THRILL RIDE

Although I enjoyed David Kronke’s story on disaster films, old and new, I was rather dismayed that the only words he had for the film “Rollercoaster” were negative (“Disasters Just Waiting to Happen,” June 30).

Sure, it was marketed under the umbrella of your ‘70s disaster film (with Sensurround in tow), but anybody who avoided it for that sole reason missed a taut cat-and-mouse thriller, co-written by Emmy winners Richard Levinson and William Link (the creators of “Columbo”). Add to that the incredibly unique and complex score by Lalo Schifrin (“Mission: Impossible”) that captured the tension of the story interwoven with the frivolity of today’s amusement parks.

If only today’s disaster films could be half as good.

PATRICK McMAHON

Glendora