Archive for Nature’s Revenge
Multiplex Mash-Up :: A Jumbo Jungle Joy Ride! (October, 1977)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags American International, Bert I. Gordon, Comedy, Creature Feature, Empire of the Ants, Fire Sale, Jaberwocky, Joan Collins, Multiplex, Nature's Revenge, Robert Lansing, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Slap Shot, Superbug, You Light Up My Life on November 29, 2014 by WB KelsoMultiplex Mash-Up :: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back into the Water… (July, 1978)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Abe Vigoda, All Things Bright and Beautiful, Ann-Margret, Comedy, FIST, Grease, Horror, James Coco, JAWS, Jaws 2, JAWS Franchise, John Travolta, Lorraine Gary, Louise Fletcher, Madeline Kahn, Marsha Mason, Multiplex, Murray Hamilton, Nature's Revenge, Norman Jewison, Olivia Newton-John, Our Winning Season, Peter Boyle, Peter Falk, Rod Steiger, Roy Scheider, Sid Caesar, Sylvester Stallone, The Cheap Detective on April 27, 2014 by WB KelsoThe William Castle Blogathon :: A Career that Ended in Fire and Ash… (September, 1975)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags 10 Little Indians, Agatha Christie, Bradford Dillman, BUG, Creature Feature, Jamie Smith-Jackson, Jeannot Szwarc, Jesse Vint, Joanna Miles, Mad Science, Nature's Revenge, Patty McCormack, Richard Gilliland, The William Castle Blogathon, William Castle, William Castle Productions on August 1, 2013 by WB Kelso
Here, we finally come to the ignominious end of William Castle’s career. After Rosemary’s Baby, Paramount kinda threw Castle under the bus, and, to add insult to injury, all the major studios finally wised up and started making the same B-pictures he was making only with an A-budget, evidenced by the teaser ads currently pushing our feature film right off the page. Yeah, JAWS absolutely buried BUG at the box-office, but this bizarre, fever dream of a flick is a lot better than you’ve heard. Trust me.
Alas, this is my last post for Goregirl’s Dungeon and The Last Drive-In’s The William Castle Blogathan, a week long tribute to the King of Schlock. Follow the linkage, Boils & Ghouls. It’s been a great week with a ton of cool stuff to see and read and experience. Now get going!
Bug (1975) William Castle Productions :: Paramount Pictures / P: William Castle / D: Jeannot Szwarc / W: William Castle, Thomas Page (novel) / C: Michel Hugo / E: Allan Jacobs / M: Charles Fox / S: Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles, Richard Gilliland, Jamie Smith-Jackson, Patty McCormack, Jesse Vint
Going Swimming? You Might Want to See This First (September-October, 1975)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Creature Feature, David Brown, Gimmicks and Promotions, Horror, JAWS, Jeffrey Kramer, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Nature's Revenge, Richard D. Zanuck, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, Steven Spielberg, Thriller, Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions on July 1, 2013 by WB Kelso
Is it me, or is the Shark getting closer with each successive ad? Anyways … A classic example of less is more — the less, in this case, still scaring the living bajeebus out of you, I honestly don’t know what more I can add that hasn’t already been said or written about Spielberg’s JAWS that will shed any new light or angle on the subject. Well, except, for, maybe, a desire to see Spielberg regain his nerve and try his hand at a popcorn thriller again because he (– at least he used to be) really, really, really damned good at. You want proof? How long can you be in the water, salt of fresh, before that low thrum and those familiar, primal chords has you wondering what’s lurking just below the surface? A friendly reminder, perhaps, that in some instances we are no longer on top of the food chain anymore as you make the water just a tad bit warmer before vacating it for drier environs post haste.
JAWS (1975) Zanuck/Brown Productions :: Universal Pictures / P: David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck / D: Steven Spielberg / W: Carl Gottlieb, Peter Benchley (novel) / C: Bill Butler / E: Verna Fields / M: John Williams / S: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Jeffrey Kramer
18-feet of Gut-Crunching, Man-Eating Terror! (May, 1976)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Andrew Prine, Christopher George, Creature Feature, David Sheldon, Film Ventures International, Grizzly, Harvey Flaxman, Horror, JAWS Knock-Offs, Joan McCall, Nature's Revenge, Richard Jaeckel, William Girdler on June 28, 2012 by WB Kelso
Grizzly (1976) Montoro Productions Ltd. :: Joda Productions :: Film Ventures International / EP: Edward L. Montoro / P: Harvey Flaxman, David Sheldon / AP: Lee Jones / D: William Girdler / W: Harvey Flaxman, David Sheldon / C: William Asman / E: Bub Asman / M: Robert O. Ragland / S: Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall, Joe Dorsey
Random Drive-In Mash-Up :: Beyond the Power of Priest or Science to Exorcise! (July, 1976)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags American International, Canuxploitation, Cinépix, Creature Feature, David Cronenberg, Drive In, Frogs, Horror, Jeff Lieberman, Medical Horrors, Nature's Revenge, Squirm, They Came from Within, Triple-Feature on May 23, 2012 by WB KelsoFor the Love of Hitchcock :: Nothing Will Prepare You for Such Sheer Stabbing SHOCK! (April, 1963)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Alfred Hitchcock, For the Love of Hitchcock, Jessica Tandy, Nature's Revenge, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, The Birds, Thriller, Tippi Hedren, Veronica Cartwright on May 16, 2012 by WB Kelso
“Why are they doing this?”
“They said when you got here the whole thing started.”
“Who are you? What are you?!”
“Where did you come from!?!”
Other Points of Interest:
Full film review of The Birds at the Brewery.
This post is part of the For the Love of Film Blogathon, a new age telethon to raise funds for The National Film Preservation Foundation to help bring The White Shadow (a/k/a White Shadows), an early silent film that a certain master of suspense did just about everything for except direct — assistant director, screenwriter, film editor, production designer, art director, and set decorator, to the streaming masses and help defray the costs of adding a new musical soundtrack.
There’s no donation too small, folks. So please, click on the link above, wherever you see it this week and give what you can. Thanks. For more information, check out the group’s Facebook page. Big thanks, as always, to Ferdy on Film, The Self-Styled Siren and This Island Rod for throwing such a wide net for contributors. Until tomorrow, then, I bid you all a good ev-ah-ning.
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The Birds (1963) Universal Pictures / P: Alfred Hitchcock / D: Alfred Hitchcock / W: Evan Hunter, Daphne Du Maurier (story) / C: Robert Burks / E: George Tomasini / M: Bernard Hermann / S: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies
Random Multiplex Mash-Up :: You Are in a Race Against Time and Terror! (September, 1977)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Comedy, Creature Feature, Disaster, Disaster Movies, Fantasy, Gimmicks and Promotions, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Multiplex, Nature's Revenge, Ray Harryhausen, Rollercoaster, Sci-Fi, Sensurround, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Tentacles on May 6, 2012 by WB KelsoThee Monster Movie? Well, Not Quite… (June, 1979)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Creature Feature, Horror, John Frankenheimer, Nature's Revenge, Prophecy on May 3, 2012 by WB Kelso
Other Points of Interest:
Full film review of Prophecy at 3B Theater.
The poster campaign for Prophecy at the Archive.
Prophecy (1979) Paramount Pictures / P: Robert L. Rosen / D: John Frankenheimer / W: David Seltzer / C: Harry Stradling Jr. / E: Tom Rolf / M: Leonard Rosenman / S: Robert Foxworth, Talia Shire, Armand Asante, Victoria Racimo, George Clutesi, Richard Dysart