Flood! (1976)

Flood! (1976)

[3] In this TV movie from producer Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno), several inhabitants of a small fishing town debate whether or not their dam is about to break after several weeks of rain. The mayor refuses…
The Eiger Sanction (1975)

The Eiger Sanction (1975)

[7] Clint Eastwood gives us his take on James Bond with The Eiger Sanction, the story of a retired hit man who is coerced back into action by a secretive government organization to 'sanction' (kill) a member of a mountain…
Creature from Black Lake (1976)

Creature from Black Lake (1976)

[7] Maybe I crave Bigfoot movies and the innocence of the 1970s so much that I give half-way decent 'Squatch flicks more credit than I should, but I was impressed with Creature from Black Lake, a low-budget film with production…
Drifter (1974)

Drifter (1974)

[6] A bisexual hustler (Joed Adair) hitchhikes around the Pacific Southwest looking to trade sex for room and board -- and maybe a deeper connection with someone? Drifter is an early offering in the history of gay cinema, a non-explicit…
Slap Shot (1977)

Slap Shot (1977)

[7] Paul Newman stars as an aging ice hockey coach and player who tries to salvage his team's careers by leaning into on-ice violence and wrestling-like theatrics, what the players call 'goonery'. The effort works, leading to a winning streak,…
Sunflower (1970)

Sunflower (1970)

[5] Sophia Loren stars in the final film from director Vittorio de Sica, about an Italian woman despondently searching for her soldier husband (Marcello Mastroianni) in the fallout of World War II. Unable to learn from the government whether he's…
Hardcore (1979)

Hardcore (1979)

[7] George C. Scott stars as a pious midwestern father who searches Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco looking for his missing daughter after a private detective (Peter Boyle) reveals she's been working in the porn industry. With the…
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

[6] Hot off her Oscar win for Network, Faye Dunaway headlines this thriller about a controversial photographer whose focus on sex and violence makes her a sensation in New York's advertising world. Dunaway's title character begins having visions of murder…
Another Son of Sam (1977)

Another Son of Sam (1977)

[1] A patient escapes a mental institution and starts killing people on a nearby campus in this ultra-low-budget, supremely bad movie that has nothing to do with 'Son of Sam'. The film is so poorly made that you'll likely be…
Snowbeast (1977)

Snowbeast (1977)

[3] An abominable snowman terrorizes a Montana ski resort in this made-for-TV movie from the late '70s. Since Snowbeast was made for a television audience, you get no gore and very little in terms of viscera or genuine scares. The…