ALL THE KIND STRANGERS *** USA 1974 Dir: Burt Kennedy. 75 mins Made for Television movies were a new outlet during the seventies long before streaming services. In many ways, they were a throwback to early television that featured such ground break series as Hallmark Hall of fame, Philco Playhouse…
Browsing: 1970s
LADY FRANKENSTEIN *** Italy 1971 Dir: Mel Welles & Aureliano Luppi. 99 mins When Dr. Frankenstein (Joseph Cotten) is killed by a monster he created, his daughter Tania (Rosalba Neri) and his lab assistant Marshall (Paul Muller) try to continue his experiments. The two fall in love and attempt to…
THE CREEPING FLESH *** UK 1973 Dir: Freddie Francis. 92 mins Those days of yore when the evil practices came from ‘Pagan’ continents. The hideous practices of the voodoo, ancient curses, potions, and deadly artifacts. In these times of demonic children and houses, possessed toys, killers that lurk next door…
THE MONSTER (aka I Don’t Want To Be Born) *** UK 1975 Dir: Peter Sasdy. 90 mins Memorably titled SHARON’S BABY in the U.S. (there’s no one called Sharon in the movie) alongside THE DEVIL WITHIN HER, this bonkers British entry in THE EXORCIST possession movie cycle throws in parts…
“There are some films that just defy description.” British Horror Films Joan Collins gives an instantly memorable performance as a stripper cursed by a dwarf to give birth to a demonic child in this classic ’70s exploitation horror directed by Hammer/Amicus veteran Peter Sasdy. Co-starring Eileen Atkins, Ralph…