Tag: 1972

The Godfather (1972) – Review

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

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Frogs (1972) – Review

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

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The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) – Review

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

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The Mechanic (1972) – Review

When you pair up the names Charles Bronson and Michael Winner, your brain should instantly drift towards conflicting memories – not unlike an unsettling ‘Nam

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Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972) – Review

There aren’t too many movie like Robert Fuest’s The Abominable Dr Phibes and anyone who has sampled its psychotropic delights will probably agree with me

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Baron Blood (1972) – Review

When it comes to delivering the atmospheric goods to a horror film, Mario Bava stands as a true pioneer. Whether he was beating the likes

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The Last House On The Left (1972) – Review

For those who solely know Wes Craven for his work on the Scream franchise, be warned, back in his days as a fledgling filmmaker, the

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Asylum (1972) – Review

Almost imperceptibly, the landscape of horror was changing. With the 60s now comfortably in the review mirror, a cadre of hungry directors are now poised

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Tales From The Crypt (1972) – Review

No one could quite line ’em up and knock ’em down like an EC Comics story, those gloriously nasty comic book morality tales that hit

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Frenzy (1972) – Review

Alfred Hitchcock is usually considered the purveyor of the classy thriller, giving his complex scenarios an air of respectability regardless of having his movies packed

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Deliverance (1972) – Review

For such a seemingly “normal” director as John Boorman, he didn’t half go all in when it came to cramming cinema full of batshit, crazy.

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Season Of The Witch (1972) – Review

Not to be confused with the Michael Myers-less, third installment of the Halloween franchise or the 2011, medieval, Nicolas Cage clunker, Season Of The Witch

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Daigoro Vs. Goliath (1972) – Review

In a world of Godzillas, Gameras and Mothras, it’s often nice to spare the odd thought for the Varans, Gorgos and Mighty Peking Men; old

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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

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Fist Of Fury (1972) – Review

Sometimes film distributors really know how to screw things up. In the strange world of alternate titles, where the very name of a movie can

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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

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Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart In Peril (1972) – Review

As the Lone Wolf and Cub franchise trundled their weaponized, baby cart of death into a staggering fourth release in a single year, some changes

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Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) – Review

After six movies that followed a distinct rinse and repeat pattern of its fangy star rising from the dead, terrorising a handful of people and

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Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart To Hades (1972) – Review

Much like the unbroken resolve of the unfeasibly stoic Lone Wolf (aka. ex executioner for the Shogunate and awesome/terrible parent Ogami Ittõ), the Lone Wolf

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Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart At The River Styx (1972) – Review

The blood staining the sword of Ogami Ittõ barely had time to dry before the core creative team behind Sword Of Vengeance got stuck into

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