MESSIAH OF EVIL
Amid the innumerable NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD wannabes that appeared in the seventies the no budget MESSIAH OF EVIL stands out
THE MANSION OF MADNESS
This phantasmagoric spectacle, loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe’s story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether,” remains a landmark of Mexican horror/fantasy
MAN ON A SWING
A profoundly creepy, arrestingly eccentric but ultimately unsatisfying slice of fact-based horror from the seventies
MALPERTUIS
A surreal gem from 1972, finally unearthed after years of obscurity in a newly restored director’s cut
THE VISITOR
In the small but potent category of crazy-assed OMEN wannabes (see SUICIDE CULT and FEAR NO EVIL), the Italian-made THE VISITOR is a definite stand-out
VENGEANCE IS MINE (1979)
This much acclaimed, multi award-winning Japanese drama from 1979 can be viewed as the HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER of the seventies. It’s also, in my eyes at least, one of the most overrated films of all time
VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (Film)
Fascinating Czech surrealism from the seventies. Beautifully filmed, affectionately macabre and totally unique, it’s precisely the type of film They Just Don’t Make Anymore.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN
This early entry in the “Satanic Panic” films of the seventies, inspired (like most of the others) by ROSEMARY’S BABY, is an extremely stylish low budget chiller
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA
A quest for the eponymous head becomes a deranged trip into blood-soaked psychosis in this, the late Sam Peckinpah’s most personal and outrageous film
BLUE SUNSHINE
A nifty chunk of seventies-sploitation about drug users going nuts years after the fact. Just say no, indeed!