Beware! The Blob (1972)
Apr 1, 2002The Blob Comedy Sequel
A sequel to The Blob, although this plays everything for comedy. The one and only film directed by actor Larry Hagman, no less than J.R. Ewing of Dallas fame
Gerrit Graham
The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Mar 9, 2001Phantom of the Opera Rock Musical Parody
Predating The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Brian De Palma conducts a very funny parody of The Phantom of the Opera (and several other horror films) as a glitter rock musical
Strange New World (1975)
Feb 23, 2023Cryogenic Sleepers Awake in a Post-Apocalyptic World
The third of the films based around Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s Genesis II concept where a cryogenic sleeper awakes in a post-apocalyptic world
Demon Seed (1977)
Feb 15, 2000Computer Wants to Have Sex
Adaptation of an early Dean R. Koontz novel about an A.I who imprisons a woman in her own home with the intention of impregnating her. A variant on Rosemary’s Baby conducted far more tastefully than you might think
The Creature Wasn’t Nice (1981)
Jun 12, 2001Alien Parody
A not very funny science-fiction spoof that has been intended in the vein of Airplane/Flying High but sending up Alien - one where the creature also gets to sing.
National Lampoon’s Class Reunion (1982)
Aug 9, 2005Slasher Film Parody
Following the highly successful Animal House, this was the second of the films made using the name of the satirical magazine National Lampoon and is a feeble parody of the slasher film
Ratboy (1986)
Jan 8, 2000Deformed Boy Fable
Sondra Locke directs an odd little fable about a boy with rat-like features but the result never quite comes off
TerrorVision (1986)
Apr 5, 1999Alien Nasty Emerges from a TV
One of the films from Charles Band's Empire productions about a family facing an alien manifested out of their tv set
It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
Feb 22, 2005Killer Mutant Babies
The third of Larry Cohen's killer mutant baby films, where Cohen's humour is again present but the film feels like a hodgepodge of leftover ideas
Martians Go Home (1990)
Mar 18, 2003Annoying Alien Invaders Comedy
Majorly unfunny film about the arrival of aliens that do bad stand-up comedy and tell people's embarrassing secrets
Child’s Play 2 (1990)
Jun 9, 2003Possessed Doll
The first Child's Play felt like an incredibly silly film. However, this first sequel takes the same elements and constructs them into a much tighter, better package
Philadelphia Experiment II (1993)
May 2, 1999Alternate History/Nazis Rule
A sequel to The Philadelphia Experiment where Brad Johnson is thrown into an alternate timeline where the Nazis have overtaken the USA
Magic in the Mirror: Fowl Play (1996)
Mar 19, 1999Talking Ducks
Sequel to the delightfully madcap Magic in the Mirror set in a world of talking ducks