DoH: The 1970s - Movie Reviews

DoH: The 1970s - Movie Reviews

S01E118 Video Review - OCTAMAN
2014PG
OCTAMAN (1971) marks FX maestro Rick Baker's first film credit, with the suit being the highlight. Written, directed, an...
S01E118 Video Review - OCTAMAN
S01E119 Video Review - CRY OF THE BANSHEE
2014PG
AIP's CRY OF THE BANSHEE (1971) stars Vincent Price! AIP and Price? What could go wrong? You can count on the Grue Crew ...
S01E119 Video Review - CRY OF THE BANSHEE
S01E120 Video Review - THE BEAST MUST DIE
2014PG
THE BEAST MUST DIE (1974), an Amicus Production, is famous for its werewolf break to give the audience time to guess who...
S01E120 Video Review - THE BEAST MUST DIE
S01E121 Video Review - HOUSE
2014PG
HOUSE (aka HAUSU) is an infamous Toho film and maybe the strangest movie the Grue Crew have ever discussed. Their recomm...
S01E121 Video Review - HOUSE
S01E122 Video Review - JAWS 2
2014PG01:00:00
The Grue Crew has mixed feelings about JAWS 2 (1978), with reactions ranging from tremendous enjoyment to extreme disapp...
S01E122 Video Review - JAWS 2
S01E123 Video Review - AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS
2014PG56:00
Your Grue-Crew had fun with the Amicus Production of AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS (1973), especially the cast: Ian Ogilv...
S01E123 Video Review - AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS
S01E124 Video Review - EQUINOX
2014PG01:05:00
Folks with little movie-making experience made EQUINOX (1970). They did know fx and stop-motion animation and became leg...
S01E124 Video Review - EQUINOX
S01E125 Video Review - DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN
2014PG59:00
DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972) is a follow-up to The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and some think it is the rare sequel that is ...
S01E125 Video Review - DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN
S01E126 Video Review - ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES
2014PG49:00
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (1977). Idiotic? Dumb? Terrible? Lame? Cringy? So bad, it's worse? That's a big, unanimous...
S01E126 Video Review - ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES
S01E127 Video Review - SPACE AMOEBA
2014PG01:00:00
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...
S01E127 Video Review - SPACE AMOEBA
S01E128 Video Review - SISTERS
2014PG
Grue-Crew takes on Brian De Palma's SISTERS (1972) and finds some Hitchcock influences, a good performance from Margot K...
S01E128 Video Review - SISTERS
S01E129 Video Review - GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE
2014PG58:00
GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE (1972) is a lesser-known vampire film in which Michael Pataki plays the most sleazy, detestable vam...
S01E129 Video Review - GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE
S01E130 Video Review - THE CRAZIES
2014PG01:07:00
Although not one of George Romero's best films, THE CRAZIES still has plenty to offer. It's one of those movies that mus...
S01E130 Video Review - THE CRAZIES
S01E131 Video Review - GARGOYLES
2014PG01:00:00
GARGOYLES, one of the 70s TV-movie, horror gems, is impressive in so many ways: story, cast, anda the creature designs w...
S01E131 Video Review - GARGOYLES
S01E132 Video Review - ASYLUM OF SATAN
2014PG01:02:00
ASYLUM OF SATAN - low-budget, early William Girdler is a rough movie. Even so, it showcases Girdler's promise in a few u...
S01E132 Video Review - ASYLUM OF SATAN
S01E133 Video Review - SHOCK
2014PG
Mario Bava's SHOCK (also known as BEYOND THE DOOR II) may lack his signature bold use of colors, but it still delivers p...
S01E133 Video Review - SHOCK
S01E134 Video Review - GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA
2014PG01:06:00
The Grue Crew loves 'em some kaiju and GODZILLA vs. MECHAGODZILLA is no exception. Plus, you get two bonus kaiju on top ...
S01E134 Video Review - GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA
S01E135 Video Review - DAMIEN: OMEN II
2014PG01:06:00
DAMIEN: OMEN II came only 2 years after THE OMEN, but the Grue Crew feels something is missing relative to its predecess...
S01E135 Video Review - DAMIEN: OMEN II
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
S01E142 Video Review -  BLOODSUCKING FREAKS
2014NR54:00
How does the 70s Grue Crew describe BLOODSUCKING FREAKS? Full of wanton destruction, gore, and misogyny? The epitome of ...
S01E142 Video Review - BLOODSUCKING FREAKS
S01E143 Video Review - ASSIGNMENT TERROR
2014NR55:00
The 70s Grue-Crew return to the world of Paul Naschy with ASSIGNMENT TERROR! Is it a story of alien invariance or a mons...
S01E143 Video Review - ASSIGNMENT TERROR
S01E144 Video Review - WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
2014NR
The Grue Crew gains a much greater appreciation for WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, describing the first 20 minutes as iconic and...
S01E144 Video Review - WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
S01E145 Video Review - THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE
2014NR01:07:00
According to the Grue Crew, THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE is worth a watch just for Jody Foster (having a pres...
S01E145 Video Review - THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE
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
2014NR
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
S01E170 Video Review - Empire of the Ants
2014NR
Empire of the Ants, loosely based on an H. G. Wells story, features Robert Lansing and Joan Collins alongside ants! Acti...
S01E170 Video Review - Empire of the Ants
S01E171 Video Review - Chosen Survivors
2014NR01:11:00
Chosen Survivor is a movie Grue-Believers will remember it as one mentioned frequently by The Black Saint. It took the 7...
S01E171 Video Review - Chosen Survivors
S01E172 Video Review - Lady Snowblood
2014NR01:03:00
Chosen Survivor is a movie Grue-Believers will remember as one mentioned frequently by The Black Saint. It took the 70s ...
S01E172 Video Review - Lady Snowblood
S01E173 Video Review - The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
2014NR01:18:00
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...
S01E173 Video Review - The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
S01E174 Video Review - The Visitor
2017NR01:11:00
Truly one of the most bizarre, WTF sci-fi horror films of the Seventies. A broad mix of The Omen, Close Encounters of th...
S01E174 Video Review - The Visitor
S01E175 Video Review - Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
2017NR01:15:00
A misguided but curious yarn that mixes Jekyll with Jack the Ripper and a bit of The Body Snatcher (Burke and Hare). Ral...
S01E175 Video Review - Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
S01E176 Video Review - Blue Sunshine
2017NR01:13:00
Are you afraid of all the 1970s acid propaganda? Are you afraid of losing all your hair? Do you like to shove "randos" i...
S01E176 Video Review - Blue Sunshine
S01E177 Video Review - The Legend of Lizzie Borden
2017NR
The TV movie of the week was a glorious thing in the 1970s, which often brought horror fans interesting -- and sometimes...
S01E177 Video Review - The Legend of Lizzie Borden
S01E178 Video Review - Creature from Black Lake
2017NR01:21:00
For all-out cryptozoology fans, Bigfoot cinephiles, and Jack Elam groupies, the 70s Grue-Crew dives into the forgotten b...
S01E178 Video Review - Creature from Black Lake
S01E179 Video Review - Count Dracula
2017NR01:24:00
Christopher Lee teams up with Jess Franco to deliver a "truer" adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel in Count Dracula (197...
S01E179 Video Review - Count Dracula
S01E180 Video Review - The Possessed
2017NR58:00
Despite a familiar cast, this made-for-TV movie misses the mark. Even with memorable scenes from a creepy, nail-spitting...
S01E180 Video Review - The Possessed
S01E181 Video Review - The Brotherhood of Satan
2017NR01:07:00
The Black Saint picked The Brotherhood of Satan. At long last, the Grue-Crew delve into this overlooked classic. The fil...
S01E181 Video Review - The Brotherhood of Satan
S01E182 Video Review - The Ghoul
2014NR01:10:00
Despite featuring a director, a writer, actors, and some crew members often employed by Hammer, The Ghoul is definitely ...
S01E182 Video Review - The Ghoul
S01E183 Video Review - Pigs!
2014NR01:01:00
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...
S01E183 Video Review - Pigs!
S01E184 Video Review - Love at First Bite
2014NR01:09:00
The Grue-Crew are here to go disco dancing with George Hamilton's Count Dracula as they share their thoughts on LOVE AT ...
S01E184 Video Review - Love at First Bite
S01E185 Video Review - Death Race 2000
2014NR01:16:00
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...
S01E185 Video Review - Death Race 2000
S01E186 Video Review - Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
2014NR01:04:00
Are you ready for more Ray Harryhausen? More Sindbad? Maybe Patrick Wayne or Jane Seymour? Regardless, the Grue-Crew set...
S01E186 Video Review - Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
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
S01E199 Video Review - GODZILLA VS. MEGALON
2014NR01:44:00
The Grue-Crew champions another Toho Kaiju entry, GODZILLA VS MEGALON (1973), costarring Gigan and Jet Jaguar, for some ...
S01E199 Video Review - GODZILLA VS. MEGALON
S01E200 Video Review -  THE EXORCIST
2014NR02:06:00
Time to discuss THE EXORCIST (1973) and celebrate #200 DECADES OF HORROR 1970s. Join all six DoH Grue-Crewmates for this...
S01E200 Video Review - THE EXORCIST
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
S01E204 Video Review - KILLDOZER
2014PG01:33:00
KILLDOZER (1974), based on acclaimed writer Theodore Sturgeon's story, depicts a possessive bulldozer mowing down this T...
S01E204 Video Review - KILLDOZER
S01E205 Video Review - DEATH GAME
2014PG
Come along with the Grue Crew as they discuss their opinions on DEATH GAME (1977), featuring Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp,
S01E205 Video Review - DEATH GAME
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
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