1974 – We Have Issues

Freebie And The Bean (1974) – Review

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While Richard Donner’s Lethal Weapon is frequently credited for crystallising the rules and tropes of the buddy cop movie for 80s audiences, there were plenty

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 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 Beast Must Die (1974) – Review

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There must have been some primo, top quality hallucinogenics flying around the sets of British set horror flicks during the 70s as such studios such

Airport 1975 (1974) – Review

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Even before the team of Zucker Abrahams Zucker took down the entirety of a genre with a single movie with Airplane!, there was always something

From Beyond The Grave (1974) – Review

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Since 1965, the anthology movies of Amicus Productions had been providing us with movie after movie of grim karma and numerous things returning from the

Foxy Brown (1974) – Review

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In 1973, actress Pam Grier and director Jack Hill poured some Coffy onto the blaxploitation genre with awesomely sleazy results as socially conscious nurse, Flower

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) – Review

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Despite making more vampire movies than you can shake a rubber bat at, Hammer Studio could never be accused of resting on their laurels. Be

Zardoz (1974) – Review

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Picture the scene… A giant stone head floats above a barren landscape as it bellows the phrase “The gun is good! The penis is evil!”

Death Wish (1974) – Review

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It’s strange how the progression of a franchise can colour your perception of the original movie. Take Michael Winner’s Death Wish for example; a 1970s

The Towering Inferno (1974) – Review

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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,

Earthquake (1974) – Review

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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 Street Fighter’s Last Revenge (1974) – Review

May 9, 2023 greigzilla

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

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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

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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

Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven In Hell (1974) – Review

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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

Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974) – Review

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During their golden years, Hammer films released horror movies that contained everything from Werewolves, Gorgons, zombies and a shit load of Vampires of varying genders

The Land That Time Forgot (1974) – Review

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Back when Hammer Films were flexing their muscles with their substantial amount of horror releases and fantasy films, Amicus Productions were carving their own little

Dark Star (1974) – Review

December 20, 2022 greigzilla

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

The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires (1974) – Review

September 9, 2022 greigzilla

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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