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Dark Star -- 30th Anniversary Special Edition [DVD] [1974]Dark Star -- 30th Anniversary Special Edition [DVD] [1974]
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Deep space, cabin fever, a talking bomb and much more. Funny (peculiar) and funny (ha ha) at the same time.
The Quiet Earth [DVD] [1984]The Quiet Earth [DVD] [1984]
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Post-apocalypse last-few-people-on-the-planet stuff. A memorable film.
Soylent Green [DVD] [1973]Soylent Green [DVD] [1973]
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Chuck Heston investigates in a overpopulated world on the edge of environmental collapse.
Barbarella [DVD] [1968]Barbarella [DVD] [1968]
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Kinky sixties comic book weirdness with Jane Fonda. Yeah, baby!
The Man Who Fell To Earth [DVD] [1976]The Man Who Fell To Earth [DVD] [1976]
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Oblique seventies graphic novel weirdness with David Bowie.
The Illustrated Man [1969] [VHS]The Illustrated Man [1969] [VHS]
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Stories within a story, from the book by Ray Bradbury. All this and Rod Steiger, too!
Repo Man [DVD] [1984]Repo Man [DVD] [1984]
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Dispossessed youth, world weary veterans of car repossession and a certain Chevrolet Malibu ...
Brazil [1985] [DVD]Brazil [1985] [DVD]
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The story of Sam Lowry: Civil servant, inveterate dreamer and reluctant anarchist.
Fahrenheit 451 [DVD] [1966]Fahrenheit 451 [DVD] [1966]
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A vision of a book-burning dystopia, again from a Ray Bradbury book. Are we almost there?
Zardoz [DVD] [1974]Zardoz [DVD] [1974]
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Pretentious future fantasy post-apocalypse nonsense, or serious intellectual piece? You decide.
2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] [DVD]2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] [DVD]
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Rising Damp in space? No, but a Leonard Rossiter cameo. Yes, really. Look, it's 2001: A Space Odyssey, OK? Enough said.
The Day The Earth Caught Fire [1961] [DVD]The Day The Earth Caught Fire [1961] [DVD]
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Nuclear bomb tests cause terrible catastrophe. Can the world be saved?
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [DVD] [1978]Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [DVD] [1978]
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The best of the lot, in my humble opinion. The film's feeling of reality adds to the creeping horror.
THX 1138 [VHS] [1970]THX 1138 [VHS] [1970]
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Another rebellion against repression. Early George Lucas, Star Wars fans.
Westworld [VHS] [1973]Westworld [VHS] [1973]
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Technology goes wrong. People start to die. And you thought Microsoft Windows was bad?
The Andromeda Strain [VHS] [1970]The Andromeda Strain [VHS] [1970]
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Lethal space bug arrives on Earth. People start to die. Scientists to the rescue?