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DoH: The 1970s - Movie Reviews
2014•PG
OCTAMAN (1971) marks FX maestro Rick Baker's first film credit, with the suit being the highlight. Written, directed, an...
2014•PG
AIP's CRY OF THE BANSHEE (1971) stars Vincent Price! AIP and Price? What could go wrong? You can count on the Grue Crew ...
2014•PG
THE BEAST MUST DIE (1974), an Amicus Production, is famous for its werewolf break to give the audience time to guess who...
2014•PG
HOUSE (aka HAUSU) is an infamous Toho film and maybe the strangest movie the Grue Crew have ever discussed. Their recomm...
2014•PG•01:00:00
The Grue Crew has mixed feelings about JAWS 2 (1978), with reactions ranging from tremendous enjoyment to extreme disapp...
2014•PG•56:00
Your Grue-Crew had fun with the Amicus Production of AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS (1973), especially the cast: Ian Ogilv...
2014•PG•01:05:00
Folks with little movie-making experience made EQUINOX (1970). They did know fx and stop-motion animation and became leg...
2014•PG•59:00
DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972) is a follow-up to The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and some think it is the rare sequel that is ...
2014•PG•49:00
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (1977). Idiotic? Dumb? Terrible? Lame? Cringy? So bad, it's worse? That's a big, unanimous...
2014•PG•01:00:00
The operative word for SPACE AMOEBA (1970) is fun! It's not great, and maybe not even good, but if you want silly, you g...
2014•PG
Grue-Crew takes on Brian De Palma's SISTERS (1972) and finds some Hitchcock influences, a good performance from Margot K...
2014•PG•58:00
GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE (1972) is a lesser-known vampire film in which Michael Pataki plays the most sleazy, detestable vam...
2014•PG•01:07:00
Although not one of George Romero's best films, THE CRAZIES still has plenty to offer. It's one of those movies that mus...
2014•PG•01:00:00
GARGOYLES, one of the 70s TV-movie, horror gems, is impressive in so many ways: story, cast, anda the creature designs w...
2014•PG•01:02:00
ASYLUM OF SATAN - low-budget, early William Girdler is a rough movie. Even so, it showcases Girdler's promise in a few u...
2014•PG
Mario Bava's SHOCK (also known as BEYOND THE DOOR II) may lack his signature bold use of colors, but it still delivers p...
2014•PG•01:06:00
The Grue Crew loves 'em some kaiju and GODZILLA vs. MECHAGODZILLA is no exception. Plus, you get two bonus kaiju on top ...
2014•PG•01:06:00
DAMIEN: OMEN II came only 2 years after THE OMEN, but the Grue Crew feels something is missing relative to its predecess...
2014•PG•01:01:00
EATEN ALIVE (1976) is not one of Tobe Hooper's best, even though the cast is filled with horror cred. The characters see...
2014•PG•01:07:00
TORSO (1973) abounds with giallo tropes and an abundance of suspects. The tone of this stylish flick flips during the la...
2014•PG•58:00
This quirky Aussie flick features a comatose patient wreaking telekinetic havoc on his surroundings. Throw in good chara...
2014•PG•01:19:00
From Amando de Ossorio, director of the Blind Dead series, comes DEMON WITCH CHILD (aka, The Possessed
2014•PG•01:03:00
THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (1977, aka Full Circle), based on a Peter Straub novel, sucks in the Grue-Crew with its gothic atm...
2014•PG•01:26:00
The Grue-Crew have a mixed reaction to THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978), from Ira Levin's novel. They all praise Gregory Peck...
2014•NR•54:00
How does the 70s Grue Crew describe BLOODSUCKING FREAKS? Full of wanton destruction, gore, and misogyny? The epitome of ...
2014•NR•55:00
The 70s Grue-Crew return to the world of Paul Naschy with ASSIGNMENT TERROR! Is it a story of alien invariance or a mons...
2014•NR
The Grue Crew gains a much greater appreciation for WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, describing the first 20 minutes as iconic and...
2014•NR•01:07:00
According to the Grue Crew, THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE is worth a watch just for Jody Foster (having a pres...
2014•PG•01:26:00
Interesting but weird art film with some cool set pieces and backgrounds, or the longest 90 minutes of your life? MESSIA...
2014•PG•01:10:00
BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES is not one of the franchise's bests with no Roddy McDowell and cheapened by budget cuts, ...
2014•PG•01:29:00
THE BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW is frequently mentioned alongside Witchfinder General (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973) as semi...
2014•PG•01:25:00
THE CAT O' NINE TAILS has all the Giallo tropes but is pretty subdued for an Argento film. More mystery than horror, red...
2014•NR•01:24:00
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 ...
2014•NR•01:05:00
EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC has problems. It's very confusing, and the machine concept makes no sense. It's the opposite of...
2014•NR•01:15:00
With Stephanie Beacham, Caroline Munro, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee, DRACULA A.D. 1972 is a great film, right? It...
2014•NR•01:18:00
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...
2014•NR•01:07:00
The combination of amazingly smooth stop-motion animation featuring the work of Doug Beswick and Jim Danforth and too mu...
2014•NR
Director Mario Bava's talent shows in Baron Blood, with plenty of beautifully shot, Bavaesque scenes and great use of th...
2014•NR•01:14:00
Directed by cinematographer extraordinaire Freddie Francis, MUMSY, NANNY, SONNY, AND GIRLY includes a strong performance...
2014•NR•01:07:00
Originally released in 3D, FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN is a weird, weird movie featuring Udo Kier's amazing performance, Carl...
2014•NR•58:00
Starring "Little" Joe Dallesandro and Udo Kier, BLOOD FOR DRACULA has little going for it. Unerotic sex scenes, unfunny ...
2014•NR
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...
2014•NR•01:11:00
Recounting one film from each year between 1970 and 1979, DECADES OF HORROR 1970s was born. They dig the decade so much,...
2014•NR•01:15:00
When The Black Saint and Doc rattled on about their favorite, most influential films from that Groovy Gory Age of Horror...
2014•NR•01:11:00
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...
2014•NR•59:00
Join the Grue-Crew as they revisit this oft-forgotten Michael Gough Seventies splatterfest, HORROR HOSPITAL. Is it schlo...
2014•NR•01:06:00
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...
2014•NR•01:06:00
The Grue-Crew revisit the Godzilla franchise as it existed in the 1970s with THE TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (1975). Featuri...
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Once again, it is time to revisit the island of lost souls with THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1977). Burt Lancaster, Michael...
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Join Doc, Jeff, Bill, and Chad as they queue up a rare, yet-unseen-by-the-Grue-Crew thriller from 1972, A REFLECTION OF ...
2014•NR•55:00
The 70s Grue Crew loves any creators who live their roles, and you can'tt live the role any more than the luchadors enma...
2014•NR•01:07:00
There is a colorful, comic-book style to this weird, oddball movie, but sometimes you can'tt go back again. An interesti...
2014•NR
Empire of the Ants, loosely based on an H. G. Wells story, features Robert Lansing and Joan Collins alongside ants! Acti...
2014•NR•01:11:00
Chosen Survivor is a movie Grue-Believers will remember it as one mentioned frequently by The Black Saint. It took the 7...
2014•NR•01:03:00
Chosen Survivor is a movie Grue-Believers will remember as one mentioned frequently by The Black Saint. It took the 70s ...
2014•NR•01:18:00
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is Bill's pick. In fact, Ray Harryhausen is his hero and this is the movie that made him fal...
2017•NR•01:11:00
Truly one of the most bizarre, WTF sci-fi horror films of the Seventies. A broad mix of The Omen, Close Encounters of th...
2017•NR•01:15:00
A misguided but curious yarn that mixes Jekyll with Jack the Ripper and a bit of The Body Snatcher (Burke and Hare). Ral...
2017•NR•01:13:00
Are you afraid of all the 1970s acid propaganda? Are you afraid of losing all your hair? Do you like to shove "randos" i...
2017•NR
The TV movie of the week was a glorious thing in the 1970s, which often brought horror fans interesting -- and sometimes...
2017•NR•01:21:00
For all-out cryptozoology fans, Bigfoot cinephiles, and Jack Elam groupies, the 70s Grue-Crew dives into the forgotten b...
2017•NR•01:24:00
Christopher Lee teams up with Jess Franco to deliver a "truer" adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel in Count Dracula (197...
2017•NR•58:00
Despite a familiar cast, this made-for-TV movie misses the mark. Even with memorable scenes from a creepy, nail-spitting...
2017•NR•01:07:00
The Black Saint picked The Brotherhood of Satan. At long last, the Grue-Crew delve into this overlooked classic. The fil...
2014•NR•01:10:00
Despite featuring a director, a writer, actors, and some crew members often employed by Hammer, The Ghoul is definitely ...
2014•NR•01:01:00
What film would you rather see? Pigs or Daddy's Deadly Darling? Yeah, it's a toss-up. Thankfully, it's the same film. Wo...
2014•NR•01:09:00
The Grue-Crew are here to go disco dancing with George Hamilton's Count Dracula as they share their thoughts on LOVE AT ...
2014•NR•01:16:00
The 70s Grue-Crew love their camp, and there's plenty to go around in the sci-fi smash-em-up, DEATH RACE 2000 (1975). In...
2014•NR•01:04:00
Are you ready for more Ray Harryhausen? More Sindbad? Maybe Patrick Wayne or Jane Seymour? Regardless, the Grue-Crew set...
2014•NR
This is it: John Carpenter's first directorial effort, straight out of college (literally), the sci-fi comedy DARK STAR ...
2014•NR•01:26:00
Grue Crew covers the final pairing of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing and Christopher Lee as Count Dracula in The Satanic R...
2014•NR•01:03:00
The Grue-Crew follow Spain's horror icon Paul Naschy as Waldemar Daninsky, the man who keeps finding ways to become a we...
2014•NR•01:20:00
With THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970), his first feature directorial effort, modern horror master Dario ArAgento...
2014•NR•01:11:00
The Dunwich Horror features a great cast, great cinematography, and effective use of cliched visual effects, but still g...
2014•NR•01:04:00
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) is the primary topic as the 70s Grue Crew talk with director John Hancock. We also g...
2014•NR•01:21:00
Have you ever seen or heard of THE KILLING KIND (1973)? Featuring Ann Sothern, John Savage, and Cindy Williams, this biz...
2014•NR
It had to happen... eventually. The Grue-Crew cover the Santos Ellin, Jr., favorite from 1974, SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED. ...
2014•NR•01:32:00
FX artist Dirk Rogers joins the 70s crew for one of Santos Ellin Jr.'s favorite films and filmmakers: Three On a Meathoo...
2014•NR•01:13:00
Plagued with the loss of two leads and a director, as well as director/producer conflict, LUST FOR A VAMPIRE, is called ...
2014•PG•01:03:00
Thousands of live spiders vs. William Shatner in John "Bud" Cardos' KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977)? "A living, crawling h...
2014•PG•58:00
SHIVERS (1975, aka They Came From Within) is a cinematic curiosity with taboo, body horror and skin-crawling terror. The...
2014•NR•01:44:00
The Grue-Crew champions another Toho Kaiju entry, GODZILLA VS MEGALON (1973), costarring Gigan and Jet Jaguar, for some ...
2014•NR•02:06:00
Time to discuss THE EXORCIST (1973) and celebrate #200 DECADES OF HORROR 1970s. Join all six DoH Grue-Crewmates for this...
2014•PG•01:10:00
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...
2014•PG•01:22:00
THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE (1972) is an aptly titled Spanish horror film from director Vicente Aranda, loosely based on L...
2014•PG•01:10:00
The Grue Crew follow dismembered hands, devious archaeologists, and Valerie Leon to the resurrection of the evil Egyptia...
2014•PG•01:33:00
KILLDOZER (1974), based on acclaimed writer Theodore Sturgeon's story, depicts a possessive bulldozer mowing down this T...
2014•PG
Come along with the Grue Crew as they discuss their opinions on DEATH GAME (1977), featuring Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp,
2014•PG•01:34:00
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS features Ingrid Pitt and Peter Cushing with Miranda Smith, Kate O'Mara, George Cole, Jon Finch, et al...
2014•PG•01:29:00
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...
2014•PG•01:41:00
Joined by guest host Gregory Crosby, the Grue Crew tackle another Hammer film, this time featuring the talented Ingrid P...