I love the 70s cast. George Kennedy is excellent too.

The. Black. Hit of Space…

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Does this count?

Earthquake (1974)

Water swirls down the concrete canyon of the LA River towards Genevieve Bujold, trapped among downed electricity cables. As the water hits the cables, her son’s chopper explodes.

Oh yeah!

If Dick Klemensen is going to publish a 300-page magazine about GORGO, I sure as hell owe it to him to read it.

Originally written in 1922, it’s pretty creaky!

That’s scary!

Looking good for 96!

And the film was made before Kubrick’s, so I’m sure that one of his flunkeys would have had to watch Burnt Offerings to check they weren’t copying anything.

Take my money!!!

Because this movie was mentioned in my early horror movie books and mags, I was delighted to find the source novel in my local high street. Unfortunately it had one of the worst covers in history…

Don’t remember Christopher Priest passing away!

The Illuminated Man by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan review – an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard The biographer’s terminal illness and death is woven into this original and moving account of Ballard and his work

“His editor Malcom Edwards recalled how Ballard, on receiving the first payment for the film rights for Empire of the Sun, decided to splash out by visiting his local supermarket. After wandering the aisles for some time, he returned home with a tin of salmon.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

I think Stephen King read the novel and it apparently inspired The Shining. It’s a creepy shocker anyway, but The Shining parallels make it even more interesting.

Far too early to be losing the stars of Starship Troopers. RIP Patrick Muldoon.

Top priority is always to see lost films. Top lost film is still Lon Chaney in London After Midnight!

Superb soundtrack.

Can we have more books though?

Genuinely creepy!

It’s a start!

Anything with guns should be fine.

The movie, that is.

I wasn’t very impressed with it!

Absolutely. Only sci-fi because no human pilots had reached outer space just yet.
Author Charles Eric Maine had grand ideas, but most film adaptions of his work had tiny budgets.

When classic book covers go rogue.

For me, engagement seems to drop off overnight. But busy all day. So presumably Bluesky less popular in the US?

We watched it on UHD this week!

This was the biggest blockbuster before Jaws happened. Released only a few months earlier, still hugely relevant, but barely heard of now.

That’s a huge backfire!

Absolutely stressful. Amd the fire starts about ten minutes in, so it’s all stress after that!