DoH: The 1970s - Movie Reviews

DoH: The 1970s - Movie Reviews

S01E136 Video Review - EATEN ALIVE
2014PG01:01:00
EATEN ALIVE (1976) is not one of Tobe Hooper's best, even though the cast is filled with horror cred. The characters see...
S01E136 Video Review - EATEN ALIVE
S01E137 Video Review - TORSO
2014PG01:07:00
TORSO (1973) abounds with giallo tropes and an abundance of suspects. The tone of this stylish flick flips during the la...
S01E137 Video Review - TORSO
S01E138 Video Review - PATRICK
2014PG58:00
This quirky Aussie flick features a comatose patient wreaking telekinetic havoc on his surroundings. Throw in good chara...
S01E138 Video Review - PATRICK
S01E139 Video Review - DEMON WITCH CHILD
2014PG01:19:00
From Amando de Ossorio, director of the Blind Dead series, comes DEMON WITCH CHILD (aka, The Possessed
S01E139 Video Review - DEMON WITCH CHILD
S01E140 Video Review - THE HAUNTING OF JULIA
2014PG01:03:00
THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (1977, aka Full Circle), based on a Peter Straub novel, sucks in the Grue-Crew with its gothic atm...
S01E140 Video Review - THE HAUNTING OF JULIA
S01E141 Video Review - THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL
2014PG01:26:00
The Grue-Crew have a mixed reaction to THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978), from Ira Levin's novel. They all praise Gregory Peck...
S01E141 Video Review - THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL
S01E146 Video Review - MESSIAH OF EVIL
2014PG01:26:00
Interesting but weird art film with some cool set pieces and backgrounds, or the longest 90 minutes of your life? MESSIA...
S01E146 Video Review - MESSIAH OF EVIL
S01E147 Video Review - BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES
2014PG01:10:00
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES is not one of the franchise's bests with no Roddy McDowell and cheapened by budget cuts, ...
S01E147 Video Review - BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES
S01E148 Video Review - THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW
2014PG01:29:00
THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW is frequently mentioned alongside Witchfinder General (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973) as semi...
S01E148 Video Review - THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW
S01E149 Video Review - CAT 'O NINE TAILS
2014PG01:25:00
THE CAT O' NINE TAILS has all the Giallo tropes but is pretty subdued for an Argento film. More mystery than horror, red...
S01E149 Video Review - CAT 'O NINE TAILS
S01E150 Video Review - DAWN OF THE DEAD
2014NR01:24:00
DAWN OF THE DEAD is more influential in creating the zombie movie as we know it today than any other film and is in the ...
S01E150 Video Review - DAWN OF THE DEAD
S01E151 Video Review - EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
2014NR01:05:00
EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC has problems. It's very confusing, and the machine concept makes no sense. It's the opposite of...
S01E151 Video Review - EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
S01E152 Video Review - DRACULA A.D. 1972
2014NR01:15:00
With Stephanie Beacham, Caroline Munro, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee, DRACULA A.D. 1972 is a great film, right? It...
S01E152 Video Review - DRACULA A.D. 1972
S01E153 Video Review - FRENZY
2014NR01:18:00
The 70s Grue Crew can't decide if FRENZY (1972) is Hitchcock's last hurrah or a film to be avoided. Lurid kills and thei...
S01E153 Video Review - FRENZY
S01E154 Video Review - PLANET OF DINOSAURS
2014NR01:07:00
The combination of amazingly smooth stop-motion animation featuring the work of Doug Beswick and Jim Danforth and too mu...
S01E154 Video Review - PLANET OF DINOSAURS
S01E155 Video Review - BARON BLOOD
2014NR
Director Mario Bava's talent shows in Baron Blood, with plenty of beautifully shot, Bavaesque scenes and great use of th...
S01E155 Video Review - BARON BLOOD
S01E156 Video Review - Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
2014NR01:14:00
Directed by cinematographer extraordinaire Freddie Francis, MUMSY, NANNY, SONNY, AND GIRLY includes a strong performance...
S01E156 Video Review - Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
S01E157 Video Review - Flesh for Frankenstein
2014NR01:07:00
Originally released in 3D, FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN is a weird, weird movie featuring Udo Kier's amazing performance, Carl...
S01E157 Video Review - Flesh for Frankenstein
S01E158 Video Review - Blood for Dracula
2014NR58:00
Starring "Little" Joe Dallesandro and Udo Kier, BLOOD FOR DRACULA has little going for it. Unerotic sex scenes, unfunny ...
S01E158 Video Review - Blood for Dracula
S01E159 Video Review - A Boy and His Dog
2014NR
Based on Harlan Ellison's story of the same title, A Boy and His Dog is an amazing, low-budget depiction of a violent, p...
S01E159 Video Review - A Boy and His Dog
S01E160 Favorite Horror Films of the 1970s - Part 1
2014NR01:11:00
Recounting one film from each year between 1970 and 1979, DECADES OF HORROR 1970s was born. They dig the decade so much,...
S01E160 Favorite Horror Films of the 1970s - Part 1
S01E161 Favorite Horror Films of the 1970s - Part 2
2014NR01:15:00
When The Black Saint and Doc rattled on about their favorite, most influential films from that Groovy Gory Age of Horror...
S01E161 Favorite Horror Films of the 1970s - Part 2
S01E162 Video Review - Demon Seed
2014NR01:11:00
If you're in the mood for a 1970s prediction of AI and a really creepy, brass-plated baby, don't forget about DEMON SEED...
S01E162 Video Review - Demon Seed
S01E163 Video Review - Horror Hospital
2014NR59:00
Join the Grue-Crew as they revisit this oft-forgotten Michael Gough Seventies splatterfest, HORROR HOSPITAL. Is it schlo...
S01E163 Video Review - Horror Hospital
S01E164 Video Review - Invasion of the Bee Girls
2014NR01:06:00
Things get a bit spicy as the Grue-Crew tackle the campy-sleezy fun of INVASION OF THE BEE GIRS (1973). What goes best w...
S01E164 Video Review - Invasion of the Bee Girls
S01E165 Video Review - Terror of Mechagodzilla
2014NR01:06:00
The Grue-Crew revisit the Godzilla franchise as it existed in the 1970s with THE TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (1975). Featuri...
S01E165 Video Review - Terror of Mechagodzilla
S01E166 Video Review - The Island of Dr. Moreau
2014NR01:03:00
Once again, it is time to revisit the island of lost souls with THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1977). Burt Lancaster, Michael...
S01E166 Video Review - The Island of Dr. Moreau
S01E167 Video Review - A Reflection of Fear
2014NR
Join Doc, Jeff, Bill, and Chad as they queue up a rare, yet-unseen-by-the-Grue-Crew thriller from 1972, A REFLECTION OF ...
S01E167 Video Review - A Reflection of Fear
S01E168 Video Review - Santo and Blue Demon vs Dracula ans the Wolf Man
2014NR55:00
The 70s Grue Crew loves any creators who live their roles, and you can'tt live the role any more than the luchadors enma...
S01E168 Video Review - Santo and Blue Demon vs Dracula ans the Wolf Man
S01E169 Video Review - Starcrash
2014NR01:07:00
There is a colorful, comic-book style to this weird, oddball movie, but sometimes you can'tt go back again. An interesti...
S01E169 Video Review - Starcrash
S01E187 Video Review - Dark Star
2014NR
This is it: John Carpenter's first directorial effort, straight out of college (literally), the sci-fi comedy DARK STAR ...
S01E187 Video Review - Dark Star
S01E188 Video Review - The Satanic Rites of Dracula
2014NR01:26:00
Grue Crew covers the final pairing of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing and Christopher Lee as Count Dracula in The Satanic R...
S01E188 Video Review - The Satanic Rites of Dracula
S01E189 Video Review - The Werewolf and the Yeti
2014NR01:03:00
The Grue-Crew follow Spain's horror icon Paul Naschy as Waldemar Daninsky, the man who keeps finding ways to become a we...
S01E189 Video Review - The Werewolf and the Yeti
S01E190 Video Review - The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
2014NR01:20:00
With THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970), his first feature directorial effort, modern horror master Dario ArAgento...
S01E190 Video Review - The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
S01E191 Video Review - The Dunwich Horror
2014NR01:11:00
The Dunwich Horror features a great cast, great cinematography, and effective use of cliched visual effects, but still g...
S01E191 Video Review - The Dunwich Horror
S01E192 Video Review - Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Interview w/Dir. John Hancock
2014NR01:04:00
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) is the primary topic as the 70s Grue Crew talk with director John Hancock. We also g...
S01E192 Video Review - Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Interview w/Dir. John Hancock
S01E193 Video Review - The Killing Kind
2014NR01:21:00
Have you ever seen or heard of THE KILLING KIND (1973)? Featuring Ann Sothern, John Savage, and Cindy Williams, this biz...
S01E193 Video Review - The Killing Kind
S01E194 Video Review - SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED
2014NR
It had to happen... eventually. The Grue-Crew cover the Santos Ellin, Jr., favorite from 1974, SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED. ...
S01E194 Video Review - SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED
S01E195 Video Review - THREE ON A MEATHOOK
2014NR01:32:00
FX artist Dirk Rogers joins the 70s crew for one of Santos Ellin Jr.'s favorite films and filmmakers: Three On a Meathoo...
S01E195 Video Review - THREE ON A MEATHOOK
S01E196 Video Review - LUST FOR A VAMPIRE
2014NR01:13:00
Plagued with the loss of two leads and a director, as well as director/producer conflict, LUST FOR A VAMPIRE, is called ...
S01E196 Video Review - LUST FOR A VAMPIRE
S01E197 Video Review - KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS
2014PG01:03:00
Thousands of live spiders vs. William Shatner in John "Bud" Cardos' KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977)? "A living, crawling h...
S01E197 Video Review - KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS
S01E198 Video Review - SHIVERS
2014PG58:00
SHIVERS (1975, aka They Came From Within) is a cinematic curiosity with taboo, body horror and skin-crawling terror. The...
S01E198 Video Review - SHIVERS
S01E201 Video Review - THE PSYCHIC
2014PG01:10:00
This time the Grue-Crew tune into THE PSYCHIC (1977, aka Sette note in nero, aka Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black N...
S01E201 Video Review - THE PSYCHIC
S01E202 Video Review - THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE
2014PG01:22:00
THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE (1972) is an aptly titled Spanish horror film from director Vicente Aranda, loosely based on L...
S01E202 Video Review - THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE
S01E203 Video Review - BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB
2014PG01:10:00
The Grue Crew follow dismembered hands, devious archaeologists, and Valerie Leon to the resurrection of the evil Egyptia...
S01E203 Video Review - BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB
S01E206 Video Review - THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
2014PG01:34:00
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS features Ingrid Pitt and Peter Cushing with Miranda Smith, Kate O'Mara, George Cole, Jon Finch, et al...
S01E206 Video Review - THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
S01E207 Video Review - SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN
2014PG01:31:00
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S01E207 Video Review - SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN
S01E208 Video Review - EFFECTS
2014PG01:20:00
This story within a story of another movie buried within the movie features Tom Savini (acting and on EFX), Joseph Pilat...
S01E208 Video Review - EFFECTS
S01E209 Video Review - THE MAD BUTCHER
2014PG01:29:00
If you are a fan of Victor Buono, then we have the episode for you. THE MAD BUTCHER, 1971, is a unique beast of a film a...
S01E209 Video Review - THE MAD BUTCHER
S01E210 Video Review - COUNTESS DRACULA
2014PG01:41:00
Joined by guest host Gregory Crosby, the Grue Crew tackle another Hammer film, this time featuring the talented Ingrid P...
S01E210 Video Review - COUNTESS DRACULA
S01E211 Video Review - TROG
2014PG01:19:00
Dirk Rogers joins the Grue Crew for a talk about TROG, 1970, the legendary, or is it infamous?, film starring Joan Crawf...
S01E211 Video Review - TROG
S01E212 Video Review - THE GHOST GALLEON
2014PG01:19:00
Guest Jerry Chandler rejoins the Grue Crew for the 3rd Templar Knights/Blind Dead flick from Amando de Ossorio: THE GHOS...
S01E212 Video Review - THE GHOST GALLEON
S01E213 Video Review - DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS
2014PG01:45:00
Guest Gregory Crosby brings his knowledge of DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS, 1971, and its captivating star to the Grue Crew's ta...
S01E213 Video Review - DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS
S01E214 Video Review - TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER
2014PG01:18:00
The final Hammer Horror film of the 1970s is much better than the Grue-Crew remembers it, although the ending leaves som...
S01E214 Video Review - TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER
S01E215 Video Review - DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
2014PG01:24:00
DoH 70s episode 215 is ALIVE! This ABC-TV Movie of the Week features a trio of Little People who, despite the title, you...
S01E215 Video Review - DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
S01E216 Video Review - ALIEN FACTOR
2014PG01:13:00
This first feature from reknowned low-budget filmmaker Don Dohler is an overly ambitious, roughly made, yet surprisingly...
S01E216 Video Review - ALIEN FACTOR
S01E217 Video Review - MARK OF THE DEVIL
2014PG01:24:00
This witch-hunter gorefest featuring Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, and Reggie Nalder was banned in several countries. Maybe tam...
S01E217 Video Review - MARK OF THE DEVIL
S01E218 Video Review - VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES
2014PG01:08:00
VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES features Paul Naschy in three roles. The East Indian mystic, Krishna, the scarred, evil twin, K...
S01E218 Video Review - VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES
S01E219 Video Review - WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?
2016PG01:00
This Spanish horror film with a politically incorrect title and a difficult subject is directed by Narciso Ibanez Serrad...
S01E219 Video Review - WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?
S01E220 Video Review - SNOWBEAST
2016PG01:00
Remember those great TV horror movies from the 70s? The Grue Crew returns to that well with SNOWBEAST, 1977, starring Bo...
S01E220 Video Review - SNOWBEAST
S01E221 Video Review - COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
2014PG01:00
The Grue Crew are agog at the cast of COLOSSUS THE FORBIN PROJECT, 1970, Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, and ...
S01E221 Video Review - COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
S01E222 Video Review - NIGHTWING
2014PG01:24:00
NIGHTWING, 1979, is the only venture into horror for D. Arthur Hiller and W. Martin Cruz Smith. Even so, the 70s Grue Cr...
S01E222 Video Review - NIGHTWING
S01E223 Video Review - CRAZE
2014PG01:00
The Grue Crew awaited a watchable online version of CRAZE, 1974, for years. Why? With 3 Oscar winners, 2 Oscar nominees,...
S01E223 Video Review - CRAZE
S01E224 Video Review - MOON OF THE WOLF
2014PG01:00
The Grue-Crew go a-hunting in the land of TV horror this episode and encounter MOON OF THE WOLF, 1972. This surprisingly...
S01E224 Video Review - MOON OF THE WOLF
S01E225 Video Review - VAMPYRES
2014PG01:00
The Grue-Crew have somewhat mixed reactions to VAMPYRES, 1971. Euro-trash or good Euro-gothic? It all depends on how muc...
S01E225 Video Review - VAMPYRES
S01E226 Video Review - I, MONSTER
2014PG01:00
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 1886, by any other name would still be a Jekyll/Hyde story. In I, MONSTER, 1971,...
S01E226 Video Review - I, MONSTER
S01E227 Video Review - THE STONE TAPE
2014PG01:00
Recommended by Grue Believers, THE STONE TAPE is a BBC TV film written by Nigel Kneale, directed by Peter Sasdy, and sho...
S01E227 Video Review - THE STONE TAPE
S01E228 Video Review - THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES
2014PG01:00
John Carradine, John Ireland, and Faith Domergue are making a movie in THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES, 1974. It's not a good...
S01E228 Video Review - THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES
S01E229 Video Review - EQUINOX
2014PG01:00
The 70s Grue Crew take a second look at EQUINOX, 1970, and THE EQUINOX, A JOURNEY INTO THE SUPERNATURAL, 1967. This time...
S01E229 Video Review - EQUINOX
S01E230 Video Review - DARK PLACES
2014PG01:00
The 70s Grue Crew discuss DARK PLACES, 1974, a a little-known British horror thriller, directed by Don Sharp and starrin...
S01E230 Video Review - DARK PLACES
S01E231 Video Review - A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS
2014PG01:00
The Grue Crew discuss 3 shorts based on ghost stories from the UK. Whistle and I'll Come to You, 1968, and Lost Hearts, ...
S01E231 Video Review - A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS
S01E232 Video Review - EYES OF LAURA MARS
2014PG01:00
John Carpenter had little to do with this film despite his script credit, but Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Auberj...
S01E232 Video Review - EYES OF LAURA MARS
S01E233 Video Review - BLACK NOON
2014PG01:00
The Grue Crew tackles another 70s made-for-TV horror gem, Black Noon, 1971, a horror-western starring Roy Thinnes, Lyn L...
S01E233 Video Review - BLACK NOON
S01E234 Video Review - SCARS OF DRACULA
2014PG01:00
Is it Hammer Time again? Yes, and Dracula, no less! With Christopher Lee’s 5th time playing the bloodsucking count for H...
S01E234 Video Review - SCARS OF DRACULA
S01E235 Video Review - THE LORELEY'S GRASP
2014PG01:00
This brutal and gory Amando De Ossorio film delivers an imaginative tale on a shoestring budget, throwing in everything ...
S01E235 Video Review - THE LORELEY'S GRASP
S01E236 Video Review - THE ANTICHRIST
2014PG01:00
Alberto De Martino’s THE ANTICHRIST surprised everyone on the Grue-Crew! Carla Gravina makes the whole thing work with h...
S01E236 Video Review - THE ANTICHRIST
S01E237 Video Review - THE NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS
2014PG01:00
Jerry Chandler joins the Grue Crew to discuss another Amando de Ossorio film. This film's story includes odd but unique ...
S01E237 Video Review - THE NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS
S01E238 Video Review - ABBY
2014PG01:00
ABBY has always been a bit of a Holy Grail for the ‘70s crew with the Black Saint’s love of d. William Girdler in confli...
S01E238 Video Review - ABBY
S01E239 Video Review - PHANTASM
2014PG01:00
PHANTASM is worthy of a hard look! There are so many iconic images and memorable lines, not to mention the dreamlike plo...
S01E239 Video Review - PHANTASM
S01E240 Video Review - CORPSE EATERS
2014PG01:00
CORPSE EATERS, 1974, is the brainchild of Lawrence Zazelenchuk, a drive-in theater owner, erstwhile nickel miner in Sudb...
S01E240 Video Review - CORPSE EATERS
S01E241 Video Review - THE LAST DINOSAUR
2014PG01:00
Shot in Japan and starring Richard Boone, Joan Van Ark, Steven Keats, Tetsu Nakamura, and Toru Kawai, THE LAST DINOSAUR ...
S01E241 Video Review - THE LAST DINOSAUR
S01E242 Video Review - A COLD NIGHT'S DEATH
2014PG01:00
This TV movie features Eli Wallach and Robert Culp as scientists in an Arctic research station. Their isolation in the e...
S01E242 Video Review - A COLD NIGHT'S DEATH
S01E243 Video Review - SSSSSSS
2014PG01:00
Finally! The 70s Grue Crew is discussing this seldom streamed gem, SSSSSSS, 1973. Strother Martin is a national treasure...
S01E243 Video Review - SSSSSSS
S01E244 Video Review - WILLARD
2014PG01:00
Starring Bruce Davison and featuring Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine, Sondra Locke, and incredible character actors, al...
S01E244 Video Review - WILLARD
S01E245 Video Review - ZARDOZ
2014PG01:00
Writer-director John Boorman's confusing depiction of society in 2293 features Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling. The ...
S01E245 Video Review - ZARDOZ
S01E246 Video Review - SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD
2014PG01:00
Directed by Sergio Martino with Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, and Claudio Cassinelli, this film s also well-made and well...
S01E246 Video Review - SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD
S01E247 Video Review - CRASH!
2014PG02:00
The Grue Crew w/Dave Dreher takes on Charles Band's CRASH! 1976, with Jose Ferrer, Sue Lyon, and John Ericson and suppor...
S01E247 Video Review - CRASH!
S01E248 Video Review - DARK AUGUST
2014PG01:00
This low-budget indy film, shot in Stowe, VT, features character actors and locals with a dose of star power from Oscar-...
S01E248 Video Review - DARK AUGUST
S01E249 Video Review - TIME AFTER TIME
2014PG02:00
What if H.G. Wells invented a time machine and Jack the Ripper stole it? Thanks to the direction of Nicholas Meyer, his ...
S01E249 Video Review - TIME AFTER TIME
S01E250 Video Review - GRUE-CREW FAVORITES BY YEAR 1970-1979
2014PG02:00
Marking the Grue Crew's 250th episode, they listed one favorite film from each year of the decade from each host. These ...
S01E250 Video Review - GRUE-CREW FAVORITES BY YEAR 1970-1979