Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1574 Films to Buy & Rent
Wizards (1977)
- Dir. Ralph Bakshi
- A counter–culture animated fantasy, set in a supernatural future populated by elves, fairies and derelict technology.
Centred around two…
Bionic Woman, The (TV Series) (1976-1978)
- Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Lee Majors
- The respectable female spinoff to THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, has Wagner play the tennis pro fiance of 'Steve Austin' who after a skydiving accident…
Embryo (1976)
- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd…
- Stillborn bio–horror in which Rock Hudson's scientist discovers how to mature a fetus into a human female adult in just a few days, but the…
Futureworld (1976)
- Dir. Richard T. Heffron
Feat. Peter Fonda, Yul Brynner
- WESTWORLD sequel is set in a 1985 'fool–proof' theme–park that spawns a new generation of robot doubles threatening to take over the…
Logan's Run (1976)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Michael York, Jenny Agutter
- Enjoyable escapism set in an idyllic 23rd Century society where no–one is allowed to live beyond 30! Lurex clad twenty–somethings Michael…
Logan's Run (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies, Donald Moffat…
- Television spin–off from the 1976 film of the same name expands on the premise of twenty–somethings Logan 5 and Jessica 6 searching for…
Man Who Fell to Earth, The (1976)
- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark…
- David Bowie plays a humanoid trapped on Earth during a quest for water.
Genuinely original and imaginative article is stamped with Nic Roeg's…
Questor Tapes, The (1976)
- Feat. Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon…
- Though never developed into the TV series it was designed to precede, this curious Gene Roddenberry telemovie has all the makings of a sci–fi…
Boy and His Dog, A (1975)
- Dir. L.Q. Jones
Feat. Don Johnson
- Intriguingly subversive film about a youth and his telepathic canine friend who scour the post–holocaust landscape in search of civilisation.…
Crazies, The (1975)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones
- Underrated low–budgeter about germ warfare, a personal favourite of Romero's. Fast–paced editing creates some real excitement.