‘Shawscope Volume Three’ (1967-1983)
Before Hong Kong’s mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema.
SLAP THE MONSTER ON PAGE ONE (1972)
A right-wing newspaper attempts to derail the police investigation of the rape and murder of a young girl to help the candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.
DELIVERANCE (1972)
Four city men on a wilderness canoeing trip face deadly threats from both nature and the locals.
Giallo Essentials (1972-74)
Only a few years ago, the term giallo wasn’t common parlance, even amongst cult movie enthusiasts. Recently, that’s changed, and the genre’s enjoyed a...
PINK FLAMINGOS (1972)
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as 'The Filthiest Person Alive'.
DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972)
The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
THE GODFATHER (1972)
The first instalment of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic trilogy charts the rise to power of Michael Corleone, scion of a Mafia family.
SILENT RUNNING (1972)
One man struggles to preserve Earth's last remaining forests, shipped off to deep space.
TOYS ARE NOT FOR CHILDREN (1972)
An emotionally-stunted woman with an unhealthy fixation on her long-absent father and the toys he gave her as a child, becomes a prostitute who specialises in pleasing old men who want to play daddy with her...
WHO SAW HER DIE? (1972)
After a young girl is brutally murdered, followed by the daughter of a well-known sculptor, he decides to investigate the crime with his wife, only to find they're in way over their heads...
HORROR EXPRESS (1972)
In 1906, in China, a British anthropologist discovers a frozen prehistoric creature and must transport it to Europe by train.
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972)
Two teenage girls head to a rock concert for one's birthday, but while trying to score marijuana in the city, they're kidnapped and brutalised by a gang of psychotic convicts.