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A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for employment. He hears stories about 1) the revenge of a murdered wife, 2) a tailor who makes a suit with some highly unusual qualities, 3) a woman who questions her sanity when it appears that her brother is conspiring against her, and 4) a man who builds tiny toy robots with lifelike human heads.Read More »
Sci-Fi
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Roy Ward Baker – Asylum (1972)
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Katsuhiro Ôtomo – Akira (1988)
1981-1990AnimationJapanKatsuhiro OtomoSci-Fi
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A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by two teenagers and a group of psychics.Read More » -
Chris Shaw – Split (1989)
1981-1990Chris ShawDramaSci-FiUSAIMDB:
Sci-fi story about a man (Timothy Dwight) on the run from a Big Brother-like security force.Read More » -
Ralph Thomas – Quest for Love (1971)
1971-1980DramaRalph ThomasSci-FiUnited KingdomAfter a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has some striking differences. In this other reality the Second World War had never occurred, mankind had not yet traveled into Space and Mt. Everest had not yet been conquered, just to name a few things. Also in this other reality he is no longer a scientist but rather a well known author. He also finds that he is married to a beautiful woman who he instantly falls in love with but who his alternate self never cared for.Read More »
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Kon Ichikawa – Taketori monogatari AKA Princess from the Moon (1987)
1981-1990AsianJapanKon IchikawaSci-FiThe old Japanese folktale of the Bamboo Cutter is here reinterpreted to make Kaguya an alien visitor. Sticking fairly closely to the original 9th century tale of a bamboo cutter finding a mysterious baby girl, this film puts a modern spin onto it by turning the beautiful visitor from the moon into an alien entity lost from a crashed spaceship.Read More »
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Thomas Schamoni – Ein großer graublauer Vogel AKA A Big Grey-Blue Bird (1970)
1961-1970ArthouseGermanySci-FiThomas SchamoniThis critically well-received independent German film production was made and first seen in 1970, but did not receive general release until 1971. A group of five scientists have invented a machine which will unravel the whole fabric of time and space but have managed to blot the full memory of their achievement from their minds. They did this to prevent the complete destruction of space-time as we know it. However, they also programmed themselves to remember everything if someone uses the key words “a big grey-blue bird.” Gangsters bent on world domination and a young documentary film-team track down these scientists, each attempting to learn their secrets for completely different reasons.Read More »
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Sergio Martino – Vendetta dal futuro AKA Hands of Steel (1986)
1981-1990ActionItalySci-FiSergio Martino
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Sinister industrialist Francis Turner, played by John Saxon, creates a cyborg known as Paco Queruak (Daniel Greene) who has been programmed to terminate the leader of an ecological faction that stands in the way of the dystopian country in which the story is set. After failing in his mission to eliminate the ecologist, Paco flees to Arizona where he must face his opponents; and ultimately choose between his humanity and robotic natures.Read More » -
Joseph Losey – The Damned AKA These Are The Damned (1962)
1961-1970CultHammer FilmsJoseph LoseySci-FiUnited Kingdom

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An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.Read More » -
Val Guest – The Quatermass Xperiment AKA The Creeping Unknown (1955)
1951-1960Hammer FilmsHorrorSci-FiUnited KingdomVal Guest

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In the countryside of London, a rocket crashes on a farm and Professor Bernard Quatermass and Scotland Yard Inspector Lomax arrive in the spot. The rocket was launched by Prof. Quatermass with the astronauts Victor Carroon, Greene and Reichebheim; however only Carroon is found very sick in the cabin. He is transported to a private clinic to stay under observation despite the protests of his wife Mrs. Judith Carroon. She bribes a nurse to bring Carroon to her and she finds that he is transforming into a monster. Carroon escapes, killing people and animals during his metamorphosis while the Scotland Yard is hunting him down and Dr. Quatermass discovers that his process is an alien invasion.Read More »





