John Colicos Archives

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Rating: ★★

Jun 26, 1999Space Opera

The original Battlestar Galactica tv series was an incredibly blatant copy built on the success of Star Wars. This is the pilot, which aired on tv in the US but was released theatrically to theatres in other countries

Director: Richard A. Colla

Actors: Lorne Green, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Jane Seymour, …

Category: Science Fiction

26 June 199926 November 2025 by Roog

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)

Rating: ★

Sep 9, 2001Battlestar Galactica Movie

The Battlestar Galactica pilot was a success in theatres internationally and so additional episodes of the tv series were recut and released to theatres as a second film here

Director: Christian I. Nyby II, Vince Edwards

Actors: Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Lloyd Bridges, …

Category: Science Fiction

9 September 20018 September 2026 by Roog

The Changeling (1980)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 15, 2002Ghost Story

An old-fashioned ghost story with George C. Scott as a widowed composer who moves into a haunted house. This generates spookiness with quite a reasonable degree of effectiveness

Director: Peter Medak

Actors: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos

Category: Horror

15 February 200213 January 2026 by Roog

Phobia (1980)

Rating: ★

Sep 4, 2014Psychotherapy Psycho-Thriller

The great John Huston, the director of The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen and other classics, directs a psychotherapy psycho-thriller. Alas the thriller essentials slip entirely through his hands

Director: John Huston

Actors: Paul Michael Glaser, John Colicos, Susan Hogan, David Bolt, …

Category: Horror

4 September 201419 June 2026 by Roog

Conquest of the Earth (1981)

Rating: ★

Aug 26, 2004Battlestar Galactica Movie

The third of the theatrically released films spun off from the original Battlestar Galactica. This is compiled from episodes of the dire follow-up series Galactica 1980 where the show relocates to contemporary Earth

Director: Barry Crane, Sidney Hayers, Sigmund Neufeld Jr

Actors: Lorne Greene, Kent McCord, Barry Van Dyke, Wolfman Jack, …

Category: Science Fiction

26 August 200430 January 2026 by Roog