70s movies – Page 33 – Really Awful Movies

Seytan

Not to be confused with seitan, a pretty evil wheat gluten meat substitute, Seytan is a Turkish Exorcist knock-off. And it’s considerably less evil. The print is yellower than a jaundiced Big Bird but that’s probably the least of its problems. Seytan is pretty much a scene-for-scene remake of the Friedkin classic but with changesContinue reading “Seytan”

Piranha

The phrase “C’mon, where’s your sense of adventure?” is a pretty strong indicator a character will soon meet with bodily harm [Editors’ note: your sense of adventure? It’s always in the last place you look] In many of these films, the script’s a stagnant pool — but thanks to John Sayles (he of Alligator and The Howling) things flow smoothly in Piranha.Continue reading “Piranha”