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

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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,

Space Amoeba (1970) – Review

Boasting an original title that translates as Gezora, Ganimes, and Kamoebas: Decisive Battle! Giant Monsters of the South Seas – but released in America with

To The Devil A Daughter (1976) – Review

By 1976, the once mighty Hammer Films was seemingly running on fumes after an existence that spanned over forty years, but after delivering a string

The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) – Review

It’s not easy to popularise an entirely new subgenre almost single handedly, but it’s even tougher to do it with your debut movie – however,

Horror Express (1972) – Review

The 70’s brought a wave of realism to the horror genre the likes of which had never been seen before with such mavericks such a

High Plains Drifter (1973) – Review

One of the most indelible images of the western is the sight of Clint Eastwood silently trotting into town while the simple townsfolk gawp at

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) – Review

If I were to ask you to name a movie that’s not only a remake of a black and white classic, but is also a

Rabid (1977) – Review

A couple of years after he almost singlehandedly shut down the Canadian film industry with Shivers (aka. They Came From Within), canuck king of venereal

The Hills Have Eyes (1977) – Review

After making the cinema going public of 1972 collectively want to scrub themselves with bleach after the release of The Last House On The Left,

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

Too Late The Hero (1970) – Review

If you were feeling in a highly generalizing kind of mood you could argue that there’s usually only two types of Second World War movie

Orca: The Killer Whale (1977) – Review

I’ve mentioned the effect Steven Spielberg’s Jaws had on cinema more times than there are fish in the sea, but while the many also-rans and

Beware! The Blob (1972) – Review

There are so many brow-furrowing details attached to the belated, 1972 sequel little-known sequel to 1958 sci-fi camp classic The Blob, that it beggars belief.

Suspiria (1977) – Review

From the beginning of his career in 1970 with the stunning and stylish The Bird With The Crystal Plumage, to 1975’s seminal Profondo Rosso (Deep

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