It was in the 1970s that we saw the true beginning of the disaster movie genre because while films of catastrophic destruction had been around since almost the beginning of the medium itself it was during this period that the genre literally exploded, where Irwin Allen became known as the “Master of Disaster” but it…
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Armageddon (1998) – Review
It’s not unusual for two studios to launch similarly themed movies at roughly the same time, back in 1997 we had the Tommy Lee Jones film Volcano up against Dante’s Peak starring Pierce Brosnan duking it out in cinemas, and then a year later the Meteor disaster film Deep Impact opened, which was then quickly…
Earthquake (1974) – Review
Back in 1970, Universal Pictures released their star-studded disaster film Airport, a film based on Arthur Hailey’s popular novel that arguably kicked off the 70s’ disaster boom by pulling in $100 million dollars. Then, in 1972, good ol’ 20th Century Fox released their disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure, which amped the carnage up and earned…
Airport 1975 – Review
With the box office success of 1970’s Airport, it was no surprise that Universal Studios would attempt to strike gold a second time with another air disaster film, but with Airport 1975, the studio decided to focus more on the disaster element, while toning down the multiple storylines that had bogged down the previous film….
Two-Minute Warning (1976) – Review
If one genre was to stand out in the 70s that would have to be the disaster genre with films like Airport (1970), The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Towering Inferno (1974), Earthquake (1974), Avalanche (1978), Damnation Alley (1979), The Swarm (1978) and Meteor (1979) populating the theatres throughout the 70s, but…