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Director: Ken Russell    More Info
Starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Don Brenner, Drew Barrymore, Miguel Godreau, George Gaynes

 A fascinating film with great special effects about what happens when a researcher (William Hurt) takes hallucinogenic drugs while in his immersion tank and eventually takes part in his own imaginings.

Director: Jimmy T. Murakami    More Info
Starring: Richard Thomas, John Saxon, Robert Vaughn, George Peppard, Darlanne Fluegel, Sybil Danning, Sam Jaffe, Morgan Woodward, Jeff Corey, Lynn Carlin

 A planet must be saved from the hooligans of intergalactic criminals. Richard Thomas stars in this clever, humorous, cheap takeoff of Star Wars from Roger Corman.

Director: Don Taylor    More Info
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning, Victor Mohica, Soon-Tek Oh, James C. Lawrence, Joe Lowry

 The nuclear aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz is time-warped from 1980 back to 6 December, 1941. Captain Matthew Yelland (Kirk Douglas) is faced with the dilemma of altering history by interfering with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Senator Samuel Chapman (Charles Durning) has his ideas about the course of action, while Warren Lasky (Martin Sheen) is very concerned about possible outcomes and their effect on the future. Time is running out, and a decision must be made.

Director: Mike Hodges    More Info
Starring: Sam J. Jones, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde, Mariangela Melato, Richard O'Brien

 Emperor Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow) rules the planet Mongo and is plotting to destroy the Earth because he believes it is a threat to his realm. Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) teams up with his companion Dale Arden (Melody Anderson) to come to the rescue, and along the way is skyjacked aboard Dr. Zarkov's (Topol) spaceship. Now, Flash Gordon's efforts will require more daring as they are drawn to the planet Mongo where Ming plans to take Dale as his concubine.

Director: William Sachs    More Info
Starring: Stephen Macht, Dorothy Stratten, James David Hinton, Avery Schreiber, Ronald Knight, Lionel Mark Smith, Tad Horino, Herb Kaplowitz, Nancy McCauley, Fred Daniel Scott

 This low-budget effort is supposed to be a spoof of the biggie sci-fi flicks of the day, but the rocket fuse must have gotten wet. In the 31st century, the interstellar police are on their way to recover "The Blue Star" jewel. On the way, the crew must fill in the time: a crewmember falls in love with a robot; the captain swallows an egg, which turns out to be an alien; and so it goes. Dorothy Stratten, the Playboy Playmate, plays Galaxina the robot, and Stratten was murdered around the time of this film's premiere.

Director: James L. Conway    More Info
Starring: Gary Collins, Robert Vaughn, Darren McGavin, James Hampton, Philip Abbott, Joseph Campanella, Tom Hallick, Steven Keats, William Schallert

 A damaged alien spaceship is kept a secret because presidential elections are just around the corner and revealing the existence of the spaceship (a satellite launched from a space shuttle collided with it) may influence the outcome of the elections.

Director: Fred Barzyk    More Info
Starring: Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Margaret Avery, Vandi Clark, Niki Flacks, Frank Miller, Peyton E. Park, Bernadette Whitehead, Jo Livingston, Jane Roberts

 When George Orr (Bruce Davison) finds that his dreams seem to alter reality, he consults a psychiatrist, Dr. William Haber (Kevin Conway), who uses hypnosis to harness Orr's dreams. While Haber convinces himself that he is using Orr's dreams to eradicate illness, war, and racism, he is still playing God. The consequences are horrifying.

Director: Greydon Clark    More Info
Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Landau, Raymond Burr, Neville Brand, Brad Rearden, Vincent Schiavelli

 In a New Mexico town, two children and an old man witness the coming of an alien spaceship and hang around for its return. A real turkey.

Director: Robert Fuest    More Info
Starring: Sharon Gless, Julie Kavner, Audra Lindley, Don Johnson, Mason Adams, Arthur Hill

 Sandwiched between "The Stepford Wives" (1975) and "The Stepford Children" (1987), this is a mediocre offering about the strange goings-on among the robot-like wives in Stepford.

Director: Stanley Donen    More Info
Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel, Douglas Lambert, Ed Bishop, Christopher Muncke, Roy Dotrice

 While two scientists (Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas) work to save Earth, an evil visitor (Harvey Keitel) interferes with their efforts.

Director: Irvin Kirshner    More Info
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, James Earl Jones, Kenny(2) Baker, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew

 In this second "Star Wars" film, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Lando (Billy Dee Williams), Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew, Han (Harrison Ford), R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) and C-3P0 (Anthony Daniels), along with the Rebel Alliance are on the ice planet Hoth. Luke travels to a distant planet to become a Jedi knight from Jedi Master Yoda (voice of Frank Oz) in order to do battle with Darth Vader (David Prowse, voice of James Earl Jones). Great special effects and good plot.

Director: Richard Lester    More Info
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Sarah Douglas, Susannah York, Jack O'Halloran, Terence Stamp

 Superman (Christopher Reeve) is back, and he is still fighting for law and order. Terrorists are threatening to blow up the Eiffel Tower and destroy Paris with a nuclear warhead. When reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) tries to interview the terrorists, she finds herself held hostage. Superman rescues Lois and tosses the bomb into space where its blast awakens Kryptonian villains–Zod (Terence Stamp), Non (Jack O'Halloran), and Ursa (Sarah Douglas) who had been exiled to outer space. Now, the Kryptonians arrive on Earth and attempt to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Lois has learned that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, and Superman must decide whether to become a normal man and share his life with Lois or retain his super powers and save Earth from the villains.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku    More Info
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Chuck Connors, Stephanie Faulkner, Glenn Ford, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Henry Silva, Bo Svenson, Robert Vaughn, Masao Kusakari

 Doctor Yamauchi (Sonny Chiba) wanders the frozen Earth after its near destruction from a deadly virus. In the aftermath, there are only 858 men and eight women left in the world. They are members of international Antarctic research teams of scientists, and the reason they are still alive is that the cold is killing off the germs. The second disaster is nuclear, and now the question is, "Will there be any survivors?"

Director: Greydon Clark    More Info
Starring: Jack Palance, Cameron Mitchell, Martin Landau, Ralph Meeker, Tarah Nutter, Neville Brand, Larry Storch, Sue Ane Langdon

 An alien is on the loose, and terrorized citizens need help as their world is threatened with destruction.

Director: John Carpenter    More Info
Starring: Kurt Russell, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Harry Dean Stanton, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers

 Set in 1997, this is the story of the skyjacking of Air Force One resulting in the President of the United States (Donald Pleasence) being held hostage. Master criminal and war hero Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is sent into the Manhattan stronghold to rescue the President.

Director: Jerry Warren    More Info
Starring: John Carradine, Andrew Duggan, Cameron Mitchell, Steve Brodie, Robert Clarke, George Mitchell, Robert Christopher, Tain Bodkin, Patrick O'Neil, Katherine Victor

 Dr. Paul Hadley (Robert Clarke) is riding in a hot-air balloon when it crashes on a mysterious island. Hadley and his crew encounter zombies, jungle women, and Dr. Sheila Frankenstein von Helsing Katherine Victor) who is carrying out her ancestor's work of using dead body parts to create a living being. Meanwhile, the original Dr. Frankenstein's (John Carradine) head reaches out from beyond the grave and mumbles "The Power."

Director: Bruce D. Clark    More Info
Starring: Edward Albert, Ray Walston, Erin Moran, Bernard Behrens, Zalman King, Sid Haig, Robert Englund, Grace Zabriskie, Jack Blessing, Mary Ellen O'Neill

 While attempting to aid the crew of a marooned spaceship, astronauts are systematically killed by monsters they encounter on their ill-fated mission.

Director: Allan Arkush    More Info
Starring: Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Randy Quaid, Kenneth McMillan, Melanie Mayron, Christopher Guest, Richard B. Shull, Dick Miller, Kathleen Freeman, Mary Woronov

 Val (Andy Kaufman) and Aqua (Bernadette Peters) are robots that fall in love and run away from their repair facility. They start out on their own by assembling their family–including a child and an uncle–from spare parts.

Director: Alan J.W. Bell    More Info
Starring: Simon Jones, Peter Jones, Joe Melia, Mark Wing-Davey, Martin Benson, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Steve Conway, Cleo Rocos, Andrew Mussell

 A popular BBC radio series, based on Douglas Adams' novel, was followed by a TV series from which this miniseries was developed. The title refers to the electronic book that provides the knowledge necessary to navigate the galaxy. It tells the story of Arthur Dent (Simon Jones) who travels the galactic superhighway running across all sorts of beings and adventures. Lots of fun.

Director: Norman J. Warren    More Info
Starring: Judy Geeson, Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley, Stephanie Beacham, Steven Grives, Barry Houghton, Rosalind Lloyd, Victoria Tennant, Trevor Thomas, Heather Wright

 A research team is investigating a remote planet when one member, Sandy (Judy Geeson), is attacked and impregnated by a gross monster. She immediately gains super strength and a mad craving for blood to feed her two developing monsters. Thus, the crew members are dealt with one-by-one until she gives birth. The rescue shuttle arrives and finds no one left except the monsters–that wreak havoc on the trip home. Real trash, but an "ugly" bit of fun in this "Alien" rip-off.

Director: Michael Crichton    More Info
Starring: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young, Dorian Harewood, Tim Rossovich, Darryl Hickman

 A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon realizes that models who were his patients are dying mysteriously. His curiosity leads him to a large corporation that appears to be experimenting with a strange new technology. A Bomb in every sense of the word.

Director: George Miller    More Info
Starring: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Emil Minty, Virginia Hey, Vernon Wells, Michael Preston, Max Phipps, Kjell Nilsson, William Zappa, Arkie Whiteley

 World War III has come and gone. There are just a few survivors, and they are fighting over what is left in gasoline. In this exciting sequel to "Mad Max," Max (Mel Gibson), who has been wandering the Australian outback following the death of his wife and child, comes to the rescue. The survivors hire Max to aid them in protecting their oil refinery that is under siege by a band of sadomasochistic motorcyclists led by The Humungus (Kjell Nilsson) and his warrior Wez (Vernon Wells). The climax, featuring a thrilling car chase scene, is the highlight of this film.

Director: Juan Piquer Simon    More Info
Starring: Terence Stamp, Peter Cushing, Ian Sera, David Hatton, Gasphar Ipua, Blanca Estrada, Ana Obregon, Frank Brana, Paul Naschy, Gerard Tichy

 Based (loosely) on a Jules Verne tale, young Jeff Morgan (Ian Sera) is not ready to settle down and desires adventure. His rich uncle, William T. Kolderup (Peter Cushing), sends Jeff and Jeff's tutor, Thomas Artelect (David Hatton), on a sea adventure. But their ship is attacked by sea monsters, and they are washed up on an island. The island is run by Taskinar (Terence Stamp) who reigns over an island of monsters (cheap ones, at that). Before long, Jeff has encountered cannibals and pirates who are looking for gold. Could this be a set-up by Jeff's uncle?

Director: Peter Hyams    More Info
Starring: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking, Kika Markham, Clarke Peters, Steven Berkoff, John Ratzenberger, Hal Galili, Angus MacInnes

 There is drug smuggling taking place on the third moon of Jupiter. But, the world should rest easy because the Marshal (Sean Connery) is on the trail of evil and will save the day.

Director: James Cameron    More Info
Starring: Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen, Ricky G. Paul, Ted Richert, Leslie Graves

 This sequel to "Piranha" represents James Cameron's first directing effort–he fared better with his next film: "The Terminator."