Fail-Safe (1964)
Apr 17, 2001Nuclear War
Work of incredibly stark tension set amidst post-Cuban Missile Crisis nuclear anxieties with the US trying to recall a bomber that has been accidentally dispatched to drop an atomic bomb on Moscow
Henry Fonda
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Jun 28, 2002True-Life Serial Killer
A high-profile studio film based on the real-life Boston Strangler murders. This is liberal with the facts but Tony Curtis giving one of his best performances as Albert DeSalvo
Rollercoaster (1977)
Mar 18, 2005Psycho Bomber
1970s disaster movie with George Segal tracking Timothy Bottoms as a mad bomber blowing up rollercoasters
Tentacles (1977)
Jun 11, 2025Giant Octopus
One of the more absurd of the Animals Attack films that sought to cash in on the success of Jaws concerning a giant octopus on the attack
The Swarm (1978)
Feb 18, 2004Killer Bees Amok
Irwin Allen had great success in the 1970s with his disaster movies but this killer bee saga with a cast of big name stars uttering ridiculous dialogue and shabby effects proved a bomb that spelt the death knell for the genre
Meteor (1979)
Jan 2, 2013Meteor Collision/Disaster Movie
1970s disaster movie that prefigures Armageddon with its plot of trying to divert a meteor on a collision course with Earth. It sets aside the usual soap opera dramatics to make an interesting parable about Cold War tensions