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Scott123

February 26, 2016, 01:09:12 PM
When I see a movie from the 70s that I like (usually low-budget sci fi), it really takes me back and makes me miss those days. If that happens to you too, what movie does it for you? For me (and there several), the main one is The Alien Factor (1978).
Please weigh in ...

javakoala

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February 26, 2016, 02:24:06 PM
Quote from: Scott123 on February 26, 2016, 01:09:12 PM
When I see a movie from the 70s that I like (usually low-budget sci fi), it really takes me back and makes me miss those days. If that happens to you too, what movie does it for you? For me (and there several), the main one is The Alien Factor (1978).
Please weigh in ...

Oh, sweet monkey farts! The Alien Factor! Great Don Dohler film. It even made the cover of Famous Monsters of Filmland.



Most of what I watch is from the 70s, so this would be a hard thread to narrow down one title, but one movie that pretty much SCREAMS the 70s is The Omega Man with Charlton Heston. The look, the clothes, the environment, the ideals expounded upon, all right out of the 70s. You can't go wrong with Chuck Heston playing a futuristic Jesus figure.
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RCMerchant

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February 26, 2016, 04:59:42 PM
Great topic-for me-a movie that evokes the sleaze and cheese of the 70's-it would have to be DONT LOOK IN THE BASEMENT (1973)

http://youtu.be/xMCu9jgH_O4

I dig Don Dohler movies-I have NIGHT BEAST (1982)-fantastic.
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
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Scott123

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February 27, 2016, 10:16:41 AM
Quote from: javakoala on February 26, 2016, 02:24:06 PM
Quote from: Scott123 on February 26, 2016, 01:09:12 PM
When I see a movie from the 70s that I like (usually low-budget sci fi), it really takes me back and makes me miss those days. If that happens to you too, what movie does it for you? For me (and there several), the main one is The Alien Factor (1978).
Please weigh in ...

Oh, sweet monkey farts! The Alien Factor! Great Don Dohler film. It even made the cover of Famous Monsters of Filmland.



Most of what I watch is from the 70s, so this would be a hard thread to narrow down one title, but one movie that pretty much SCREAMS the 70s is The Omega Man with Charlton Heston. The look, the clothes, the environment, the ideals expounded upon, all right out of the 70s. You can't go wrong with Chuck Heston playing a futuristic Jesus figure.

Thanks, I will check that one out!

Scott123

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February 27, 2016, 10:17:39 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on February 26, 2016, 04:59:42 PM
Great topic-for me-a movie that evokes the sleaze and cheese of the 70's-it would have to be DONT LOOK IN THE BASEMENT (1973)

http://youtu.be/xMCu9jgH_O4

I dig Don Dohler movies-I have NIGHT BEAST (1982)-fantastic.

Thanks ... I actually have this one. Good choice ..

Slinkyturd

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February 27, 2016, 10:59:25 AM
80's badassery. Schwartzennegger is a good example. -I know that's not a movie title but it really could be the title for any of his films from that era and I'd still watch them.
Come join my facebook fan group for bad films, "Camp, Schlock, Flops, and B Movies": https://www.facebook.com/groups/186517041720723/

Hammock Rider

#6
March 20, 2016, 03:50:31 PM
Great topic. There are so many. That was a wild decade.  :wink: But here's a few that take me back.







Jumping Kings and Making Haste Ain't my Cup of Meat

retrorussell

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March 22, 2016, 05:31:16 PM


"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

alandhopewell

#8
March 23, 2016, 03:07:46 PM
 You can't get more 70's without a prescription....

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retrorussell

#9
March 23, 2016, 05:32:21 PM
We loved our car chases, and we loved our cops tough and brutal.  Screw the scumbag's rights!

"O the legend they say, on a Valentine's Day, is a curse that'll live on and on.."

RCMerchant

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March 24, 2016, 06:33:39 AM
ENTER THE DRAGON (1973)
Yeah FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH was earlier-but this was the BEST-gonna watch Kung Fu fighting!

http://youtu.be/Kpu_lTDyd88
Supernatural?...perhaps. Baloney?...Perhaps not!" Bela Lugosi-the BLACK CAT (1934)
Interviewer-"Does Dracula ever end for you?
Lugosi-"No. Dracula-never ends."
Slobber, Drool, Drip!
https://www.tumblr.com/ronmerchant

alandhopewell

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March 31, 2016, 03:55:11 PM
    Emblematic of early 70's culture, horror film division....BLOOD SABBATH!

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     Great 70's mélange of horror, Blaxploitation, and idunnowhatall, THE BEAST MUST DIE!

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If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.

Archivist

#12
April 01, 2016, 07:19:56 PM
+1 for Enter The Dragon, my number one 70's film. 

I'm also very fond of the Roger Moore James Bond movies of that era, especially Man With The Golden Gun (1974) and Live and Let Die (1973).



And to tie in with that era, the look and smell of those old vinyl album covers.  Glorious!

"Many others since have tried & failed at making a watchable parasite slug movie" - LilCerberus

zombie no.one

#13
April 03, 2016, 04:59:33 AM
Man with the golden gun was the first Bond I saw, my step dad had it on video (taped off the telly). Think I had the whole film including ad breaks memorised by the age of 10, lol

Wasn't born till the end of the 70s but I still get nostalgic watching 70s movies, not sure how that works

TRIP WITH THE TEACHER (1974) is one. It encapsulates the cheesy innocence of the 70s b-movie era while still being quite a nasty and sadistic film!

claws

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April 03, 2016, 08:49:30 AM


Eyes of Laura Mars: glamorous fashion chic insight from 1978, a gritty New York setting and a Disco soundtrack that makes you wanna boogie.



Foxes: Released in early 1980 but filmed in 1979, I always thought this coming of age tale captured the teen spirit of the 70s quite well.
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