Subgenre Sampler
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Martin (1977)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest
- Bizarre and original film about a young man who claims he is not a vampire, but has psycho–sexual penchants that would pale 'Nosferatu'.…
Message, The (Al-risalah Aka Mohammad, Messenger Of God) (1977)
- Dir. Moustapha Akkad
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara
- An Islamic alternative to Hollywood epics such as GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD and BEN HUR, dealing with the rise of an initially persecuted…
Mighty Peking Man, The (Hsing Hsing wang) (1977)
- Dir. Meng-Hwa Ho
Feat. Danny Lee
- A hilarious Shaw Brothers riff on KING KONG, with an earthquake disturbing the slumbers of a giant ape in the Himalayas who then heads into India to…
Mind Your Language (TV Series) (1977)
- Dir. Stuart Allen
Feat. Barry Evans
- Evans plays a mild–mannered, but harried teacher of non–English speakers at the Southbank College of Further Education in this amiably…
Murder Most English (TV Series) (The Flaxborough Chronicles) (1977)
- Feat. Anton Rodgers, Christopher Timothy, Brenda Bruce…
- Based on the Colin Watson mysteries, this Ever–so–English detective series follows two English detectives as they solve particularly…
New York, New York (1977)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli
- This imaginative yet famously abrasive tribute to the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s focuses on the tumultuous relationship between a saxophonist…
Norman Conquests, The (Mini-Series) (1977)
- Dir. Herbert Wise
Feat. Tom Conti, Richard Briers, Penelope Keith…
- Six of Britain's finest take on Alan Ayckbourn's small scale, socially incisive play, set in three different rooms across one dysfunctional family…
Oh, God! (1977)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. George Burns, John Denver
- John Denver is a supermarket attendant whose life is turned upside down when God (George Burns) starts appearing to him in visions. A…
Opening Night (1977)
- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara
- Intermittently fascinating, semi–improvised opus from Cassavetes (who also stars), about an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) who suffers a…
Orca (The Killer Whale) (1977)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Bo Derek…
- A killer whale goes feral after its pregnant mate is slayed by grizzly fisherman Richard Harris in this largely maligned JAWS spinoff from the dir.…