Böcker av Gary J Svehla

Includes a study of Alien and  A History of the Horror Film Portmanteau,Re: Aleien: Some of us find it hard to believe that 2011 marks the 32nd anniversary of Ridley Scott’s landmark science-fiction picture, Alien, which 20th Century Fox released on May 25, 1979 (exactly two years after the studio premièred George Lucas’s phenomenal Star Wars, although it’s hard to imagine two more different s.f. movies). This article was originally presented as a paper at the Fourth International Conference on the Fantastic (Boca Raton, Florida, March 26, 1981).. Since that time, there have been some major contributions to Alien studies, including David Thomson’s book-length study, The Alien Quartet (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1999)—not to mention the commentary that can be found on the various DVD issues of the Alien films. But none has ever looked at the movie the way that “In Space, No One Can Hear Your Primal Scream” does. Thus, for the first-time publication of the complete text of this article, I have, for the most part, used as references those articles and interviews that came out shortly after the movie played theatrically, as they have the advantage of “freshness”—of being critics’ and filmmakers’ initial thoughts before the sequels and many imitations got in the way

Fantastic Journeys is comprised of FANEX film convention guest talks and question and answer sessions, which were held over the past 16 years. We have also included lists of Top 5 Sci-Fi Faves contributed by our loyal readers and writers, along with our own series of sci-fi lists. Ray Harryhausen, John Agar, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Richard Gordon, Acquanetta, Russell Johnson, Robet Wise and Kevin McCarthy are some of the sci-fi masters whose genre movie memories are included in this tribute to sci-fi films, past and present. We also include our Favorite Science Films by Decade, plus much more. Reading this loving sci-fi movie tribute will inspire you to reach for those dusty DVDs and rewatch your favorite out-of-this-world movie favorites.

Issue 76 of Midnight Marquee features Forum/Against Em - Psycho Halloween: Slicing and Dicing the Urban Legend by Daniel J. Graffeo Jamie Lee Curtis and the Virginity Myth by Mark Allan Gunnells Plan 9 From Outer Space: Why the Plan Worked by Carl Schultz and over 50 pages of DVd reviews