3-D Features and Shorts: 1966 - 1997 The following titles played theatrically in the United States. Anaglyphic 3-D releases are listed in green. Unless noted, all titles were shown in polarized 3-D. THE BUBBLE - December 1966 THE STEWARDESSES - July 1969 SWINGTAIL - color anaglyphic - December 1969 CAPTAIN MILKSHAKE - polarized segments (released flat) - November 1970 Click here for an interview with the director, Richard Crawford. THE MASK reissue (as EYES OF HELL) - anaglyphic segments - February 1971 HOUSE OF WAX reissue - October 1971 ASYLUM OF THE INSANE - anaglyphic segment - November 1971 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SECRETS OF ECSTASY '72 - December 1971 Click here for more information. Also, see Hi-Fi Stereo 70. THE CHAMBER-MADES - March 1972 THE BUBBLE reissue - October 1972 PRISON GIRLS - January 1973 TWO GUYS FROM TICK RIDGE (short) - January 1973 I, MONSTER - Pulfrich effect segments (filmed in 1970) - April 1973 THE FLESH AND BLOOD SHOW - anaglyphic segment - August 1974 BLACK LOLITA - color anaglyphic - December 1974 SLY STONE (with Rare Earth) - never finished - February-May 1975 IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE reissue - anaglyphic - May 1975 (poster dated 1972) CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON reissue - anaglyphic - May 1975 (poster dated 1972) Note: Both titles were originally shown polarized in the 1950's. In February 1976, filming began in Korea on THE NEW KING KONG in Space-Vision. On March 15, a trade ad was placed in Boxoffice. At that time, Dino De Laurentiis was in production on his $22,000,000 remake of KING KONG and the producers changed the title to SUPER APE in June. It finally opened as A*P*E in October. WILDCAT WOMEN - color anaglyphic - October 1975 THE BUBBLE reissue (as FANTASTIC INVASION OF PLANET EARTH) - September 1976 A*P*E - October 1976 THE LOLLIPOP GIRLS IN HARD CANDY - color anaglyphic - October 1976 THE WILD RIDE (short) - October 1976 ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN reissue - October 1976 THE STARLETS - November 1976 EXPERIMENTS IN LOVE (short) - November 1976 FUNK IN 3-D - December 1976 LOVE IN 3-D reissue - December 1976 THE GROOVE ROOM aka WHAT THE SWEDISH BUTLER SAW - March 1977 THE CAPITAL HILL GIRLS - June 1977 HEAVY EQUIPMENT - color anaglyphic - July 1977 DYNASTY - August 1977 THE NORTH AND SOUTH CHIVALRY - 1977 (U.S. release is not confirmed.) MANHOLD - January 1978 WILLIE NELSON'S 4th OF JULY CELEBRATION (filmed in 1974, released flat) - June 1979 COMIN' AT YA - August 1981 HOUSE OF WAX reissue - November 1981 THE WINNERS (short) - 1981 PARASITE - March 1982 ANDY WARHOL'S FRANKENSTEIN reissue - April 1982 FRIDAY THE 13th PART III - August 1982 BUSTING OUT aka WILDCAT WOMEN - color anaglyphic - August 1982 CHEEK TO CHEEK aka PLAYMATES - color anaglyphic - August 1982 MAGNIFICENT BODYGUARD - September 1982 MAGIC JOURNEYS (short) - October 1982 THE GROOVE ROOM reissue (as TICKLED PINK) - November 1982 TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS - January 1983 ROCK 'N' ROLL HOTEL (never released) - March 1983 Click here to read about this lost 3-D film. ROTTWEILER aka DOGS OF HELL - March 1983 SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE - May 1983 THE 3-D MOVIE - documentary (never released) - May 1983 JAWS 3-D - July 1983 THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE - August 1983 AMITYVILLE 3-D - November 1983 TIGER MAN (filmed in 1976 with new footage in 1981) - 1983 SEXCALIBUR aka SEX IN 3-D - 1984 HOT HEIR - February 1984 BLONDE EMANUELLE aka DISCO DOLLS IN HOT SKIN - color anaglyphic - February 1984 SCORING! aka M 3-D:THE MOVIE! - color anaglyphic - February 1984 IT CAME FROM INNER SPACE was a horror film and would have been the first mainstream 3-D release from the Deep Vision Company. Some footage was shot in Death Valley but it was never completed. TALES OF THE THIRD DIMENSION - April 1984 VENUS - May 1984 WATER, THE SOURCE OF LIFE (short) - May 1984 CHAIN GANG - June 1984
MÉNAGE À TROIS - August 1984 HYPERSPACE (released flat) - September 1984 SILENT MADNESS - October 1984 WE ARE BORN OF STARS (IMAX short) - anaglyphic - January 1985THE SENSORIUM (the first short in 4-D) - July 1985 - More information here and here. STARCHASER: THE LEGEND OF ORIN - November 1985 TRANSITIONS (IMAX short) - January 1986 CAPTAIN EO (short) - September 1986 M 3-D:THE MOVIE! aka SCORING! - color anaglyphic - 1986 IMAGINE (IMAX short) - January 1993 INTO THE DEEP (IMAX short) - November 1994 HONEY I SHRUNK THE AUDIENCE (short) - November 1994 T2: 3-D: BATTLE ACROSS TIME (short) - April 1996 MARVIN THE MARTIAN IN THE THIRD-DIMENSION (short) - October 1996 L5: FIRST CITY IN SPACE (IMAX short) - October 1996 THE HIDDEN DIMENSION (IMAX short) - May 1997 THE IMAX NUTCRACKER (short) - November 1997 THE CREEPS (released flat) - December 1997 PAINT MISBEHAVIN' (IMAX short) - December 1997 Special thanks to John Geary for his invaluable assistance; Matt Spero and Eric Kurland for research materials. |