Super 8 Film Releases

A two page article from the July 1976 issue: This 1976 war drama receives a 6.5 rating on the IMDb. This BAFTA nominated film was directed by Jack Gold and featured Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. Iver Films released the movie as a 2×400.  Search as I might I can’t find a decent…

A two page article from an August 1962 issue: This 1961 fantasy adventure receives a 6.7 rating on the IMDb, but deserves much better, This was the first film with stop motion from Ray Harryhausen I ever saw and I can still remember the thrill of those clashing waves that changed colour as the music…

A page article from the March 1978 issue of ABC Film Review. This 1977 Sci-fi horror  receives a 4 rating on the IMDb, but this didn’t stop the super 8 collectors making this a popular purchase. An astronaut is transformed into a murderous gelatinous mass after returning from an ill-fated space voyage. The 400′ release…

A three page article from the April 1985 issue, plus a 10 page press book. This Oscar nominated  Sci-Fi epic receives a moderate 6.7 rating on the IMDb. and was a film I was eager to hand over my money in order to gain entrance, and experience, as it was the sequel to one of…

A two page article from the January 1962 issue: I can’t admit to being a big Cliff Richard fan, but I did go to see at least three of his movies at my local ABC and this was the first. This Warner-Pathe release was a big hit in both the pop charts and the film…

A page from an unknown issue: I originally saw this early Hammer Science Fiction thriller on a double bill along with William Castle’s 1958 thriller ‘Macabre’ at a local “flea pit” in the mid 60s. The sequence in the lift stayed with me for weeks! We picked up the 8mm rights along with ‘The Quatermass…

A two page article from the December 1955 issue: I saw this classic musical fantasy at the ABC in Stourbridge, when it was given a re-release along with “Tom Thumb’ in the early 70s. I was enchanted by the whole experience and own it on DVD, Blu-ray (3D) and 4K. Ken Films released the title…

A page from an unknown issue of the ABC Film Review: This 1968 horror drama receives a 6.7 rating on the IMDb, and I felt shell shocked as I left the cinema when I saw on it’s initial theatrical release… it was so violent for its time. Walton Films released this a 4×400′ edited feature…

A two & ½ page article from the December 1988 issue of the ABC Film Review: This 1988 adventure comedy receives a 7.7 rating on the IMDb and is the fantastical tale of a world where all our favourite cartoon characters are alive and living beside us. Stupendous and often hectic fun as  a  toon-hating…

A 24 Souvenir brochure heads this entry. This winner of ten Academy Awards was released in 1961 receives a measly 7.6 on the IMDb! This musical and ‘South Pacific’ are perhaps my favourite movie musicals of all time. It received a feature release from Kempski in ‘Scoptimax’ and Derann was later lucky enough to pick…