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<i>Dune</i>: The Enticing Weirdness of a Frustrating, Fascinating Failure 

Science Fiction Film Club

Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides in Dune

Dune: The Enticing Weirdness of a Frustrating, Fascinating Failure 

Comment number: 45
Jack Nance as Henry Spencer in Eraserhead

Eraserhead: Existential Anxiety as Cinematic Art

Comment number: 6
Franka Potente as Lola in Run Lola Run

Run Lola Run: Free Will, Determinism, and That Killer Techno Beat

Comment number: 12
David Sullivan and Shane Carruth in Primer

Primer: A Film for People Who Would Use Time Travel for Day Trading

Comment number: 11
A figure in a long coat stands in the woods; their face is wrapped in bandages and they carry scissors. From the movie Timecrimes.

Timecrimes: Causality and the Consequences of Very Bad Decisions

Comment number: 10
Tom Cruise as William Cage in Edge of Tomorrow

Edge of Tomorrow: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Die and Die Again

Comment number: 32
An alien spacecraft flies through a city in The War of the Worlds (1953)

The War of the Worlds: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Square Dance

Comment number: 26
Shin Ha-kyun as Lee Byeong-gu in Save the Green Planet!

Save the Green Planet! — A Brutal, Slapstick Descent Into Humanity’s Madness

Comment number: 4
Children with glowing eyes, a scene from Village of the Damned (1960)

Village of the Damned: Killer Kiddos From Outer Space

Comment number: 29
Screencap from Attack the Block

Attack the Block: A Very South London Welcoming Party

Comment number: 12
Images from the 1956 and 1978 versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers: All Alien Stories Are Human Stories

Comment number: 22
Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode in a publicity still for Halloween (1978)

Halloween: Horror Comes Home

Comment number: 8