Sci-Fi

Submersion of Japan

A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.

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The Final Programme

The future is cancelled! After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious “Final Programme”, developed by his father. The programme, a design for a perfect, self-replicating human being, is contained on microfilm. A group of scientists, led by the formidable Miss Brunner (who…

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The Clones

They duplicated one man too many. They had to find him. And kill him. A scientist discovers a plot to clone other scientists so the government can control the weather.

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The Cremators

From the sun come the Fire-People to incinerate all mankind! Great Balls of Fire: Scorching! Ravaging! Engulfing! An alien life form, resembling glowing rocks, summons forth a huge, rolling ball of fire, whenever threatened, that incinerates people.

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Lady Frankenstein

A Mad Surgeon’s Mind in a Woman’s Body Dr. Frankensteins’ daughter, who is in love with the aging lab assistant Marshall, continues with her fathers experiments and attempts to transplant Marshall’s brain into a new body to prolong his life.

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Ep. 90: Def-Con 4 featuring Tommy Bechtold

Joining us to finish off #SciFiJuly is our friend, comedian and actor Tommy Bechtold (The Middle, New Rockstars YouTube Channel), who almost watched another movie altogether but finally caught DEF-CON 4, writer/director Paul Donovan’s post-apocalyptic tale of love, survival, and unseasoned steaks! We discuss post-nuclear hut-building, DEF-CON 4’s iconic poster, the incredible amount of spices…

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Def Con 4
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Ep. 90: Def-Con 4 featuring Tommy Bechtold
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Ep. 77: Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla featuring Graham Skipper

We end Disastruary with our first Godzilla film released by New World Pictures: 1974’s GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA! And who better to discuss this with us but actor/writer/director Graham Skipper, who literally wrote the book on the subject: Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters. Graham fills us in on loads of Godzilla…

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Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
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Ep. 77: Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla featuring Graham Skipper
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Ep. 76: The Bees

We continue #disastuary with 1978’s THE BEES, a movie that explores the imminent threat of Africanized bees smuggled into the United States by Big Honey and the wacky world of the scientists that study them.   While most movies are made to appeal to specific audiences, we’re not sure who this movie was made for.  Was…

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The Bees
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Ep. 64: Wavelength

Erica likes to point out, “all roads lead to THE THING” and WAVELENGTH is one of those roads.  But WAVELENGTH is so much more. It’s a little bit of E.T. seasoned with a dash of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS sitting on a bed of Tracy Chapman. It also features some of the finest performances of faceless government…

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WAVELENGTH
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Ep. 64: Wavelength
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Ep. 55: Battle Beyond the Stars

It had to happen!  We discuss one of New World’s most successful and popular films, one that helped forge the careers of many incredible artists and, perhaps – PERHAPS – took its cues from another successful film that helped forge the careers of many incredible artists! Okay, let’s make that THREE films!  We dive into…

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Ep. 55: Battle Beyond the Stars
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