Posted on 08/14/2005 8:45:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
There's an old topic by this name, and it seems like it would be of some interest in casual moments.
Them
The Creature From the Black Lagoon
The Man from Planet X.
The Thing
Total Recall.
For the scene where Sharon Stone thrashes Arnold big time.
Space Balls!
"The Thing From Another World" (Howard Hawks' Classic)
"Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" (The Original)
"Aliens": What "Alien" Should Have Been!
"It.. The Terror From Beyond Space": The Original "Alien"
"Predator": Cinema's Coolest Alien since "This Island, Earth"!
"The Andromeda Strain": Superb then, and now!
"Them!": B-Movie Perfection!
"The Incredible Shrinking Man": What if...?
"Night Of The Living Dead": Who says it takes a big budget to make a classic?
"Tremors": Guns and commom household chemicals in the correct proportions are goooooood!
"Colossus: The Forbin Project": Computers as Gods
"Forbidden Planet": Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in Space.
Jack.
Our family always watches "Independence Day" on the week of the 4th of July. The speech by Bill Pullman always brings me to the verge of tears.
Predator
Predator 2
Forbidden Planet
The Thing (BOTH versions)
Andromeda Strain
Colossus: The Forbin Project
All Quatermass movies
Them!
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (ORIGINAL ONLY!)
Tremors
Alien
Aliens
This Island Earth
Day of the Triffids
Day the Earth Stood Still
Day the World Ended (early Corman)
King Kong(guess it would be called sci-fi)
Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
The Fly(ORIGINAL!!w/Vincent Price)
More as I think of them. :)
Just thought of another early Corman-Not of this Earth.
Hey, I LIKED Howard The Duck! :D Especially the guy who played the Scientist possesed by the Dark Overlord (believe he confessed recently he was into kiddie porn). He (and Lea's rear-end) stole the movie.
The most disturbing sci fi movie I saw as a kid was a thing called "Equinox".About a satanic book that was found and Satan trying to get it back.Scared the s##t out of me for some reason.
Same here. The 4th is just not the same unless we see this one.
The Empire Strikes Back.
Regards, Ivan
Forbidden Planet, particularly regarding the time in which it was made, stands as a classic. It's usually the first to my mind; may be the movie that made me love SF.
Dan
That movie really gave me the creeps as a kid. Left me with a creepy feeling about the higher elevations... and fog in them. It's got the creep factor.
I think the word I'm looking for is... CREEPY!
Dan
Between Time and Timbuktu Hard-to-find Vonnegut collage. My favorite scene: the planet where the police have to wear heavy boots and thick goggles to "make it fair".
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Original)
Invaders from Mars
Day of the Triffids
Clockwork Orange
Carnival of Souls
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Donnie Darko
The Last Man on Earth
Of course, Star Treks, Star Wars, The Prisoner, Outer Limits, Hammer House of Horror, One Step Beyond, Twilight Zone (OK, some are TV but oh well)
The Terminator
Tarantula
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Godzilla
Island of Terror
Rodan
Village of the Damned
Alien Nation
The Spider (aka Earth vs. The Spider)
Dr. Cyclops
The Invisible Man
How could I forget-TIME AFTER TIME? A classic. Combined H.G. Wells & his time machine with Jack the Ripper-and a LOT of thought went into it.
Alien
Best ever no questions asked.
Often imitated, never matched. Not only one of the greatest sci fi movies of all times, but one of the greatest movies period.
I agree with your Planet of the Apes selection. I saw it when I was a kid and it stuck with me more than any Disney movie.
Too bad Elvis didn't make a sci-fi flick. I mean it! That white jumpsuit would have been a perfect costume.
The Day The Earth Stood Still
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
2001
Planet of The Apes(1968)
The Bamboo Saucer
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