dot  STORIES FROM THE DARK SIDE AND THE FAR SIDE:

SCI-FI & HORROR

 

see also works in many other sections, e.g -

BEST of TV - Quatermass and the Pit/ The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy/ The Prisoner

CLASSICS - Hitchcock

RUSSIA - Andrei Tarkovsky

UK & USA DRAMA - David Lynch

Barbarella Dir. Roger Vadim, 1968, stars the young Jane Fonda.

The Cube Dir. Vincenzo Natali. Six people desperately searching for the exit from a giant cube. (VHS)

eXistenZ Dir. David Cronenberg. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafaoe & Ian Holme star in virtual reality drama.

The Exorcist (Uncut) Dir. William Freidkin. 1973 horror classic. Rated R (VHS)

Forbidden Planet Dir. Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956. Sci-fi version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. (VHS)

Immortal Dir. Enki Bilal, 2004. Sci Fi set in New York in 2095.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers Dir. Don Siegel, 1951. (VHS)

Paris 2054 Renaissance Dir. Christian Volckman, 2006. Innovative animated futuristic thriller.

Pi the Movie Dir. Darren Aronofsky.

Low budget but cult status pic tells tale of obsessed mathematician who believes he may be able to find the answers to life’s biggest questions. (VHS)

Scanners Dir. David Cronenberg (VHS)

Slaughterhouse Five Dir. George Roy Hill. Adaptation of the time-shifting story by Kurt Vonnegut

Sleepy Hollow Dir. Tim Burton. Johnny Depp is terrific in this adaptation of the gothic classic by Washington Irving.

Soylent Green Dir. Richard Fleischer, 1973, stars Charlton Heston. Based on the sci-fi horror novel by Harry Harrison.

Teknolust Dir. Lynn Hershmann Leeson. Tilda Swinton stars in a bizarre futurist take on sex.

Twin Peaks Dir. David Lynch, 1990. The complete bizarre cult tv series about the murder of schoolgirl Laura Palmer, including the original pilot film. Rents in 4 parts.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Dir. David Lynch, 1992. The feature film ‘prequel’ to the tv series.

The War of the Worlds Dir. Byron Haskin,1954. Oscar-winning adaptation of H.G. Wells' chilling novel of the invasion of earth by Martians. (VHS)