forgoton classics - Sci Fi movies

SumDood said:
I remember that one as a kid. Seems like it was an all-star cast. The bus had a guy playing piano in the back. Crazy what comes back 35 years later.
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The piano was nothing, the thing had a bowling ally too. Here's another clip, it's dubbed in Spanish (Oddly, there are no English versions on the 'Tube)...
Keep in mind, this silliness is Pre-"Airplane!" too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=e3y7zDZnyq0&feature=related

:D
 
Naddig74 said:
All non-brits who've seen Krull please raise your hands :)
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I saw it in a southern Utah cinema in 1983! And then on cable about 6 or 1100 times between 1984 and 1990. And I have it on video, but I need to get the DVD because the tape is in awful shape!

Did you know Krull began life as the Dungeons&Dragons movie? I think it was budgetary concerns that changed the project into the sci-fi/fantasy mash-up it is today, but you can still see remnants of the D&D idea in the final movie: The Wizard, the Thief, etc.

I know it's cheesy as all hell, but I love Krull with all my little 13-year-old heart (even if I am 40)!
 
I tried to go over this entire thread to see if anyone mentions Fantastic voyage (1966). If not entirely forgotten, it doesn't receive the attention that I think it deserves. Outstanding special effects (won an Oscar), interesting story, great action and Raquel Welch at the peak of her hotness. I believe that Isaac Asimov worked with the script-writers as science advisor.
 
I always liked 'Star Crystal' (-86). I like b-70/80's sci-fi flicks, and this one had a particulary nice song in the end. I still have the old vhs tape that I bought in the late 80's. I have no idea if it's even available on dvd.

Then, for animated sci-fi movies, I just love 'Starchaser: Legend of Orin' (-85). In the late 90's I actually manage to get in touch with Jeffrey Scott, the writer. I was looking for it on dvd, since my vhs tape had been lost by an unreliable friend, so I just had to have it. He informed that there were copyright issues going on and he couldn't say when or even if it would be released on dvd. But a few years later I found it on dvd, bought it, and loved it still.
 
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The Tingler was one of those '50s flicks that came with a gimmick iirc. It was about this thing that looked like a foot long version of the thing that crawls into Chekov's ear in wrath of khan that 'tingled' people to death. In some cinemas a couple of chairs were wired to a battery and patrons were given mild electric shocks at scary moments in the film.

Krull was a far better effort as a D&D movie than the pitiful attempts we've seen of late. I never thought it was all that cheesy, actually quite a good film.
 
rdaneel said:
Anyone remember "The Demon Seed"?
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I just re-watched Demon Seed a few weeks ago (and also posted it in another thread for Horror Movie recommendations). It's a fun watch.

rdaneel said:
And regarding "The Forbin Project", I always wondered if Colossus, being a computer from the 70's, would have crashed on the the year 2000. :D
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If Colossus had survived, all the Windows blue screens of death might have been replaced with the crawling LED message GET ME GATES!
 
Naddig74 said:
All non-brits who've seen Krull please raise your hands :)
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:w2:

Saw it when it came out, and, later, bought it on VHS.

Mike! said:
Speaking of the Seventies, anyone ever see a Sort of Sci-Fi/comedy/disaster movie called, "The Big Bus"? It's a parody of the disaster movies of the day, featuring an atomic powered cross country double decker, double long Bus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPpBGsFddao

:p
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I vaguely recall this one, but I must've been pretty young when it came out, since I didn't even realize it was a parody.

Or was there another Bus disaster movie?

autumn1971 said:
Wait, are you a not-UK-ian calling the movies "the cinema"?
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My family's from Chicago, and we called it we always called it going to the (movie) theater, or sometimes just "the show". But when we moved to Kentucky, a lot of people there referred to going to "the cinemas" (plural at that point because they were all multiplexes).
 
Jono said:
Then, for animated sci-fi movies, I just love 'Starchaser: Legend of Orin' (-85). In the late 90's I actually manage to get in touch with Jeffrey Scott, the writer. I was looking for it on dvd, since my vhs tape had been lost by an unreliable friend, so I just had to have it. He informed that there were copyright issues going on and he couldn't say when or even if it would be released on dvd. But a few years later I found it on dvd, bought it, and loved it still.
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The adventures of Mark Twain anyone?
 
Jono said:
I always liked 'Star Crystal' (-86). I like b-70/80's sci-fi flicks, and this one had a particulary nice song in the end. I still have the old vhs tape that I bought in the late 80's. I have no idea if it's even available on dvd.

Then, for animated sci-fi movies, I just love 'Starchaser: Legend of Orin' (-85). In the late 90's I actually manage to get in touch with Jeffrey Scott, the writer. I was looking for it on dvd, since my vhs tape had been lost by an unreliable friend, so I just had to have it. He informed that there were copyright issues going on and he couldn't say when or even if it would be released on dvd. But a few years later I found it on dvd, bought it, and loved it still.
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I have 3D Japanese VHD Video Disc copies of Starchaser, Metalstorm, Spacehunter, Jaws 3D, Friday The 13th 3D and Comin' At Ya! in field-sequential 3D (the kind that uses 3D shutter glasses).
 
The best bad movie ever -- StarCrash.

Mike! said:
The was just called, "Frogs". :eye-poppi
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I recall that having one of the most enticing (yet misleading) movie posters ever. It showed a giant frog with a human hand sticking out of its mouth. The scene never appeared in the movie and I felt ripped off.
 
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alfaniner said:
The best bad movie ever -- StarCrash.


I recall that having one of the most enticing (yet misleading) movie posters ever. It showed a giant frog with a human hand sticking out of its mouth. The scene never appeared in the movie and I felt ripped off.
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You are quite correct, and not alone, I felt ripped as well.
No monster frogs at all, just a lot of ordinary amphibians hopping around.
Sort of "The Birds" with frogs... Only frogs don't really have anything threatening about them in the least.
Birds have a nice pointy beak and, I guess tiny claws too.
What's a frog going to do, shoot its long sticky tongue at you? Rid your house of flies? Woo, scary.

:tongue-ti
 
Disclord said:
I have 3D Japanese VHD Video Disc copies of Starchaser, Metalstorm, Spacehunter, Jaws 3D, Friday The 13th 3D and Comin' At Ya! in field-sequential 3D (the kind that uses 3D shutter glasses).
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Way cool!
 
I recently made a purchase that may interest some of you. Found a case of movies for 30 bucks that contained 100 Sci-Fi classic movies. Although some were released in the early to mid-90's, so I'm not sure how exactly they can be considered classics, but regardless, here's the list of movies it contains:

The Lost World (1925)
Maciste all'Inferno (1926)
The Mistress of Atlantis (1932)
The Lost City: Living Dead Men (1934)
The Lost City: Tunnel of Death (1934)
The Lost Jungle: The Tiger's Prey (1934)
The Lost Jungle: The Battle of Beasts (1934)
The Lost Jungle: The Pit of Crocodiles (1934)
The Lost Jungle: Nature in the Raw (1934)
The Lost Jungle: The Lion's Blood (1934)
The Lost Jungle: Eyes of the Jungle (1934)
The Lost Jungle: Human Hyenas (1934)
The Lost Jungle: The Gorilla (1934)
The Lost Jungle: Take Them Back Alive! (1934)
The Lost Jungle: Noah's Ark Island (1934)
The Lost Jungle: The Hypnotic Eye (1934)
The Lost Jungle: Gorilla Warfare (1934)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 02 - The Thunder Riders (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 10 - The Rebellion (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 03 - The Lightning Chamber (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 09 - Prisoners of the Ray (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 11 - A Queen in Chains (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 12 - The End of Murania (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 06 - Disaster from the Skies (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 04 - Phantom Broadcast (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 01 - The Singing Cowboy (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 08 - Jaws of Jeopardy (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 07 - From Death to Life (1935)
The Phantom Empire: Chapter 05 - Beneath the Earth (1935)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 01 - The Arms of the God (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 02 - The Crushing Walls (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 05 - The Sinister Ray (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 06 - The Sword Thrower (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 04 - Death on the Wire (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 03 - 13 Ferguson Alley (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 07 - The Noose (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 09 - The Last Warning (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 15 - The Avenging Powers (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 14 - The Fatal Trap (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 13 - The Brink of Disaster (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 12 - The Invisible Gas (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 11 - Thundering Doom (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 10 - The Bomb (1936)
Shadow of Chinatown: Chapter 08 - Midnight (1936)
The Phantom Creeps: The Menacing Power (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: To Destroy the World (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: The Blast (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: Phantom Footprints (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: Speeding Doom (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: Trapped in the Flames (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: The Menacing Mist (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: The Iron Monster (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: Thundering Rails (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: Invisible Terror (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: Crashing Timbers (1939)
The Phantom Creeps: Death Stalks the Highway (1939)
Flash Gordon: The Purple Death From Outer Space (1940)
Robot Pilot (1941)
White Pongo (1945)
Queen of the Amazons (1947)
Counterblast (1948)
Prehistoric Women (1950)
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Unknown World (1951)
Planet Outlaws (1953)
Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Menace from Outer Space (1953)
Phantom from Space (1953)
Crash of the Moons (1954)
Killers From Space (1954), MPAA Rating: NR
Evil Girl from Mars (1954)
The Snow Creature (1954)
The Brain Machine (1955)
Warning from Space (1956)
Evil Brain From Outer Space (1956)
The Day the Sky Exploded (1957)
She-Gods of Shark Reef (1958)
First Spaceship on Venus (1959)
Hercules Unchained (1959)
The Wasp Woman (1959), MPAA Rating: NR
Attack from Space (1959)
Horrors of Spider Island (1959)
The Wild Women of Wongo (1959)
Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
The Incredible Petrified World (1960)
Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960)
Assignment Outer Space (1961)
The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
The Phantom Planet (1961)
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (1961)
The Manster (1961)
Eegah! (1962)
Ring of Terror (1962)
This Is Not a Test (1962)
Hercules the Invincible (1963)
The Atomic Brain (1964)
Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Atomic Rulers of the World (1964)
Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (1964)
Giants of Rome (1964)
Frozen Alive (1964)
Gammera the Invincible (1965)
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1966)
They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
Destroy All Planets (1968)
Embryo (1968)
Night Fright (1968)
Kong Island (1968)
Attack of the Monsters (1969)
Beast of the Yellow Night (1970)
How Awful About Allan (1970), MPAA Rating: PG
The Fury of the Wolfman (1970)
Moon of the Wolf (1972)
The Folks at Red Wolf Inn (1972), MPAA Rating: R
The Doomsday Machine (1972)
Piranha, Piranha (1972), MPAA Rating: PG
House of the Living Dead (1973), MPAA Rating: PG
Idaho Transfer (1973)
All the Kind Strangers (1974)
The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974)
UFO: Target Earth (1974)
The Alpha Incident (1976)
Invisible Strangler (1976), MPAA Rating: PG
Panic (1976)
War of the Planets (1977), MPAA Rating: PG
Snowbeast (1977)
The End of the World (1977), MPAA Rating: PG
The Legend of the Wolf Woman (1977), MPAA Rating: R
Invasion from Inner Earth (1977)
Good Against Evil (1977)
House of the Dead (1978), MPAA Rating: PG
The Lucifer Complex (1978)
Alien Contamination (1981)
Cataclysm (1981), MPAA Rating: R
Blood Tide (1982)
The New Barbarians (1982), MPAA Rating: R
Death Warmed Up (1983)
The Cold Room (1984)
Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1984)
The Galaxy Invader (1985), MPAA Rating: PG
Eternal Evil (1987), MPAA Rating: R
Laser Mission (1990), MPAA Rating: R
Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994)
Alien Species (1996)
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I look forward to geeking out on cheesy sci-fi films very soon. :D
 
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