You know, once in a while I start thinking about the movies I grew up with (in my case the 1970s) and the popular culture (films, music, theatre, literature) one was surrounded with at the time.
For some reason I remembered this disturbing little thriller with Richard Burton and Lee Remick called THE MEDUSA TOUCH. I remember seeing it in 1979 at an in-house hotel cable service in London and was a big fan of the film at the time - it seemed like a bastard child of two genres: the horror film (i.e. THE OMEN) and disaster movies (i.e. EARTHQUAKE).
I managed to track down a trailer at You Tube. There are a couple of VHS tapes on Amazon, and two Australian Region 4 used DVDs that I are listed; it seems like a film that has gotten lost in time. The trailer makes the film seem quite dated; you know you are getting old when the shows or films you grew up with look like relics.
Do any of you ever remember seeing this?
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Comments (4)
The bit where the plane crashes into the building is just plain freaky.
Posted by Ri | January 15, 2007 11:23 AM
Posted on January 15, 2007 11:23
I totally remember seeing this as a kid too, on tv. it frightened me to death, because I really believed the Queen was going to be crushed in Westminster Abbey!!!! And I've not been able to find the movie ever since, nor have seen it showing on UK tv =(
Posted by moocherx | January 15, 2007 1:41 PM
Posted on January 15, 2007 13:41
This film has recently been reissued on DVD in the UK and is available from amazon.co.uk or in stores like HMV (probably from their website too) -- the new dvd is great quality and the film gets better with time!
Posted by Katinka Broersen | January 16, 2007 10:18 PM
Posted on January 16, 2007 22:18
Thanks Katinka - I'll make sure I check out amazon.uk!
Posted by amer | January 16, 2007 10:43 PM
Posted on January 16, 2007 22:43