WHO KNEW
A gossipy memoir by one of the main architects of the movie apocalypse that occurred in the late 1970s and early 80s
MYSTERIOUS PLANET
One of the absolute cheapest sci fi films of 1982, a very free adaptation of Jules Verne’s MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
PARASITE (1982)
3-D monster movie silliness from Charles Band
MR. INDIA
The first and only INVISIBLE MAN inspired science fiction themed musical melodrama
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (Book)
One of the more famous late Twentieth Century movie novelizations was this prose rendering of the first STAR TREK feature, credited to series’ creator Gene Roddenberry
PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE vs. MAN OF FLOWERS
Two classsic films, one of which just turned 40 and the other 42, that have more in common than you might think
DEATH WISH CLUB
Exploitation, gender confusion, suicide games and true love—a bad movie classic!
DISLOCATION
From China, a heavily stylized sci-fi satire
FEAR IS THE MASTER
An astounding hour long documentary chronicling the “Disco Sex Guru” Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (1931-1990), who together with a bevy of followers literally took over the town of Antelope, Oregon in 1981
POLTERGEIST III
The Second sequel to POLTERGEIST, and about on par with the first, which is to say a mixed bag: bombastic, cynical and plain dumb, but with some affecting elements