So 1977 had Star
Wars, Close Encounters and Smokey and the Bandit.
So 1979 had Alien,
Mad Max, The Amityville Horror and the first Star Trek movie.
I say that 1978 is The Greatest Year in Cinema. If you
were 10 going on 11, like I was, had a bunch of weird crazy friends, like I
had, and had these movies piped into your house via that newfangled cable TV
thing, like they were at mine, I offer up:
Capricorn
One
Damien:
Omen II
Dawn
of the Dead
Halloween
Gray
Lady Down
The
Fury
Force
10 from Navarone
Invasion
of the Body Snatchers
Convoy
Hooper
Jaws
2
Superman
Laserblast
The
Medusa Touch
Good
Guys Wear Black
The
Manitou
Magic
Coma
Piranha
The
Swarm
Watership
Down
… aaaaaaaaand …
Attack
of the Killer Tomatoes
From the creepy to the cool to the campy, it’s all
there. I’m lucky to have been around back then, for all those hours and hours
and hours of fun. Often confusing and sometimes downright puzzling, but in the
end, when all is said and done as they say, just good ol’ fun.
Not to mention Revenge of the Pink Panther and Animal House for laughs
ReplyDeleteYes! Me and my buddy must've watched that Pink Panther movie a dozen times! Didn't see Animal House though until much later, as an older teenager.
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