Disaster movies dominated Hollywood in the 1970s, and the trend even spread into made-for-television projects. Most of these films featured ensemble casts with big name actors enduring some sort of ...

Most people of a certain age can probably say they’ve at least heard of, if not watched many popular disaster films of the 1970s such as Airport, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake and The Poseidon ...

In the 1970s, one film kept beachgoers—and generations of beachgoers to follow—out of the water with an irrational fear of big teeth eating them whole, accompanied by a chilling John Williams score.

The Hoogland Center for the Arts is excited to present the regional premiere of the hysterical Broadway musical Disaster! on March 13-15 & March 20-22, 2026 in the LRS Theatre. Craig speaks with ...

It’s a kind of movie that’s been around since the silent movie days, but it really became its own genre in the 1970s where disaster films gained major prominence and a wide audience and now, the film ...

There’s a reason disaster movies are so popular – they’re a high-spectacle adrenaline rush that gives viewers a safe way to experience chaos and destruction. Movies like Airport, Titanic, and ...