Subgenre Sampler
Television > Cult: 90 Films to Buy & Rent
- Monkey! (TV Series) (Volumes 1-6) (1978- 1979)
- Feat. Masaaki Sakai, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shiro Kishibe…
- Colourful, supernatural adventures in feudal Japan with the invincible Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka! This Japanese tele show became a favourite…
- Return to Fantasy Island (1978)
- Dir. George McCowan
Feat. Ricardo Montalban, Herve Villechaize, Adrienne Barbeau…
- Mysterious millionaire ‘Mr Roarke’ and his sidekick Tattoo play host (and God, or devil?) to various guests, who pay a fortune have their…
- Children of the Stones (TV Mini-Series) (1977)
- Dir. Peter Graham Scott
Feat. Gareth Thomas, Iain Cuthbertson
- A spooky classic of British television, in which a scientist and his son move to the village of Milbury, only to be sucked into a quasi–pagan…
- Bionic Woman, The (TV Series) (1976-1978)
- Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Lee Majors
- The respectable female spinoff to THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, has Wagner play the tennis pro fiance of 'Steve Austin' who after a skydiving accident…
- Feathered Serpent, The (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Patrick Troughton, Brian Deacon
- Former Dr. Who Patrick Troughton headlines this British obscurity – a 'pagan gothic' fantasy series of murder, intrigue and political…
- Helter Skelter (1976)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Steve Railsback, George DiCenzo
- Frightening television dramatisation of the Manson Family murders in Los Angeles, that in Steve Railsback (THE STUNTMAN) finds an actor capable of…
- Monster Squad (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Fred Grandy
- Short–lived kids show has wax museum figures Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein come to life to help young mortal Fred Grandy (Gopher from THE…
- New Avengers, The (TV Series) (1976-1977)
- Dir. James Hill
Feat. Patrick Macnee, Joanna Lumley, Gareth Hunt
- The 1970s revision of the 60s show is simultaneously grittier and sillier than the original. Patrick Macnee returns, but Joanna Lumley and Gareth…
- Signalman, The (1976)
- Dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark
Feat. Denholm Elliott
- Smallscale but nicely crafted adaptation of Charles Dickens' ghost story 'The Signalman'.
Concerning the spectral experiences of a signalman…
- Sweeney, The (TV Series) (1976)
- Dir. David Wickes, Tom Clegg
Feat. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman
- Before THE PROFESSIONALS and MINDER came the ground–breaking Brit cop show starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman. A highly influential action…