Recommend some great 70s sci-fi/horror films?

[Mikey]

Kingdom of the Spiders starring the Shat

Also, Tales From the Crypt (the 70's movie)

[palitoy]

The Deathmaster

Underrated movie, classic downer ending and the heroes GF is insanely cute IIRC.

[Mr.Krusher]

CTC - Some great suggestions - thanks!

BabyCyclops - That video you linked to? I'll have to contact Jimmy Muro - I NEVER consented to having my last house party FILMED!!

[ctc]

>'Laserblast'

Oh yeah.... If you can, see the MST3K version. Same with “Parts: The Clonus Horror.”

>You've never seen The Car ?

....and let’s not forget “Killdozer.”

>I really like "I Drink your Blood"

Seconded!

....and let’s not forget:

Count Yorga, Vampire/The Return of Count Yorga
The Deathmaster
The Abominable Dr Phibes/Dr Phibes rises again
Godzilla vs the Smog Monster
It’s Alive!
Arnold
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things
Psychomania (A personal fave!)
The Wicker Man
Zardoz (Although you’ll have to tolerate Sean Connery in a jockstrap....)
Touch of Satan (Another MST3K one)
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
The Legend of Boggy Creek
Frankenstein: The True Story (Another personal fave)
Asylum
The Vampire Lovers

Don C.

[babycyclops]

"Street Trash"...LOL...leave it up to Dirty Jersey!

What about the scene where the cracked-out bozo gets his wang ripped off via a 'glory hole' in the fence?! LOL

Haha! So many great scenes! I love it when the huge guy explodes, the cop puking on the guy.... so wrong.
Here's a deleted scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls4_qtmlOic

Palitoy: I Drink your Blood is such a great artifact from the early 70's, post Charles Manson, flower children gone bad era.
Though I've never seen I Eat your Skin, that it was released alongside.

[Mr.Krusher]

Speaking of synth and Moogs, what about 'The Goblins' ? Argento, Bava, Fulci, and Romero loved to use those guys - not as grating or as shrill as other scores, but they are great -

This score could easily be used for nearly any of the original Universal Monster films...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Xw_7BUXic

I'd actually like this played at my funeral - like Vincent joke at Bela's funeral: he suggested that they bury a stake in Bela's coffin, "just in case".

[palitoy]

I really like "I Drink your Blood" it's so damned over the top and that early synthesizer score just makes it unique.

[Mr.Krusher]

"Street Trash"...LOL...leave it up to Dirty Jersey!

What about the scene where the cracked-out bozo gets his wang ripped off via a 'glory hole' in the fence?! LOL

'Street Trash' is the ONLY film that I have ever seen that depicts a MELTING hobo flushing HIMSELF down a TOILET - - it really is cinema gold!

'I Drink Your Blood' - wow - wasnt Olivier in that gem??

Mikey - for sure...I will be seeing that one.

[babycyclops]

Well, keeping with stuff that hasn't been mentioned yet, howsabout:
Squirm
Starcrash (fantastic post Star Wars Italian space opera)
I Drink your Blood
Some more Italian Mad Max/Escape from New York ripoffs
Raiders of Atlantis
The New Barbarians
Bronx Warriors 1 & 2
Also another of my favorites
Street Trash(an 80's film, not for the squeamish or sensitive, but then... you asked!)

[Mikey]

Mikey - "The Car" ? I'm guessing a Christine/Maximum Overdrive type of deal?

:

You've never seen The Car ?

That's a must ... (made before Christine and Maximun Overdrive)

About an evil car driving around New Mexico running over people.

Brolin is the local sherif of a small town it's happing in.

[Mr.Krusher]

AWESOME stuff guys - keep them coming!

Mikey - "The Car" ? I'm guessing a Christine/Maximum Overdrive type of deal?

Mazinz - Awesome man - many of those sound like the ideal cheese.

TheDoLittle - "Flesh Gordon", eh? You might be surprised to learn that I'm not only a FAN of the film, but that my ex-wife and I also had bit-parts in it! It's true - she played the character 'Ivanna Cox' and I played 'Space
Colonel Angus' ! Its true!

[megoapesnut]

The 70's version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers" was an awesome flick.

The Fog was in the early 80's but still a good great flick to think about.

[Mikey]

Anybody mention The Car with James Brolin yet ?

That was a good one

[wolfie]

PHASE-IV

Great film, i'm sure it was 70's.

All about ants.

[TheDoLittle]

TheDoLittle - Thanks for some of those! YES - 'Laserblast' - those turtle-headed aliens and that cracked-out kid!!

I remember vividly begging my parents to take me to see it and both of them vividly refusing to do so. I saw it years later on one of the local channel's late movie and thanked my parents for not indulging me.

"Parts", eh? Sounds right up my alley..

"The Island" with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson was a direct rip off of that movie. So much so the original "Clonus" production company sued Michael Bay and Dreamworks, which settled out of court.

I recommend the MST3K DVD version because of the interview with director Robert Fiveson, who was honored to have his film riffed on.

As to the other 'blockbusters' you mentioned, yes sir, most of those are favortites

I knew you were a fan of "Flesh Gordon"! 8-)

FallenSaviour - Yes - those underwater monster films. I enjoy those, but the one I'm after pre-dates all of those though. (I cant be sure of the exact YEAR, but the film was filled with mutton chop side-burns, exposed chest hair, and bell-bottoms. Also, it wasnt UNDERwater per se, it took place on a boat.)

I can't believe I forgot "Piranha"!! It was filmed at San Marcos, Tx, where my mother attended college, as well as up and down the river. I've visited many of the shooting locations as a kid and even swam in the same places where people were shown as being eaten. It can give you a somewhat warped perspective... 8-)