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Subgenre Sampler
E.T. (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial) (1982)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Dee Wallace Stone, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote… - Steven Spielberg cemented his genius with this, possibly the best live–action family film ever made. It's the moving tale of a benign alien who…
Thing, The (1982)- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Richard Dysart… - Kurt Russell headlines this remake of the 1951 film about an Antarctic outpost terrorized by an alien organism. Dir. John Carpenter cranks up the…
Day of the Triffids (TV Mini-Series) (1981)- Dir. Ken Hannam
Feat. John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne - More convincing and clinical than previous adaptations of John Wyndham's novel, this BBC series depicts the blinding of Earth's human population and…
Inseminoid (Horror Planet) (1981)- Dir. Norman J. Warren
Feat. Judy Geeson - An interplanetry archaelogical team unleash a female vampire (Geeson) into their spaceship, in this super–trashy ALIEN knockoff. Unconvincing…
Flash Gordon (1980)
- Dir. Michael Hodges
Feat. Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol… - Max Von Sydow's Ming the Merciless only has one thing in his way of universal domination – that blasted quarterback from the New York Jets!…
Visitor, The (Stridulum) (1979)- Dir. Giulio Paradisi
Feat. Joanne Nail, Lance Henriksen, Paige Conner… - A young girl cursed with an inhuman, malevolent power is central to a cosmic battle between forces of good and evil in this ambitious and at times…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy… - Accomplished and intelligent remake has a weird clinical atmosphere and provides a few more creepy twists to the pod invasion theme.
Mork and Mindy (TV Series) (1978-1982)- Feat. Robin Williams, Pam Dawber
- The wacky TV show that proved a breakthrough vehicle for Robin Williams, playing the cutesome, unpredictable Mork, an alien from the planet…
Quatermass (TV Mini Series) (1978)- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale - Sir John Mills gives a great late performances as the legendary 1950s hero Professor Quatermass in this TV mini–series conclusion to Nigel…
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Special Edition (1977)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut - Richard Dreyfuss embodies a working class lineman who is chosen by a higher power for some great purpose. With a head full of ambiguous images and…
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