Every 70s Movie
Friday, January 16, 2015

Chosen Survivors (1974)

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          A gonzo hybrid blending creature-feature elements with the tropes of post-apocalyptic melodrama, Chosen Survivors f...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

The Brain Machine (1977)

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An abysmal conspiracy/sci-fi thriller that features a numbing combination of incoherent storytelling and undercooked ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Fugitive Girls (1974)

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While the girls-in-prison genre has not historically generated an abundance of respectable movies, it would seem like t...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The Squeeze (1977)

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          Produced in England and featuring the same sort of seedy criminals who pervade such UK crime classics as Get ...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Bummer (1973)

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Hopelessly confused in terms of conception and execution, Bummer eventually finds its groove as a killer-on-the-loose movie, ...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Rattlers (1976)

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          A middling entry in the seemingly endless parade of nature-gone-wild movies that followed in the wake of Jaws...
Saturday, January 10, 2015

Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)

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By any measure, the l0w-budget sci-fi adventure Planet of Dinosaurs is embarrassingly bad. The acting is atrocious, th...
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Friday, January 9, 2015

The Arena (1974)

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          To get a sense of what The Arena has to offer, think of the Kirk Douglas gladiator classic Spartacus (1960), subtr...
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Take a Girl Like You (1970)

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          Former child star Hayley Mills continued her transition to grown-up roles with this tedious but watchable sex comedy...
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Lady Cocoa (1975)

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Despite achieving considerable fame as a Las Vegas entertainer and despite having starred in a couple of European pictu...
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Is There Sex After Death? (1971)

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A sad relic of the Oh, Calcutta! era—during which boundary-pushing sex comedies gained a patina of credibility by exploiting ...
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Monday, January 5, 2015

Shinbone Alley (1971)

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          What was it about the ’70s that made filmmakers think audiences wanted to see adult-oriented cartoons about f...
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Sunday, January 4, 2015

In Search of Dracula (1975)

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          Not to be confused with the Leonard Nimoy-hosted TV series In Search of . . . (which spotlighted Dracula in one epi...
Saturday, January 3, 2015

Crucible of Terror (1971)

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A forgettable UK horror romp about a reclusive artist who sleeps with and then kills his nubile models, Crucible of Ter...
Friday, January 2, 2015

Crucible of Horror (1971)

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          Made in the UK and originally titled The Corpse , this slow-moving shocker boasts adequate performances and solid pr...
Thursday, January 1, 2015

That Man Bolt (1973)

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          Although he’s most closely associated with blaxploitation flicks, swaggering ex-NFL player Fred Williamson began his...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Desperate Living (1977)

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          With his fifth feature, trash auteur John Waters came close to a perfect synthesis of irreverent comedy, rebellious ...
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