Subgenre Sampler
Invaders: 145 Films to Buy & Rent
- Signs (2002)
- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Feat. Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, M. Night Shyamalan…
- Trading on a promise to explore the mysterious crop–circle phenomenon, the third supernatural blockbuster from M. Night Shyamalan instead…
- Evolution (2001)
- Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore…
- An attempt to replicate the jokey sci–fi formula of MEN IN BLACK by the same producers, has alien bacteria riding a meteor and crashing on…
- Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius (2001)
- Dir. John A Davis
- Sophisticated animated feature from Nickelodeon TV is a mite hyperactive but is breathtaking in design and has a captivating story that will…
- K-Pax (2001)
- Dir. Iain Softley
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges
- Acting like RAINMAN–from–outer–space, Kevin Spacey has a hard job convincing Dr Jeff Bridges he’s not a lunatic, but instead…
- Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, The (2001)
- Dir. Larry Blamire
Feat. Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Larry Blamire
- A dead–on Z–grade movie parody that replicates the wooden acting, dumb dialogue, sloppy editing and cheap props of 50's "creature…
- Battlefield Earth (2000)
- Dir. Roger Christian
Feat. John Travolta, Forest Whitaker
- Ludicrous though fun space–opera adapted from guru L. Ron Hubbard's book and a long–cherished project for Scientologist John Travolta.…
- Astronaut's Wife, The (1999)
- Dir. Rand Ravich
Feat. Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron
- In orbit, Astronaut Johnny Depp goes offline for several minutes; back on the ground wife Charlize Theron finds him subtly changed for the…
- Faculty, The (1999)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Jordana Brewster, Clea Duvall, Laura Harris…
- The writer of SCREAM gives post–modern surgery to INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, setting it on a high–school campus, of…
- Sphere (1998)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson
- Back in the ocean depths, a 300yr–old alien spacecraft lies silently waiting for the team to investigate. Michael Crichton's story unavoidably…
- X-Files Movie, The (1998)
- Dir. Rob Bowman
Feat. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
- Following the STAR TREK model, the '90s TV phenomenon, featuring terminally–perturbed FBI agents Mulder and Scully, beams up onto the big…