British Science Fiction Cinema

I.Q. Hunter is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester.

• Introduction: the strange world of the British science fiction film 1 Things to Come and science fiction in the 1930s 2 ‘We’re the Martians now’: British sf invasion fantasies of the 1950s and 1960s 3 Apocalypse then!: the ultimate monstrosity and strange things on the coast...an interview with Nigel Kneale 4 Alien women: the politics of sexual difference in British sf pulp cinema 5 ‘A stiff upper lip and a trembling lower one’: John Wyndham on screen 6 Trashing London: the British colossal creature film and fantasies of mass destruction 7 The Day the Earth Caught Fire 8 Adapting telefantasy: the Doctor Who and the Daleks films 9 ‘A bit of the old ultra-violence’: A Clockwork Orange 10 The British post-Alien intrusion film 11 Dream girls and mechanic panic: dystopia and its others in Brazil and Nineteen Eighty-Four 12 ‘No flesh shall be spared’: Richard Stanley’s Hardware

'While the general approach is academic, the sheer nature of the films under scrutiny means that things don't get too serious, so non-students can also appreciate what the book has to offer too.' - Film Review'British Science Fiction Cinema British Crime Cinema The two books may be aimed more at students than buffs, but anyone who picks them up will find plenty of food for thought.' - Independent'The twelve essays in this book, all written with an obvious affection for their subject, show why this mode of popular culture is worthy of sustained scholarly consideration - not least because of its potential for radical social comment.' - The Time Literary Supplement