tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post1278400291350997963..comments2024-03-29T04:57:26.162-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Cult-TV Movie Review: Killdozer (1974)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-12071854495245671222016-11-11T12:52:18.208-05:002016-11-11T12:52:18.208-05:00I LOVE this film. The very first time I ever kisse...I LOVE this film. The very first time I ever kissed a girl as a teen, this was on the tv.Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08408150910056369989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-19162842631762156982016-11-11T11:41:29.692-05:002016-11-11T11:41:29.692-05:00John, I love your honest review of KILLDOZER. As a...John, I love your honest review of KILLDOZER. As a young boy, I still remember watching this film with my family when it aired in 1974. As much as this film now looks like a candidate for Mystery Science Theater 3000, I still like this film for both the nostalgia and what it aspired too. I do think that if Steven Spielberg had directed Killdozer as he brilliantly did DUEL, then it would have been a great telefilm too. Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive(1986) is in the same vein as KILLDOZER. This film needs a proper remake today. It can be watched on youtube for those that have not seen it:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3y-SRsNPI<br /><br />SGB SGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-76373340744094634202016-11-11T11:09:07.290-05:002016-11-11T11:09:07.290-05:00ABC set a pretty high standard when they started t...ABC set a pretty high standard when they started their Tuesday Movie of the Week series, presenting some powerful dramas (That Certain Summer), amusing comedies (Playmates), and intriguing thrillers (Duel). The popularity bred the Wednesday Movie of the Week, and things started to go downhill. I think the expansion of production led to a thinner stream of quality scripts and perhaps smaller budgets. Most of the Wednesday night movies were following the disaster craze of the mid-70s and somehow managed to be even worse than the big screen films. I remember seeing the Killdozer preview and having a "jumped the shark" feeling, even though the phrase had not been invented yet.Neal Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053148427058126745noreply@blogger.com