Super 8 Film Releases

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…

A potted review from Film Illustrated Monthly 1949, Vol. 4 No. 6: One of the feature titles on our contract with ‘Ivy Film’ in New York. Starring John Wayne, Gail Russell and Gig Young, it was produced by Republic Pictures and released in 1948.  With Wayne in probably in his most romantic role as Ralls,…