The Halloween buzz recedes, leaving space fans ample opportunity to sample the Sci Fi Channel's revised weekday schedule.
(all times Eastern)
12:30 AM Femalien 2 (Cinemax)
Two female aliens fend off UFOlogists and the Men in Black while trying to track down a missing comrade who's gone native on Earth.
1:00 AM Village of the Damned (Starz)
Remake of the classic film still focuses on what happens when an alien force modifies the children of a British village, turning them blond and evil.
2:45 AM Alienator (Encore)
Space criminal Kol escapes to Earth, forcing the commander of the prison ship to send the deadly female Alienator to bring him back to justice. Yet another forgettable Fred Olen Ray ("Prison Ship," "Bad Girls From Mars") outing centered around aliens and their curious ways.
3:45 AM Lifeforce (Cinemax)
Evil space vampires ride the space shuttle back from Halley's Comet, setting up shop in London where they do untold damage. The only hope Britain (if not all humanity) has is to capture their vampire queen before it's too late!
4:30 AM Soldier (HBOPlus)
Kurt Russell fights a cadre of genetically engineered super-warriors. At stake is a backwater community of colonists from Earth.
4:55 AM The Aliens Are Coming (TBS)
Undistinguished 1980 alien invasion epic. Noteworthy elements include appearances by such luminaries as Ed Harris ("Apollo 13") and Gerald McRaney.
12:45 PM Tales From A Parallel Universe: I Worship His Shadow (Showtime Beyond)
The first of the four feature-length episodes of the "
Lexx" saga introduces the cast, centering around their theft of a unique starship and battle against His Galactic Shadow, a gnostic galactic emperor.
3:00 PM Lost in Space (SciFi) - The Deadly Games of Gamma 6
Carnies trick Dr. Smith into boxing a midget, while the fate of the Earth hangis in the balance.
4:40 PM Tales From A Parallel Universe: I Worship His Shadow (Showtime Beyond)
For summary see 12:45 p.m. listing.
6:00 PM Star Trek (SciFi) - A Taste of Armageddon
Two computers use a highly bureaucratic form of warfare as a method of population control.
6:15 PM Stargate SG-1 (Showtime Beyond) - Into the Fire
After the SG-1 are jailed on Hathor's planet, only Hammond and Teal'C can save them.
7:15 PM Space Truckers (Cinemax)
Shady agencies hire interplanetary teamster Dennis Hopper to take a shipment of deadly robots to Earth. Unusual effort by cult favorite Stuart "Reanimator" Gordon also features Stephen Dorff and George Wendt.
10:00 PM Alien: Resurrection (HBOPlus)
Most recent take on the Alien saga brings Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) back one more time to continue her unending war with the ultimate carnivorous nightmares. French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet of "Delicatessen" fame brought big boots, a sense of humor and Ron Perlman to the series, while screenwriter Joss "Buffy" Whedon gave Winona Ryder some saucy dialogue.
11:00 PM The Outer Limits (SciFi) - Bodies of Evidence
Beautiful visions lure three space station workers to their deaths, leaving commanding officer Mario Van Peebles to take the blame.
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