Super 8 Film Releases

  • Hell Drivers

    Hell Drivers

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    Full page from a Films and filming magazie: This 1957 crime thiller receives a 7.2 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Cy Endfield it stars Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan and William Hartnell. A BAFTA nominated film about a rookie trucker trying to expose the rackets run by his boss. PM Films…

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  • Genghis Khan

    Genghis Khan

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    A three page article from the August 1965 issue of ABC Film Review: This 1965 historical epic receives a 5.8 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Henry Levin it starred Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif and James Mason. Columbia Home Movies released a 200′ colour/silent sound/silent editions. Box art found on the internet.

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  • Pete’s Dragon

    Pete’s Dragon

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    A two page article from the July 1978 issue. This 1977 live action/animation family fantasy receives a 6.3 rating on the IMDb. Oscar nominated movie directed by Don Chaffey & Don Bluth (animation) it featured Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Shelley Winters and Mickey Rooney. Walt Disney were still trying to emulate the success…

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  • The Wild Geese

    The Wild Geese

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    A two page article from the August 1978 issue of the ABC Film Review. This 1978 action drama receives a 6.8 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris. A thoroughly enjoyable romp about a British banker who hires a former British Army colonel turned…

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  • Shalako

    Shalako

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    A two page article from the December 1968 issue: This 1968 western drama receives a 5.6 rating on the IMDb. Directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd and Jack Hawkins this western features a group of European aristocrats who while hunting in New Mexico in the 1880s come into conflict…

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  • Aces High

    Aces High

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    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…

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  • Mysterious Island

    Mysterious Island

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    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…

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  • The incredible melting man

    The incredible melting man

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    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…

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  • 2010: The year we make contact

    2010: The year we make contact

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    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…

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  • The Young Ones

    The Young Ones

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    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…

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