Italian sci-fi books

After the World Ends
Hardcover, 256 pages in colour, 19x26cm

An anthology book of aftermath cinema by Claude Gaillard. This is an English language version of a French book financed via KickStarter
In 'After the World Ends', you will be taken on a journey through post-apocalyptic cinema from its origins to its Golden Age at the VHS era. With dozens of films reviewed, hundreds of photos and posters, and the recurrent themes and tropes typical from the genre explored in detail. Packed with brand new interviews with the people who made the films including Fred Williamson, Sergio Martino, David Worth, Rae Dawn Chong, Steve De Jarnatt.

https://www.kickstarter.com/.../pulsebooks/aftertheworldends

Science Fiction Italian Style: Italian Science Fiction Films from 1958-2000
Physical Info: 0.6" H x 9.69" L x 7.44" W (1.14 lbs) 288 pages

Italy is not a country generally known for its science fiction cinema. Over the years, however, a number of films belonging to the genre have been made and - while there might not be a single, defining science fiction ‘movement’ as such - they make for a curious, compellingly disparate whole. From critically acclaimed futuristic satires to cheapjack exploitation films featuring deadly extra-terrestrials; from counterculture polemics set in an imminent dystopia to post-apocalyptic action movies populated by Mohican-sporting thugs. There might be many different types of films, but they all deal with shared themes and concerns. And that’s not even mentioning the giant chickens and flesh-eating fish. This is the first English language book to deal comprehensively with the subject. Covering all Italian science fiction films made between 1958 and 2000 in detail – as well as including an overview of productions made in subsequent years – it examines a range of interconnected sub-genres, looking into how recurrent narratives came about, evolved and eventually faded. So… zip up your space suit, settle back in your anti-gravity seating device... and welcome to the wild, wild world of Science Fiction, Italian Style.

The Osiris Chronicles (1998)

The Osiris Chronicles (1998) aka The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy

A failed CBS sci-fi pilot that was retitled The Warlord: the Battle for the Galaxy and shown as a TV-movie-of-the-week. Written by Caleb Carr and directed by Joe Dante.
https://futurewarstories.blogspot.com/2013/11/fws-topics-what-ever-happened-to-osiris.html

Starring J. Madison Wright (1984 – 2006). She was previously in 'Earth 2'. She died of a heart attack at the age of 21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Madison_Wright_Morris

Movie Watch

A few genre movies I watched recently:

It Conquered The World (1956)
Director : Roger Corman
Lee Van Cleef, Peter Graves, and Beverly Garland

Not Of This Earth (1957)
Director : Roger Corman
Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones
An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war.

Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
Producer : Roger Corman
Julie, an American on vacation in Mexico, spots a giant, one-eyed amoeba rising from the ocean, but when she tries to tell the authorities, no one believes her.

The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959)
A doctor, a sheriff and a biologist pursue a creature hanging around a lighthouse.

Tormented (1960)
When Tom's ex-lover, Vi, threatens him to breakup with his current girlfriend, she accidently slips from the lighthouse and Tom leaves her to die. Soon, Vi's spirit returns to avenge her death.

The Flesh Eaters (1964)

The Terror of the Tongs (1961)

The Dark Eyes of London (1939)
Bela Lugosi. Based on a story by Edgar Wallace

Death Drums Along the River (1963)
Based on a story by Edgar Wallace
A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river and ends up uncovering a plot involving diamond smuggling and the local indigenous tribe.

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