Dan O’Bannon

‘Return of the Living Dead’ (1985) takes the comedic route

“The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974) has one of the messiest horror-franchise continuities, with each of the co-creators trying their own narrative continuation: one in

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‘Total Recall’ (1990) is vintage Verhoeven

Broadly speaking, there are three kinds of Philip K. Dick adaptations: Those that are faithful to his themes while switching the medium to movies (“Blade

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‘Screamers’ (1995) brings short story to low-budget life

Completing a trifecta of 20th century English-language Philip K. Dick adaptations – following “Blade Runner” (1982) and “Total Recall” (1990) – is “Screamers” (1995). Interestingly,

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Monster mashup finally arrives with ‘AVP: Alien vs. Predator’ (2004)

The Aughts was a decade when Hollywood stopped making excuses and started delivering movies people had been clamoring for: From “X-Men” to “Spider-Man” to the

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‘Alien’ (1979) sets the monster-flick template, and a high bar

“Prometheus” isn’t a masterpiece, but it’s pretty darn good, and it certainly has me on an “Alien” Universe kick this summer. So here’s the first

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