World War II men on a mission movies: we all know them and we all love them (the good ones, anyway) but sometimes, aside from
Tag: 1970s
Lust For A Vampire (1971) – Review
It’s not exactly ground breaking to declare that, compared to most other horror movies made at the time, Hammer Films’ output was noticeably hornier than
Dark Star (1974) – Review
Everybody has to start somewhere and in the case of deliriously influential film director, John Carpenter, the start was a forty minute student film made
Kingdom Of The Spiders (1977) – Review
One of the more fondly remembered killer bug movies of the 70’s, Kingdom Of The Spiders is a film that, much like its eight legged
Someone’s Watching Me! (1978) – Review
Usually, digging up an old TV movie made by an established director is usually the act of a completist fan who wishes to finish off
Vampire Circus (1972) – Review
It may be something of a hot take, but when comparing Hammer’s unreasonably sizable catalogue of vampire movies side by side, you start to realise
Countess Dracula (1971) – Review
As Hammer Films cruised into the 70’s, expanding upon the elevated sex and violence the changing times and audience demand required, there was sometimes a
Twins Of Evil (1971) – Review
After lesbian tinged The Vampire Lovers and Lust For A Vampire, Hammer Films closed out their lusty Karnstein Trilogy with Twins Of Evil, an apparent
Hands Of The Ripper (1971) – Review
Hammer Films was chiefly renowned for their revolutionary contributions to the horror genre, but when they weren’t slapping a new coat of paint on such
Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb (1971) – Review
As the production line of Hammer Films trundled on provide its audiences with their fourth and final Mummy pic, a rash of behind the scenes
Escape From Alcatraz (1979) – Review
Over four collaborations that had started in 1968 with Coogan’s Bluff and ended in 1971 with the seminal Dirty Harry, the team of Don Siegel
The Fearless Hyena (1979) – Review
After years of honing his particular brand of Kung fu laced with broad physical comedy in such flicks as Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow and
Eaten Alive (1976) – Review
After The Texas Chainsaw Massacre had cut a bloody swathe through cinemas and drive-ins up and down America, maverick/lunatic Tobe Hooper had a decision to
Joe Kidd (1972) – Review
How many westerns have you watched where the lead character (usually played by the charismatic human sneer known as Clint Eastwood) strides into town and
The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (1974) – Review
When studios pool their resources the results sometimes tend to be a little erratic. Now, when I say pooling, I don’t mean two Hollywood powerhouses
Drunken Master (1978) – Review
When Jackie Chan and Woo Ping Yuen released Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow onto an unsuspecting public back in 1978, it was only to the
The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (1973) – Review
By the time Hammer’s Dracula series made it to its eighth and final installment, you could that the lifeblood of the continuing misadventures of Christopher
Warlords Of Atlantis (1978) – Review
Doug McClure suddenly finding himself stranded in fantastical realms and fighting off rubbery monsters seemed to happen so often during the 70’s it seemed to
Marathon Man (1976) – Review
There’s something about a thriller that leeches off the anxiety and unrest of whatever traumatised decade it originated from that you just can’t beat. In
Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow (1978) – Review
When regarding the ingenious nature of Jackie Chan, action cinema’s beloved whirlwind of punching and prat falls, it’s easy to hold up his 1985 classic,
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