MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN **** USA 2019 Dir: Alexandre O. Philippe. 95 mins Writer-director Alexandre O. Philippe’s feature documentary career has often nodded to the horror and sci-fi genres and their fanbase, notably with EARTHLINGS: UGLY BAGS OF MOSTLY WATER, DOC OF THE DEAD and 78/52. As with the…
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FIGHTING THE SKY ** USA 2018 Dir: Conrad Faraj 97 mins As strange eerie noises are resonating around the world and people are turning up claiming to be from the future. A team of Extra Terrestrial enthusiasts led by Ufologist, Lorraine (Angela Cole) uncover the source of the noises and…
ALIEN PARTY CRASHERS (a.k.a. Canaries) ** UK 2017 Dir: Peter Stray 84 mins Alien abductions have been happening around the world for decades. Teams in America and the UK have been documenting these mysterious disappearances so they can trace them if they ever turn up again. When one of these…
The iconic scenes and sequences from seminal sci-fi horror ALIEN are firmly embedded in film history and popular culture: the creepy eggs and HR Giger designed spacecraft on a long dead planet; the pivotal facehugger attaching itself to one of the crew of the Nostromo; the shocking chest-bursting sequence and…
An engrossing supernatural thriller that at times feels like a found-footage documentary, BEYOND THE SKY is both an evocative journey into the unknown, and a portrait of the community built around one of modern day’s most prolific myths. Ryan Carnes (Doctor Who) confidently leads the film as an abrasive sceptic…