April 24, 2008
By-the-numbers disaster flick. One star just for having Victoria Principal with an afro.
Ava Gardner, Barry Sullivan, Charlton Heston
The disaster-movie trend of the early and mid-1970s was starting to wear out its welcome when Earthquake was released in 1974. It’s another one of those enjoyably mindless all-star marathons, a...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 22, 1998
Stats: 272 reviews
Flixster Reviews (272)
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August 2, 2007It's a slow soap-opera buildup to the actual Earthquake. When it does occur, it's spectacular and haunting. The aftermath is creepy and depressing.
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May 23, 2007Yet another 70s disasterthon, studded with the usual stars that are well past their sell by date going through the usual firefighting/clambering through rubble motions. A lumbering bore.
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January 12, 2008Some effects were pretty cheesy, but they did the best they could at the time.
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August 15, 2009Pretty weak as disaster flicks go. Special effects are actually pretty cool in places, but really lousy in others. Plotlines are crap. Look for Walter Matthau as a drunk pimp. I am serious.
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January 17, 2009Just saw it in Sensurround at a special screening in L.A. Cheesy film but fun.
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