Horror has always had it’s more than its fair share of social commentary, but the 70s was it’s own animal entirely. Fueled by the anti-establishment
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The Towering Inferno (1974) – Review
In the world of disaster movies, where meteorites fall, cities crumble and luxury ocean liners roll over easier than a puppy wanting its belly scratched,
Duel (1971) – Review
Even filmmakers who created the modern blockbuster, changed populist cinema forever and arguably gave us more iconic moments on the big screen than any other
The Way Of The Dragon (1972) – Review
When Bruce Lee tragically passed, we didn’t just lose a martial arts superstar and a cinematic legend, but we also were cheated out of the
Earthquake (1974) – Review
The very second the that ill-fated cruise liner did half a barrel roll in The Poseidon Adventure, the race was on to copy and paste
The Big Boss (1971) – Review
They say that a star that burns twice as bright only burns half as long and if that is truly the case, then Bruce Lee
The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971) – Review
After setting Italian Giallo cinema ablaze with his stunningly stylish debut, The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, Dario Argento had something of an impossible task
A Bay Of Blood (1971) – Review
When people throw around well deserving names like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci when describing the pinnacles of Italian horror, another name that isn’t hurled
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) – Review
Sequelizing William Friedkin’s The Exorcist was never going to be an easy job as, for all intents and purposes, it’s as perfect a horror film
The Blood On Satan’s Claw (1971) – Review
When people discuss the roots of the freakishly unnerving sub-genre known as Rural Horror, you can bet your bottom dollar that someone will undoubtedly yell
Convoy (1978) – Review
If someone grabbed me while I was walking down the street and suddenly demanded to know the best and easiest way to describe Convoy, Sam
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) – Review
The Magnificent Seven, in many ways, is the perfect American western insofar that it takes its mythical (and borrowed) premise and infuses it with enough
The Warriors (1979) – Review
Here’s a message for all you boppers out there… Walter Hill was a filmmaker that enjoyed toying with stories that concerned themselves with unabashed alpha
The Exorcist (1973) – Review
Of all the horror movies that’s ever existed, surely William Friedkin’s legendary possession session, The Exorcist must be the most infamous motion picture of them
The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge (1974) – Review
This information may horrify many of you who feel that foreign film absolutely have to watched in their native language while your eyes snap from
Return Of The Street Fighter (1974) – Review
With 1974’s The Street Fighter we were introduced to one Terry Tsurugi (or Sugury, depending on which version you watch), an anti-hero that leaned so
The Street Fighter (1974) – Review
The anti-hero is a magnificently cinematic concept that allows us to follow the exploits of people who freely go out and do the types of
The People That Time Forgot (1977) – Review
As a young child, any kind of public holiday meant that the lunchtime airwaves would be alive with movies of varying genres and even more
Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven In Hell (1974) – Review
After cranking out five films in a little under two years, the landscape that lay behind the scenes of the Lone Wolf And Cub series
Taxi Driver (1976) – Review
If you’re talking about characters having their sanity stripped from them like some much peeling paint, then you have to start with Taxi Driver.Martin Scorsese’s
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