Category: 1970s movies

The Omen was released in 1976 The Omen is a classic film for those who like movies that make them… read more The Omen

Alien (1979) Alien was a film that sparked a legacy of 7 (so far) sequels. Combining science fiction and horror,… read more Alien

Wizards is cartoon in a post apocalyptic fantasy world Wizards is the work of the great animator and story teller… read more Wizards 1977

Autumn Born is a 1979 Playboy movie. The acting in Autumn Born is bad by today’s standards, as with many… read more Autumn Born

Emmanuelle is a French film This version has been translated to English. The French have very different sexual attitudes than… read more Emmanuelle (1974)

My name is Dolemite ! Dolemite the film seems more like a comedic fan-fiction spoof than something you would expect… read more Dolemite (1975)

Mad Max debuted in 1979 Set in a post-apocalyptic Australia, Mad Max is an action film series created by George… read more Mad Max

If ever a film could be prejudiced against, the Message certainly has been. It’s actually more of a historical piece… read more The Message (1976)

Black Christmas puts murder into the holidays Black Christmas is perhaps the first North American slasher movie, but it is… read more Black Christmas 1974

Bill Murray stars in Meatballs, a quirky comedy taking place at a summer camp, that launched the careers of both… read more Meatballs

When it comes to scary films, the Exorcist tapped into forbidden places within the human psyche. The movie suggests that… read more The Exorcist

he story is set in the 1880s, starting off in India. Christopher Plummer plays Kipling, who narrates the story as it unfolds. But he remains in India and does not partake in the adventure, which takes it’s main characters, two scoundrels with great ambition cross the lands, beyond the Khyber

coming of age movie about a gear-head who falls in love while chasing down a stolen Corvette that he helped restore. This movie captures the 70s, fashion, freedoms, easy-living.

The first cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King novel. Carrie’s naivety becomes apparent when at 16 she is panicked by her first menstrual flow. Her menarche is also the awakening of telekinetic powers, which manifest initially with her exploding the light bulbs to avoid prying eyes in the school locker area.

This is perhaps the best of all the suspense Halloween horror/slasher films one could hope to see. Although there were… read more Halloween

Based on a best seller novel of the same name,The AmityVille Horror, this 1979 movie stars Margot Kidder (Superman) and James Brolin. The story follows a family who purchased the home of an extreme crime scene 13 months after Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. killed both his parents, two brother and two sisters with a shot gun in the house.