The Big Bus (1976)
Jun 2, 1999Disaster Movie Parody
Intermittently amusing parody of the disaster movie set aboard an atomically-powered luxury bus where everything proceeds to go wrong. The better parody of the genre would have to wait for Airplane
Jose Ferrer
Eaten Alive (1977)
Nov 21, 2008Psycho Backwoods Motelier
The first film that Tobe Hooper made immediately after The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a dementedly OTT Southern Gothic with Neville Brand as a backwoods motelier serving up his guests to the crocodiles
The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978)
Jun 8, 1999Captain Nemo's Modern Day Adventures
TV mini-series released as a theatrical film in some parts of the world that resurrects Captain Nemo in the present-day. It is Irwin Allen returning to his tv roots where Captain Nemo’s adventures become a blatant attempt to copy Star Wars
Zoltan … Hound of Dracula (1978)
Apr 4, 2001Dracula's Dog
aka Dracula's Dog. Most people who hear the title think this is a joke but this is a real film and one that takes a ridiculous premise - the idea of Dracula’s dog - surprisingly seriously
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
Mar 9, 2001Period Sexual Rondeau Comedy
One of Woody Allen's slighter films, a sexual rondeau set at the turn of the 20th Century, although mostly riffing on Allen's familiar sexual neuroses. Contains minor fantasy elements.
The Being (1983)
Aug 11, 2022Mutant Monster
The first film from Jackie Kong, who made the hilarious Blood Diner, concerning a cheesily ridiculous atomic mutant monster loose in a small town
Dune (1984)
Feb 1, 2001Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah
David Lynch disowned his film version of the classic Frank Herbert SF novel. However, Lynch may be incapable of making a bad film and this, while acting freely with the book, has a visual grandeur that makes it highly watchable