Movies from 1978

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

115 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama      

In "Kickboxer" when Jean-Claude Van Damme needed to defeat the bad guy who killed his brother he tracks down an expert to teach him the skills of Muay Thai. When in "The Karate Kid" Ralph Macchino was being bullied by some hi...

A Death in Canaan (1978)

125 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Movie Review - A Death in Canaan (1978) Paul Clemens stars as Peter Reilly who is sentenced for the murder of his mother. The thing is that he is innocent and it was intense police questioning which led to him saying he did i...

A Question of Guilt (1978)

104 mins     Drama, Thriller, TV Movie      

I watch a lot of made for TV movies and something which I have noticed is the differences between modern made for TV movies and those from the 70s. Now days if "A Question of Guilt" was made the focus would be on either the i...

Animal House (1978)

109 mins     Comedy      

There have been many pretenders to the crown, many a movie which has tried to emulate its success, but more than 30 years after it was released "National Lampoon's Animal House" or just "Animal House" as it is also called sti...

California Suite (1978)

103 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

So often I question whether I live in the same world as everyone else especially when I find myself pretty much disagreeing with everyone else when it comes to a movie. Take "California Suite", which is based on the Neil Simo...

Carry on Emmannuelle (1978)

88 mins     Comedy      

It would be fair to say that during the 70s the "Carry on" movies basically nose dived into oblivion as they lost touch with what made them a cheeky and amusing British Institution. "Carry on Emmannuelle" is a prime example o...

Casey's Shadow (1978)

117 mins     Drama, Family, Sport      

"Oh look another horse movie"; that was how I felt when I came across "Casey's Shadow" and having watched a variety of horse movies I had an inkling as to how this story was likely to play out as we have a poor family, a winn...

The Cheap Detective (1978)

92 mins     Comedy, Crime, Mystery      

The Cheap Detective: Peter Falk stars as Lou Peckinpaugh in this spoof of Humphrey Bogart movies "The Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca"...

Columbo: How to Dial a Murder (1978)

73 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Columbo: How to Dial a Murder (1978) Columbo finds himself investigating a murder involving a control expert and two dogs which killed his colleague...

Columbo: Make Me a Perfect Murder (1978)

100 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Columbo: Make Me a Perfect Murder (1978) Trish Van Devere stars as a disgruntled TV executive who murders her boss who was also a lover, sounds like a case for Peter Falk's Columbo...

Columbo: Murder Under Glass (1978)

75 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Two things sprung out at me even before I started to watch "Columbo: Murder Under Glass", one was that this features Shera Danese who I believe appeared in 6 episodes of Columbo each time playing a different character. The se...

Columbo: The Conspirators (1978)

100 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Columbo: The Conspirators (1978) Columbo finds himself befriending a writer and former terrorist when an arms dealer is murdered...

Convoy (1978)

110 mins     Action , Drama      

It's been getting on for 30 years since I last watched "Convoy" and as it started the memories came flooding back. The first few notes of the theme song the immortal words of Rubber Duck over a CB and it had me feeling like a...

Crash of Flight 401 (1978)

95 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

As you might already know "Crash of Flight 401" is one of those TV movies which are based on a true story, a real crash which in this case happened in December 1972. Whilst it appears the writers have stuck to the facts when ...

Damien: Omen II (1978)

107 mins     Horror      

In my review of "The Omen" I focused on the atmosphere because the atmosphere of that first movie is what made it such a great horror movie. Sadly with director Richard Donner busy with "Superman" he was replaced and sadly Do...

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

127 mins     Horror      

It is a simple fact that movies are a generational thing, movies I loved as a teenager in the 80s often don't work for modern audiences whilst the majority of the movies from the 70s don't impress me that much. It is for that...

The Deer Hunter (1978)

183 mins     Drama, War      

The Deer Hunter: a look at how the Vietnam war affects the lives of those in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania...

The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978)

100 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

"The Defection of Simas Kudirka" is the sort of movie which you watch either already knowing the true story on which it is based or if you have stumbled across it will go looking for information before hand. As such it almost...

Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

110 mins     Action , Comedy      

Even die hard fans of Clint Eastwood will say some of his movies were really not that good and one of those is "Every Which Way But Loose". Now before you say what, let me explain as whilst "Every Which Way But Loose" is ente...

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

104 mins     Horror, Mystery, Thriller      

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe which of the men is the killer; is it the wild haired and wild eye one, how about the manager, could it be the cop or what about the ex husband? You see whilst "Eyes of Laura Mars" gives us this story o...