In 1970 Hollywood kicked off the “all-star” modern disaster film with Airport, an adaptation of Arthur Hailey’s bestselling novel where a mad bomber threatened the lives of all those on board a fateful Boeing 707, but it was with the release of The Poseidon Adventure that the 70s disaster boom was properly launched, and today…
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Howling VI: Freaks (1991) – Review
What would a Howling movie be like if it combined elements from Tod Browning’s Freaks, Clive Barker’s Nightbreed and a dash of the 1970s Incredible Hulk television show for good measure? For those interested, this supposition was answered in the 1991 direct-to-video movie Howling IV: Freaks where in this sixth entry in the franchise we…
Fantasy Island (1977) – Review
When one thinks of the original Fantasy Island series, it’s often in comparison to that of The Love Boat, as they both had a somewhat anthology-like format and a variety of guest stars every week, but the pilot movie for Fantasy Island, which aired on ABC back in 1977, was a rather darker animal than…
The Night Stalker (1972) – Review
In 1972, ABC aired a “Movie of the Week” about a newspaper reporter who could best be described now as the Woodward and Bernstein of the supernatural set, and in doing so ABC gave birth to one of fiction’s most memorable characters, Carl Kolchak.
Flood (1976) – Review
Movies such as The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure marked Irwin as “The Master of Disaster” with these big-budgeted disaster theatrical releases, but he also brought some of his movie mayhem to the small screen, case in point, his 1976 made-for-television movie Flood. Of course, the problem with taking the disaster genre to the…