1977
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1. Ilsa, the Wicked Warden (1977)
X | 90 min | Drama, Horror
After the mysterious disappearance of her sister, a desperate young woman infiltrates brutal warden Ilsa's mental health facility for sexually deviant women. Will she escape the hellhole and live to tell the tale?
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Dyanne Thorne, Lina Romay, Angela Ritschard, Peggy Markoff
Votes: 2,668
===> Ilsa, The Wicked Warden (german) (in Box "Jess Franco Gold Collection")
2. Suspiria (1977)
R | 92 min | Horror
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé
Votes: 105,407
===> Special Edition
3. Chatterbox! (1977)
R | 73 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A young woman who works in a beauty parlor discovers that her vagina can talk, which causes her no end of trouble.
Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Candice Rialson, Larry Gelman, Jane Kean, Perry Bullington
Votes: 817
===> on Box "4 Cult Movie Marathon Volume Two / Shout Factory
4. The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977)
100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A hardened cop is left for dead by the henchmen of a escapee gangster he had previously arrested, and upon recovery relentlessly pursues them.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Maurizio Merli, John Saxon, Renzo Palmer, Gabriella Lepori
Votes: 1,278
===> "The Cynic, The Rat And The Fist" (english) (88 Films / The Italian Collection #17)
5. Last Cannibal World (1977)
R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror
An oil prospector is captured and imprisoned by a violent and primitive cannibal tribe in the Philippines' rain forest. He manages to escape with a female hostage, and begins searching for his missing companion and their airplane.
Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov, Sheik Razak Shikur
Votes: 4,161
===> K2-141
6. Too Hot to Handle (1977)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Sexy adventure film has international hit lady Caffaro involved in James Bondish escapades in Manila.
Director: Don Schain | Stars: Cheri Caffaro, Aharon Ipalé, Vic Diaz, Corinne Calvet
Votes: 340
===> "Too Hot To Handle" (engl.) (on Box "Roger Corman's Cult Classics Triple Feature - Lethal Ladies Collection" / Shout Factory)
7. Tentacles (1977)
PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis | Stars: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda
Votes: 4,450
===> Tentacles (engl.) (on Double Feature Midnite Movies with "Empire Of The Ants" / MGM) ===> Blu-Ray: Der Polyp (german) (Koch Media / Creature Feature #4)
8. Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Adventure, Horror
16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Susan Hemingway, William Berger, Herbert Fux, Ana Zanatti
Votes: 1,252
===> Love Letters from a Portuguese Nun (german) (on Box "Jess Franco Gold Collection" / Galileo Medien AG)
9. Where Time Began (1977)
PG | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Kenneth More, Pep Munné, Ivonne Sentis, Frank Braña
Votes: 733
===> on Box "Jules Verne Box" / MIG / EuroVideo
10. Rabid (1977)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Terry Schonblum, Joe Silver
Votes: 21,385
"Rabid - Bete, dass es dir nicht passiert" ===> K2-142
11. Die Standarte (1977)
120 min | Action, Romance, War
The setting is Belgrade, Oct 1918, the closing days of World War 1, and the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Director: Ottokar Runze | Stars: Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch, Viktor Staal, Verónica Forqué
Votes: 85
"Battle Flag" ===> K2-143
12. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, John Steadman, Janus Blythe
Votes: 39,226 | Gross: $25.00M
"Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes" ===> K2-144
13. Grand Theft Auto (1977)
PG | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Elizabeth Rogers, Barry Cahill
Votes: 2,970
===> K2-145
14. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
R | 117 min | Horror
A teenage girl once possessed by a demon finds that it still lurks within her. Meanwhile, a priest investigates the death of the girl's exorcist.
Directors: John Boorman, Rospo Pallenberg | Stars: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow
Votes: 28,365 | Gross: $30.75M
===> "Exorcist II The Heretic" (engl.) (on Box "The Complete Anthology - The Exorzist" / Warner Bros.)
15. Empire of the Ants (1977)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Con artist Marilyn Fryser tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Albert Salmi
Votes: 5,544
===> Empire Of The Ants (engl.) (on Double Feature Midnite Movies with "Tentacles" / MGM)
16. Xue lian huan (1977)
94 min | Action, Drama
Silver Spear is hired by a noblewoman to do away with three top-class Kung Fu masters, but news of these killings reaches the ears of a white haired man known as a master. Vexed, he deploys his own killers to deal with Silver Spear.
Director: Ting-Mei Sung | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Feng Hsu, Yi Chang, Chung-Kuei Chang
Votes: 141
===> on Box: "Die Todesbox des gelben Drachen" / Paragon
17. The People That Time Forgot (1977)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 1919, a British expedition in the Antarctica region is searching for a lost American explorer and finds a hidden prehistoric world instead.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Sarah Douglas, Dana Gillespie
Votes: 3,502
===> Blu-Ray: Caprona - Menschen, Die Die Zeit Vergaß (german) (Koch Media / Creature Feature #6)
18. Death Duel (1977)
90 min | Drama, Action
The Third Master (Erh Tung Sheng, aka Derek Yee, in the role that launched his career) is considered to be the greatest sword master of the day. His displays of skill and strength bring ... See full summary »
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Tung-Shing Yee, On-On Yu, Ping Chen, Yun Ling
Votes: 625
===> Koch Media / Shaw Brothers Limited Edition No. 1
19. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel
Votes: 116,268 | Gross: $46.80M
===> James Bond Box
20. Blue Rita (1977)
Not Rated | 79 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Nightclub owner and erotic dancer Rita Blue uses her place as a front for working undercover as a spy. Motivated by her vehement hatred of men that stems from having been sexually abused as... See full summary »
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Martine Fléty, Sarah Strasberg, Dagmar Bürger, Pamela Stanford
Votes: 639
===> Blue Rita (german) (on Box "Jess Franco Gold Collection" / Galileo Medien AG)
21. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
G | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Sinbad the Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from the powerful witch Zenobia, her son and their several monsters.
Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting
Votes: 8,664 | Gross: $16.79M
===> on Box "The Best Of Harryhausen Box"
22. Shock Waves (1977)
PG | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of Zombie soldiers.
Director: Ken Wiederhorn | Stars: Clarence Thomas, Brooke Adams, Luke Halpin, John Carradine
Votes: 6,289
===> K2-146
23. Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer, and when her boyfriend tries to discover who the ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Bido | Stars: Corrado Pani, Paola Tedesco, Franco Citti, Fernando Cerulli
Votes: 1,410
===> DVD: Stimme des Todes, Die (german) (XRated) ===> K2-147 ====> Blu-Ray: Watch Me When I Kill (engl.) (88 Films / The Italian Collsection #38) ====> DVD: The Cats Victims (engl.) (Shameless #18)
24. Sister Emanuelle (1977)
16+ | 90 min | Drama
Having renounced her old life of promiscuity, a nun's sexual and religious identity is challenged by a free-spirited, nymphomaniacal new pupil at her convent and a fugitive killer.
Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Laura Gemser, Mónica Zanchi, Gabriele Tinti, Vinja Locatelli
Votes: 802
===> on Box "The Lost Collection - Laura Gemser" / VZM
25. Thunder and Lightning (1977)
PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: David Carradine, Kate Jackson, Sterling Holloway, Patrick Cranshaw
Votes: 537 | Gross: $6.76M
"Car Crash Auto 3" (german) (Movie Power) ===> K2-148
26. A Man Called Blade (1977)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A bounty hunter is hired by a mining town's crippled mayor to find his daughter, who has been kidnapped by the mayor's corrupt right-hand-man and his outlaw gang.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Sonja Jeannine, Donald O'Brien
Votes: 1,981
===> K2-149
27. The Uncanny (1977)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.
Director: Denis Héroux | Stars: Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Joan Greenwood, Roland Culver
Votes: 2,194
===> DVD: Unheimliche, Das (german) (Der Phantastische Film 07 / e-m-s) ===> Special Edition ===> DVD: Uncanny, The (engl.) (Network) ===> DVD: Pidax
28. End of the World (1977)
PG | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After witnessing a man's death in a bizarre accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest.
Director: John Hayes | Stars: Christopher Lee, Sue Lyon, Kirk Scott, Dean Jagger
Votes: 1,203
===> K2-150
29. Double Nickels (1977)
PG | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two highway patrolmen think they are working on the side repossessing cars. But eventually, they realize that they have been tricked and are actually stealing the cars.
Director: Jack Vacek | Stars: Jack Vacek, Trice Schubert, Edward Abrahms, Heidi Schubert
Votes: 199
===> Bonus on DVD "Car Crash Auto 3 / Movie Power ===> K2-148
30. California (1977)
98 min | Drama, Western
After the Civil War, Michael "California" Random, is released from prison and goes to Missouri with his partner William. He is killed by bandits. California decides to return the belongings to his family and help them against outlaws.
Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, William Berger, Miguel Bosé, Chris Avram
Votes: 696
===> Koch Media / Italowestern-Enzyklopädie No.2
31. Hitch-Hike (1977)
Unrated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to a sanctuary. In return he agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Franco Nero, Corinne Cléry, David Hess, Joshua Sinclair
Votes: 3,203
===> "Hitch-Hike" (engl.) (Blue Underground) ===> K2-151 ===> Blu-ray: Hitch-Hike (engl.) (88 Films / The Italian Collection # 08)
32. Double Game (1977)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Drugs, murders, robberies. In Turin, violence is an everyday fact of life, but a mysterious vigilante starts cleaning up the streets. In fact, the killer is a cop, Moretti, who went ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Ausino | Stars: George Hilton, Emanuele Cannarsa, Giuseppe Alotta, Annarita Grapputo
Votes: 246
(gebrannte DVD) ===> K2-152
33. The Sentimental Swordsman (1977)
96 min | Action, Drama
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Lung Ti, Li Ching, Tung-Shing Yee, On-On Yu
Votes: 444
===> Koch Media / Shaw Brothers 6 DVD Limited Edition No. 2
34. Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (1977)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Horror
Photojournalist Emanuelle is joined by an anthropologist, two female missionary workers and a treacherous hunter's party in a search for an Amazon cannibal tribe long thought extinct.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Nieves Navarro, Donald O'Brien
Votes: 3,277
===> "Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals" (engl.) (88 Films / The Italian Collection #13)
35. Beast with a Gun (1977)
Unrated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Italy, escaped sadistic killer Nanni Vitali and his henchmen terrorize the populace and seek revenge against those responsible for Vitali's incarceration.
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Helmut Berger, Marisa Mell, Richard Harrison, Marina Giordana
Votes: 1,240
===> Mad Dog Killer (engl.) (88Films / The Italian Collection #16)
36. Prey (1977)
Unrated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A deadly shape-shifting alien infiltrates a country house occupied by two lesbians, and proceeds to study their behaviour, for a sinister purpose.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Barry Stokes, Sally Faulkner, Glory Annen, Sandy Chinney
Votes: 1,567
===> Norman J. Warren Collection / Anchor Bay (engl.)
37. The Swindle (1977)
99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A rude Roman policeman Nico Giraldi and an English detective team up in search of a gang that has carried out an enormous fraud against the Lloyd's of London.
Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Tomas Milian, David Hemmings, Anna Cardini, Alberto Farnese
Votes: 463
===> K2-153
38. That's Carry On! (1977)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
Kenneth and Barbara introduce clips from all the Carry On movie. The two regulars converse at the Rank Film building to host the film with their own running gags involving Barbara's "assets" and Kenneth's desperate need of a toilet.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Eric Barker, Amanda Barrie
Votes: 610
===> Carry On!
39. Chinatown Kid (1977)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama
After getting in trouble with local gangs, a young man (Fu Sheng) flees to San Francisco, where the same gangs are still causing problems. He becomes a part of a rival gang, and eventually ... See full summary »
Director: Cheh Chang | Stars: Sheng Fu, Shirley Yu, Susan Yam-Yam Shaw, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok
Votes: 538
===> MediaBook: Der Kung Fu-Fighter von Chinatown - Chinatown Kid (german) (Inked Pictures / Shaw Brothers Film Collection / Cover C)
40. Voodoo Passion (1977)
Not Rated | 89 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Susan comes to Haiti to be with her husband. His naked sister asks her, if she's ever made love to a woman. Susan dreams vividly of nudity, Voodoo rituals and killing.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Vicky Adams, Ada Tauler, Karine Gambier, Jack Taylor
Votes: 788
===> Voodoo Passion (german) (on Box "Jess Franco Gold Collection" / Galileo Medien AG)
41. Count Dracula (1977 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 150 min | Drama, Horror
The vampire count leaves his Transylvanian home to wreak havoc across the world.
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Frank Finlay, Susan Penhaligon, Judi Bowker
Votes: 1,792
===> K2-154
42. Weapons of Death (1977)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police commissioner tries to bring a gangster to justice as the kingpin's out-of-control crimes set even his own underworld allies against him.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Leonard Mann, Ida Galli, Henry Silva, Jeff Blynn
Votes: 534
===> K2-155
43. Xuan feng shi ba qi (1977)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action
The 18 Swirling Riders are a group of kung fu philanthropists who use their deadly skills to protect the weak and needy. But trouble brews when an evil kung fu master infiltrates the group and attempts to destroy the clan.
Director: Fu-Ti Lin | Stars: Sing Chen, Ling Chia, Don Wong, Lieh Lo
Votes: 78
===> Die Rache Der Bronzekämpfer (german) (on Box "Eastern Box" / MiB)
44. Hero of Shanghai (1977)
87 min | Action
The place: Shanghai. The time: 1921. The Japanese aggression towards China is getting stronger each day. Enter Hsueh Ao-Lin (Chen Kuan Tai), an agent of the government sent to uncover the ... See full summary »
Director: Hsueh-Li Pao | Stars: Kuan Tai Chen, Sha-Li Chen, Chin Hu, Chi-Ping Chang
Votes: 49
===> Die Todesfaust Des Schwarzen Drachen (german) (on Box "Eastern Box" / MiB)
45. Tie tou tie zhi tie bu shan (1977)
89 min | Action, Drama
Carter Wong stars as a Kung Fu master who uses the "Death Finger" technique. However, he can also use his finger for good as he uses the technique to reset a little boy's broken arm. He ... See full summary »
Director: Hung-Chang Wang | Stars: Carter Wong, Kang Chin, Chin Hu, Shao-Chun Chang
Votes: 49
===> on Box "Eastern Box" / MiB
46. Soul Brothers of Kung Fu (1977)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
Two illegal immigrants meet a young kid and the three become best friends until one of them joins the Triads. Now the remaining two must fight the Triads in a battle to the death.
Director: Shan Hua | Stars: Bruce Li, Feng Ku, Meng Lo, Carl Scott
Votes: 237
===> Asia Line Vol. 3
47. Along Comes a Tiger (1977)
85 min | Action
A mysterious martial arts master takes revenge on the black Dragon gang for the murder of his father.
Director: Wu Ma | Stars: Chung-Kuei Chang, Chiu Chen, Kao Chen, Kuang-Lung Chi
Votes: 99
===> Asia Line Vol. 5
48. Emanuelle Around the World (1977)
R | 97 min | Adult, Adventure, Drama
Photojournalist Emanuelle encounters a guru who claims to be capable of the ultimate orgasm, and later helps a fellow reporter pursue a global woman-trafficking ring.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Laura Gemser, Ivan Rassimov, Karin Schubert, Don Powell
Votes: 1,104
===> K2-156
49. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
PG | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.
Director: John 'Bud' Cardos | Stars: William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode, Lieux Dressler
Votes: 6,173 | Gross: $17.00M
===> creature features collection #1
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