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Subgenre Sampler

 
Day of the Triffids (TV Mini-Series)Day of the Triffids (TV Mini-Series) (1981)
Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne
More convincing and clinical than previous adaptations of John Wyndham's novel, this BBC series depicts the blinding of Earth's human population and…
InseminoidInseminoid (Horror Planet) (1981)
Dir. Norman J. Warren
Feat. Judy Geeson
An interplanetry archaelogical team unleash a female vampire (Geeson) into their spaceship, in this super–trashy ALIEN knockoff. Unconvincing…
Flash GordonFlash Gordon (1980) Recommended
Dir. Michael Hodges
Feat. Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol
Max Von Sydow's Ming the Merciless only has one thing in his way of universal domination – that blasted quarterback from the New York Jets!…
Visitor, TheVisitor, The (Stridulum) (1979)
Dir. Giulio Paradisi
Feat. Joanne Nail, Lance Henriksen, Paige Conner
A young girl cursed with an inhuman, malevolent power is central to a cosmic battle between forces of good and evil in this ambitious and at times…
Invasion of the Body SnatchersInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Recommended
Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy
Accomplished and intelligent remake has a weird clinical atmosphere and provides a few more creepy twists to the pod invasion theme.
Quatermass (TV Mini Series)Quatermass (TV Mini Series) (1978) Recommended
Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale
Sir John Mills gives a great late performances as the legendary 1950s hero Professor Quatermass in this TV mini–series conclusion to Nigel…
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Special EditionClose Encounters of the Third Kind - Special Edition (1977)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut
Richard Dreyfuss embodies a working class lineman who is chosen by a higher power for some great purpose. With a head full of ambiguous images and…
Man Who Fell to Earth, TheMan Who Fell to Earth, The (1976) Recommended
Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark
David Bowie plays a humanoid trapped on Earth during a quest for water. Genuinely original and imaginative article is stamped with Nic Roeg's…
Invasion: UFOInvasion: UFO (1974)
Dir. Gerry Anderson
Feat. Ed Bishop, Michael Billington, Gabrielle Drake
A feature film cleverly edited from several episodes of Gerry Anderson's UFO TV Series. Set in the year of 1980, S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters…
OctamanOctaman (1971)
Dir. Harry Essex
Feat. Pier Angeli, Kerwin Mathews, Jeff Morrow
Z–grade sci–fi, made in the 70s but with its heart in the 50s, which concerns a mutant octopus–like creature which descends upon…

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