Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Slip: 116 Films to Rent
- Fly, The (1986)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
- Cronenberg's most accessible work is an ingenious re–working of the 1958 film that works as well for its contemporary audience as the original…
- From Beyond (1986)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree
- The director of RE–ANIMATOR interprets another great H.P. Lovecraft story as a kinky, effects–laden romp about monsters unleashed from a…
- Creator (1985)
- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano…
- A charmingly absurd sci–fi rom–com from the 1980's starring Peter O'Toole as a madcap scientist who applies his eccentric methodology to…
- Day of the Dead (1985)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato
- Apocalyptic paranoia looms in an underground shelter for a few survivors in a world overrun with zombies. Conclusion to the 'Dead' trilogy builds a…
- Quiet Earth, The (1985)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge
- New Zealand's best attempt yet at the sci–fi genre. Bruno Lawrence wakes one morning to find himself apparently the only person left on earth.…
- Re-Animator (1985)
- Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
- Essential splatter comedy takes gore levels to a (then) new extreme. Rebel science student Herbert West invents a serum that brings the dead back to…
- Stuff, The (1985)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris
- Witty consumerist parable from low–budget maestro Larry Cohen about a new dessert product, which turns out to be lethal. Call it…
- Dead Zone, The (1983)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Brooke Adams…
- A dynamite thriller based on one of Stephen King's best stories. Christopher Walken plays a clairvoyant, who after helping police with homicide…
- Death Warmed Up (1983)
- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Michael Hurst
- Hell–bent on exacting revenge on a loony scientist, Michael Hurst leads his friends to a secret island where toxic abominations run riot. This…
- Man With Two Brains, The (1983)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner
- Steve Martin plays a surgeon who frustrated with his wicked, overbearing wife (Kathleen Turner), falls in love with a…