1970s
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Space Amoeba (1970) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Kubo / Yukiko Kobayashi …
other title: Atom il mostro della galassia / Monster des Grauens greifen an …
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters — a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle — and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
Sept. 14, 2026 watched
After the silliness of King Kong vs Godzilla etc, it was good to have something a bit more serious. And the creatures were absolutely fantastic!

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
Toho ReMonsterdon 1970s Turtle WatchParty
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Don't Look Now (1973)
Don't Look Now
8.0 (8 ratings) director: Nicolas Roeg actor: Donald Sutherland / Julie Christie …
other title: A Venezia... un dicembre rosso shocking / Rødt chok …
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
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The Dunwich Horror (1970)
The Dunwich Horror
director: Daniel Haller actor: Sandra Dee / Dean Stockwell …
other title: Le vergini di Dunwich / Altar do Diabo …
Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.
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I, Claudius (1976) WikiData IMDb TMDB
I, Claudius
director: Martin Lisemore / Herbert Wise … actor: Derek Jacobi / Siân Phillips …
other title: Jeg, Claudius / Eu, Cláudio …
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.
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Rutland Weekend Television (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rutland Weekend Television
director: Eric Idle actor: Eric Idle / Neil Innes …
Comedy sketch series purporting to show the programming of a low key regional television service. Written by Eric Idle of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' fame.

A popular feature was the music of Neil Innes (one time member of the eccentric Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band), especially his Beatles parody The Rutles. They later featured in their own film: 'The Rutles (All You Need Is Cash)'.
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The Tea House (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
成記茶樓
director: Kuei Chih-hung actor: Chen Kuan-Tai / Wong Yu …
other title: 成記茶樓 / The Teahouse
Chen Kuan-Tai is Big Brother Cheng, a former refugee who runs a local teahouse in Hong Kong. Respected by his peers, Big Brother Cheng runs the teahouse — and unofficially the neighborhood — with a firm righteous hand. However, when the triads come calling, Big Brother Cheng finds out respect and common decency may not be enough. The triads use underage kids to terrorize the teahouse, and since the law won't do anything, Big Brother Cheng may have to step in and take care of it himself!
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Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Cleopatra Jones
director: Jack Starrett actor: Tamara Dobson / Bernie Casey …
other title: Cleopatra Jones: licenza di uccidere / Ein Fall für Cleopatra Jones …
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Aug. 28, 2026 watched
Fun action flick that doesn't take itself too seriously

Watched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon
Comedon USA Action 1970s Crime
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Stoner (1974)
鐵金剛大破紫陽觀
director: Feng Huang actor: Angela Mao Ying / George Lazenby …
other title: Stoner - Ein Mann wie Granit / Stoner se déchaîne à Hong Kong …
An Australian cop heads to Hong Kong to head off the supply of a new designer drug which raises the sexual appetite of anyone who takes it.
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Silver Streak (1976) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Silver Streak
director: Arthur Hiller actor: Gene Wilder / Jill Clayburgh …
other title: Wagons-lits con omicidi / Chicago Ekspressen …
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
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Message from Space (1978) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
宇宙からのメッセージ
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Vic Morrow / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Sternenkrieg im Weltall / Les Évadés de l'espace …
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
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Star Odyssey (1979) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Yanti Somer / Gianni Garko …
other title: Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio / Siete hombres de oro en el espacio
Earth is attacked by an intergalactic villain and his army of robotic androids.
Aug. 17, 2026 watched
Far too long and absolutely terrible, but at least parts had the awful fascination of a car crash or an itchy scab.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
Italy 1970s SciFi WatchParty Monsterdon
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The Avenging Eagle (1978) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
冷血十三鷹
director: Sun Chung actor: Ti Lung / Alexander Fu Sheng …
other title: 冷血十三鹰 / 冷血十三鷹 …
Eagle Chief Yoh Xi-hung raises orphans to be his personal killers. One such is Chik Ming-sing who now wants to put his killer life behind him. When the Eagle Clan come after him, a stranger called Cheuk comes to his assistance It turns out that Cheuk is the son of a family who were robbed and murdered by the Eagles. Now they will team up to destroy the evil clan.
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Black Belt Jones (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Black Belt Jones
director: Robert Clouse actor: Jim Kelly / Gloria Hendry …
other title: Johnny lo svelto / Freie Fahrt ins Jenseits …
Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.
Aug. 9, 2026 watched
Loved the fashions and especially the car wash final battle!

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon.
USA 1970s WatchParty Karate Crime
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Planet Earth (1974) IMDb TMDB
Planet Earth
director: Marc Daniels actor: John Saxon / Janet Margolin …
other title: Planète Terre
The time: the 22nd century. The place: the Confederacy, a matriarchy where men are enslaved and impotent. The hero: Dylan Hunt, a handsome, vigorous 20th-century scientist awakened from suspended animation - just the "breeder" a Confederacy dominatrix has been waiting for! Can Hunt defy the Confederacy and free his downtrodden fellow males, or is he doomed to slavery on Planet Earth? A sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II.
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Frenzy (1972)
Frenzy
7.8 (6 ratings) director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Jon Finch / Barry Foster …
other title: Vildt Raseri / Frenzy — Perigo na Noite …
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
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Sleuth (1972)
Sleuth
8.4 (5 ratings) director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Laurence Olivier / Michael Caine …
other title: Gli insospettabili / Dobbeltspil …
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
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The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wicker Man
8.3 (30 ratings) director: Robin St. C. Hardy actor: Edward Albert Arthur Woodward / Christopher Lee …
other title: L'uomo di vimini / Offerfesten …
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
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Manhunt (1976)
君よ憤怒の河を渉れ
director: Junya Satō actor: Ken Takakura / Ryoko Nakano …
other title: 君よ憤怒の河を渉れ / Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare …
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.