Tag: Alien

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities 1×03: “The Autopsy”

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A doctor experiences an otherworldly visit when he conducts a series of autopsies after a mining accident.

The Twilight Zone – Season 1, Episode 4: “The Traveller”

On By C.H. NewellIn Ana Lily Amirpour, CBS, Greg Kinnear, Jordan Peele, Sci-Fi, Season 1, Steven Yeun, The Twilight ZoneLeave a comment

State Trooper Yuka has to deal with an eerie stranger in her tiny Alaskan town on Christmas Eve.

Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams – Season 1, Episode 10: “Father Thing”

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Charlie starts noticing his dad seems like someone else. Then everybody else seems like someone else, too.

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Gorgeously Horrific Isolation

On By C.H. NewellIn 1979, Film, Horror, John Hurt, Outer Space, Science Fiction, Sigourney Weaver, Survival Horror, Tom SkerrittLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5lPt9edzQ Alien. 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon; story by O'Bannon & Ronald Shusett. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, & Helen Horton. Brandywine Productions/Twentieth Century-Fox Productions. Rated R. 117 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★★ I'm not even a huge science fiction …

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Suburban Parasitic Anxieties: David Cronenberg’s Shivers

On By C.H. NewellIn Body Horror, Canadian Film Development Corporation, David Cronenberg, Film, Horror, Sci-FiLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6B4oZhFaFI Shivers. 1975. Directed & Written by David Cronenberg. Starring Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Allan Kolman, Susan Petrie, Barbara Steele, Ronald Mlodzik, Barry Baldaro, Camil Ducharme, Hanna Poznanska, Wally Martin, Vlasta Vrana, Silvie Debois, Charles Perley, & Al Rochman. Cinépix/DAL Productions/Canadian Film Development Corporation. Rated R. 87 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★ Even if I love Alien …

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Pod: Backwoods Indie Alien Horror with Teeth

On By C.H. NewellIn 2015, Horror Movies, Larry Fessenden, Mickey Keating, Mystery, Review, Thriller, VODLeave a comment

Pod. 2015. Directed & Written by Mickey Keating. Starring Larry Fessenden, Lauren Ashley Carter, Brian Morvant, Dean Cates, John Weselcouch, and Forrest McClain. High Window Films. Rated R. 76 minutes. Horror/Mystery/Thriller ★★★1/2 If any of you may have read my reviews before, you might know that I'm a big fan of films which are of …

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