Blu-ray Review - Avalanche
October 05, 2014
Watching the competition storm the box office with disaster pictures during the 1970s, producer Roger Corman decided he had to have one too. 1978's "Avalanche" is a low-budget take on catastrophe, this time heading to a mountain resort in Colorado experiencing the worst opening weekend in the history of the industry, with Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, and Robert Forster playing the panicked and heroic as tons of snow descend on a collection of vacationers and athletes, each with their own domestic problems. It's a paint-by-numbers effort from Corman, who wants a big screen emergency, but doesn't want to pay for quality. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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