Willard (1971)
Mar 18, 2003Man Befriends Rats
Fine little tale of an introverted man who befriends a horde of rats and uses these to gain comeuppance. A hit that presaged a host of Animals Attack films throughout the 1970s.
Ernest Borgnine
The Neptune Factor: An Undersea Odyssey (1973)
Apr 10, 2002Submarine Adventure
Underwater adventure movie that tries to emulate 2001: A Space Odyssey, this has a bad movie reputation
The Devil’s Rain (1975)
Sep 29, 2001Satanist Cult
Big-budget Satanism film that came out during the mid-70s occult film fad, this promptly collapses into a bad movie through many unintentionally absurd touches and a nonsensical screenplay
Ravagers (1979)
May 2, 2003Post-Holocaust
A post-apocalyptic film that predates Mad Max 2, which set the benchmark for the genre a couple of years later. This is watchable but hat you notice in comparison is that this is lacking the action element.
The Black Hole (1979)
Jan 3, 2000Lost Spaceship/Mad Scientist/Journey into a Black Hole
Disney's attempt to join the post-Star Wars SF boom proved a flop that flounders in bad writing and ponderous pretensions. On the other hand, it is almost worth watching for the stunning design and effects
Deadly Blessing (1981)
Nov 6, 2001Religious Cult Killings
An early Wes Craven film about a series of killings among an Amish-like cult led by Ernest Borgnine. Craven's eerie dream horrors sit alongside a confusing script
Escape from New York (1981)
Jul 5, 2002Action/New York as a Future Prison
One of the key films from John Carpenter with Kurt Russell giving his best ever performance, a slick exciting action film that imagines a future Manhattan Island having been transformed into a lawless prison
Airwolf (1985)
Jun 1, 1999Hi-Tech Helicopter
The pilot for a tv series that was theatrically released outside of the US. A blatant copy of Blue Thunder, this concerns the hijacking and retrieval of a hi-tech helicopter
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
May 3, 2023Alice in Wonderland TV Adaptation
From Irwin Allen, the creator of Lost in Space etc, a tv version of Alice in Wonderland, conceived as an all-star musical that comes out as ponderous and leaden in Allen's hands
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
Sep 5, 2002Animation/Dogs Return from the Afterlife
This is a video-released sequel to the Don Bluth animated film with dogs again returning from the afterlife. This is churned out with passable effort
Gattaca (1997)
Aug 9, 1999Genetically-Engineered Dystopia
The first film from Andrew Niccol, a smart work set in a dystopian future where genetic engineering has perfected the human species and those who are born naturally are doomed to an underclass
Small Soldiers (1998)
Nov 5, 1999War Between Toys
Joe Dante has resorted to a rehash of his biggest hit Gremlins, seemingly conceptually slung together with Toy Story - concerning an army of malevolent toy soldiers come to life
Enemy Mind (2010)
Sep 16, 2010Enemies Stranded on an Alien Planet
A modest and effective low-budget reworking of the classic Enemy Mine delivered with a quite reasonable intelligence and professionalism