The Abyss
By Dr. Scifi | September 5, 2008
The Abyss (1989)
The crew of deep sea oil rig and submersible transport a Navy SEAL team to investigate a nuclear submarine crash.
Lindsey Brigman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) drowns and advanced cardiac life support is performed by the non-medical crew.
Video: The Abyss movie trailer
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Altered States
By Dr. Scifi | September 2, 2008
Altered States (1980)
Dr. Edward Jessup (William Hurt) is a professor of abnormal psychology who is studying schizophrenia.
Video. Altered States movie trailer.
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WarGames
By Dr. Scifi | August 30, 2008
WarGames (1983)
Teenager David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unknowingly hacks a Pentagon computer to play a game. Dr. Stephen Falken (John Wood) helps them to stop “Global Thermonuclear War.” Dr. John McKittrick (Dabney Coleman) is a government official.
Video: WarGames movie trailer
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Zardoz
By Dr. Scifi | August 28, 2008
Zardoz (1974)
Arthur Frayn is behind the Zardoz god mask and he created Zed using eugenics.
Video: Zardoz movie trailer
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Total Recall
By Dr. Scifi | August 26, 2008
Total Recall (1990) is set in the year 2084.
Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) does not know if what he is experiencing is real or if it is the false memory vacation to Mars that he purchased from Total Recall. Dr. Edgemar tries to convince Quaid that it is only a paranoid delusion.
Video: Total Recall movie trailer
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The Fly
By Dr. Scifi | August 24, 2008
The Fly (1958)
Scientist Andre Delambre (Al Hedison) uses his teletransportation machine while a fly is in it.
Video: The Fly movie trailer
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The Terminator
By Dr. Scifi | August 22, 2008
The Terminator (1984)
Dr. Peter Silberman (Earl Boen) is a criminal psychologist. Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) is diagnosed as delusional because she believes that her son will lead a resistance against the machines in a post-apocalyptic future.
Video: The Terminator movie trailer
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2001: A Space Odyssey
By Dr. Scifi | August 21, 2008
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (William Sylvester) travels to the Moon to examine a large rectangular black monolith when suddenly sends a signal to Jupiter.
Video: 2001: Space Odyssey movie trailer
The computer is named HAL. The letters that follow H-A-L in the alphabet are I-B-M.
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Forbidden Planet
By Dr. Scifi | August 19, 2008
Forbidden Planet (1965)
Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) knows the secret of the Forbidden Planet.
Video: Forbidden Planet movie trailer
What’s a bathing suit?
In this trailer we see:
- Receding text in the opening credits, just like Star Wars.
- A starship with a captain and crew exploring space, just like Star Trek.
- A mysterious planet with an ancient secret, just like Total Recall.
- Robbie the Robot.
This movie also refers to some Freudian notions without to much psychobabble.
Pretty good for 1956.
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Charly
By Dr. Scifi | August 17, 2008
Charly (1968)
Dr Richard Nemur and Dr Anna Straus perform experimental surgery on Charlie Gordon (Cliff Robertson) who is a mentally retarded man. Will the surgery give him intelligence?
Video: Charly montage scene.
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