Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1571 Films to Buy & Rent
Godzilla Vs. Megalon (1973)
- Dir. Jun Fukuda
- The 13th film in the Godzilla franchise and Showa series has underground nuclear tests upsetting an undersea civilization who set a beetle–like…
Moonbase 3 (TV Series) (1973)
- Feat. Donald Houston, Ralph Bates
- A British sci–fi show set in 2003 when five world powers have colonised the moon, the third of which is a European base run by Donald Houston…
Sleeper (1973)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
- Woody Allen plays a health–food shop owner who is frozen and awakened 200 years later in a fascist state. His campy version of the future…
Soylent Green (1973)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young
- Charlton Heston reprises his brusque persona from PLANET OF THE APES for this post–nuke, sardine–jammed New York story of 2022.…
Star Trek - The Animated Series (TV Series) (1973)
- A respectful rendition of the Star Trek universe, this early seventies "Filmation" reprised the space explorations of Captain Kirk and crew, complete…
Tomorrow People, The (TV Series) (1973)
- Dir. Paul Bernard
Feat. Nicholas Young
- Fitted out with stun–guns, digital watches and a talking biotronic computer called TIM, a group of highly–evolved youngsters also enjoy…
Westworld (1973)
- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin
- A theme–park where one experiences violent fantasies in perfect safety gradually goes haywire. Inspired idea would strike the big time for…
World on a Wire (1973)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, Adrian Hoven…
- Fassbinder's one–and–only sci–fi foray is awash with trademark visual motifs, gaudy fashion, and dramatic power struggles of the…
Beware the Blob (Son of the Blob) (1972)
- Dir. Larry Hagman
Feat. Burgess Meredith, Dick Van Patten, Robert Walker Jnr
- A light, spoofish sequel to the 50s sci–fi–er in the best Z–grade traditions. And yes, this was directed by DALLAS–star…
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Roddy McDowall
- The fourth in the series prefaces the original as enslaved Apes revolt against the humans. Worthwhile for those wishing to fill in the gaps of the…