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 |  | Slacker Futures: SF Film of the "70s and "80s
posted: 04:32 pm ET
05 February 2001
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Although the phenomenal success of Star Wars brought science fiction film straight into the mainstream, the 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s were far from a golden age
Although the phenomenal success of Star Wars brought science fiction film straight into the mainstream, the 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s were far from a golden age. Come with us now to those stirring -- and sometimes disturbing -- films of yesteryear.
Laserblast: Take That, Star Wars!
You probably saw the stop-motion aliens flying their cardboard ship and laughed. You probably changed the channel. But if you did, you missed one of the most fun and engaging low-budget sci-fi flicks of the '70s post-Star Wars years. That 1978 classic, Laserblast.
Howard the Duck: Really That Fowl?
There's a simple truism in life. Ducks aren't funny -- at least, not like monkeys are funny.
Battle Beyond the Stars
In 1980, science fiction was hot. Since desperate studios needed sci-fi product, they called legendary B-movie maverick Roger Corman, the fastest producer in Hollywood.
Dark Star: The First Carpenter Classic
Comedy is not the first thing that jumps to mind when one thinks of John Carpenter, but back in the early 1970s, it was a science fiction slapstick film that first got the young director noticed.
Does The Black Hole Still Suck?
Hoping to come to terms with some painful memories, I recently took another look at what a few dedicated fans call a lost sci-fi classic. I wanted to answer a question that had bothered me for years: was the movie really so bad?
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