Every 70s Movie
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Death Car on the Freeway (1979)

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          Former stuntman Hal Needham scored two hits out of the gate as a director, because Needham’s buddy Burt Reynolds star...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Whiskey Mountain (1977)

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          If you’re willing to trudge through this drive-in flick’s tedious first half, Whiskey Mountain eventually becomes a ...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Fox Style (1973)

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The bones of a uniquely American tale are buried somewhere inside the blaxploitation-inflected sludge of Fox Style , because th...
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Monday, February 8, 2016

The Hazing (1977)

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          A peculiar film that fuses elements of adolescent angst, black comedy, melodrama, and outright horror, The Hazing us...
Sunday, February 7, 2016

The Dirt Gang (1972)

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More biker-flick trash about brawling, debauchery, and rape, The Dirt Gang presents all the clichés of a low-rent genre withou...
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Saturday, February 6, 2016

Dionysus in ’69 (1970)

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          Experimental theater being what it is, any document of this offbeat genre is sure to divide audiences. As such, som...
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Friday, February 5, 2016

Satan’s Cheerleaders (1977)

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Once you’ve come up with a title like Satan’s Cheerleaders , most of your work should be done. I mean, what’s so...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

Evil Roy Slade (1972)

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          Something of a precursor to Mel Brooks’ classic comedy Blazing Saddles (1974), this made-for-TV farce lampoons Wild ...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Tough (1974)

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          Also known as Johnny Tough , this amateurish but well-meaning melodrama offers an adolescent riff of blaxploitation. ...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)

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          Raise your hand if you knew that two of the Dead End Kids, actors who rose to fame as juveniles in the 1930s, reunite...
Monday, February 1, 2016

Nurse Sherri (1978)

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The most interesting thing about this horror flick from schlockmeister Al Adamson—in fact, probably the only interesting thing...
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

The Serpent’s Egg (1977)

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          Swedish director Ingmar Bergman had such a consistent and singular voice that, generally speaking, even his misfir...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Fly Me (1973)

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Although it was not produced by Roger Corman, the disjointed and distasteful drama/thriller Fly Me is similar to many exploit...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Sandcastles (1972)

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          Here’s a strange one. Made for TV and shot on video, Sandcastles is a supernatural love story about a ghost who sort...
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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Hollywood High (1976)

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An abysmal sex comedy that’s basically porn without the courage of its convictions, Hollywood High depicts the exploits of fou...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Catch My Soul (1974)

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          Mixing folk songs, religious allegories, Shakespeare, and show tunes, the unique musical Catch My Soul is an interes...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Vampire Hookers (1978)

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Cheaply made, ridiculous, and tacky, this comedy/horror hybrid contains a few entertainingly awful sequences, and in fact the w...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Fantastic Planet (1973)

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          An animated science-fiction saga made in France, Fantastic Planet applies a novelistic approach to a cinematic genre...
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Sunday, January 24, 2016

The Magician of Lublin (1979)

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          As evidenced by the dozens of horrible movies that he coproduced as a partner in Cannon Films, Menaham Gol...
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