Anyone remember a movie from 1971 called "Duel?" It starred Dennis Weaver as a traveling salesman, who while driving on a business trip, ends up being chased by a semi-truck which the driver of cannot be seen? The truck is always showing up behind him, trying to kill him, no matter what he does to try and lose it. It was Steven Spielberg's directorial debut.
Yes, that movie and this movie both masterpiece but "Duel" was more entertaining. Only one mistake in Duel and that was by showing a human arm indicating to overtake.
1974, I would love to go back if only for just a little while, I would hold my parents so tight. And just tell them over and over how much I love them.
I worked and retired from Caterpillar Inc. machining and handling parts for dozers. I was 30 years old when this movie came out, and never saw this movie till now!
So happy I found this! this was my dad's favourite movie growing up and we've both been looking for it for a while! So glad we could finally watch it together
I remember watching this on TV in the 70's after coming in from playing outside in one of the biggest snow drifts I've experienced in my life, when I was about 10 years old. Never forget that time and never forgot that movie. Thank you very much for posting this, brings back a lot of memories.
I am originally from Cleveland and I remember the exact same thing. Playing in a huge snow drift until it was pitch dark and it was time to come inside. After warming up, this movie was on "The Movie of The Week". Great memories...
This movie does the impossible and not only makes an evil bulldozer NOT stupid, but also makes it a rather intimidating threat. Its smart, its toying with you, and it knows you cant stop it. Its the big kid in the sandbox and you have nowhere to run. I friggin LOVE how well they did this film!
Yeah, the overall plot is dumb. It’s silly, but the way it’s handled here is quite serious. What the movie has going for it though, is everything else. All the dialogue feels real, this feels like an actual operation to build an base camp for oil drilling. It feels industrial. The slow soundtrack reflects such. The bulldozer is also frightening. Not what is does, in that case it’s a little pathetic, but the fact that it’s less of a The Car and more of a Christine-KITT hybrid. It’s not a rabid animal, it’s a cold, calculating killer. It plans, it has contingencies, it counter-attacks, it’s something that, if possessed the right thing, would be a real threat.
I remember watching this on tv in the 80s and talking about it with a few pals at junior school the following Monday, we had all loved it. Yeah old Killdozer was slow, but sneaky too. It’s like one of those dreams where you’re trying to run away from danger but your legs are just numb.
Yeah, unlike The Car and such, it’s more of a hybrid of KITT and Christine. I say hybrid because Christine is vengeful, KITT isn’t even evil. The dozer isn’t either of those things. It’s not a rabid animal, it’s a cold, calculating killer. It plans, makes contingencies, you can almost tell what it’s thinking. If it were to possess something faster like one of the jeeps, it would be a real threat.
I had a dream recently I was trapped in a huge pile of broken mirror glass shards.. it was all in my skin packed together , so much my skin could not be seen, I was trying to crawl out and scream for help. I couldn't move ,couldn't breath , I remember becoming fucking furious because I could not get out or make enough noise to get help!!! I woke up , still unable to move or breathe and the transition to being awake was so damn slow it was as if I was still paralyzed. I think it was a case of sleep paralysis , it happens more and more often in different ways.
This movie is awesome! I remember watching it back when we had only three channels, and TV went off air with the national anthem. I saw this as one of the late features on what they called, The Night Owl.
Gander Stein I often wondered why Clint Walker never became bigger than John Wayne in the 70s, but I guess fighting killer bullbozers, snowbeasts and werewolves doomed him.
Yeah....I remember those good old days too....In fact, I remember the good old days of radio only .... sigh The country was a better place to live in then ... today it is a psychotic and chaotic circus
My Dad drove a D8 Cat when I was a kid. So when this movie came on tv I was so excited. I remember he rolled his eyes and shook his head pretty much all the way through it. A real classic! LOL.
He shaking? Shaking his head? Ur dad was scared too! Scared as fu@k! I’m still scared of dozers! Terrified to be honest. Did you dad stop driving he D-8, after this movie? I was to panicked to even travel in a car again! Especially yellow ones then none at all!
Me too. I saw it day/night one. I was only 8 and a serous Horror movies fan. I remember yelling at the tv...."Use electricity to kill it!!!!"...,😂 Horror movies back then hardly ever let the good guy win.
omg...I LOVE these 70's films...and yes, the quality was damn good for the age of the film and the best part, NO annoying ads every 4 seconds popping up! Thanks so much for the upload!
I can tell you that I HATE the concept of self-driving automobiles, and anything that operates by itself for that matter. But THIS! THIS is something I want in my collection!
When I was a kid, I couldn't even come across a damn bulldozer without freaking out because of this movie. Now that I watch as an adult I find it quite hilarious.
better then to day where you see a film full of cheesey 2022 sound effects, endless boring idiotic talking and occasionally an action scene where people slowly get chased and die.
D-8s were fairly common way back then but D-9s were much more rare to see in real life. Always loved the fact that it was the largest dozer of that era. That northwest shovel is a badass for its time to. Brings me back to my love of heavy equipment and youthful fascination with all things mechanized 👍saw this when I was 10 years old in 74 and never forgot it. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS CLASSIC FILM
Saw this movie when I was like 3 years old. Had a nightmare that I was chased by the thing and I could not escape. After I told my grandpa, he put me in the bucket of his tractor, and kept dumping me out on the wood shaving pile, then scooping me back up again. Freaked me the hell out, and still loving every minute of the memory. You can't buy that kind of upbringing nowadays. ^_^ Thanks Grandpa!
I read the book that this movie is based on back when I was a kid. Maybe I was in the fifth grade. It's called "Killdozer!", and is included in a collection of stories called "The Golden Age of Science Fiction." This movie leaves a lot of the story out, like the foreword describing the ancient civilization that went to war with the very same entity that infested and took over the D7. Described it as some kind of electromagnetic entity that had the ability to control simple machinery. And how it, and other entities like it, were responsible for the destruction of the pre-flood civilization. One of the energy beings had been imprisoned inside of a structure made of an odd black stone, which happens to be on the island where these poor bastards are working. They accidentally dig it up and set the thing loose, and... well... things get ugly. I think the book is actually set in the time of World War II, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean on some remote island. These guys are contractors that are building an Airfield for the Navy or something. Also, the crazy guy becomes a sycophantic little follower of the killdozer. And the Dozer actually had a name. Daisy Etta, as I recall. The author also described a couple other pieces of equipment. Something called a "dumptor," kind of a fast off road dump truck. The Ambush scene is almost like it is in the book. If my memory serves me correctly, the Dozer was parked up on the side of a steep hill and just allowed itself to roll forward in neutral. It wasn't even running. The portrayal of the D7 is kind of ridiculous. That Dozer is a whole hell of a lot faster than in this movie. Travel track speed one of those things is about 12 miles an hour, more than fast enough to catch a man on foot. Definitely another example of the book being far better than the movie. This is still a pretty cool movie though.
Agreed.70's 80's and some 90's had more creative special effects. CGI is alright sometimes but I prefer the older stuff. Even the 50's and 60's b movies just had something to be appreciated.
I always remembered this from being a kid. All I could recall was a blue light and possessed vehicles. No idea what it was called , I was only about 5 or 6 when I saw it. Thanks for uploading this vague childhood memory.
@@aifun1979 They are both dozers, right? They both tried to kill people, right? Lastly, they were both controlled by demonic extraterrestrial forces, right? As long as 2 of these criteria are met, then they are related.
I remember around 1976, this movie was announced it was going to be shown on one of the 3 TV channels we got, and I begged my parents to let me watch it, and they did (Dad usually had control of the TV). But watching it now, well, my Dad is gone, so I can't apologize to him for putting him through this cinema hell, but I will see my Mother for Christmas. She must have been traumatized for all these years, and held it in. hehehehe
Remember watching this on its premiere night when I was 10 years old. What I didn't realize is that this was written by Theodore Sturgeon based on one of his novellas. Sturgeon was one of the greats of science fiction in those days and he wrote the key Star Trek episode which brought mysterious Vulcan culture to life: Amok Time.
I think this was the starter movie for the Killer car ( come alive edition) then came Christine, maximum overdrive, wheels of terror, the car and more!
Saw this when I was 12 years old and it scared the HELL out of me. I had nightmares for weeks about that poor slob being crushed in that culvert tube. It's laughable now, but back then...Thanks for the upload and the great memories.
This movie haunted my dreams as a 13-year-old, but rewatching it now for a nostalgia, a realize that pretty much NOTHING HAPPENS! Just lots of close-ups of worried guys' faces.
This movie was pretty good..The scenes where the driverless dozer shifts the gears by itself is good, but the scenes where the blade is raised and you can't see the guy operating it could have been better. Always wondered how it refueled itself. Better not to think about these things when you're watching a movie like this.
Has some funny parts.Nobody ever made a generator with an open knife switch or a diesel that would cold start instantly.And nobody could beat that genius suggestion at the end....Let's fake a landslide !! With everything destroyed and strewn across the island?? Not sure what they were getting ready to drill for but wouldn't they drill first and then build roads if they find something of value????
YES!!! : D I looked for this movie FOREVER, but I couldn't find it anywhere! THANKS a million for posting this! : D It's an all time classic! *thumbs up*
That Clint Walker sure was a good looking man, then and when he got older--aged like a fine wine. I don't remember seeing this when it came out, and for years I thought it was about the guy that got mad at his town council, and took it out on them using an old bulldozer that he welded steel plates to, turning it into a tank. LOL, boy was I wrong! Plus, not sure if this movie falls into the category of sci-fi or horror. Not Academy Award material, but a good enough movie to hold your attention. Thanks for posting it.
I saw this show on Project Terror years ago. I forgot most of it, and I thought they were going to dig a big hole to make it fall in. Great movie. Thanks for sharing.
He was no patriot. He was an a-hole and psycholoon. Don't behind all the BS that the alt right say about him. He was never isolated and all the problems he had were of his own doing, because he was stupid and crazy.
Saw this as a snot-nosed kid of sixteen on tv and I haven't seen it since. Loved the story and loved the movie then. What star power, famous tv faces here: Carl Betz, Clint Walker, Neville Brand, Robert Ulrich, and more.
I remember that movie! Wasn't it the one where the car speeded toward a house, then flew through a window and killed someone? 😱. These demon-possessed vehicles are extra scary to me, no understanding or reasoning with them!
When this came out, there was a guy in our neighborhood who started keeping a bulldozer like this one on the vacant lot. Whenever it got dark, us kids refused to take that street home. For kicks, we would psych each other out by saying we heard it hum or we heard it start up! Fun times !!
I remember watching this movie when it was aired. I never have forgotten it. Watching it again makes me think that the production of movies back then were primitive. The people who were part of writing and producing this movie also were part of Star Trek.
I never wanted to be a Red Shirt on Star Trek. When Captain Kirk wanted to go on a off ship mission, you always knew that anyone wearing any other color shirt would survive.
This is one of those made for TV movies that would replay sometime every year in the early 70's. TV viewing was different back then, and so was the audience.
Love this film -we used to come back from the pub and put this on the video and laugh us heads off! I grew up with this flim though and always liked it....the best line is "how do we kill it? -its too big to hang"
The invisable operator was in the box built behind the seat. Nothing on a Cat there but a fuel tank and they probably used a smaller tank and packed a small operator in there. What a deal.
Dutch and Mac sure seemed to spend a lot of time together...going for midnight swims, going to dances, picking out paint chips and fabric swatches...hmmm...I don't know.
This campy bit of fun from the 70s was one of the last productions along with Kolchak The Night Stalker were one of last echoes of classic network Scifi/Fantasy productions. Made for TV movies like this and Duel directed by a young Steven Speilberg show that a small budget doesn't necessarily mean poor storytelling or imagination is a matter of money.
Yeah I remember dual I remember this killdozer when I was a kid in the seventies I had a nightmare that I was killed by a bulldozer how cool thanks for bringing this back2life awesome guys
Thanks for uploading this classic! I only saw this movie once and that was in 1974 when it was made for TV. At that time it was a unique concept in movie making and it wasnt until "Christine" in 1983 that you saw another evil being inhabit a machine. "Killer Klowns From Outerspace" and "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" were fun also.
This film was based on a rather terrifying short story written by Henry Kuttner as I recall. I think I read it when I was around 12 years old Liv I ng in Colorado. I read a lot of science fiction as a kid. As luck would have it my father at the time owned an Allis Chalmers HD 5 bulldozer and some evenings for a while at dusk I'd go out and look at it and imagine it coming to life. I never knew they made a movie of it almost 20 y e ars later.
This movie melted my brain back in '74, man! Some other fun 70's movies are: Duel, Gargoyles, Trilogy Of Terror, I Drink Your Blood, and Tales From The Crypt(1972)
i was traumatized by this when i saw it.. was 4 years old... took me 40 to find it and confront my demons lol... thats when you realize how impressionable a childs mind is... loved your comments btw
When I was a kid, I was afraid of a bulldozer. And that fear, I had before seeing this movie. I only lost my fear when I was 10 or 11 years old when my friends saw one working and invited me to go see. In order not to be ashamed, I went together, terrified. The longer I watched the machine work, the less fear I felt until I completely lost my fear. That was in the 90s.
I remember my grandma telling me she saw this movie come out in early 1974 she had her 26 birthday that year and recalls seeing it at the movies. she's not that big into horror films but "kill dozer" she would make an exception. that same year in 1974 the television series " happy days" first aired, its a comedy series that is set in the late 1950s and depicts the life Richie Cunningham the main character and his family. but both I think are really great television and movies, am still looking for these classic horror films from the 1970s and 1980s because you can never find the classics anymore so lets hope RUclips still has the full version available like this film with no- cuts.
Man, this movie is amazing so far: all the actors are just awesome, the music is pretty cool, the retro-sounding noises and beeps that emanate from the strange object; and later the tractor itself, and the story is just keeping me so entertained. Thanks a lot uploader 👍🏼😎🤘🏼 Now to see how this movie progresses...
There is something so unique about the way all these movies started during that era with the opening credits. It was so ambient, organic, silent and it had a certain darkness to it!!!!
The great thing about this is that Theodore Sturgeon, who wrote the novella on which this is based, and co-wrote the screenplay, knew how to operate a Caterpillar D7 bulldozer. During World War II he ran one while helping to build runways in the Caribbean for military transport aircraft. This is a pretty good adaptation, but the written story is better. I'd say the obvious plot holes about being able to get away from the Killdozer are a result of a low production budget.
Really good picture quality!! What a blast from the past. I saw it with folks as a kid, we would all come runnin back in from the kitchen to not miss a scene, we were hooked. Thx.
I actually remember watching this film on TV in the mid 70's, and probably remembered it so well, because it was such an odd concept for a story, for a alien life force to take over a bulldozer. Makes you wonder about the day, someone went into a TV execs office and proposed this story, and the reaction they got. Anyway its a very good film!
This movie got me into reading science fiction. Theodore Sturgeon, the author of Killdozer, wrote a lot of sci-fi. If you ever get the chance to read his short story "Slow Sculptures" it is my favorite
I can't believe this has been put on youtube! About 27 years ago I saw this and I had nightmares for weeks.. (I was 7).. Never forgot it and had an odd phobia of construction vehicles since. Was just telling my other half and googled it for ages to get the name and came here... Awesome upload.
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Anyone remember a movie from 1971 called "Duel?" It starred Dennis Weaver as a traveling salesman, who while driving on a business trip, ends up being chased by a semi-truck which the driver of cannot be seen? The truck is always showing up behind him, trying to kill him, no matter what he does to try and lose it. It was Steven Spielberg's directorial debut.
Another 70s classic
Yes, that movie and this movie both masterpiece but "Duel" was more entertaining. Only one mistake in Duel and that was by showing a human arm indicating to overtake.
Maximum Overdrive from 1987?was based on the same principle,and maybe it was Steven Spielberg as well.Maybe Steven King.
Duel was a classic...unlike this film😆
Spielberg’s ist film think it was really scary but it frustrated me after a while as I wanted to eventually SEE THE FACE OF THE DRIVER
1974, I would love to go back if only for just a little while, I would hold my parents so tight. And just tell them over and over how much I love them.
Ye big WUSS.
That sounds like a poster youd see on Facebook.
So would I.
Me too. I saw this movie when it first came out on the TV. I was only 8 then and probably shouldn't have been watching it...lol
I'd go back to 1974 and be your Dad...and pull out before I came.
I would n't my dad had very little time for me, plenty of time for my older brother!
This movie scared me as a kid, I went on to become a engineer, specializing in control systems, modelling hydraulic systems etc.
Liar
I worked and retired from Caterpillar Inc. machining and handling parts for dozers. I was 30 years old when this movie came out, and never saw this movie till now!
what a shame
I was 11 years when this came out. Never seen it until I was in my 50s, this is my 2nd time. Really like the movie. Thank you for sharing.
With a name like Killdozer you know it's got to be good.
Yes!
Good and also pretty cheezy
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mst3k must've lambasted this one by now..
until then, i'm gonna riff on this trax!
and i like Body!
it's just not fair..
oh man 15 minutes into this trax and it's so easy to riff on!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So happy I found this! this was my dad's favourite movie growing up and we've both been looking for it for a while! So glad we could finally watch it together
I remember watching this on TV in the 70's after coming in from playing outside in one of the biggest snow drifts I've experienced in my life, when I was about 10 years old. Never forget that time and never forgot that movie. Thank you very much for posting this, brings back a lot of memories.
I am originally from Cleveland and I remember the exact same thing. Playing in a huge snow drift until it was pitch dark and it was time to come inside. After warming up, this movie was on "The Movie of The Week". Great memories...
I'm guessing The Blizzard of '78?
@@eventsmorewithchrisg Your probably right, I was born in 68.
Crazy wasn't it
I was in Dien Bien Phu in 54.
(Oh wait.! sorry, my mistake. Different movie)
I'm 8 years old again. Thanks for the nice memory sir or madam.
This movie does the impossible and not only makes an evil bulldozer NOT stupid, but also makes it a rather intimidating threat. Its smart, its toying with you, and it knows you cant stop it. Its the big kid in the sandbox and you have nowhere to run. I friggin LOVE how well they did this film!
Movie was stupid wasn't it lol 😆 😂
Yeah, the overall plot is dumb. It’s silly, but the way it’s handled here is quite serious.
What the movie has going for it though, is everything else.
All the dialogue feels real, this feels like an actual operation to build an base camp for oil drilling. It feels industrial. The slow soundtrack reflects such.
The bulldozer is also frightening. Not what is does, in that case it’s a little pathetic, but the fact that it’s less of a The Car and more of a Christine-KITT hybrid. It’s not a rabid animal, it’s a cold, calculating killer. It plans, it has contingencies, it counter-attacks, it’s something that, if possessed the right thing, would be a real threat.
You should definitely read the story it's based on. The film does a decent job but Daisy Etta is much more terrifying in the written version.
Just go to the ocean what him will do build a road lol
@@davidboozer6361 Horribly cheeeeeeezy, but still good stuff.
Awesome movie....after about 50 years since this movie was made....now we have a self driving car.....Thanks for sharing
ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES. THANKS FOR REMINDING ME.
When we were 12. lol
holy cow I can't believe someone got this movie on here a real classic
I love that they are 200 miles off the coast of Africa and Dutch gets a Country & Western station on the radio.
It wasn't a radio. It was a cassette player
ecorder.
I remember watching this on tv in the 80s and talking about it with a few pals at junior school the following Monday, we had all loved it. Yeah old Killdozer was slow, but sneaky too. It’s like one of those dreams where you’re trying to run away from danger but your legs are just numb.
Yeah, unlike The Car and such, it’s more of a hybrid of KITT and Christine. I say hybrid because Christine is vengeful, KITT isn’t even evil. The dozer isn’t either of those things. It’s not a rabid animal, it’s a cold, calculating killer. It plans, makes contingencies, you can almost tell what it’s thinking.
If it were to possess something faster like one of the jeeps, it would be a real threat.
I had a dream recently I was trapped in a huge pile of broken mirror glass shards.. it was all in my skin packed together , so much my skin could not be seen, I was trying to crawl out and scream for help. I couldn't move ,couldn't breath , I remember becoming fucking furious because I could not get out or make enough noise to get help!!! I woke up , still unable to move or breathe and the transition to being awake was so damn slow it was as if I was still paralyzed. I think it was a case of sleep paralysis , it happens more and more often in different ways.
This movie is awesome! I remember watching it back when we had only three channels, and TV went off air with the national anthem. I saw this as one of the late features on what they called, The Night Owl.
Gander Stein I often wondered why Clint Walker never became bigger than John Wayne in the 70s, but I guess fighting killer bullbozers, snowbeasts and werewolves doomed him.
Yeah, that's an interesting thought. I'd never considered it.
Nothing will do your career in faster than snowbeasts and killer bulldozers. LOL.
+Gander Stein Look at Steve McQueen , The Blob , but he did good.
"Beck in mah dey we head too channels: on and off!"
Yeah....I remember those good old days too....In fact, I remember the good old days of radio only .... sigh The country was a better place to live in then ... today it is a psychotic and chaotic circus
My Dad drove a D8 Cat when I was a kid. So when this movie came on tv I was so excited. I remember he rolled his eyes and shook his head pretty much all the way through it. A real classic! LOL.
Comet about killer trucks lawnmowers Stephen King movie music from ACDC Emilio Estevez played in it.
Hahaha!
He shaking? Shaking his head? Ur dad was scared too! Scared as fu@k! I’m still scared of dozers! Terrified to be honest. Did you dad stop driving he D-8, after this movie? I was to panicked to even travel in a car again! Especially yellow ones then none at all!
@@Justice4all_001 i think he bought D-9 after :D
I remember when this originally aired on the movie of the week.
Yeah, I'm old.
I remember it too. I must be old as well lol
Yep, back when networks had good programs with movies. I was 10 when this was on TV.
Me too. I saw it day/night one. I was only 8 and a serous Horror movies fan.
I remember yelling at the tv...."Use electricity to kill it!!!!"...,😂
Horror movies back then hardly ever let the good guy win.
Sure did hell I was 14. Love the bell bottoms
Yup, me too. I was 10. 😉
This was a made for TV movie. I remember watching it, then playing with my Tonka bulldozer as....the Killdozer to my sisters Barbies. LOL
Ha ha!
I did the same thing.... XD
oh so true
@@propanepusher101 How old are you guys?
I will be 56 in December 2018
Metal Tonka toys were the best!
omg...I LOVE these 70's films...and yes, the quality was damn good for the age of the film and the best part, NO annoying ads every 4 seconds popping up! Thanks so much for the upload!
I can tell you that I HATE the concept of self-driving automobiles, and anything that operates by itself for that matter. But THIS! THIS is something I want in my collection!
When I was a kid, I couldn't even come across a damn bulldozer without freaking out because of this movie. Now that I watch as an adult I find it quite hilarious.
Heize Hii 🌹🌹
Judging by your picture, your parents weren't even born when this movie came out
Cuz u got no cojones.
@@harrisn3693 what "cojones" can a 5 year old girl have? fucking weirdo
Because your mind has narrowed with the passage of time.
10 years old when this came out. My friends and I were nuts for this movie.
This was one hell of movie. A great horror with a great cast I love this movie it's been years seeing this once again.
I'm not sure what's worse. A killer bulldozer, or an idiot thats too stupid to move when a bulldozer is charging him at a total of 5 mph
***** As Luther said" I can't control the birds who fly over my head but I can control the ones who nest in my hair" I would think its the drunk.
The forklifts at my job are possessed
Wild n the young
What do they do ?
Ha Ha Hardy hard hard
Or a clown pretending not to like it to look mysterious.
A film full of cheesey 70s sound effects, endless boring talking and occasionally an action scene where people slowly get chased and die. I love it.
better then to day where you see a film full of cheesey 2022 sound effects, endless boring idiotic talking and occasionally an action scene where people slowly get chased and die.
@@josephjperkins973 anything made in the 30s to 90s is better than today
I see they also had some sound affects from the C64 game Wizball.
@@ChumpyChicken2 That was a decade in the future. Maybe Wizball got it from Killdozer.
D-8s were fairly common way back then but D-9s were much more rare to see in real life. Always loved the fact that it was the largest dozer of that era. That northwest shovel is a badass for its time to. Brings me back to my love of heavy equipment and youthful fascination with all things mechanized 👍saw this when I was 10 years old in 74 and never forgot it. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS CLASSIC FILM
R.I.P Clint Walker...loved this movie as a kid.
Carl Betz, guy from VEGA$...classsic
How do you convince actors to play in a movie like this?.
@@johnbockelie3899 lots of money i guess or they are actors getting to the end of their carrier and glad to get anything
@@johnbockelie3899 MONEY? That would work for me!
@@johnbockelie3899 $ and an acting job.
Christine and Killdozer are a match made in mechanical heaven.
Bah if you remember christine had hard times with a bulldozer in the end.
Nah, Chistine is going steady with Herbie.
mark aaron Yeah some could say both had a spiritual character some might say.
Henry Ly But The Dozer From Maximum Overdrive Should Be This One's Twin.
Destructive, And Killers.
throw the CAR in there too
Saw this movie when I was like 3 years old. Had a nightmare that I was chased by the thing and I could not escape. After I told my grandpa, he put me in the bucket of his tractor, and kept dumping me out on the wood shaving pile, then scooping me back up again. Freaked me the hell out, and still loving every minute of the memory. You can't buy that kind of upbringing nowadays. ^_^ Thanks Grandpa!
I read the book that this movie is based on back when I was a kid. Maybe I was in the fifth grade. It's called "Killdozer!", and is included in a collection of stories called "The Golden Age of Science Fiction." This movie leaves a lot of the story out, like the foreword describing the ancient civilization that went to war with the very same entity that infested and took over the D7. Described it as some kind of electromagnetic entity that had the ability to control simple machinery. And how it, and other entities like it, were responsible for the destruction of the pre-flood civilization. One of the energy beings had been imprisoned inside of a structure made of an odd black stone, which happens to be on the island where these poor bastards are working. They accidentally dig it up and set the thing loose, and... well... things get ugly. I think the book is actually set in the time of World War II, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean on some remote island. These guys are contractors that are building an Airfield for the Navy or something. Also, the crazy guy becomes a sycophantic little follower of the killdozer. And the Dozer actually had a name. Daisy Etta, as I recall. The author also described a couple other pieces of equipment. Something called a "dumptor," kind of a fast off road dump truck. The Ambush scene is almost like it is in the book. If my memory serves me correctly, the Dozer was parked up on the side of a steep hill and just allowed itself to roll forward in neutral. It wasn't even running. The portrayal of the D7 is kind of ridiculous. That Dozer is a whole hell of a lot faster than in this movie. Travel track speed one of those things is about 12 miles an hour, more than fast enough to catch a man on foot. Definitely another example of the book being far better than the movie. This is still a pretty cool movie though.
Decisieta meaning 17 in spanish!
Sturgeon was a great writer! One of the best of the 2nd half of the 20th century.
@@hughhallett558 Yeah, I'm gonna have to go find that collection again. I have an empty spot on my bookshelf for it.
@@brucedavis3816 I never made the connection before. "De Siete" is Spanish for "D7," right? Daisy Etta, De Siete...
@@flynnt77 correct!!! I remember it from the comic book you got it right however de sieta!!!
Happy anniversary Marvin. You're a real American Hero!
Still better than many modern CGI Monster Movies!
Agreed.70's 80's and some 90's had more creative special effects. CGI is alright sometimes but I prefer the older stuff. Even the 50's and 60's b movies just had something to be appreciated.
Good movie. It's like a giant yellow Christine!
This story was written in the 40's. Christine came in the 80"s. Got to give a nod to the great SF writer, Theodore Sturgeon.
Wished they bring back Christine
@@aohm5887 :
Christine lives in us all.
A new one is coming to Theaters soon @@aohm5887
Is that Robert Urich !? Dan Tana of Vegas
I always remembered this from being a kid. All I could recall was a blue light and possessed vehicles. No idea what it was called , I was only about 5 or 6 when I saw it. Thanks for uploading this vague childhood memory.
A great trip down memory lane .I remember watching it when it first aired on tv😜👍
Classic killer vehicle film. Wish I had the DVD. Thanks
this is, by far, the BEST cheesy movie ever made! I remember watching it on TV back in '74
Me, too. I even enjoy cheesy sci-fi!
@@1956gaba the intro for the abc MOVIE OF THE WEEK ..........................ruclips.net/video/bgOny8HV3tE/видео.html
It is NOWHERE near as cheesy as "Plan 9 From Outer Space"!
@@TheOzthewizi am going to check it out. Thanks.
Imagine the directors of this movie finding out they inspired a guy to create his own "killdozer"
this movie has nothing to do with the guy that created his killdozer
Only took 2 years to reply 😂@user-gs6uu4rk6z
This dragged like Dozer was missing a track.
Zzzzzzzz....
They must've felt great pride!
@@aifun1979
They are both dozers, right? They both tried to kill people, right? Lastly, they were both controlled by demonic extraterrestrial forces, right? As long as 2 of these criteria are met, then they are related.
How did I get here, I was watching Christopher lee one minute .and now killer bulldozers !
It's just one of the wonders of modern technology !!!
Spin the wheel again and get back to Christopher Lee :)
Delisle4 Christopher Lee was a great actor. The Hammer films he did with Peter Cushing are simply wonderful.
MrKayaker69 I've always liked Hound of the Baskervilles.
l do like 😶
I remember around 1976, this movie was announced it was going to be shown on one of the 3 TV channels we got, and I begged my parents to let me watch it, and they did (Dad usually had control of the TV).
But watching it now, well, my Dad is gone, so I can't apologize to him for putting him through this cinema hell, but I will see my Mother for Christmas. She must have been traumatized for all these years, and held it in.
hehehehe
I remember seeing this on a otherwise boring Sunday afternoon, nice to be able to relive such moments oncemore
Remember watching this on its premiere night when I was 10 years old. What I didn't realize is that this was written by Theodore Sturgeon based on one of his novellas. Sturgeon was one of the greats of science fiction in those days and he wrote the key Star Trek episode which brought mysterious Vulcan culture to life: Amok Time.
killdozer
the car
duel
they are the best classic movies
No graphics, no million dollars, no ladies even! But movie will make your day.
Future inspiration for MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE.
+peter krug
and actually...i believe it was
I think this was the starter movie for the Killer car ( come alive edition) then came Christine, maximum overdrive, wheels of terror, the car and more!
Nope...the one in Maximum Overdrive was a D7
I'm pretty sure this movie was inspired by young Steven Spielberg's TV movie, Duel, which was an automatic classic.
Drew Hughes D7G to be exact
Saw this when I was 12 years old and it scared the HELL out of me. I had nightmares for weeks about that poor slob being crushed in that culvert tube. It's laughable now, but back then...Thanks for the upload and the great memories.
Add the car to the mix,priceless
This movie haunted my dreams as a 13-year-old, but rewatching it now for a nostalgia, a realize that pretty much NOTHING HAPPENS! Just lots of close-ups of worried guys' faces.
This movie was pretty good..The scenes where the driverless dozer shifts the gears by itself is good, but the scenes where the blade is raised and you can't see the guy operating it could have been better. Always wondered how it refueled itself. Better not to think about these things when you're watching a movie like this.
Memories of my childhood. This movie is still hilarious over 40 years later.
@Anthony Cooper Absolutely. Lol. As kids, we loved it. Horrible, cheesy and made so cheap. Still makes 1970s kids laugh.
Was it meant to be a "cheesy" movie? I'm sure they didn't want it to turn out that way
Has some funny parts.Nobody ever made a generator with an open knife switch or a diesel that would cold start instantly.And nobody could beat that genius suggestion at the end....Let's fake a landslide !! With everything destroyed and strewn across the island?? Not sure what they were getting ready to drill for but wouldn't they drill first and then build roads if they find something of value????
I remember watching this as a kid and loved it straight away, not seen it for a while, glad i found it again.
Nice one 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
YES!!! : D I looked for this movie FOREVER, but I couldn't find it anywhere! THANKS a million for posting this! : D It's an all time classic! *thumbs up*
Seen this when I was youngster, GREAT movie.😁
That Clint Walker sure was a good looking man, then and when he got older--aged like a fine wine. I don't remember seeing this when it came out, and for years I thought it was about the guy that got mad at his town council, and took it out on them using an old bulldozer that he welded steel plates to, turning it into a tank. LOL, boy was I wrong! Plus, not sure if this movie falls into the category of sci-fi or horror. Not Academy Award material, but a good enough movie to hold your attention. Thanks for posting it.
I saw this show on Project Terror years ago. I forgot most of it, and I thought they were going to dig a big hole to make it fall in. Great movie. Thanks for sharing.
one of the few movies I could watch again and again... : )
I have watched it again and again.
I wonder if the late Marv Heemeyer ever watched this? RIP to a true Patriot!
YES !!!!
He was no patriot. He was an a-hole and psycholoon. Don't behind all the BS that the alt right say about him. He was never isolated and all the problems he had were of his own doing, because he was stupid and crazy.
Saw this as a snot-nosed kid of sixteen on tv and I haven't seen it since. Loved the story and loved the movie then. What star power, famous tv faces here: Carl Betz, Clint Walker, Neville Brand, Robert Ulrich, and more.
The absolute best was "The Car". I think it had a demon in it; it couldn't go into a consecrated graveyard. Scared me soooo bad.
It still drives around between 3 and 5 am, always with the horn screaming and sometimes fire on the hood 👹
I remember that movie! Wasn't it the one where the car speeded toward a house, then flew through a window and killed someone? 😱.
These demon-possessed vehicles are extra scary to me, no understanding or reasoning with them!
It was Jaws on land. Another demon driven car is "Crash!"
Can you remember a killing tyre movie, no joke, check 😂
I saw this movie on TV in 1974. Marvel Comics had a comic book version of this movie. I still have the comic book!
When this came out, there was a guy in our neighborhood who started keeping a bulldozer like this one on the vacant lot. Whenever it got dark, us kids refused to take that street home. For kicks, we would psych each other out by saying we heard it hum or we heard it start up! Fun times !!
COMPANY RULES: Hard hats must be worn at all times!
And they have to worn crooked...
Don't forget ear plugs.
Safety first!
😂
Even to bed!
I remember this movie this was this makes me feel old I've seen this movie on TV a long time ago❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂
WOW Saw this movie on TV back in 1974 and thought it was pretty cool, of course I was 14 years old at the time.
I remember watching this as a kid, then taking my ertyl bulldozer and wiring it to my mom's bug zapper...good times....
your moms got bugs? eww
dave1135 hell ya i was always rigging something and the mistif was on🤣🤣🤣
Gadam kevin McAllister should have done that when harry and marv were roaming about
I remember watching this movie when it was aired. I never have forgotten it. Watching it again makes me think that the production of movies back then were primitive. The people who were part of writing and producing this movie also were part of Star Trek.
I never wanted to be a Red Shirt on Star Trek.
When Captain Kirk wanted to go on a off ship mission, you always knew that anyone wearing any other color shirt would survive.
This is one of those made for TV movies that would replay sometime every year in the early 70's. TV viewing was different back then, and so was the audience.
Ever recall a movie called "Duel" with Dennis Weaver from 1971??
The car movie was a great 1
Love this film -we used to come back from the pub and put this on the video and laugh us heads off!
I grew up with this flim though and always liked it....the best line is "how do we kill it? -its too big to hang"
I remember watching this movie when I was a kid back in the 70's. Good stuff!
Did it terrify you?
@@ConnerTheEsquire - lol...no. Loved it!
this was a ABC MOVIE of the WEEK from 830 to 10 pm tues nights duhhh
Hell yeah nothin scarier than 70’s futuristic beep bopping over an extremely slow moving piece of heavy machinery
Not one piece of machinery was harmed in the making of this film
Sponsored in part(FULLY) by Caterpillar Inc. lol
@@theblacksheep1000 sponsored by C.A.T.
cr33pvilla which is the same.
@@hermask815 same what?
cr33pvilla I mean 'C.A.T' and 'caterpillar' are the same company.
I love this movie, I have seen it 5, 6 times,. I love this movie, I love it, I love it .
I love the weird 70s synthesizer sounds that you here whenever killdozer Drives By. That alone makes this movie worth watching.
The invisable operator was in the box built behind the seat. Nothing on a Cat there but a fuel tank and they probably used a smaller tank and packed a small operator in there. What a deal.
You sure about that??
Good catch. True, there is no enclosure like that on any D9.
@@buzzcrushtrendkill Never ran a 9 but about everything up to an 8H. Nothing back there but rippers and winches.
I already knew of killdozer but I didn’t realize there was also a movie
Because of Marvin Heemeyer, whose own heavily-modified bulldozer was given the name in 2004, 30 years after this movie hit the big screens!
Excellent quality picture!
@@MrRAGE-md5rj Or little screens, since this was made for TV .
@@MrRAGE-md5rj that’s about 60 years since the short story ‘Killdozer’ was released. The TV movie was based on a 1944 Novella by Theodore Sturgeon
Dutch and Mac sure seemed to spend a lot of time together...going for midnight swims, going to dances, picking out paint chips and fabric swatches...hmmm...I don't know.
El Presidente!
Village people meet the dozer
I'm sure that after they enjoyed their midnight swims, they enjoyed each other in bed too, hehe!! Exploring each others holes and tools, hehe!!
This campy bit of fun from the 70s was one of the last productions along with Kolchak The Night Stalker were one of last echoes of classic network Scifi/Fantasy productions. Made for TV movies like this and Duel directed by a young Steven Speilberg show that a small budget doesn't necessarily mean poor storytelling or imagination is a matter of money.
low budget? that dozer costs 90 clams!
In this case, the story was ruined. The short story was much better.
Kolchak was great.
Yeah I remember dual I remember this killdozer when I was a kid in the seventies I had a nightmare that I was killed by a bulldozer how cool thanks for bringing this back2life awesome guys
Thanks for uploading this classic! I only saw this movie once and that was in 1974 when it was made for TV. At that time it was a unique concept in movie making and it wasnt until "Christine" in 1983 that you saw another evil being inhabit a machine. "Killer Klowns From Outerspace" and "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" were fun also.
This film was based on a rather terrifying short story written by Henry Kuttner as I recall.
I think I read it when I was around 12 years old Liv I ng in Colorado.
I read a lot of science fiction as a kid.
As luck would have it my father at the time owned an Allis Chalmers HD 5 bulldozer and some evenings for a while at dusk I'd go out and look at it and imagine it coming to life.
I never knew they made a movie of it almost 20 y e ars later.
This movie melted my brain back in '74, man! Some other fun 70's movies are: Duel, Gargoyles, Trilogy Of Terror, I Drink Your Blood, and Tales From The Crypt(1972)
i was traumatized by this when i saw it.. was 4 years old... took me 40 to find it and confront my demons lol... thats when you realize how impressionable a childs mind is... loved your comments btw
When I was a kid, I was afraid of a bulldozer. And that fear, I had before seeing this movie. I only lost my fear when I was 10 or 11 years old when my friends saw one working and invited me to go see. In order not to be ashamed, I went together, terrified. The longer I watched the machine work, the less fear I felt until I completely lost my fear. That was in the 90s.
The picture quality is excellent! I wish everybody could upload this well.
I remember my grandma telling me she saw this movie come out in early 1974 she had her 26 birthday that year and recalls seeing it at the movies. she's not that big into horror films but "kill dozer" she would make an exception. that same year in 1974 the television series " happy days" first aired, its a comedy series that is set in the late 1950s and depicts the life Richie Cunningham the main character and his family. but both I think are really great television and movies, am still looking for these classic horror films from the 1970s and 1980s because you can never find the classics anymore so lets hope RUclips still has the full version available like this film with no- cuts.
This thriller is a ton of fun. Thank you.
Steve Eells more like 49 tons of fun, Cat D9
firstname lastname Yes. Killdozer was an awesome machine.
@@firstnamelastname7143 d9g actually
This is worth watching mainly to see Clint Walker, my boyhood hero
Right on👍
Man, this movie is amazing so far: all the actors are just awesome, the music is pretty cool, the retro-sounding noises and beeps
that emanate from the strange object; and later the tractor itself, and the story is just keeping me so entertained. Thanks a lot uploader 👍🏼😎🤘🏼 Now to see how this movie progresses...
There were two things that terrified me during this time. One was Old Mack Tankers (thanks to 'Duel') and Cat D-9s (thanks to this movie!)
baldguy42 Thank god you haven't seen "Trucks" or "Christine", otherwise you would probably terrified of all vehicles!
Wasn't "Trucks" just a remake of "Maximum Overdrive" ?
I didn't think that "Trucks" was a good a movie as "Maximum Overdrive."
Wow, this is great quality. Thanks for posting this. Fun movie for drink night.
Clint Walker used to play Cheyenne Bodie. The most scary episode was Big Ghost Basin, which kept me and my brothers and sisters behind the sofa.
I saw this movie with my dad when it was telecast on ABC back in 1974. It was quite scary for me when i was a kid. Thanks for the memories.
There is something so unique about the way all these movies started during that era with the opening credits. It was so ambient, organic, silent and it had a certain darkness to it!!!!
The early to mid 70’s were a trip.
I read the short story/novella by Theodore Sturgeon several years ago. Have just happened upon this movie many years later! Good to see these guys.
The follow up was even better - "Death-Cavator". About a psychotic excavator....
The great thing about this is that Theodore Sturgeon, who wrote the novella on which this is based, and co-wrote the screenplay, knew how to operate a Caterpillar D7 bulldozer. During World War II he ran one while helping to build runways in the Caribbean for military transport aircraft. This is a pretty good adaptation, but the written story is better. I'd say the obvious plot holes about being able to get away from the Killdozer are a result of a low production budget.
Really good picture quality!! What a blast from the past. I saw it with folks as a kid, we would all come runnin back in from the kitchen to not miss a scene, we were hooked. Thx.
I can’t believe I never watched this as a kid. My first time watching it.
I actually remember watching this film on TV in the mid 70's, and probably remembered it so well, because it was such an odd concept for a story, for a alien life force to take over a bulldozer. Makes you wonder about the day, someone went into a TV execs office and proposed this story, and the reaction they got. Anyway its a very good film!
an ABC MOTW on Tues nites from 830 to 10 pm
This movie got me into reading science fiction. Theodore Sturgeon, the author of Killdozer, wrote a lot of sci-fi. If you ever get the chance to read his short story "Slow Sculptures" it is my favorite
Watch manos hands of fate😂
I can't believe this has been put on youtube! About 27 years ago I saw this and I had nightmares for weeks.. (I was 7).. Never forgot it and had an odd phobia of construction vehicles since. Was just telling my other half and googled it for ages to get the name and came here... Awesome upload.