Sci-Fi

  • Stuart Gordon – From Beyond (1986)

    1981-1990HorrorSci-FiStuart GordonUSA

    A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.Read More »

  • Karl Hartl – Gold (1934)

    1931-1940DramaGermanyKarl HartlSci-FiThird Reich Cinema

    Synopsis:
    ‘Hans Albers stars as Werner Holk, an engineer who is working with Professor Achenbach on a machine that will turn lead into gold. When an “accident” occurs that costs the Professor his life, Holk swears vengeance, and determines that the mastermind behind the sabotage was Scottish millionaire John Wills, who has his own rival group working on the same machine. Wills actually hires Holk on to help make his machine a success, and while at first Holk is determined to destroy Wills’ effort from within, when Holk meets Wills’ daughter Florence he begins to second guess his mission.’
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  • William Wauer – Der Tunnel AKA The Tunnel (1915)

    Germany1911-1920Sci-FiSilentWilliam Wauer

    David Bordwell wrote:

    In 1913, the popular novelist Bernhard Kellermann published Der Tunnel. It’s not quite science-fiction, more a prophetic fiction or realist fantasy in the vein of Things to Come. The book became a best-seller and the basis of a 1915 film directed by William Wauer.Read More »

  • Jean-Daniel Simon – Ils AKA Them (1970)

    1961-1970FranceJean-Daniel SimonMysterySci-Fi

    An artist grows hateful of commercial demands on his questionable talents when his friend and artist commits suicide. He puts the blame for his friend’s death on an art critic and a shady art dealer. He is able to take out his frustrations on the pretentious critic at a party. When an elderly man moves into the boarding house, he brings a machine he invented that can make people realize their subconscious dreams…Read More »

  • Jack Arnold – Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

    1951-1960HorrorJack ArnoldSci-FiUSA

    A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.Read More »

  • Vincent McEveety – The Strongest Man in the World (1975)

    1971-1980ComedySci-FiUSAVincent McEveety

    A school laboratory accident mixes one student’s vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley’s chemical experiment. When the kids decide to dispose of the mess to their neighbor’s cow, they learn that the cereal gave the cow the super-strength to give a massively vast supply of milk. When they try it out on themselves, they discover that the stuff gives any human superhuman strength for a few minutes. The school sees this as the thing needed to save their school from closure, as the Dean makes a deal with his relative who owns the company that makes the cereal for financial support, unaware that it was Dexter’s chemical which was solely responsible for the strength. When her competitor learn of this deal, he hires two criminals to stop it.Read More »

  • Jean-Daniel Pollet – Le maître du temps AKA The Master of Time (1970)

    1961-1970DramaFranceJean-Daniel PolletSci-Fi

    Quote:
    An alien, master of the time from a distant star who travels centuries to centuries, explores our planet. He finds himself on a Brazilian beach with his magic ring.Read More »

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson – Last and First Men (2020)

    2011-2020ExperimentalIcelandJóhann JóhannssonSci-Fi

    Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.

    Based on the cult science fiction novel of the same name by Olaf Stapledon, Jóhann Jóhannsson artfully combines music, film and narrative spoken by Hollywood star Tilda Swinton in his opus Magnum Last and First Men, a poetic meditation on memory and loss.Read More »

  • Vittorio Cottafavi – Operazione Vega (1962)

    1961-1970ItalySci-FiTVVittorio Cottafavi

    Quote:

    A TV movie (aired on Rai on July 2, 1962) that seems to come from a remote galaxy. We are no longer used to anything like this. It is an alienating charm, consciously cooled to the extreme, stylized in its scenographic and luminous lines of relentless, literary cleanliness (where can we hear a word like “dripping” on TV today?), Without a shred of sentimentality.

    In short, Bertolt Brecht on the small screen. The text is taken from a radio original by Friedrich Dürenmatt.Read More »

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