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Star Odyssey (1979)
Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio WikiData IMDb TMDB
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.
Watched
Aug. 17, 2026
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)
冷血十三鷹 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
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)
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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.
Watched
Aug. 9, 2026
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)
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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
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
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
★ 8.4 31 ratings
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
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.
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Sleeper (1973)
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伍迪·艾伦 actor: 伍迪·艾伦 / 黛安·基顿 …
other title: 傻瓜大闹科学城 / Il dormiglione …
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
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Jaws 2 (1978)
Jaws 2
★ 4.2 5 ratings
Jeannot Szwarc actor: Roy Scheider / Lorraine Gary …
other title: Lo squalo 2 / Dødens gab 2 …
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Watched
July 11, 2026
Reminds me of the old Russian joke. Two old friends bump into each other in December. One asks: "How was your year?" The other replies. "So-so. Worse than last year, but better than the next!"

This entry in the Jaws franchise was definitely not as good as the 1st one, but will better than the ones to come! :D

Rewatched (for the first time in decades) in "Jaws July" in the #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
FridayThrillerClub 1970s Horror Sequel Jaws
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The Chinese Mack (1974)
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Ta-Chuan Hsu actor: Michael Chan / Lee Fung-Lan …
other title: 絕招
Real-life Triad leader and Hong Kong action star Chan Wai-Man headlines The Chinese Mack, a fight-filled martial arts slug-fest from the golden year of 1974! In the scenic countryside, an expert kung fu student is taught the deadly art of the “death blows.” With his schooling finished, he heads to the big city to earn his fortune. But when he’s seduced by the sins of the flesh, he’ll have to battle his way out of the darkness.
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Jaws (1975)
Jaws
★ 8.0 48 ratings
Steven Spielberg actor: Roy Scheider / Robert Shaw …
other title: Lo squalo / Dødens gab …
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.
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The Norman Conquests (1977)
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Herbert Wise actor: Richard Briers / Fiona Walker …
The trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives, as family and in laws gather at the decaying country home of their bedridden mother; the drink flows, and hidden enmities, intimate secrets and uncomfortable truths emerge through the veneer of jollity and civility.
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Alternative 3 (1977)
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Christopher Miles actor: Tim Brinton / Gregory Munroe …
Purporting to be an investigation into the UK's contemporary "brain drain", Alternative 3 uncovered a plan to make the Moon and Mars habitable in the event of climate change and a terminal environmental catastrophe on Earth.
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Gus (1976)
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Vincent McEveety actor: Ed Asner / Jane Bates …
other title: Uno strano campione di football
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move up in the rankings, Hurrah! The competition isn't so happy.
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Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Zombi 2
★ 7.0 7 ratings
Lucio Fulci actor: Tisa Farrow / Ian McCulloch …
other title: Zombi 2 / Woodoo - Rædslernes Grønne Ø …
After an abandoned boat sails into New York harbor with a zombie aboard, a reporter teams up with the daughter of the boat's missing owner to investigate the island where he was last seen conducting research—the site of an alleged zombie outbreak.
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Desperate Living (1977)
Desperate Living
John Waters actor: Mink Stole / Jean Hill …
other title: Nuovo punk story / Vivir desesperadamente
After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.