Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
International Velvet (1978)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Tatum O'Neal, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer…
- Belated and earnest sequel to classic NATIONAL VELVET has an adult Velvet Brown take in an orphaned niece from America, who, with the help of an…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy…
- Accomplished and intelligent remake has a weird clinical atmosphere and provides a few more creepy twists to the pod invasion theme.
Irishman, The (1978)
- Dir. Donald Crombie
Feat. Michael Craig, Robyn Nevin, Simon Burke…
- Rousing tale of hard living Irish teamster Paddy Doolan whose refusal to acquiesce to fashionable new technology pushes his family close to ruin in…
It Lives Again (It's Alive 2) (1978)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd
- Three mutant babies embark on a murderous rampage in this schlocky sequel to Larry Cohen's cult hit, with fangs and claws care of effects supremo…
Jubilee (1978)
- Dir. Derek Jarman
Feat. Toyah Wilcox, Adam Ant
- Jarman's uncompromising stamp is all over this cult curio which, steeped in the punk ethos, aims at shaking up conventional complacency. A random…
Kenny Everett Video Show, The (TV Series) (1978-1981)
- Feat. Kenny Everett
- Two compilation tributes to the British TV comedian and his anarchic, smutty style, collecting various clips including Sid Snot, Cupid Stunt,…
Kent Chronicles, The (The Bastard, The Rebels, The Seekers) (1978-1979)
- Dir. Lee H. Katzin, Russ Mayberry, Sidney Hayers
Feat. Andrew Stevens, William Shatner, Tom Bosley…
- A trilogy of mini–series adaptations based on the bestselling novels by John Jakes (North and South), also known as the American Bicentennial…
King of the Gypsies (1978)
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Sterling Hayden…
- A credible and fascinating depiction of Gypsy culture through the smog of modern day America. Eric Roberts makes his screen debut as a New Yorker who…
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (Kiss In Attack Of The Phantom!) (1978)
- Dir. Gordon Hessler
Feat. Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley…
- Filmed at the height of KISS's popularity, this glorious piece of 70's rock 'n' roll camp pits the cosmic, cosmeticized crusaders against a…
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Harold Pinter
- Teledrama about a steamy affair in 1930s Dublin between a lonely spinster (Dench) and a parasitic intellectual (Irons), on her family's…