By the late 70s, the golden age of the disaster film was coming to a close – Irwin Allen’s 1980 commercial bomb When Time Ran Out would be the nail in that particular coffin – but in 1979, a joint American/Canadian venture released a movie about an entire city ablaze, a film called City on…
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When Time Ran Out (1980) – Review
The 1970s were the golden age of disaster films and producer Irwin Allen is the undisputed “Master of Disaster” with The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure still being the gold standard of the genre. But when the 80s rolled around, the well had just about dried up on disaster films; thus, when Irwin Allen’s…
The Last Shark (1981) – Review
When Jaws swam into theatres in 1975 and broke box office records across the globe it was no surprise that Jaws rip-offs were not far behind, but for some reason, it was the Italian horror film The Last Shark (aka Great White for its North American release) that Universal Studios decided to sue for plagiarism,…
Killer Fish (1979) – Review
When taking in a 70’s film that was marketed as a Jaws rip-off I was not prepared to find myself watching a taught thriller centred around a group of thieves and millions of dollars in jewels guarded by a school of nasty piranha. Colour me surprised.