SCI FI FLICKS
A BOY
AND HIS DOG (1975 COLOR 87
MIN) Don Johnson, Jason Robards. Based on Harlan Ellison's short
story of a post nuclear Earth on which a telepathic dog hunts to satisfy
his owners hunger for both food and women. Not a favorite film of
feminist groups. 1975 (R)
ABRAXAS - MPAA Rated (R) Abraxas, a Bi-Galaxian Cop
(Jesse Ventura) chases a rogue law enforcer from the northern stars to
the north woods of Minnesota. Abraxas pursues the evil Secundus
(Sven-Ole Thorsen) through assorted snow banks, evergreens, and a winter
wonderland of death traps, en route to a final confrontation involving
the anti-life equation, a limitless power source! (Approx. 90 Min.)
ALIEN FACTOR (1977 COLOR 80 MIN) Don Leffert,
Tom Grifith, Mary Mertens. A spaceship transporting intergalactic zoo
creatures crashes on earth. The creatures menace a small town.What do
creatures have against small towns? This is the first feature of Don
Dohler, Baltimore filmmaker.
ALIEN SPECIES Jodi Seronick. Ashley Semrick, Charles
Napier, Has the invasion has begun? A huge mother ship from an alien
planet sneaks into orbit around the Earth. Lethal bat-winged fighters
descend on to the planet. People are abducted and homes destroyed. A
small town sheriff and two deputies are joined by a professor and
discover the alien plan. Can they save earth? 1996 COLOR 92 minutes USA
ARRIVAL (1990 COLOR 115 MIN) John Saxon, Joseph Culp, Robert
Frates and Michael J. Pollard. An old man has an encounter with an alien
force which reverses his age and gives him a thirst for blood.
Directed by David Schmoeller.
BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS Tor Johnson, Douglas Mellor, Ronald
Francis, Anthony Cardoza. A defecting Russian scientist is transformed
by an atomic test into a hulking monster, Tor Johnson, of course. The
tag line to advertise the film was .. "Commies made him an atomic
mutant!". This is one of the if the worst films ever made. 1961
B&W 54 minutes.
BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1959 B&W 70 MIN) Jason Evers,
Virginia Leith. Surgeon is keeps his girl friend's head alive in a
tray while us searches for a body to match.
Chariots of the Gods
A film documentation of Eric Von Daniken's belief that
extra-terrestrial creatures visited earth and were responsible for the
many structures which were built by ancient man. "Fifty million
stars in our galaxy have the potential of supporting life forms capable
of traveling to other planets," says world-renowned authority Erich
von Daniken, whose film version of his best-selling book, "Chariots
of the Gods", purports
to give stunning visual proof that some form of life from outer
space landed on Earth centuries ago. It took five years for von Daniken
to document, on film, the physical evidence of visits by galactic
travelers who came to Earth. Just what they did here and the influences
they left behind is the core of the film. In search of basic truths, the
film, Chariots of the Gods, takes the viewer into the far reaches of
underground caves and tombs, and to the tops of desolate mountains on
every major continent to show the evidence von Daniken has collected1972
Color 90 minute
COSMOS WAR OF THE PLANETS John Richardson, Yanti Sommer. A
spaceship investigates and out of control planet and discovers a
computer that controls and underground civilization. 1977 COLOR 95
minutes. Italy.
CREATURE, THE 1985 COLOR 97 MIN Stan Ivar. A crew of scientists
arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown
origin. They discover that the German enemies have already a ship
there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find
the German's bodies, obviously slaughtered by one of the archaic
creatures, awoken to new life. Now the alien is after them.
1985 Color 97 minutes USA
DEVIL GIRLS FROM MARS (1954
B&W 77 MIN) Hazel Court, Hugh McDermott. Sex starved space maidens
send the Devil girl to earth to collect men to repopulate their planet.
1954 B&W 77 minutes.
ESCAPE FROM GALAXY 3 (1976 COLOR)
Cheryl Buchanon, James Milton, Don Powell. A pair of space lovers finds
themselves in a far off galaxy surrounded by high tech hostilities.
Excitement follows as they try to escape the grasp of crazed alien
rulers.
EYES
BEYOND THE STARS Robert Hoffman, Martin Balsam, Sherry Buchanan,
Nathalie Delon. A photographer and his model are on a photo shoot in the
forest when they get the feeling they are being watched. The feeling
becomes so strong they leave and later when the film is developed, an
alien creature is seen in the background. 1978 COLOR 90 minutes. USA,
Italy, Spain
FIRST
SPACESHIP ON VENUE 1959 COLOR
81 MIN A strange spool like object is found at a construction site and
is identified as having come from Venus. When? How? A rocket ship is
launched to find it's origin and the civilization which created it.
GARGOYLES 1972 (Color 74 MIN) Cornel Wilde, Jennifer
Salt, Scott Glenn, Woody Chambliss. An anthropologist/paleontologist
and his lovely daughter, while traveling through the southwestern US,
stumble upon a colony of living, breathing gargoyles who in
the end only want to be left alone. (Can't we all just be friends?)
Above average sci fi story Made for CBS Television.
GIANT SPIDER INVASION (1975 Color 75 MIN)
Barbara Hale, Alan Hale, Steve Brodie. Spiders from space run amok
in Wisconsin town.
HIDEOUS SUN DEMON Robert
Clark, Patricia Manning. Clark produced, directed and cast himself
as star of this film about a scientist who turns into a monster when
exposed to deadly rays from the sun.
HORROR PLANET 1980 Color 96 minutes. Judy Greeson. Robin Clarke,
Victoria Tennant. Alien creature is driven to breed before moving on to
spread its horror. A group of explorers come across the creature and
provide a prospective mother for it's terrible offspring. Directed
by Norman J. Warren.
IDAHO TRANSFER 1973 Not Rated 85 Minutes Keith
Carradine, Kevin Hurst, Kelly Bohannan. (Mild Violence) A crew of young
researchers travels into the future to avoid the shutdown of their
project. They find that some unspecified disaster has de-populated the
area around their campsite (in rural Idaho) and, by implication, the
nation or maybe the world. More than a quarter of a century before
Blair Witch Project, The Idaho Transfer created a similar motiff of
hand-held, semi-realistic footage (probably more from a low-budget) than
deliberate cinematographic design a decent sci fi time travel movie, one
of the few movies directed by Peter Fonda (of Henry Fonda fame). This
little gem while rough in places, jumpy, and sometimes difficult to
follow movie has charm all of its own with a script and plot that feels
real and scary at the same time. It has tension. It is a compelling
movie with one of those simple but surprise endings that can leave one
disturbed.
IN THE YEAR 2889 -
1967
Color 80 Minutes Not Rated (Mild Violence, Partial Nudity, Language) A
motley band of survivors of a nuclear holocaust struggle to survive..
whilst faced with a shortage of food, fresh water and alcohol. Captain
John's valley home is situated to be completely fall-out resistant. With
food enough for he and his daughter, an unwelcome crew of interlopers
threaten the Captain’s post apocalyptic paradise. Shot
in 16mm and color and used to pad out one of American International's
television syndication packages.
AIP gave director the script for Day the World Ended (1956) to use for
this film. The result is an almost line-for-line remake and a fill
oddity. Made for TV.
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF TIME 1967
Color Scott Brady,
Lyle Waggoner, Gigi Perreau. Anthony Eisley
Not Rated (Mild Violence) Hard-nosed
Stanton takes over a scientific research company upon the death of his
benevolent father. Scientists Manning, Gordon and White, who are very
close to a breakthrough in time travel, are told by Stanton they must
have results in 24 hours or face a funding cut-off. Trying to push their
equipment past its safe operating limit they travel into the far future
and distant past, with Stanton along as an accidental participant!
(Approx. 85 Min.)
KILLERS FROM SPACE -
Not
Rated (Mild Violence) Atomic scientist Doug Martin is missing after his
plane crashes while on an investigatory mission following a nuclear
test. Showing up at the base later, he is given sodium pentathol after
being caught in espionage activities. For some reason, no one believes
him as he relates how he was captured by aliens who plan on conquering
Earth by using giant animals and insects. (Approx. 71 Min.)
LASER MISSION -
MPAA Rated (R) Brandon Lee, the son of
martial arts master Bruce Lee, stars in this enthralling thriller filled
with action and incredible fight sequences. A renegade government agent
(Lee) has been given a seemingly impossible mission: to uncover and
destroy a top secret Soviet laser weapons operation. (Approx. 91 Min.)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS -
1960 B&W 70 Minutes
Not Rated Jack Nicholson. Mild Violence) Roger Corman's "The Little
Shop of Horrors" is a perfect example of a fun,low budget cult
film.It's very inventive black comedy that will keep you entertained.
The film was shot on a budget of $27000 in a period of just two days.
The direction is amazing, The acting is excellent (Jack Nicholson really
steals the show as the world's most masochistic patient Wilbur Force)
and there are some wonderful moments. All in all if you like Roger
Corman's cheapies give this one a look. Classic black comedy about
a young schnook who develops a bloodthirsty plant and is forced to kill
in order to feed it. From the greatest science-fiction novel of all
time! This film was the basis for the later hit stage musical. (Approx.
70 Min.)
METAMORPHISIS, ALIEN CONTAMINATION (1981 COLOR 85 MIN) Ian
McCulloch,
Louise Monroe and Marlin Mase. A ship with a cargo of
pulsating eggs and no crew docks at New York harbor. These are the eggs
of a one eyed Martian spawned by a seed brought to Earth by an
astronaut. Directed by Lewis Coates. 1981 Color 85 minutes.
NIGHTMARE CASTLE Barbara Steele Most commonly known in the
US as "Nightmare Castle", this 1965 shocker starts off with
cinematic guns ablazin!! Barbara Steele plays a wicked woman married to
a lunatic doctor. He discovers her in a heated trist with their
gardener. Both Steele and her lover are chained to a lab wall, and given
a slow, grimy, painful death via horrible surgical instruments. These
scenes, disturbing as hell, remind one of crime scene photos of Lizzie
Borden or Jack The Ripper.A sadistic count tortures and murders his
unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their
bodies. Years later, the count remarries and the new wife experiences
nightmares and hauntings. The ghosts of the slain return to exact their
bloody revenge, until their hearts are destroyed. 1965 Color 90 minutes
NEOPHITES & NEON LIGHTS -
Not Rated (Mild Violence,
Language)
A world where teleportation replaced air travel, urine therapy was
proven to aid longevity, nicotine was an illegal narcotic and color TV
was still a fantasy. In the middle of this is a rag tag group of petty
criminals. Power struggles, paranoia, back-stabbing and suspicion abound
as the film takes us through a journey into the very core of social
conditioning. (Approx. 90 Min.)
ROBOT MONSTER (1952 B&W 63 MIN)
A monster
in a monkey suit and a deep sea diver's helmet land on earth during an
electrical storm. Death rays, sonic shields and (unexplainable)
soap bubbles come into play. Really! George Nader, Claudia Barrett and
George Barrows in the sleazy fur monkey suit. 1952 B&W 63 minutes.
ROCKET SHIP X-M Lloyd
Bridges, Hugh O'Brien.
Lunar mission goes wrong.
SLIPSTREAM -
MPAA Rated (PG-13) Mark Hamill, Ben
Kingsley, and F. Murray Abraham fuel this dystrophic tale of a future
world where nature runs rampant, and the death-defying manhunt for a
bounty hunter must make in search of his quarry! (Approx. 92 Min.)
SLIPSTREAM
(1989 COLOR 92 MIN) Mark Hamill, Kitty Aldridge, Bob Peck,
F. Murray Abraham, Ben Kingsley. An android, wanted for murder is on the
run from a bounty hunters. He is caught and then stolen away from his
captor by a rogue and his female partner and then the three become
fast friends. They escape in a glider to a heavy and very dangerous
wind current caused by man’s distruction of the ecology. Critics hail
Hamill's performance. (GB
)
STAR KNIGHT (1985 COLOR 92 MIN) Klaus
Kinski, Harvey Keitel, Fernando Rey. A space visitor in medieval times
falls in love with a peasant girl. The towns people think the spacecraft
is a dragon and set out to free Princess Alba whom it abducted.
STAR ODYSSEY –
MPAA Rated (R) A band of schizoid
bikers meet a van of wasted hippies in a weird ghost town, and their
mutual anarchy evolves into a free-form orgy. The two groups seem
originally destined for compatibility, with their goalless philosophy
and wandering nomadic life. However, disparity between the pacification
of the hippies and the impulsive, war-like misery of the alcoholic
bikers soon erupts into all-out war! (Approx. 86 Min.)
TARGET EARTH
1954 B&W Richard Denning, Virginia Grey. Robots from Venus invade Chicago.
THE
BAT
(1959 B&W 80 MIN) Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin
Gordon, DarlaHooc. Is there a vicious gigantic bat killing the towns
people? Moorehead plays mystery novelist Cornelia Van Gorder,
whose remote mansion is the scene for all sorts of diabolical goings-on.
The "maguffin" is a million dollars' worth of securities,
hidden away somewhere in the huge and foreboding estate. Vincent Price
is seen committing a murder early on-but he's not the film's only
villain. Former Our Gang star Darla Hood is seen as a murder victim
THE DAY TIME ENDED -
MPAA Rated (PG) Their lives became a living hell...when past, present
and future collided! Aliens visit the solar-powered house of a
middle-class family, and the house is suddenly sucked into a time warp
that takes it back to prehistoric times! (Approx. 80 Min.)
THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE -
Not Rated (Mild Violence)
Aliens crash land on the moon; they then try to use scientists from
Earth as slaves to help fix their ship. But, one of the scientists, Curt
Temple, is immune to the aliens' influence thanks to a steel plate in
his head from an auto accident. (Approx. 85 Min.)
THIS IS NOT A TEST
Seamon Glass, Thayer Roberts. Ralph Manza.
Late one night on a rural road in the western US, a policeman sets up a
roadblock and begins stopping all traffic. When several cars and a big
truck have stopped, he tells everyone why: a nuclear attack on the US
appears to be underway, and since they have the truck there, their best
chance at survival is to use it as a bomb shelter. Time is short and
tensions in the small group quickly rise. There is looting and violence.
1962 B&W 73 minutes
VOYAGE TO A PREHISTORIC PLANET
Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue. Produced by Roger Corman. In the year 2020,
cosmonaut Marcia (Faith Domergue) orbits the planet Venus while two
astronauts and a robot journey on the surface. Professor Hartman (Basil
Rathbone) is also on hand to observe the exploration from a distance.
The explorers are attacked by prehistoric beasts, and then lose their
robot (and nearly their lives!) in a volcanic eruption that engulfs the
planet. They conclude that the Venusians were really human beings who
destroyed their civilization with nuclear warfare. 1965 COLOR 78 MIN.
WAITING FOR THE GIANTS
–
Not Rated (Mild Violence)
Raymond Pierce, a "Giant" with the ability to glimpse the
future, knows that he must find two other people with extraordinary
powers to help him affect a change. When police invade his home and kill
his wife, the time is at hand. His search must begin. (Approx. 88 Min.)
WARRIORS OF THE WASTELAND -
MPAA Rated (R) Scorpion is
a loner, cruising the desert in his futuristic hot rod trying to avoid
trouble. He usually doesn't- since he's always running into the Templars,
a band of dune-buggy-driving marauders led by the speechifying One and
his henchman, Shadow. Scorpion has to team up with The Hammer to battle
the Templars when they threaten the lives of a group of pacifists.
(Approx. 84 Min.)
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