Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1970s. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Scary TV Movies 1970s & 1980s- 59 Days to Halloween

A Howling in the Woods (1971)


The Night Stalker (1972)


Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)


The Norliss Tapes (1973)


Satan's School for Girls (1973)


Trilogy of Terrror (1975)


Summer of Fear (1978)


Salem's Lot (1979)


Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981)


Don't Go to Sleep (1982)

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Sci-Fi Horror Films of the Late 1970s- 65 Days to Halloween

 

Alien (1979)

An interstellar mining vessel's crew exists hyperspace to investigate a mysterious distress call only to discover an extraterrestrial spacecraft and a dangerous cargo within. 


The Brood (1979)

A doctor uses a bizarre mental treatment to encourage his patients to manifest their suppressed emotions. One patient uses this technique to birth dwarf-like figures who act on her rage.


Coma (1978)

A medical resident goes undercover as a nurse in a hospital to investigate a series of peculiar deaths of seemingly healthy people who had routine surgeries. She then discovers the dark secret of one of the surgical bays.


Demon Seed (1977)

The estranged wife of a gifted computer scientist finds herself being held prisoner by the artificial intelligence her husband built and soon tried to shutdown. The computer then reveals to her what it wants from her.


Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

This remake of the 1956 classic horror movie involves a group of people living in San Francisco who discover that mysterious pods are creating people's duplicates. This event leaves them to wonder who they can trust.


Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)

In a secret compound, a society of people trains for the privilege of moving to America. Little do they know that they are being readied for a far more sinister purpose?


Prophecy (1979)

A doctor working with the EPA is sent into Maine's forests to help mediate a dispute with a logging company and the local natives. He soon discovers that a series of mutations are occurring with a dangerous bear attacking the locals. 


Rabid (1977)

After nearly dying in a motorcycle accident, a young woman receives an experimental skin graft that saves her life. Afterward, a bizarre stinger like appendage emerges from her armpit that she uses to attack people and spread her disease.


Sci-Fi Horror of the Early 1970s- 66 Days to Halloween

The Asphyx (1972)

A 19th-century scientist and photographer discover the existence of a death spirit that he suspects may be the key to immortality. His experiments to capture this spirit lead to some troubling circumstances. 


Beware! The Blob (1972)

Fifteen years after the events of the first movie, an oil worker in the arctic brings back a small piece of the monster and unknowingly thaws the creature with Los Angeles residents having to fight this new blob.  


A Clockwork Orange (1971) 

A dangerous young criminal is arrested and subjected to brainwashing techniques that intend to change his violent behavior but instead put him at the mercy of his former gang members and victims. 


The Crazies (1973)

A military plane crashes and releases a biological weapon into the river that kills or makes anyone exposed homicidally insane. To make matters worse, the government arrives to contain the problem, but they only make the events worse.


Horror Express (1972)

An anthropologist traveling on the Trans Siberian railroad with a frozen specimen learns a dangerous alien lifeform has escaped and begins to kill passengers and take over their identities, hoping to reach a civilized area.  


Phase IV (1974)

A colony of ants exposed to a cosmic event undergoes rapid evolution. It begins to take over Arizona as scientists gather to fight back against the hyper-intelligent ant colonies.  


Shivers (1975)

After a scientist kills a teen girl and himself after experiments with parasites, the tenants in an exclusive high rise apartment are infected by a parasite that turns them into sex-crazed zombies.


The Stepford Wives (1975)

After moving into an exclusive community, a liberal-minded lady is surprised at how perfect the other ladies are. She begins to suspect that something isn't right when the one outsider she befriends suddenly behaves more like the others.

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Obscure 1970's Horror Classics- 81 Days to Halloween

Bay of Blood (1971)

Directed by Mario Bava, this Giallo film would also serve as the template that all slasher movies would follow. A required watch for true fans of slasher movies and Giallo thrillers.



Lets Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

An atmospheric film that is a slow burn but easily one of the best films of the 1970s that not many have heard of or seen. Zhora Lampert is excellent as the eponymous Jessica.



Horror Express (1972)

Inspired by John W Campbell's Who Goes There, Horror Express is a Spanish film with an excellent cast that includes Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. When you watch, don't be surprised if you feel you are watching a more famous horror classic with its out of this world villain.



Raw Meat (1972)

An English film that was surprisingly gory for its day, Raw Meat was a bleak tale about some dark secrets involving the London Underground. Donald Pleasance and Sharon Gurney appear in this film that is reminiscent of some recent subway horror movies.  Raw Meat is also known as Death Line in the UK.



Sisters (1972)

An early film by Brian De Palma, "Sisters," is a psychological thriller that has the look of a Hitchcock film but is truly De Palma's film. Margot Kidder and Jennifer Salt star in this obscure and underrated horror thriller.



Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)

An Australian film by director Peter Weir, Picnic is an atmospheric and eerie thriller that perfectly captures the early 20th century setting with its period costumes and foreboding direction. A beautiful and mysterious film that should be better appreciated by fans of horror, especially those who enjoy slow-burn thrillers.



Alice Sweet Alice (1976)

An excellent early slasher, Alice Sweet Alice was the first film for Brook Shields and uses family dysfunction and religious expectations to craft a tragic story with some genuinely memorable death scenes along with its dark conclusion.



The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

A creepy and obscure early film with Jodie Foster as a young teen who lives alone to hide some family secrets. More psychological thriller than horror, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane will creep you out with some disturbing content, but the conclusion is well executed.



House (1977)

This Japanese entry into horror is a trippy film that utilizes ghostly themes with some silly looking special effects. Don't let that distract from the terrific plot and excellent cast of young Japanese actresses. House is considered one of the first J Horror movies and should be enjoyed by fans who have watched The Ring and The Grudge.



Savage Weekend (1979)

An obscure yet mildly terrifying film that can be considered as a template for how slashers would be made as it predated Halloween and Friday the 13th. The film is somewhat grainy and looks like an exploitation film but does have a decent cast and unpredictable outcome.