With the 70s being rife with disaster movies it is no surprise that Glen A. Larson decided to tackle the genre in Battlestar Galactica, and so in the tradition of Irwin Allen the crew of Galactica must fight a raging fire, one that threatens the life of all on board. So let’s see what a…
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San Andreas (2015) – Review
This latest disaster epic once again pushes the theory that the surest way to patch up any relationship is to wait for an earthquake, twister or some other natural disaster to occur, and then bingo-bango-bongo all your problems will be solved and you can walk off into the sunset together.
The Tower (2012) – Review
Irwin Allen’s The Poseidon Adventure and Towering Inferno set the standard for disaster movies of the 70s, with some of the tropes of his films still surviving to this day, but it looks like South Korean director Kim Ji-hoon has taken up the mantle with this epic disaster film The Tower (aka Ta-weo).
Avalanche (1978) – Review
“Welcome back, disaster fans!” Today, we’re taking a trip down memory lane to revisit the disaster film classic, Avalanche, a 1978 gem directed by Corey Allen and is a perfect example of the genre as it blended elements of suspense, drama, and of course, plenty of death-defying action but all down on an incredibly low…
Meteor (1979) – Review
For cinephiles, the 70s was the heyday of the disaster movie beginning in 1972 with Irwin Allen’s excellent film The Poseidon Adventure and ending with today’s feature, the less-than-stellar outing from American International Picture in an attempt to blend the Cold War political thriller with the elements of your standard disaster movie, and for that,…