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I haven't done this since October... I fear I've missed some out, but on the whole I've been watching tv - various Doctor Who serials "The Time Warrior", "The Sontaran Experiment", "The Deadly Assassin", "Masque Of Mandragora", "Frontier In Space", "Planet of the Daleks", "Destiny Of The Daleks", "The Hand Of Fear", "The Robots Of Death", "The Three Doctors" and "Planet of Evil".
Lots of gothic horror one there, and surely "The Deadly Assassin" is one of the poorest titles ever... as opposed to "The Friendly Assassin"? And how come the assassinated time lord doesn't regenerate?
I suspect I've seen more than this on tv, but have no notes on it.
CV: The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979)
Cronenberg psychological shocker, with Oliver Reed's psychologist getting his patients to literally project their fears. Splat.
CVI: Teeth (Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2008)
Vagina dentata horror, watched for work.
CVII: Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)
Neo-conservative vampire western road movie, as that guy from Heroes has to decide between being a vampire and being a human, and getting it all. But pretty. watched for work.
CVI: La Planète Sauvage ((The Savage Planet) Fantastic Planet, René Laloux, 1973)
Bonkers French/Czech cartoon about two alien races interacting on a surreal planet
CVIII: Otolith III (Otilith Group, 2009)
Turner Prize nominee's film, about the making of a film based on an unmade sf script by Sanjit Ray. Like most video art, I got the point long before it ended. Starts on the hour in Tate Britain.
CIX: Rollerball (Norman Jewison, 1975)
Sf sport, the Hollywood version, and not that bad a film, as James Caan ponders why the authorities want him to retire. Contains a line about losing the thirteenth century, which clearly lodged in my head for twenty years until I recognised it here.
CX: Death Race 2000 (Paul Bartel, 1975)
Sf sport, the low budget exploitation version; a sort of live action Wacky Races with body count and fetish wear.
CXI: The Quatermass Conclusion (Piers Haggard, 1979)
The film edit of belated entry in the Quatermass franchise, with a script marooned a good five years before its production. Those hippies are badly dated.
CXII: Mad Max (George Miller, 1979)
Post apocalyptic revenge western road movie... or is that too vague?
CXIII: Time After Time (Nicholas Meyer, 1979)
HG Wells chases Jack the Ripper to the twentieth century - curiously not the silliest Wells rip off I've done this week, nor will it be the last.
CXIV: God Told Me To (Larry Cohen, 1976)
Horror sf hybrid in which a series of random murderers explain why they did it - unaware that can all be traced back to a close encounter ... with stock footage from Space 1999.
CXV: Capricorn One (Peter Hyam, 1978)
Faked Mars landing thriller, undercut by letting us know it's faked from the start. Dull as a Peter Hyams movie
CXVI: The Omega Man (Boris Sagar, 1971)
I am Legend adaptation (the second) with Charlton Heston falling into blaxploitation fodder and having interracial nookie.
Lots of gothic horror one there, and surely "The Deadly Assassin" is one of the poorest titles ever... as opposed to "The Friendly Assassin"? And how come the assassinated time lord doesn't regenerate?
I suspect I've seen more than this on tv, but have no notes on it.
CV: The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979)
Cronenberg psychological shocker, with Oliver Reed's psychologist getting his patients to literally project their fears. Splat.
CVI: Teeth (Mitchell Lichtenstein, 2008)
Vagina dentata horror, watched for work.
CVII: Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)
Neo-conservative vampire western road movie, as that guy from Heroes has to decide between being a vampire and being a human, and getting it all. But pretty. watched for work.
CVI: La Planète Sauvage ((The Savage Planet) Fantastic Planet, René Laloux, 1973)
Bonkers French/Czech cartoon about two alien races interacting on a surreal planet
CVIII: Otolith III (Otilith Group, 2009)
Turner Prize nominee's film, about the making of a film based on an unmade sf script by Sanjit Ray. Like most video art, I got the point long before it ended. Starts on the hour in Tate Britain.
CIX: Rollerball (Norman Jewison, 1975)
Sf sport, the Hollywood version, and not that bad a film, as James Caan ponders why the authorities want him to retire. Contains a line about losing the thirteenth century, which clearly lodged in my head for twenty years until I recognised it here.
CX: Death Race 2000 (Paul Bartel, 1975)
Sf sport, the low budget exploitation version; a sort of live action Wacky Races with body count and fetish wear.
CXI: The Quatermass Conclusion (Piers Haggard, 1979)
The film edit of belated entry in the Quatermass franchise, with a script marooned a good five years before its production. Those hippies are badly dated.
CXII: Mad Max (George Miller, 1979)
Post apocalyptic revenge western road movie... or is that too vague?
CXIII: Time After Time (Nicholas Meyer, 1979)
HG Wells chases Jack the Ripper to the twentieth century - curiously not the silliest Wells rip off I've done this week, nor will it be the last.
CXIV: God Told Me To (Larry Cohen, 1976)
Horror sf hybrid in which a series of random murderers explain why they did it - unaware that can all be traced back to a close encounter ... with stock footage from Space 1999.
CXV: Capricorn One (Peter Hyam, 1978)
Faked Mars landing thriller, undercut by letting us know it's faked from the start. Dull as a Peter Hyams movie
CXVI: The Omega Man (Boris Sagar, 1971)
I am Legend adaptation (the second) with Charlton Heston falling into blaxploitation fodder and having interracial nookie.
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