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Through this blog, the author would like to share his enthusiasm for classic / vintage sci-fi films.
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
1w ago
SCI-FI FILM FIESTA
Volume 9:
"Accidents & Experiments"
This 9th volume “Accidents & Experiments” of the Sci-Fi Film Fiesta eBook series features classic science fiction films from the 1950s whose subject matter involves discoveries and breakthroughs made through experiments or even by sheer accident. The important point about such discoveries, though are the consequences that result from them.
The collection of entertaining cautionary sci-fi screen tales from the 1950’s raise interesting questions about humanity’s drive to command, control and master nature and treat it as i ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
1M ago
SCI-FI FILM FIESTA
Volume 8:
BIG BUGS &
CRAZY CRITTERS
The classic science fiction films from the 1950s in this FREE volume 8 “Big Bugs and Crazy Critters” of the Sci-Fi Film Fiesta eBook series, deal with forces of nature going haywire and seeming to strike back at humanity with a veritable menagerie of colossal critters, reminding us just how insignificant and powerless we are in the face of forces over which we really have little control.
Featured Films include;
Them! (1954)
Tarantula (1955)
Beginning of the End (1957)
The Black Scorpion (1957)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
The Mons ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
1M ago
SCI-FI FILM FIESTA
VOLUME 7:
THE END IS NIGH!
The many ways by which human civilization could be brought to a crashing end have from time to time been the subject of science fiction films. In the 1950s and throughout the Cold War period, the threat of nuclear annihilation was for many people a very real prospect.
This 7th volume of the Sci-Fi Film Fiesta series: “The End Is Nigh,” features sci-fi films of the 1950s that depict end-of-the-world scenarios as well as post apocalyptic and dystopian futures.
CONTENTS
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Five (1951)
1984 (1954)
Day the Wo ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
2M ago
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
Volume 6:
Alien Invasion!
Many of the classic science fiction films from the 1950s featured in this sixth volume of the Sci-Fi Film Fiesta eBook series: "Alien Invasion," reflect and play on the fears and paranoia of the Cold War period. But, what if our planet was to be actually subjected to an alien invasion, incursion of infestation? Could it happen? What could happen?
Featured films:
Invasion USA (1952)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Target Earth (1954)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
This Island, Earth (1955)
Earth vs the Flying Saucers (1 ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
2M ago
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
VOLUME 5:
“Alien Contact”
The science fiction films from the 1950s that feature in this volume imaginatively depict what could happen during a time of alien contact in the form of transmission of messages and visitations to the planet earth.
Such films also serve to reflect the kinds of fears that were prevalent at the time as well as offering commentary concerning the state of human affairs on our own planet. It is interesting to note just how much of this can apply to our own era in the 21st century!
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Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
3M ago
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
VOLUME 3:
“OTHER WORLDS”
By Chris Christopoulos
This volume of the “Sci-Fi Film Fiesta” series: VOLUME 3: "OTHER WORLDS" features these classic sci-fi gems from the 1950s;
Destination Moon
Rocketship X-M
Flight to Mars
Cat Women of the Moon
Forbidden Planet
The Angry Red Planet
Each film presents an imaginative scenario involving humanity’s exploration of alien worlds.
Volume 3 "Other Worlds" is the third eBook in the Sci-Fi Film Fiesta series and is free for you to download.
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Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
4M ago
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
VOLUME 1:
“HERE BE MONSTERS”
By Chris Christopoulos 2022
The Sci-Fi Film Fiesta blog is being turned into an eBook series featuring science fiction film classics from the 1950s.
The series will consist of several volumes each featuring particular films consisting of a different theme, genre or aspect of that decade's science fiction film offerings.
Here, we'll begin with Volume 1, "Here Be Monsters"- Movies featuring classic monsters including of course, monsters of our own making.
This volume is part of a series intended (as in the case of this blog ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
6M ago
Ikarie XB 1 is an overlooked compelling science fiction film that was ahead of it's time and which focuses on complex human drama instead of cheap sci-fi razzamatazz
Directed by Jindřich Polák
Screenplay by Pavel Juráček, Jindřich Polák
Based on “The Magellanic Cloud” by Stanislaw Lem
Cinematography: Jan Kališ
Edited by Josef Dobřichovský
Music by Zdeněk Liška
Production company: Filmové Studio Barrandov
Distributed by: Ústřední půjčovna filmů, American International Pictures (USA
Release dates: July 26, 1963 (Czechoslovakia); September 1964 (US)
Running time: 86 minutes
Country: Czechoslo ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
8M ago
A somewhat laughably entertaining sci-fi film with ordinary special effects, acting and direction while a variety of plot devices at least keeps the action going.
Directed by David Bradley
Written by Fred Gebhardt, DeWitt Boden
Produced by Fred Gebhardt
Cinematography: John Alton
Edited by Edward Mann
Music by Michael Andersen
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Running time: 74 minutes
Budget: $150,000
Cast
Ken Clark as Capt. John Anderson
Michi Kobi as Dr. Hideko Murata
Tom Conway as Dr. Feodor Orloff
Anthony Dexter as Dr. Luis Vargas
John Wengraf as Dr. Erich Heinrich
Robert Montgome ..read more
Sci-Fi Film Fiesta
9M ago
Here’s a little poem that contains a rather pessimistic view of human nature. When science fiction films and books present a post-apocalyptic vision of the future, often simplistic causes are given such as humanity having messed with nature or technology managing to take over. Perhaps the likely cause of civilization's possible downfall might wind up being more complicated with various factors combining into a perfect storm. Perhaps it might be even more subtle than that, or it might even come upon us in a totally unexpected way. Whatever the case, I’ll bet our demise will be inextricably ..read more