Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever*

As always there are spoilers ahead!  You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .  If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm   Roger Corman produced hundreds of films in his lifetime and directed dozens. X: The Man with the X-Ray...

As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .  If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm   In 1959 at the cusp of a new and exciting decade Richard Condon wrote a book that is largely described a...

There are spoilers ahead for all versions of The Day of the Triffids and also for the film Signs. You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .  If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm   This episode had been edited down to a mor...

As always there are spoilers ahead!   You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .    If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm   There is a trigger warning for discussion of rape in this episode. I have marked the beginning of th...

As always there are spoilers ahead. You can buy the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book in most bookshops and you can listen to the radio play on YouTube and also on the Internet Archive.   You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .   If you would like to be a patron of the podcast you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version o...

As always there are spoilers ahead!   A quick note that I shall be at the London Film Festival on October the 16 th giving a whistlestop tour of sci-fi cinema. It is a free event but you have to reserve tickets so if you happen to be in London and wanted to attend here is the information .   Translation for the beginning of the podcast: "Later, he knew he had seen a man die. And sometime after cam...

As always there are spoilers ahead!   If you'd like to join in on more conversations and keep up to date on what I'm working on you can follow me on social media: Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .    After last episode's UK village setting we stay in the country but head to London for a newsroom apocalyptic drama. We have more hints that we are heading into the 60s with a surly hero and a sultr...

As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .  If you want to support the podcast you can get ad free versions at Patreon .  In 1956 the film The Bad Seed was a big hit for Warner Bros featuring a blond-haired evil child. One blond scary child sometimes isn't enough! Writer John Wyndham published The Midwich Cuckoos in 1957 which had already...

As always there are spoilers ahead! In 1951 Poland, during its Stalinist era, acclaimed science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem released his first book: The Astronauts. (He had already written the novel The Man from Mars which was serialised).    In 1960 The Astronuats would go on to become the basis of East Germany's ambitious communist sci-fi film Der schweigende Stern or The Silent Star. The scrip...

As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on  Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .  HG Wells shadow is a long one and his seminal work on time travel was published in 1895. But well over a half a century later Hollywood was still hooked on Herbert (George Wells). The Time Machine was directed by George Pal and released 1960. From the turn of the century to the beginning of a n...

As always there are spoilers ahead! Scroll down to read a brief synopsis of the film. The idea is to watch the film in advance before tuning in but apparently many of you listen without prep which is lovely albeit confusing! Next episode's film is also listed below.  Roger Corman began his career in film in 1950 and would go on to leave a huge mark on the industry by mentoring many filmmakers in t...

Hello wonderful people!   You can follow the podcast on  Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .   Thank you so much to Patreon subscribers! If you would like to support the podcast and get ad free versions you can subscribe for $3 or £3 a month at  https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm   The idea behind the podcast is we all watch the film (with film choices and where to watch given in the show not...

You can follow the podcast on  Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .   Thank you so much to Patreon subscribers! If you would like to support the podcast and get ad free versions you can subscribe for $3 or £3 a month at  https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm   As usual there are spoilers ahead!   This film is silly. And I love that for me. I hope many of you will enjoy something much more lighthe...

As always there are spoilers ahead! Trigger warning for a lot of discussion of suicide with analysis of the plot along with a side of dark humour. If you would like to support the podcast and get ad free versions you can subscribe for $3 or £3 a month at  https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm You can follow the podcast on Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky . If you want to watch the film before y...

As usual there are spoilers ahead!   You can follow the podcast on social media: Instagram , Threads and BlueSky . You can support the podcast and get ad-free episodes on Patreon . Please be aware that we touch upon sexual assault in this episode due to the content of the film. Description USA in 1959 was on the brink of a decade that would see major changes in the country in terms of race. But ne...

If you would like to support the podcast and get ad free versions you can subscribe for $3 or £3 a month at https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm   You can follow the podcast on Threads , Instagram and Bluesky .   Although science fiction cinema did not begin in the USA it seems that by the 1950s Hollywood had tapped into the ravenous appetite the public had for the genre.   The period is now kno...

You can find the podcast on  Threads ,  Instagram  and  Bluesky .  In 1992 Ishiro Honda sat down for his final interview with journalist David Milner. When asked about which of his own films were his favourite Honda listed Godzilla (1954), Gorath (1962) and The Mysterians from 1957.   The Mysterians is a visually beautiful film full to the brim with sci-fi tropes. A technologically advanced but de...

You can find the podcast on Threads , Instagram and Bluesky .  I Married a Monster from Outer Space was released as part of a double bill (with The Blob) in 1958. The story focuses on newlywed couple Marge and Bill Farrell but unbeknownst to his new bride and the whole town Bill has been replaced by an alien on the eve of their wedding.  Themes of marriage, resentments and gendered expectations ar...

As usual there are spoilers ahead!  Somewhere in the late 1950s society began to come to terms with the idea of the teenager. Teens were heading to the cinema leaving younger siblings and parents at home. The Blob (1958) isn't a tale of rebellion or film warning about teenage delinquency but a thoroughly enjoyable time with a catchy theme tune.  I have two wonderful guests to help us unravel this...

For this bonus episode I've teamed up with the excellent History Daily podcast.  Very exciting!  History Daily tells fascinating stories of what happened "on this day" in history with a new episode every weekday. The early 1950s in the USA stand out as not just a time of economic prosperity but also one of paranoia. The country faced the fear of the atomic bomb, the Red Scare and a moral panic aro...

You can find the podcast on Threads , Instagram and Bluesky .  The Worst Film of All Time by The Worst Director of All Time. So claimed the 1980 book The Golden Turkey Awards by Michael and Harry Medved regarding the film Plan 9 from Outer Space and director Edward Wood Jr AKA Ed Wood.  But this very title is one of the reasons behind the revival of the film and of Ed Wood. The film has issues wit...

As usual there are spoilers ahead!  I would love to know what you make of the ending of this film if you watched it. Best place to do that is on social media. Threads , Instagram and Bluesky .  1957 USA seems like a country on the brink of huge social change. (Of course, I say this with the benefit of hindsight and with a deep affection for the decade that was just around the corner.) But so many...

As usual there are spoilers ahead!  Forbidden Planet (1956) is a somewhat overlooked 50s classic. Although it often fails to make lists of the greatest sci-fi films of all time it has come across often in my written research and when speaking to guests. It's a film that not only seems to excite avid fans of sci-fi cinema but also influenced some of the genre's heavy hitters like both Star Wars and...

As usual there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media: Instagram , Threads and dipping my toes into BlueSky a little too.  Description Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) spawned many remakes over the years, each rendition reflecting the anxieties of its time. The original film is one of my absolute favourites with a variety of potential meanings for a mid-century USA gra...

As usual there are spoilers ahead! For the full show notes without character limits you can head to the website here .  You can follow the podcast on Instagram and Threads although I am also trying to join in on BlueSky a bit. (It's a bit weird though.) Description Godzilla was released in 1954 in Japan it has gone on to become one of the longest standing movie franchises and began the Kaiju film...