Tag Archives: 70’s
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) is more than a film. For psychedelic SF writer Philip K. Dick, it was a source of revelation, and he fictionalized his experience watching the film for a scene in his novel of … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 70's, Buck Henry, Candy Clark, David Bowie, Nicolas Roeg, Rip Torn, Science Fiction
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The Sentinel (1977)
Only in the Satanic panic of the 70’s could there be a crazy, overstuffed occult thriller like The Sentinel (1977), based on a novel by Jeffrey Konvitz describing the portal to Hell as located in a New York brownstone apartment building. Konvitz … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Ava Gardner, Beverly D'Angelo, Burgess Meredith, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Cristina Raines, demons, Dick Smith, Eli Wallach, Freaks, Hell, horror, Jeff Goldblum, Jerry Orbach, John Carradine, José Ferrer, Martin Balsam, Michael Winner, Sylvia Miles, Tom Berenger
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10 Rillington Place (1971)
What a fascinating career director Richard Fleischer had. From the nail-biting noir The Narrow Margin (1952) to such varied projects as The Vikings (1958), Doctor Doolittle (1967), Soylent Green (1973), Mandingo (1975), and even Conan the Destroyer (1984), the director was a … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Smoking Gun
Tagged 70's, Andre Morell, death penalty, John Hurt, Judy Geeson, Richard Attenborough, Richard Fleischer, serial killer
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