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I love hutch — 4 years ago(October 11, 2021 06:44 AM)
I know this has been done before, but I couldn't help myself
1970
(12 theatrical releases/2 made for TV movies)
"Deep End" - ***3/4
"Trash" - ***1/2
"The Boys in the Band" - ***1/2
"The Out-of-Towners" - ***
"Two Mules for Sister Sara" - ***
"The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" - ***1/4
"Claire's Knee" - ***1/2
"Trog" - **1/2 (I can't help it. Unintentional hilarity goes a very long way in my book)
"Le Boucher" - ***
"Five Dolls for an August Moon" - ***
"Airport" - ***
"Five Easy Pieces" - ***1/4
"Weekend of Terror" - *** (MTV)
"House on Greenapple Road" - *** (MTV)
1971
(23/4)
"A Clockwork Orange" - ***1/2
"Dirty Harry" - ***1/2
"The Last Picture Show" - ****
"The Beguiled" - ***
"Klute" - ***1/2
"Straw Dogs" - ***1/2
"Play Misty For Me" - ***1/4
"Walkabout" - ***1/2
"TX 1138" - ***
"McCAbe and Mrs. Miller" - ***1/2
"The Abominable Dr. Phibes" - ***1/4
"Twitch of the Death Nerve" - ***
"Daughters of Darkness" - ***1/4
"Sunday, Bloody Sunday" - ***3/4
"Murmur of the Heart" - ***1/2
"Let's Scare Jessica to Death" - ***
"Cat o' Nine Tails" - ***1/4
"Four Flies on Grey Velvet" - ***
"Bananas" - ***1/4
"The Mephisto Waltz" - ***
"See No Evil" - ***
"Desperate Characters" - ***1/2
"X, Y and Zee" - ***3/4
"A Taste of Evil" - ***1/2 (MTV)
"A Little Game" - ***1/4 (MTV)
"Duel" - ***1/4 (MTV)
"A Howling in the Woods" - ***1/2 (MTV)
"Paper Man" - *** (MTV)
1972
(22/4)
"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie" - ****
"Last House on the Left" - ***
"The Poseidon Adventure" - ***1/4
"Pink Flamingoes" - **1/2
"Frenzy" - ***1/4
"Sisters" - ***1/2
"Cries and Whispers" - ***
"Fat City" - ***1/4
"Prime Cut" - ***
"The Bitter Tears of Petra Van Kant" - ***1/2
"Frogs" - ***
"The Harder They Come" - ***
"Dr. Phibes Rises Again" - ***
"Child's Play" - ***
"The Thing with Two Heads" - ***1/2
"The Possession of Joel Delaney" - ***1/2
"You'll Like My Mother" - ***
"Die, Sister! Die!" - ***1/2 (made in 1972, but wasn't theatrically until 1978)
"Private Parts" - ***3/4
"The Merchant of Four Seasons" - ***1/4
"Heat" - ****
"Snoopy, Come Home" - ***1/2
"The Screaming Woman" - *** (MTV)
"The Victim" - *** (MTV)
"Home for the Holidays" - *** (MTV)
"The Strangers in 7A" - *** (MTV)
1973
(18/8)
"American Graffiti" - ***1/2
"The Wicker Man" - ***1/4
"Badlands" - ***3/4
"Don't Look Now" - ***1/4
"Mean Streets" - ***3/4
"Magnum Force" - ***
"Serpico" - ***
"Amarcord" - ***1/2
"Turkish Delight" - ****
"Coffy" - ***
"The Legend of Hell House" - ***
"Scarecrow" - ***
"Theater of Blood" - ***
"The Baby" - ***1/4
"Heavy Traffic" - ***3/4
"The Killing Kind" - ***1/2
"The Pyx" - ***1/4
"Scream, Pretty Peggy" - ***1/2 (MTV)
"A Cold Night's Death" - ***1/2 (MTV)
"Satan's School For Girls" - ***1/4 (MTV)
"Go Ask Alice" - ***1/4 (MTV)
"Terror on the Beach" - ***1/4 (MTV)
"The Girl Most Likely To…" - ***3/4 (MTV)
"Dying Room Only" - **** (Outstanding MTV movie!)
"She Cried Murder" - *** (MTV)
1974
(21/6)
"Dark Star" - **3/4
"The Sugarland Express" - ***1/4
"Caged Heat" - ***1/4
"Foxy Brown" - ***
"Persecution" - ***3/4 (The most unintentionally hilarious movie I have ever seen, hence the very high rating)
"Alice in the Cities" - ***1/2
"The Driver's Seat" - ***1/4
"Chinatown" - ***
"Death Wish" - ***1/4
"California Split" - ***
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre" - ****
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" - ***1/4
"Female Trouble" - ***1/2
"Black Christmas" - ***3/4
"Airport 1975" - ***1/4
"Phantom of the Paradise" - **3/4
"Earthquake" - ***
"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" - ****
"The Godfather, Part 2" - ***3/4
"Abby" - ***
"Going Places" - ***3/4
"Death Sentence" - *** (MTV)
"Hitchhike!" - *** (MTV)
"Killer Bees" - **1/2 (MTV)
"Born Innocent" - *** (MTV)
"Bad Ronald" - ***1/4 (MTV)
"Death Cruise" - ***1/2 (MTV)
"Reflections of Murder" - *** (MTV)
1975
(19/6)
"Jaws" - ****
"Nashville" - ****
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" - ****
"Dog Day Afternoon" - ****
"Barry Lyndon" - ***1/2
"Deep Red" - ***1/4
"Escape to Witch Mountain" - ***
"The Stepford Wives" - ***1/2
"A Boy and His Dog" - ***
"The Devil's Rain" - ***
"Love and Death" - ***
"Friday Foster" - **1/2
"Seven Beauties" - ***1/2
"Inserts" - **3/4
"Smile" - ***1/2
"Fox and His Friends" - ****
"Mahogany" - **1/2
"The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" - ***3/4
"Sheba, Baby" - ***
"Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic" - *** (MTV}
"The Legend of Lizzie Borden" - ***1/4 (MTV)
"Katharine" - ***1/4 (MTV)
"Murder on Flight 502" - *** (MTV)
"Cage Without a Key" - *** (MTV)
"Trilogy of Terror" - **** (MTV)
(I think this is the rare case where an excellent actress gives possibly her best performance in a made for TV movie.)
1976
(16/3)
"Carrie" - ****
"The Omen" - ***1/2
"The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane" - ***1/4
"Assault on Precinct 13" - ***1/4
"Murder, By Death" - ****
"The Tenant" - ***1/2
"Burnt Offerings" - ***1/4
"Freaky Friday" - ***
"Alice, Sweet, Alice" - ***1/4
"Family Plot" - ***
"The Food of the Gods" - **3/4
"The Pom Pom Girls" - *** (I have a real fondness for mid 70s drive-in exploitation fare -
I love hutch — 4 years ago(October 11, 2021 07:21 AM)
Are you referring to my big ole list?
I did this in about 4 sittings. It was the 70s and I knew it would be a long list. My two criteria for making the list was that I feel some affection toward the film and found it entertaining in some way, and that its production qualities would merit at least **1/2.
I tried to be as exhaustive as I could when I was doing my research on the computer.
Though even after I was done, I'd found that I'd accidentally forgotten a few real goodies.
Like "Die, Sister! Die!" - early 70s spook film, atmosphere galore and a surprisingly touching relationship between the two women develops)
"Foxy Brown" - I love all four Pam Grier blacksploitation films from the 70s, couldn't believe I'd left that one out.
I had also originally forgotten the British 1978 gay-themed "Nighthawks", which I loved even more than "Taxi Zum Klo" a few years later.
And then I was very disappointed in myself for not having gotten the 1974 "Persecution" right away. The movie makes me laugh like no other. Those great-awful laughs just don't stop coming and it is set in a grand, classic spooky dark mansion. I recommend the movie to anybody who goes for the old lady thriller of the mid 60s-mid 70s. And fans of unintentional hilarity aren't going to find a movie much than this.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!" -
ToastedCheese — 4 years ago(October 11, 2021 08:36 AM)
Absolutely! It is a good reference too, because of your offbeat and eclectic tastes.
You have missed off
Airport
and
Five Easy Pieces
from 1970.
I need to see
Friday Foster
with Grier. I like
Coffy
more than
Foxy Brown
and I thought
Bucktown
was dark, gritty and violent.
Nice to see
A Little Romance - '79
on you list getting a high score too.
Seeing
'Van Nuys Blvd'
is high on my list too.
I'm watching
Airport '79
at the moment.
Norman! What did you put in my tea? -
I love hutch — 4 years ago(October 11, 2021 10:34 PM)
I know "Airport 1979" is a ridiculous movie, but I find it to be also hilarious!
The scene with the two girls standing in the galley in their stocking feet, drinking cokes and dancing to JM's goofy saxophone music slays me. That part alone is worth the price of admission.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!" -
ToastedCheese — 4 years ago(October 11, 2021 10:40 PM)
Yes, it was ridiculous and George Kennedy acted like he was a completely different character from the first 3 and was goofy.
It was entertaining enough, but the visual effects weren't on par with '77 either. After that first flight evading the missiles, who'd ever step foot back on that plane again to complete the journey?
I wanted to see more of that lady and her chihuahua.
Norman! What did you put in my tea? -
I love hutch — 4 years ago(October 12, 2021 03:15 AM)
Charo! We love Charo over here! Are you not familiar with her? If she has any claim to fame, it is that she appeared on "The Love Boat" eight times, more than any other star. I don't know how many times she appeared on "Fantasy Island". She was on "The Johnny Carson Show" over 45 times. She's been around. I got to see her play the guitar live when I went to Las Vegas.
Her appearance in 79 amounted to little more than a cameo, but, yeah, it's always good to see her!
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!" -
ToastedCheese — 4 years ago(October 12, 2021 03:25 AM)
I hadn't heard of her. I was hoping she'd stay on the Concorde and only pretended to get rid of her rat dog.
Sylvia Kristel was lovely too.
I'm not sure if I like Delon. He was handsome, just seemed a bit aloof and arrogant.
The film also didn't kill of its passengers in mean nasty ways. The only death was that dude with the secret papers that got shot near the start and perhaps that guy who took the bribe money and the French pigs were chasing him across the tarmac at Charles de Gaulle in Paris. Oh, and Wicked Wagner at his own hands and none of them were done for shock value.
The assortment of passengers still don't top '75 though.
Norman! What did you put in my tea? -
I love hutch — 4 years ago(October 12, 2021 06:52 AM)
Delon is a very attractive man. Did you ever by any chance see "Purple Noon"? (1960) It's re-telling of the "Talented Mr. Ripley" story, done in Italy and it's a gorgeously shot movie. Mr. Delon is beautiful in that movie.
Having said that, I am not sexually attracted to him as he lacks that whatever ooomph that I would go for.
To be honest (and I am being very honest) here, I think George Kennedy would make a wonderful husband. He had some goofball lines in 79, like that bit about Eddie Albert having sex with the stewardess on the wing of the plane at half a mile up! Huh? Did I hear that right? And, Mr. Kennedy is what me and a couple of friends affectionately refer to as a "potato", meaning he looks like he could fart at any given moment. (Very juvenile over here!) But he is masculine and very good-natured and he would probably fun in bed. I don't think he's a bad-looking guy. He also looks like he would be a very giving type person. He gives off all kinds of good vibes. I have always had a fondness for George Kennedy. He even had a small part in the 1964 low-budget shocker, "Strait Jacket", directed by William Castle!
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!" -
ToastedCheese — 4 years ago(October 12, 2021 09:10 AM)
I haven't seen
Purple Noon
. I don't think I've seen any of Delon's films apart from
Airport '79
.
Kennedy has a kind face, but I haven't once thought of him as being sexually appealing to me. He would be good for a hug though I'd say. He's is the 70's disaster movie king starring in many.
Never forgot him in
Earthquake
as the cop and rescuing that cute dog.
I recall his role in SJ. Mommmie Dearest had an axe to grind with him I think.
Norman! What did you put in my tea? -
I love hutch — 4 years ago(October 13, 2021 08:41 AM)
Yes, he's a nice guy with a kind face and would always be ready to give you a hug or a pep talk.
In "Earthquake", I always get a kick out of it when he can't stop staring at Victoria Principal's big boobs.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!" -
ToastedCheese — 4 years ago(October 13, 2021 09:47 AM)
I always get a kick out of it when he can't stop staring at Victoria Principal's big boobs.
He was like a little boy here drooling at the mouth. While Marjoe was a psycho and he almost raped her, she was then carrying on like a little girl and Kennedy had to give her the puppy to console her like a kid, plus she was sitting on his lap in the vehicle.
I wonder if this is some sort of base breeder mating ritual or something, to act like children? It gets depicted a lot in movies regarding the het.
I watched it again last night. Haven't seen for ages. It was enjoyable and a lot of effort had gone into presenting this film. I jumped when the dam inspector opened the elevator and a rush of water with a dead man came pouring out onto him.
How horrible for that woman who had that pane of glass fall on her head and she had all these shards sticking out. In fact how horrible for most of those victims.
Violent earthquakes are devastating and it was a real enough depiction when I compare it to the NZ Christchurch earthquake in 2011. Many of the buildings just crumbled like fetta crushing people under them.
There appeared to be a scene missing on the version on here. I recall at the cinema there was a part with a plane that couldn't attempt to land and one of my little friends that was with us when we first saw it at the cinema, asked my dad how safe people were in the plane when the earthquake was happening.
All us kids were in awe and scared by the film.
The Towering Inferno
tends to play out with more an air of self-importance and pomposity about itself.
Norman! What did you put in my tea? -
I love hutch — 4 years ago(October 12, 2021 06:57 AM)
Thank you for the "Airport" and "Five Easy Pieces" reminder. I enjoy the first one as pure escapism just fine and I like anything that Jack did in the early 70s. Karen Black's only Oscar nod. She did win the New York Film Critic's Best Supporting Actress award for her performance.
"My life is over. I might as well dance with Johnny Slash!" -
Slug Bait — 4 years ago(October 12, 2021 04:16 AM)
1970: The Bird With the Crystal Plumage
1971: Duel
1972: The Last House on the Left
1973: The Exorcist
1974: Black Christmas
1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1976: Assault on Precinct 13
1977: The Hills Have Eyes
1978: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1979: When A Stranger Calls
Just because I'm not on THEIR side, doesn't mean I'm on YOURS.
️ Christina 1986-05-20 
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