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21) Rodan
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a small mining village starts to experience strange deaths in the nearby mines, the authorities discover that the caves are besieged by giant caterpillars with an appetite for humans!
22) The Asphyx
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A scientist becomes obsessed with the possibility of obtaining immortality by capturing the Asphyx, the essence of death locked deep in our souls.
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A giant egg washes ashore in Japan and becomes an instant tourist attraction. The only problem is, it belongs to a giant butterfly-like creature from Monster Island named Mothra - and she wants it back!
25) Dinosaurus!
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Building a new harbor off the coast of an island, an American engineer sets off a blast on the ocean floor that uncovers the frozen bodies of a Brontosaurus, a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Neanderthal Man. They are hauled ashore by the crew, who are unaware that the giants are still alive. Struck by lightning during a storm, the monsters awaken and prowl the island jungles! Also restored to life is the caveman, an amiable brute who joins the island boy...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a history of 1980s cinema--how eight legendary sci-fi films changed Hollywood forever. In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior changed the careers of some of Hollywood's now biggest names-altering the art...
28) Piranha
Series
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"While searching for missing teenagers. novice skip tracer Maggie McKeown and local town boozer Paul Grogan stumble upon a top-secret Army laboratory conducting genetic research on piranha fish for the purpose of developing biological warfare. When the deadly eating machines are accidentally released from the compound, they're soon headed downstream and consuming everything, and anything, in their path. Just when you thought it was safe to go in the...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (252 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning writer, director, and producer James Cameron explores science fiction's roots and futuristic vision through interviews with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, among many others.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xx, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the film series from the difficult creation of the original film to the preparations for a new trilogy, providing portraits of the people who labored behind the scenes to turn George Lucas' idea into a legend.
31) Transformations
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A transport pilot crashes and finds himself in the hospital ward of a prison colony. He soon contracts a mysterious disease that transforms him into a horrendous beast, and only the purity of beautiful Miranda stands between the deadly disease and the rest of mankind.
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take an in-depth voyage into the sci-fi masterpiece with the visionary filmmakers who created it. See how one of the most terrifying movies of all time burst to life 40 years ago, inspired by ancient mythology and our universal fears.
Publisher
Retromedia Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Twentieth anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A space ship gets lost and must make an emergency landing on an unknown and mysterious planet. It appears to look a lot like earth but they soon find that they are trapped in a nightmare world of prehistoric monsters.
35) Reign of fire
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
In present day London dragons awake. Fast forward 20 years, to a world devastated by their destruction. Fire Chief Quinn, is responsible for warding off the beasts and keeping a community alive in what's left of the world. Into their midst comes a hotshot American, Van Zan, who says he has a way to destroy the beasts and save mankind.
36) Damnation Alley
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a horrific nuclear assault, three soldiers band together in a special all-terrain land cruiser and head for Albany, NY, the only American city to be spared in the attack. As they travel through the post-nuke wastelands, they pick up a beautiful woman and an incorrigible teenager while battling mutant insects, packs of violent survivors, and brutal electrical storms that savage the already barren plains.
37) The saucer fleet
Author
Publisher
Apogee Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298, 17 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
38) Jurassic Park
Language
English
Description
Experience one of the biggest films in motion picture history with director Steven Spielberg's ultimate thrill ride, Jurassic Park. Featuring Academy Award winning visual effects and groundbreaking filmmaking, this epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the...
39) Alien
Language
English
Description
When the crew of the space-tug Nostromo responds to a distress signal from a barren planet, they discover a mysterious life form that breeds within human hosts. The acid-blooded extraterrestrial proves to be the ultimate adversary as crew members battle to stay alive and prevent the deadly creature from reaching Earth.
40) Hardcore
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:first).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A businessman's daughter is missing in L.A., so he hires a private investigator. She is spotted in a cheap X-Rated movie. The father decides to bring her back personally.
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