It's cowboys versus aliens in this Charles Band production, not the first sci-fi western by a long shot but pretty much the only one that doesn't make the mistake of taking itself seriously. On a frontier planet the sheriff of Oblivion is murdered by outlaws led by reptilian desperado Redeye. The lawman's peace-loving son (genetically unable to do violence, unless it&#x…
This film is very nearly as bad as the title suggests.
In the year 2099 the spaceship Starlight is off on an adventurous mission to unexplored galaxies.
Cable TV-movie follows one of the more interesting alien-abduction theories from Whitley Strieber's book Communion.
In a post-apocalyptic future when solar flares have spread madness and death, John Travis is the only beat patrolman keeping peace in the ruins.
In post-holocaust Los Angeles, Charleton Hes-ton is immune to the effects of a biologically engineered plague and battles those who aren't – an army of albino victims bent on destroying what's left of the world.
A group of survivors attempt to live normal lives in post-apocalyptic Australia, waiting for the inevitable arrival of killer radiation. At times they're all so stoic and good natured about it all that you want to smack them. Fred Astaire is strong in his first dramatic role. Though scientifically implausible, still a good anti-war vehicle. Based on the best-selling novel by Nevil Shute, th…
Lesser-known sci-fi fantasy by Jules Verne brought to life by Czech animator Karel Zeman. Wandering planetoid brushes past 19th-century Earth and takes part of the Mediterranean coast with it. Drifting through the solar system, assorted Europeans, Arabs, dinosaurs (?), soldiers, lovers, and scalawags realize their old nationalist squabbles are pointless now that they're comple…
The strange saga of the struggle of primitive cavemen and their battle against dinosaurs and other monsters.
Easily the most surrealistic screen telling of the life and times of history's most famous liar. Director Karel Zeman utilizes a unique blend of live action, art, animation, special effects, and his lyrical eye for the not-quite-real to create a world all its own. When a modern day astronaut is stranded on the moon, he is amazed enough just to meet the Baron, let alone return to Earth in Mu…
Unemployed photojournalist buys obsolete camera at a yard sale and discovers the 25-year-old film shows pictures of a flying saucer encounter and abduction by ‘Schwa’ aliens.
Director Wolfgang Petersen (Shattered, In the Line of Fire), an expert in the thriller genre, stumbles badly here, along with star Dustin Hoffman. An animal smuggler (Patrick Dempsey) sneaks a rare African monkey into the U.S. Unfortunately, the monkey carries a deadly virus, which infects the smuggler, and those with whom he comes into contact. The plague begins to spr…
On lo, a volcanic moon of Jupiter, miners begin suffering from spells of insanity (stepping out into the vacuum without their suits, for your viewing pleasure).
Like The Lathe of Heaven, this shot-on-tape cerebral sf was done for Public Television and remains one of the better (and least-known) screen translations of cyberpunk.