Tag Archives: science fiction

Somehow, in the late 1970s, a kinky Jess Franco sci-fi/spy film made it onto broadcast television.

Split Second came at a time when it seemed like there would be a British vanguard of sci-fi action movies. There was something about their Britishness that set them apart from similar films, a feeling that they’d been ripped from the pages of the UK's venerable 2000AD comic.

Bigfoot. Ancient astronauts! Noah’s Ark? You might think I’m referring to the programming schedule for the History Channel, and you wouldn’t be wrong depending on who you ask, but for anyone wondering why modern television is populated by what are ...

A group of people are invited to a deserted island. They’ve never met the owner. One by one, each person turns up dead. Il Demone di Laplace (The Laplace’s Demon, Giordano Giulivi, 2017) isn’t a remake of Agatha Christie’s And ...

Although the Italian offering Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot (They Call Me Jeeg AKA They Call Me Jeeg Robot, 2015) is lower on breathtaking visuals, special effects, and budget than any of the recent big Marvel or DC films, it has more ...

Out now from Fresh Pulp Press, The Terminal is Amber Fallon’s first book — or rather, at 105 pages — her first novella. It’s about the unlikely protagonist Dirk Bradley, whose name, I must admit, reminds me of the name Dirk Diggler, ...

This is the third entry in a four part series on director Andrzej Żuławski’s recently restored early Polish films — Trzecia częśc nocy (1971) aka The Third Part of the Night, Diabel (1972) aka The Devil, and Na srebrnym globie ...

Hungarian-born producer and screenwriter Ivan Tors is perhaps one of the less recognized names in the pantheon of ‘50s sci-fi cinema, maybe because his work was more concerned with factual science than campy depictions of aliens or atomic age monsters. ...

It is well known that iconic horror writer H.P. Lovecraft was a racist. Last year, the World Fantasy Awards decided to cease having Lovecraft’s image on its trophy for that reason. Lovecraft died in 1937. Many who opposed the banishing ...

A show of hands: How many of you know what a psychomanteum is? If the word isn’t part of one’s vocabulary, it will be after reading Christopher Golden’s novel Dead Ringers. The narrative is filled with doppelgängers, occultists, ghosts, and ...