‘The Eyes of Charles Sand’ (1972): Dark, rainy day viewing for vintage TV-movie lovers
Flashy but familiar, bait-and-switch ABC Movie of the Week entry. Advertisements
Tag: 1970s
‘Nightwing’ (1979): ‘Jaws’-like horror outing is batsh*t crazy
Mill Creek Entertainment has continued the beloved “drive-in double feature” tradition with the spiffy Blu-ray release, Nightwing and Shadow of the Hawk.
‘Carrie’ (1976): A classic go-to for Halloween season
A spiffed-up, bonus-heavy collector’s edition of the Stephen King horror classic.
‘Rollercoaster’ (1977): TV movie-style disaster film rumbles through…in Sensurround!
1977’s Rollercoaster is a first-rate TV suspenser, blasted onto the big screen via Sensurround.
‘Thank God It’s Friday’ (1978): Sanitized Hollywood disco shenanigans
Disney-fied PG-rated hijinks at a distressingly chaste, mildly drug-fueled, not-nearly-as-gay-as-we-expected late 1970s Hollywood disco!
‘Hard Times’ (1975): Primitive in tone, sophisticated in execution – a dark comic book comes to life
A mythic fantasy…shot in laconic, bare-knuckled, tough-as-shoe leather “realistic” style, with one central message: you gotta fight to survive…any way you can.
‘Drive-In’ (1976): Summer fun from a bygone era
Sony’s Choice Collection, their manufactured-on-demand DVD service for old Columbia Pictures library and cult titles, is still pumping out the discs, including one just right for these warm summer nights: Drive-In, the 1976 Columbia Pictures sleeper hit featuring a largely unfamiliar cast of fresh faces.
