Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Medusa Touch, The (1978)- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Derek Jacobi… - Garbled but entertaining thriller stars Burton as a paranormally–gifted writer who psychiatrist (Remick) tries to wean him from his murderous…
Money Movers (1978)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Terence Donovan, Bryan Brown - Violent thriller has a group of security–guards arranging an inside–job, while the police and criminal–world circle like vultures…
Night The Prowler, The (1978)- Dir. Jim Sharman
Feat. Ruth Cracknell, John Frawley, Kerry Walker - Based on a play by Patrick White, this stylised drama concerns a sexually repressed young woman (Walker), under the thumb of her domineering snobbish…
Patrick (1978)- Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. Robert Thompson, Sir Robert Helpmann, Susan Penhaligon - Shrill Aussie B–movie about a comatose hospital patient who utilizes his psychokinetic powers to inflict pain and death. Takes its time to…
Second Awakening of Christina Klages, The (Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages) (1978)- Dir. Margarethe von Trotta
- A young woman robs a bank to pay for her daughter’s day–care. On the run, she is pursued by the police along with the cashier she has taken…
Silent Partner, The (1978)
- Dir. Daryl Duke
Feat. Elliott Gould, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer… - A clever twister about a bank heist during the Christmas season involving crafty teller Elliot Gould and psychotic hoodlum Christopher Plummer. A…
Summer of Fear (Stranger in the House) (1978)- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate… - One of dir. Wes Craven's early commercial successes (initially a telemovie), sees teenager Linda Blair suffer the perils of occult forces in suburban…
Sweeney 2 (1978)- Dir. Tom Clegg
Feat. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Denholm Elliott - Sequel to the 1977 movie SWEENEY, continuing the adventures of members of the Flying Squad, a division of London's Metropolitan Police. This time the…
Vegas (TV Series) (Vega$) (1978)- Feat. Robert Urich, Tony Curtis
- Although Michael Mann is credited as creator of this splashy 70s detective series (in which Sin City is at its gaudy and ostentatious best), the…
Who'll Stop The Rain? (Dog Soldiers) (1978)- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty… - Classic post–Vietnam War thriller has journalist Moriarty ditching his journalistic career for heroin–smuggling, recruiting wife Weld and…
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