some of my favourite lesser known Sci fi films.

[Cartimand]

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Robowar really is a bloody awful film!

A 10th rate copy of Predator, with poor effects, even poorer acting and cheesy 80s synth music!

[Cartimand]

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Thanks for the heads up. Will Chromecast it later;

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n973Nxqb5Ts

[staffslad]

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Robowar is currently on Youtuve. Sorry, I am not sure how to post the link but search for "robowar" and you should find it there.

[darren]

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DAMNATION ALLEY 1977

In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.
STARS JAN MICHAEL VINCENT AND GEORGE PEPPARD ETC.


DEATH RACE 2000 1975
In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.

STARS DAVID CARRADINE SYLVESTER STALLONE.

[Cartimand]

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Thanks - will look out for Robowar.

[staffslad]

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Chopping Mall is a good one. I have it on a DVD set I bought from the USA.

If you like bad robot movies, have you seen Robowar? It's a cheap Italian Predator/Terminator clone with Reb Brown and his team trying to take out a military robot running amok in the jungle.

[Cartimand]

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Watched the hugely entertaining Brit sci-fi Kill Command a few days ago. It reminded me of Saturn 3 a bit at times.
i've always enjoyed the old bad robot genre and some other lesser-known or almost forgotten films are:

Chopping Mall (OK it is a Jim Wynorsky B movie, but it is done very well)
Black Hole (imagine being stuck in hell with a nasty robot. Very dark Disney effort)
Red Planet (a military-grade robot with dodgy programming. What could possibly go wrong?)
Earth Dies Screaming (creepy Cyberman lookalikes that turn humans into zombies)
Hardware (exceedingly nasty robot that rebuilds itself and kills in nasty ways).

[staffslad]

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Some favourite 70s SF films:

No Blade of Grass (1970) Apocalyptic tale of a world starving when all crops fail and the desperate flight of a family from the city to a relative's farm--not often screened for some reason.

Soylent Green (1973) Charlton Heston in a world where overpopulation and environmental pollution have ravaged society. He tracks down the killer of a corporation bigwig and takes time to romance the gorgeous Leigh Taylor Young along the way to discovering the horrific secret of Soylent Green.

The Incredible Melting Man (1977) Gooy FX are the highlight of this one as an astronaut slowly melts while going on a murder rampage.

It's Alive! (1974) Killer baby is tracked down by his dad and the police after leaving the delivery room in a bloody mess. More complex than at first sight.

ZPG (1971) In an overpopulated world the government bans women from having children, forcing couples to instead have creepy robotic dolls. Stars Oliver Reed.

The Omega Man (1971) Charlton Heston as the last man on Earth, with disfigured psychotic mutants as his only company. Based on "I am Legend" by Richard Matheson.

The Final Programme (1973) John Finch as agent Jerry Cornelius in a sometimes psychedelic story of a plot to prevent a group of scientists creating a self-replicating super being. Very odd at times.

[staffslad]

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Favourite 60s SF films:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) For its day the FX were stunning. Saw it back in '68 at the cinema when I was 6 or 7--goodness knows what I made of it.

Barbarella (1968) Jane Fonda in her zero-G strip during the titles--need I say more?

Planet of the Apes (1968) Makes monkeys out of the remake. One of Heston's best films

Battle beneath the Earth (1967) The Chinese are tunneling under America with laser drillers--some poor American accents and a fade-out against an atomic blast, but great fun.

Journey to the Centre of Time (1967) Cheap as chips remake of The Time Travelers, but still fun in a so-bad-it's-good way.

Destination Inner Space (1966): Another cheapie with a Creature from the Black Lagoon type alien monster. One of my fave B-movie actors, Scott Brady--stars and he is also in the previous film on this list.

Island of Terror (1966) Peter Cushing battling lumbering, impregnable "silicates" on a remote Scottish island and losing his hand in the process--great fun.

It! (1966) A bit obscure in which Roddy McDowell brings a stone golem back to life and uses it to blackmail the government and kidnap the girl he fancies.

The Atomic Submarine (1960) Possibly cheating as sometimes this is credited as 1959. Similar to Destination Inner Space but still fun--cheap but rather endearing FX.

Curse of the Fly (1965) Third in the "Fly" series but in colour this time. Carole Gray running through the woods in her nightie and a collection of failed experimental teleportation subjects locked up for the heroine to stumble upon are probably the highlights.
The Atomic Brain (1964) Bonkers tale of an old woman who lures 3 beautiful girls to her home with the promise of a job, but intends for her resident mad scientist to transplant her brain into one of the girls bodies once she's decided which has the best body--and one of the girls gets a cat's brain for her troubles.

[staffslad]

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Forgot to mention that I collected Super 8 films back in the 70s and had a 20-minute print of Creature from the Black Lagoon in sound and 3-D--2 pairs of 3-D specs came with the film. Even on an 8mm print on a home-sized projector screen it looked great, particularly those underwater scenes of the creature stalking Julie Adams.

[staffslad]

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A few of my favourite SF films from the 50s:

It came from Outer Space (1953) Originally in 3-D and with very eerie desert locations.

Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1956) Conjures up a very effective atmosphere of paranoia.

I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) Much better than the title suggests.

Fiend without a Face (1958) Surprisingly gory for its time and the barn scene terrified me when I was a boy.

The Brain Eaters (1958) Very low budget with poor creature FX, but still fun to watch.

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Released in 3-D with wonderful underwater scenes--Julie Adams in her white swimsuit is a sight worth seeing.

[darren]

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Not surprised you like it.

The fifties has some mazing sci fi films.

Its thanks to youtube i know sop many of them.

Few more.

Mothra 1961
day of the triffids 1962

ghidorah the 3 headed monster 1964

plant of the vampires 1965
godzilla v the sea monster aka ebirah horror of the deep 1966
destroy all monsters 1968.

one of my favourite sci fi films. Remember watching this 1976/7 at my grandmothers house. Think it was shown on a thursday night. Bought the dvd some years ago. Love it for nostalgic reasons these days.

[marc]

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earth v the flying saucers 1956.
Wonderful film with effects by the legend ray harryhausen.

One of my favourite Sci fi films. Remember watching this 1976/7 at my grandmothers house. Think it was shown on a Thursday night. Bought the dvd some years ago. Love it for nostalgic reasons these days.

[darren]

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earth v the flying saucers 1956.
Wonderful film with effects by the legend ray harryhausen.

[Asher D]

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was that that action movie about a robot called jeremy?