Edward Douglas (David Thewlis) survives a plane crash at sea, only to be rescued by Montgomery (Val Kilmer) and taken to an island controlled by mad scientist Dr. Moreau (Marlon Brando). Moreau has crossed human DNA with that of other animals, creating beastmen that he controls by means of imbedded pain chips. Moreau’s “daughter” (Fairuza
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Astronomer John Putnam (Richard Carlson) and school teacher Ellen Fields (Barbara Rush) have their romantic evening interrupted by a meteor strike nearby. John investigates and finds an alien craft that is then buried in a rockslide. Without evidence, no one believes him, and the jealous sheriff (Charles Drake) warns him to leave Ellen alone. But
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a mnemonic smuggler, with an illegal implant in his brain that allows him to store computer data. On his last job, things go terribly wrong and he finds himself hunted by the Yakuza. Worse, he only has twenty-four hours to remove the overload of information from his head before it kills
Just Imagine (1930)
In the far future of 1980, when people no longer have names and personal airplanes have replaced cars, J-21 (John Garrick) and LN-18 (Maureen O’Sullivan) want to be married, but his application has been turned down by the marriage tribunal. Attempting to become more prestigious in order to win his appeal, he takes on the dangerous
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Teens Mike (Grant Cramer) and Debbie (Suzanne Snyder) search for a meteorite, but instead find a circus tent and killer clowns (or Klowns). The aliens are here to gather up humans to make into sugary snacks. The teens go to the police, but crotchety officer Mooney (John Vernon) thinks it’s all a joke while Deputy
Lady Frankenstein (1971)
Baron Frankenstein (Joseph Cotten) and his assistant, Dr. Charles Marshall (Paul Muller), are finally ready to create a living creature from body parts, when Frankenstein’s daughter, Tania (Rosalba Neri, using the name Sara Bey), returns from medical school. More strong willed than expected, She plans to follow in her father’s footsteps. When the Baron’s creation runs amuck,
Land of the Dead (2005)
With the world infested by zombies, one city survives, sending out scavenging parties. Within the city, Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) and the rich live in a luxury complex while the rest live in slums. Riley (Simon Baker), a retired scavenger, wants only to go off on his own, but is drafted into service, along with a
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1995)
A megalomaniac corporate chairman has Jobe (Matt Frewer), miraculously surviving his apparent demise in the first film, solving the last problems with the powerful Chiron chip so that he can take over the world. But Jobe is actually working for himself so that he can become a new messiah. It is left to the creator
Lifeforce (1985)
A beautiful, female, space vampire (Mathilda May) and two lesser males are brought to Earth by a space shuttle that was studying Halley’s Comet. The vampires escape and steal the lifeforce from most of the citizens of London, changing them into zombies. An SAS officers (Peter Firth) and a survivor from the shuttle (Steve Railsback) attempt to
Logan’s Run (1975)
In 2274, humans live decadent lives in an enclosed city. To keep the population consistent, everyone is killed at age thirty in an elaborate ceremony called Carousel. The few who try to escape this death, by “running,” are hunted down by executioners known as sandmen. Logan (Michael York) is a sandman with four more years to live. The
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)
Obnoxious American CEO, William Cole (Bruce Campbell), travels to Bulgaria to invest in a subway. When he is murdered, along with his ex-KGB cab driver, Yegor, a mad scientist (Stacy Keach) and his assistant (Ted Raimi) resurrect him, using parts of the cab driver’s brain to repair Cole’s. When Cole’s wife is also murdered, the