to his roots and he revisited the role that helped cement his credentials as a martial arts superstar. However,

Death Race 2000 (1975) – Review

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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 Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) – Review

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I’ve always admired the differences that exist between those two closely linked subgenres known as the Giallo and the Slasher film. Of course, the latter