‘The California Kid’ (1974): A spare, surprisingly grim TV meller
A clean, trim, hard-boiled little gem of a suspenser, from the golden days of network made-for-TV movies.
Tag: suspense
‘Zero Hour!’ (1957), ‘Hot Rods to Hell’ (1967), ‘Skyjacked’ (1972): A terrorized travelers triple feature
So the other day I had to take out an unsecured loan to put gas in my lawnmower, and it made me think of my old man, who whenever he lent me his ’81 Caprice Classic always stipulated I had to fill the tank…which he would first run dry (How’s it goin’ down there, Dad? Hot… Read More ‘Zero Hour!’ (1957), ‘Hot Rods to Hell’ (1967), ‘Skyjacked’ (1972): A terrorized travelers triple feature
‘Devil’s Angels’ (1967): A well-written, thoughtful, lurid piece of exploitation
“Violence is their God… and they hunt in a pack like rabid dogs!”“Get out of their way…if you can!”
‘The Teacher’ (1974): It’s cheap grindhouse filler…but we miss it
Oh man…I miss BCI Eclipse releases like Welcome to the Grindhouse Double Feature, like I miss the drive-ins that showed cool trash like The Teacher and Pick-Up years and years ago.
‘Trapped’ (2002): A solidly paced kidnap thriller
Mama Bear goes on rampage when child is kidnapped for ransom—and you don’t want to mess with this animal.
‘The Terminal Man’ (1974): Bleak foreshadowing of today’s cold, tech-obsessed world
Cold, impersonal, distant Frankenstein re-imagining―and a fairly perverse jab at its horror/suspense genre conventions.
‘Fragment of Fear’ (1971): Taut, effective British shocker
Terrific, little-seen U.K. suspenser.
‘Eyes of Laura Mars’ (1978): Stylish but cold – there’s a movie in here somewhere
Chilled, stylish Americanized giallo thriller, with just acceptable TV-level suspense,
‘Wait Until Dark’ (1967): Pure suspense thriller gets better with age
In yet another pathetically obvious attempt to get Warner Bros.’ Archive Collection to send us review titles sans moola, we here at the Movies & Drinks offices have sobered up just enough to review one of their classic Blu-ray thriller releases, Wait Until Dark…because that’s the only kind of thriller the Archive releases: classic (we’ll… Read More ‘Wait Until Dark’ (1967): Pure suspense thriller gets better with age
‘Night Watch’ (1973): Classic whodunnit with a savage, bloody twist that will shock you
In honor of Elizabeth Taylor’s birthday (as of this writing), Movies & Drinks thought it an ideal time to look at her 1973 thriller from AVCO Embassy Pictures, Night Watch—
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