Subgenre Sampler
Cult: 1365 Films to Buy & Rent
Massacre at Central High (1976)
- Dir. Renee Daalder
Feat. Andrew Stevens, Robert Carradine
- An estranged new student uses his homicidal tendencies for the public good, by eliminating trouble–makers in imaginative ways. The superior…
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
- Dir. Elaine May
Feat. Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty…
- Loosely improvised drama, with a wild–eyed John Cassavetes calling on old pal Peter Falk to help escape the Mob. Turns out he may not be such a…
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…
Oz (A Rock 'n' Roll Road Movie) (1976)
- Dir. Chris Lofven
- A boozy, inspiringly moronic Australian version of 'The Wizard of Oz', in which a young groupie accidentally knocks her head and wakes up on the road…
Queen Kong (1976)
- Dir. Frank Agrama
Feat. Robin Askwith
- One of several knock–offs timed to coincide with the 1976 remake of KING KONG, this lamentable spoof imagines a gender reversal on the 'Kong'…
Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, The (1976)
- Dir. Lewis John Carlino
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Sarah Miles
- A sadistic young boy with an unusually strong attachment to his mother greatly resents her new suitor. Intriguing adaptation of Yukio Mishima novel…
Salon Kitty (1976)
- Dir. Tinto Brass
Feat. Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin
- It's spies in the house of love – lavishly art–decoed bordellos of Nazi Germany, though this mild strain of SS sexploitation film plays…
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…
Snuff (1976)
- Dir. Michael Findlay, Roberta Findlay
Feat. Ana Carro, Roberta Findlay
- 'Notorious' thriller set amid a world of South American drug–smuggling sleazebags, which supposedly climaxes with an actual filmed murder.…