Subgenre Sampler
Science Slip: 117 Films to Buy & Rent
- Tron (1982)
- Dir. Steve Lisberger
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner…
- Jeff Bridges becomes trapped in an alternative computer universe where he is forced to combat evil pac–men and corporate corruption. Made at…
- Hand, The (1981)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Michael Caine
- Michael Caine stars in this early Oliver Stone mess (still suffering from shell–shock?) as a cartoonist whose severed hand goes about murdering…
- Incredible Shrinking Woman, The (1981)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty…
- Fitfully amusing comedy mines the considerable talents of Lily Tomlin in the role of a housewife accidentally shrunk by her husband. Considerably…
- Scanners (1981)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan…
- A 'scanner' describes a person able to read minds, but with a potential to cause nasty headaches. An intense cautionary tale about the dangers of…
- Altered States (1980)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. William Hurt, Blair Brown
- William Hurt plays a scientist with a penchant for mind exploration in his starring debut. Russell's overly talky but fascinating film has found a…
- Incredible Melting Man, The (1978)
- Dir. William Sachs
Feat. Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey
- Radiation poisoning causes an astronaut to literally fall to pieces during a murderous rampage. Slimy effects by Rick Baker distinguish this pure…
- Rabid (1977)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Marilyn Chambers
- Early David Cronenberg nasty starring '70s porn queen, Marilyn Chambers, who she develops an insatiable thirst for human blood after a motorcycle…
- Squirm (1976)
- Dir. Jeff Lieberman
Feat. Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy
- A storm–toppled powerline drives large (and vicious) sandworms out the surrounding swamp–waters, terrifying the local populace in this…
- Crazies, The (1975)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones
- Underrated low–budgeter about germ warfare, a personal favourite of Romero's. Fast–paced editing creates some real excitement.
- Asphyx, The (Horror of Death) (1973)
- Dir. Peter Newbrook
Feat. Robert Stephens, Robert Powell
- Promising 'Victorian' horror set around experiments by a scientist (Stephens) into capturing the 'asphyx' (soul) of a dying person and gaining a…