Dr. Gore's Funhouse.com » Science Fiction http://drgoresfunhouse.com A Celebration of the Bizarre and the Macabre Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:51:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 TRAILER TRASH – Dark Star http://drgoresfunhouse.com/trailer-trash/science-fiction/darkstar/ http://drgoresfunhouse.com/trailer-trash/science-fiction/darkstar/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:14:41 +0000 Christian Sellers http://drgoresfunhouse.com/?p=6481 Long before Halloween and Alien reshaped the horror genre their creators, John Carpenter and Dan O’Bannon, respectively, collaborated together on the science fiction comedy Dark Star. Commencing work on the picture whilst still in film school, what was initially to have been a fifty-minute piece eventually became feature length and saw the crew taking on several roles, with O’Bannon handling the special effects and also taking one of the roles. Although it failed to make an impact on its initial release due to poor distribution, over time the movie gained a cult following and allowed Carpenter to land his first studio picture, Assault on Precinct 13.

The crew of Dark Star roam deep space searching for unstable planets to destroy. Having spent years from home, they have grown bored with each other’s company and long to return to Earth. Former surfer Lt. Doolittle has been forced to take control of the ship after the death of their commander but has little interest in his new role. Sgt. Pinback (Brian Narelle) has been placed in charge of the crew’s new pet, a mischievous alien life form, whilst Talby (Dre Pahich) has become something of a recluse. But when a meteor shower causes one of the ship’s bombs to malfunction, Pinback must go outside of the ship and try to reason with the bomb in an effort to stop it from exploding.

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]]> http://drgoresfunhouse.com/trailer-trash/science-fiction/darkstar/feed/ 0 TRAILER TRASH – The Hidden http://drgoresfunhouse.com/trailer-trash/science-fiction/the-hidden/ http://drgoresfunhouse.com/trailer-trash/science-fiction/the-hidden/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:12 +0000 Christian Sellers http://drgoresfunhouse.com/?p=1740 With the cult slasher Alone in the Dark and the hit sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge under his bealt, editor-turned-director Jack Sholder continued his successful run with the 1987 science fiction action horror The Hidden. Pre-dating Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday’s body swapping plot by six years and co-starring a pre-Twin Peaks Kyle MacLachlan (whose character in some ways can be seen as a precursor to Special Agent Cooper), The Hidden marked another success for New Line Cinema and became a hit at the box office.

Hunting for a buttoned-down businessman-turned maniac, detective Tom Beck (Michael Nouri) is partnered with out-of-town FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (MacLachlan), who claims to know the truth behind a recent series of incidents in which seemingly normal people have suddenly turne to violent crime. But Beck gets more than he bargained for when his new partner claims that the killer they are hunting for is not of this Earth.

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