DARK STAR **** USA 1974 Dir: John Carpenter. 83 mins Carpenter’s laconic feature debut follows a bored quartet of U.S. astronauts on board the “Dark Star”. They’ve been travelling for 20 years and both Earth people and Congress have lost interest in the process, while the Commander (his body cryogenically…
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BIRD BOX **** USA 2018 Dir: Susanne Bier. 124 mins Josh Malerman’s terrifying novel has been effectively adapted by Eric Heisserer, the talented writer of ARRIVAL and genre films like the underrated THE THING prequel and FINAL DESTINATION 5. In the time it has taken for this Netflix production to…
Conrad Faraj’s otherworldly sci-fi horror film FIGHTING THE SKY, an alien invasion film starring Angela Cole (White Boy Rick) and Roger Conners (The Curse of Lilith Ratchet), is set to invade North America this February from High Octane Pictures. Synopsis: Strange other-worldly sounds are echoing around the world. A group…
Screen superstar Vivica A.Fox (Independence Day, Kill Bill) stars in the sci-fi thriller CROSSBREED, invading VOD this February Uncork’d Entertainment. Marine takes on monster in an action-packed throwback in the tradition of Aliens and Escape from New York. Synopsis: In the near future, the President of the United States of America…
Mandao Films has announced a resurrection of Halloween spirits with the Digital HD debut of writer/director Scott Dunn’s MANDAO OF THE DEAD. The spectral sci-fi comedy is now available exclusively on Amazon Instant Video, ahead of an iTunes release in 2019. The second feature from filmmaker Scott Dunn and producer…