Re: Suggestions for quality non mainstream Sci Fi movies

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:21:56 -0800 (PST), Mark Leeper
<mleeper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

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>Also be aware the John Carpenter's PRINCE OF DARKNESS is another film
>that was inspired by Quatermass and the Pit.  It takes another twist
>on the idea that superstition is really a reaction to real phenomena
>wrongly interpreted.  I won't say more, but it has a nifty idea.  Look
>for someone wearing a t-****rt that says Kneale to acknowledge the
>source.

The writing credit of "Martin Quatermass" is a bit of a giveaway as
well. ISTR that Kneale didn't care for the film and wasn't very
pleased at the number of people who assumed from the name that he'd
been involved in it.

Jerry Brown
-- 
A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

<http://www.jwbrown.co.uk>