Subgenre Sampler
: 25144 Films to Buy & Rent
Heroic Ones, The (1970)
- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Chin Han, Ti Lung…
- Martial arts film set in 1880s imperial China, where a Mogul king secretly assembles his loyal generals on a mission to take on his greatest rivals.…
Hi Mom! (1970)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Robert De Niro, Charles Durning, Allen Garfield…
- One of dir. De Palma's underrated early satires is loosely a sequel to 'Greetings', with Robert De Niro returning from the Vietnam War to try and…
Honeymoon Killers, The (1970)
- Dir. Leonard Kastle
Feat. Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco
- Fascinating, tabloid tale of the 'lonely hearts' murderers of the 40's and 50's. Grimly realistic, ultimately tragic story of obsessive love and…
Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
- Dir. Jimmy Sangster
Feat. Ralph Bates
- Camped–up, silly Hammer, in which Ralph Bates' Baron becomes murderously obsessive.
House That Dripped Blood, The (1970)
- Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott…
- Juicy if variable four–part portmanteau film written by PSYCHO scribe, Robert Bloch, and adorned by the Cushing/Lee double–act as well as…
I Drink Your Blood (1970)
- Dir. David Durston
Feat. Bhaskar , Rhonda Fultz, Lyn Lowry
- A Manson–style hippie–cult make trouble in a small village but taste the wrath of a young boy who infects their meat pies with rabies –…
I Never Sang For My Father (1970)
- Dir. Gilbert Cates
Feat. Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney…
- Gene Hackman plays a widowed college professor in New York wanting to get out from under the thumb of his aging father yet guilty about his plans to…
Incident at Blood Pass, The (Machibuse) (1970)
- Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shintaro Katsu
- Pedigree shogun face off between genre icons Mifune and Katsu in a tautly conceived show down over hijacked gold between a remote mountain pass.…
Jane Eyre (1970)
- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. George C. Scott, Susannah York, Ian Bannen…
- Susannah York and George C. Scott headline this fine adaptation of the Bronte classic.
Joe (1970)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick
- A 'cause celebre' in its day, this pungent drama unrolls after a wealthy executive (Patrick) murders the drug–dealing boyfriend of his daughter…