Category: Occult Age
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The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Written by Dario Argento Directed by Dario Argento Starring Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho Released February 27, 1980 (Milan) RT 96 min. (?) Home Video VCI Entertainment (DVD, Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Once again, I’m not sure exactly which version of a foreign movie I just watched. I’m…
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Seytan (1974)
Written by Yilmaz Tumturk Directed by Metin Erksan Starring Canan Perver, Cihan Unal, Meral Taygun, Agah Hun, Erol Amac RT 101 min. Home Video Telavista (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 2 (out of 10) Today’s movie takes us into a bizarre subgenre called “Turksploitation.” Wikipedia defines turksploitation as “a tongue-in-cheek label given to a great number of unauthorized…
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Rituals (1977)
Written by Ian Sutherland Directed by Peter Carter Starring Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell Released July 21, 1977 (Canada) RT 100 min. Home Video Nostalgia Family (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10)Rituals (1977) is a refreshing pre-slasher horror film because its victims are not horny teenagers or scantily-clad women. They’re middle-aged professional men. Well, on…
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The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)
Written by Ernesto Gastaldi Directed by Sergio Martino Starring Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Adolfo Caruso, Massimo Girotti Released August 12, 1975 (Italy) RT 100 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975) is an odd film to categorize, if, like me, you’re compelled to do that kind…
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Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
Written by Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou Directed by John “Bud” Cardos Starring William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, David McLean, Natasha Ryan US Premiere August 24, 1977 (San Francisco) RT 97 min. Home Video Shout! Factory Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Five years after the release of Frogs, the “Nature Gone Wild” or “Eco-Horror” film…
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Westworld (1973)
Written by Michael Crichton Directed by Michael Crichton Starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin US Release August 17, 1973 RT 88 min. Home Video Warner Brothers Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Twenty years before Steven Spielberg directed Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, Crichton himself directed another movie about an amusement park gone wrong.…
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The Omen (1976)
Written by David Seltzer Directed by Richard Donner Starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Harvey Stephens, Patrick Troughton US Release June 25, 1976 RT 111 min. Home Video 20th Century Fox Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) One of my biggest disappointments rewatching movies from the 1970s has been the realization that…
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Willard (1971)
Written by Gilbert Ralston Based on the Novel by Stephen Gilbert Directed by Daniel Mann Starring Bruce Davison, Sondra Locke, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine US Release July 30, 1971 RT 95 min. Home Video Scream Factory Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Note: Willard and its sequel, Ben, were the subjects of the sixth episode…
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Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)
Written by Christopher Wicking Directed by Seth Holt Starring Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers, Hugh Burden, George Coulouris, Mark Edwards US Release May 17, 1972 RT 94 min. Home Video Lionsgate Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Hammer’s cycle of mummy movies provides evidence of the evolution of the studio, as well as film making…
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It’s Alive (1974) and It Lives Again (1978)
Written by Larry Cohen Directed by Larry Cohen Starring John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, James Dixon US Release October 1974 RT 91 min. Home Video Warner Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Of all the 70s movies I’ve re-watched recently, I think the one that maintains the best feel of the decade is It’s…