A Taste of Evil (1971)
Jul 16, 2026Psycho-Thriller
TV movie psycho-thriller produced by Aaron Spelling (plus assorted Anglo-horror veterans) where heiress Barbara Parkins thinks she is going crazy. Barbara Stanwyck goes the Baby Jane route
William Windom
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
May 17, 2001Planet of the Apes Sequel/Time Travel
Third of the original Planet of the Apes films. This is an enjoyable take that brings the talking apes back in time to the present-day and where the emphasis is more on comedy
Brewster McCloud (1971)
Mar 10, 2004Gonzo Comedy/Man Builds Wings/Angelic Intervention
One of the most eccentric and strangest films in the oeuvre of Robert Altman in which Bud Cort set out to build a set of wings to fly, amid aid from angels and lots of bird symbolism
The Man (1972)
Jun 4, 2006First Black US President
Strong political What IF drama from a Rod Serling script that has James Earl Jones as the first Black President of the USA (something that did not occur in reality for another 36 years with Barack Obama)
Spacerage: Breakout on Prison Planet (1985)
Oct 21, 2007Interstellar Prison Escape
SF action with Michael Paré convicted to a prison planet from which he attempts to organise the prisoners to make an escape. This is essentially a Western that takes place in SF terms
Committed (1991)
Oct 8, 2005Woman Imprisoned in an Asylum
A variant on Edgar Allan Poe’s The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether with Jennifer O’Neill as a woman wrongly committed to an asylum before discovering it has been taken over by the inmates
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
Dec 13, 2002Giant Woman
The first time we have had a remake of a bad movie - in this case the 1958 film. The title role is cast with Darryl Hannah and the shabby effects gets a much more polished work over
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Dec 4, 2003Santa in Court
A John Hughes written remake of the classic Christmas film where an elderly man (Richard Attenborough) claima to be Santa Claus and ends up having to prove it in court.
Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996)
May 1, 2018Pagan Child Cult
The popularity of the Children of the Corn franchise - eleven films spun out of a sixteen page Stephen King story - baffles one. This is the fourth film, its greatest distinction being that it stars a then unknown Naomi Watts