Movies take place in the land of make-believe. It’s not uncommon that we must suspend our disbelief so we can enjoy the experience. It may help that I don’t know how a nuclear power plant worked in the mid-1970s, or how advanced computers were at the time; but I thought Red Alert (1977) was surprisingly…

If all the failed supernatural television pilots had instead received a green light, the 1970s would have been a remarkable era for the genre. As it is, it’s remarkable for the number of supernatural TV “movies.” Here, we have another, The Possessed (1977), about an ex-minister charged by God him/herself to seek out evil and…

Because Paramount+ slapped a new logo on a new thumbnail image for Snowbeast (1977), I thought the streaming service might be offering a nice, crisp transfer of the film. I was surprised and disappointed that, when I watched it, the quality wasn’t any better than many of the other 1970s TV movies that I’ve found…

McCloud Meets Dracula (1977) is technically the final episode of the television series, McCloud, which originally aired on NBC for seven years beginning with its pilot, Portrait of a Dead Girl, on February 17, 1970. However, since all but the first six episodes ranged from 90-minutess to two-hours on rotation with McMillan & Wife and…

Airing almost exactly two years after Trilogy of Terror, Dan Curtis and Richard Matheson reunited for another anthology, Dead of Night (1977.) Nothing matches the former’s third story, Amelia, but the latter’s third story, Bobby, might come close. It’s the other two stories of Dead of Night that I like a little bit better than…

Man, oh, man, I wanted to like this movie! The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977) stars Karen Black. It was written by Richard Matheson. It was directed by Gordon Hessler. (If you’re unfamiliar with any one of those names, just peruse any number of previous reviews on this website.) Despite its credentials, it commits…

We’ve seen a lot of all-star casts in these 70s TV movies (as well as the big screen disaster films of the 70s.) Truly, I think SST: Death Flight (1977) has the most all-star cast of all of them. The difference is, though, that many of the familiar actors have bit parts. They don’t each…

Against all expectations throughout most of this 70’s TV movie, it ended up casting quite a spell on me. What first seemed like a Carrie rip-off soon turned to family drama, which turned to supernatural horror, which ended in a surprise I didn’t anticipate coming. Yes, The Spell (1977) is unique in several ways. First,…

During The Last Dinosaur (1977), especially since it features more than one prehistoric monster, I kept thinking it was Masten Thrust Jr. (Richard Boone) who was the titular character. He’s a big game hunter and “richest man in the world,” according to Newsworld Magazine, who has run out of challenges. While drilling for oil under…