I got trouble, Mr. T

TROUBLE MAN

1972

Directed by Ivan Dixon

Written by John D.F. Black

Spoilers: moderate

American Gothic Week: You cannot threaten the dead with death, my friend!

DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN

Directed by Robert Fuest

Written by Robert Blees and Robert Fuest

Spoilers: moderate

Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z: Your servant? Your creature? Your animal?

CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

1972

Directed by J. Lee Thompson

Written by Paul Dehn

Spoilers: high (high also for Pierre Boulle's novel)

What a disaster: There's got to be a morning after

THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

1972

Directed by Ronald Neame

Written by Stirling Silliphant and Wendell Mayes (based on the novel by Paul Gallico)

Spoiler alert: a little bit more than moderate, a little bit less than high

What a disaster: Nobody dies on my airplane, not me, not him, not them—not even you, you son of a bitch

SKYJACKED

1972

Directed by John Guillermin

Written by Stanley R. Greenberg (based on the novel Hijacked by David Harper)

Spoiler alert: moderate

The film that J.R. shot (until he was absolutely, positively, 100% sure it was dead)

BEWARE! THE BLOB

Whatever it is, it just isn't my scene.

1972

Directed by Larry Hagman

Written by Jack Woods, Anthony Harris, Richard Clair, and Jack Harris

With Robert Walker Jr. (Bobby Hartford), Gwynne Gilford (Lisa Clark), Godfrey Cambridge (Chester), Richard Stahl (Edward Fazio), Richard Webb (Sheriff Jones), and a few other people you may or may not remember from drunken bouts of watching Nick-at-Nite

Spoiler alert: moderate

Steven Spielberg, part II: You know, some places are evil—you can buy them, but you can't always own them

SOMETHING EVIL

Look, we'll get to the Spielberg movies that anybody besides a film historian might care about very soon, I promise.

1972

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Written by Robert Clouse

With Sandy Dennis (Marjorie Wolden), Darren McGavin (Paul Wolden), Ralph Bellamy (Harry Lincoln), and Jeff Corey (Gehrmann)

Spoiler alert: moderate