Science Fiction Noir , The Candidates
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- DirectorDon SiegelStarsKevin McCarthyDana WynterLarry GatesA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.The one often called a noir , great photography , told in flashback , paranoia at it's best . Spoiled only by an added later happy ending .
- DirectorRudolph CartierStarsPeter CushingAndré MorellYvonne MitchellIn a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.Great BBC version with Peter Cushing and written by Nigel Kneale , one of the scariest films you'll ever see
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsEdmond O'BrienMichael RedgraveJan SterlingIn a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.This one has Edmond O'Brien and Jan Sterling , plus Michael Redgrave , Donald Pleasance for the British side .
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsLew AyresGene EvansNancy ReaganThree scientists unlawfully remove the still living brain of a dead tycoon and experiment with it but the evil brain begins to telepathically control the lead scientist.Just has a similar feel , the plot of someone taking a rich man's place , the political and financial corruption would be noir without the brain in a jar scenario .
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsRobert ClarkeMargaret FieldRaymond BondAs a mysterious planet hurls itself toward Earth, an enigmatic extraterrestrial scout arrives on a remote Scottish island with unknown intentions.Photography , camera angles , voiceover telling the story in flashback , directed by Ulmer .
- DirectorJack PollexfenStarsLon Chaney Jr.Max ShowalterMarian CarrA brutal death row inmate double-crossed by his crooked lawyer gets his chance for revenge when, following his execution, a bizarre experiment brings him back to life and deadlier than ever.Dragnet style voiceover , great use of real locations in Los Angeles
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsMarguerite ChapmanDouglas KennedyJames GriffithA crazed scientist invents an invisibility formula. He plans to use the formula to create an army of invisible zombies.Ulmer again , science used to rob banks , Marguerite Chapman is good as an over the hill moll
- DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJack WarnerRichard WordsworthProfessor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.Deadly serious , paranoid , great photography , plus noir favourite Brian Donlevy . Hammer in the change between noir and horror . The original BBC version is worth a vote too .
- DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJohn LongdenSidney JamesProfessor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up.Even better sequel , touches of Invasion of the Body Snatchers .
- DirectorsLeslie NormanJoseph LoseyStarsDean JaggerEdward ChapmanLeo McKernA radioactive, mud-like creature terrorizes a Scottish village.A lesser known Hammer sci fi , with similarities to Quatermass
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsMacdonald CareyShirley Anne FieldViveca LindforsAn American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.Under rated , directed by Joseph Losey , has it's moments .
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames WhitmoreEdmund GwennJoan WeldonThe earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.Great noir photography , and it ends up in the LA storm drains . So what if it's got giant ants ?
- DirectorEugène LouriéStarsPaul HubschmidPaula RaymondCecil KellawayA ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.Great photography , bit parts for Steve Brodie and Lee Van Cleef who gets to shoot the monster .
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsAnne HeywoodPeter van EyckCecil ParkerAfter the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private airplane, three scientists secretly harvest the dying man's brain and keep it alive in a laboratory in order to communicate with it through telepathy.Cheaper British version of Donovan's Brain , fits in with all the British B movie noirs of the time .
- DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsEddie ConstantineAnna KarinaAkim TamiroffAn agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.Eddie Constantine's Lemmy Caution , star of countless French noirs , in a strange alien city
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsJohn P. RyanSharon FarrellAndrew DugganThe Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever it is scared. And it is easily scared.Hitchcock couldn't have done a better job , great Bernard Herrman score , and another finale in the LA storm drains
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.Visual homage to noir of the forties , trench coats and venetian blinds .
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction.Eighties equivalent of all those RKO B's , features a bar called Technoir , and of course rips off the two Outer Limits Harlan Ellison stories , Soldier and Demon with a Glass Hand which are prime candidates too .
- DirectorAlex CoxStarsHarry Dean StantonEmilio EstevezTracey WalterA young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.The box from Kiss Me Deadly and other touches
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsRon RandellDebra PagetElaine StewartAfter wandering in a nuclear testing area in the desert, escaped mobster Ron Candell starts mutating and seeks revenge on his former crime partners.B movie classic , escaped gangster caught in a nuclear blast tries to get even with the world
- DirectorKen HughesStarsGene NelsonFaith DomergueJoseph TomeltyA scientist is found floating with bullet and a radiation halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of us in time. He teams up with a reporter to stop his double from destroying his experiments.Noirish opening , dark photography , features a twist on the usual amnesia .
- DirectorsMontgomery TullyDavid PaltenghiStarsRod CameronMary MurphyMeredith EdwardsAn insurance investigator finds there's more to electronic dream therapy than meets the eye.Merton Park B movie , insurance investigator , ex nazi doctors , fits in with the British crime features
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsHoward DuffEva BartokAlan WheatleyBritish scientists test rocket; matrimonial strife looms. Rocket partially fails; couple goes missing. Did they elope or are they dead, orbiting in rocket debris?Hammer murder mystery , with rockets .
- DirectorBernard KnowlesStarsMark StevensMarianne KochWolfgang LukschyA scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspected of her murder.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsPeter DyneleyJane HyltonNanette NewmanA young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.