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Subgenre Sampler
Predator (1987)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers - Big Arnie leads a SWAT team into the South American jungle only to be confronted by a faceless, hostile alien life–form. Solid sci–fi…
Invaders from Mars (1986)- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. Karen Black, Louise Fletcher, Bud Cort - Madeover by Tobe 'Texas Chainsaw' Hooper, this version of 50s paranoia classic is patchy but above–average. Same basic story with an…
Cocoon (1985)- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn… - Delightful fantasy about a group of elderly folk who find the fountain of youth in a swimming pool that has been adopted by alien visitors. A special…
Brother from Another Planet (1984)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Joe Morton, Steve James, Bill Cobbs - Quirky comic fantasy from John Sayles about a mute alien negro who crash lands in New York and mixes with some earthbound home–boys in downtown…
Children Of The Dog Star (TV Mini-series) (1984)- Feat. Sarah Dunn, Jason Wallace, Hamish Bartle…
- Beloved New Zealand sci–fi series following 12–year–old Gretchen (Dunn) who discovers a link to an extra–extraterrestrial…
Chocky (TV Series) (1984)- Dir. Vic Hughes, Christopher Hodson
Feat. Carol Drinkwater - One of the best sci–fi TV serials of the 1980s is set around a schoolboy who begins to develop supernormal talents. It seems an alien force has…
Starman (1984)- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith… - Jeff Bridges plays an alien trying to recover his spaceship on Earth with the help of young widow Karen Allen. Entertaining fantasy–drama.
Liquid Sky (1983)- Dir. Slava Tsukuman
Feat. Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard - A geniune punk artefact about an over–sexed woman who unwittingly hosts an alien parasite that kills off her lovers at the point of orgasm. Its…
V (TV Series) (1983)- Dir. Kenneth Johnson
Feat. Robert Englund, Michael Ironside - Compelling sci–fi saga detailing the mass invasion of alien spacecraft whose inhabitants dubiously claim to have come in peace.
E.T. (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial) (1982)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Dee Wallace Stone, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote… - Steven Spielberg cemented his genius with this, possibly the best live–action family film ever made. It's the moving tale of a benign alien who…
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