Category Archives: Theater Fantastique
The Lost World (1925)
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published The Lost World in Strand Magazine in 1912, he was allowing his name to be associated not just with his creation Sherlock Holmes, but with the likes of speculative fiction authors H. Rider Haggard … Continue reading
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Tagged 20's, Action, dinosaurs, lovable animals, prehistoric, Silent, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Stop Motion, Wallace Beery, Willis O'Brien
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Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet (1956) is still an effectively scary film. I know this because I just started playing excerpts from the film’s all-electronic score through iTunes, and my dogs became alarmed and ran out of the room barking. The “music” – … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Anne Francis, Id, Leslie Nielsen, lovable animals, Robby the Robot, Science Fiction, Walter Pidgeon
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Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982) is a difficult film for me to see with new eyes. I need squishy new Replicant eyes designed by Hannibal Chew. On the big screen I’ve watched the theatrical edition (with a college homecoming ball blasting music … Continue reading
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Tagged 80's, Action, androids, bounty hunter, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, Harrison Ford, James Hong, Joanna Cassidy, Joe Turkel, M. Emmet Walsh, Neo Noir, Ridley Scott, Rutger Hauer, Science Fiction, Sean Young, unicorn, William Sanderson
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