H.G Wells - A Visionary Writer.
One of my favourite writers from the sci fi/fantasy genre. Some of the adaptations of Wells' work manage to do him justice.
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- DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsRaymond MasseyEdward ChapmanRalph RichardsonThe story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.Disturbingly relevant in today's world.
- DirectorLothar MendesAlexander KordaStarsRoland YoungRalph RichardsonEdward ChapmanAn ordinary man suddenly finds that anything he says comes true. Or at least, almost anything.A film that is by turns charming, imaginative and unnerving.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsEdward JuddMartha HyerLionel JeffriesWhen a spaceship lands on the moon, it is hailed as a new accomplishment, before it becomes clear that a Victorian party completed the journey in 1899, leading investigators to that mission's last survivor.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsGene BarryAnn RobinsonLes TremayneA small town in California is attacked by Martians, beginning a worldwide invasion.The film contains several brilliant shock sequences.
- DirectorGeorge PalStarsRod TaylorAlan YoungYvette MimieuxA man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.The film compliments the novel.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsCharles LaughtonBela LugosiRichard ArlenA mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.Wells himself disliked the film but it's a very good take on his novel.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsClaude RainsGloria StuartWilliam HarriganA scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.In some ways, better than the novel.
- StarsTom WardBarry StantonRaymond CoulthardH.G. Wells foresaw the future in such visionary novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. On a night in London in 1946, newspaper reporter Ellen McGillivray arrives at the home of legendary literary figure, Herbert George Wells. Expecting to hear of the events and people who formed his prophetic imagination, she is informed of a world in which known scientific boundaries no longer exist. It begins a half-century earlier at London's Imperial College of Science where Wells meets Jane Robbins, a scientist equally fascinated by unnatural phenomenon, and a woman who immediately captures Wells' heart. Through midnight experiments and secret investigations into the paranormal, through the follies of chance and the miracles of fate, Wells and Robbins find themselves slipping into whirlpools of time, both past and present, they never thought possible. Since this mysterious universe can not be shared with the world, this becomes a wondrous secret that binds them forever. To Wells' surprise, Ellen accepts his outlandish tales of traveling through time. For she is not, she admits, a journalist, but rather an underground government agent who has inherited a puzzling artifact that only Wells could possibly identify: a crystalline orb said to contain the mysteries of the universe, our relationships to other planets, and our past encounters with them. What Ellen is about to discover is that at the heart of the mysterious orb is buried the equally mysterious heart of Jane Robbins, the one who inspired H.G. Wells to tell the amazing truth in the form of science "fiction."
- StarsRay WinstoneJames WilbyRupert GravesA collection of lesser known short stories written by one of the greatest science fiction minds of modern literature.
- DirectorJames KentStarsMichael SheenSally HawkinsSarah WinmanDrawing upon H.G. Wells' An Experiment in Autobiography and framed by his 1934 visit to the Soviet Union to interview its leader Joseph Stalin, the movie follows Wells' transformation from self-confident womanizer, socialist radical and young literary prophet to a journalistic missionary, dedicated to the creation of a World State.
- StarsSylvia Hardy
- DirectorDon TaylorStarsBurt LancasterMichael YorkNigel DavenportA shipwrecked survivor discovers a remote island owned by a crazed scientist who is carrying out sinister experiments on the island's inhabitants.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerRichard StanleyStarsDavid ThewlisMarlon BrandoVal KilmerAfter being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.
- DirectorSimon WellsStarsGuy PearceYancey AriasMark AddyHoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
- DirectorHenning SchellerupStarsJohn BeckPriscilla BarnesAndrew DugganA scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsJack PalanceCarol LynleyBarry MorseSome time in the future, man has set up colonies on the Moon, when Earth becomes uninhabitable. A madman decides to destroy the Moon colonies with his robots and automated ships, and only three people and their robot can stop him.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsMichael RedgravePhyllis CalvertPhilip FrostKipps, the draper's apprentice, falls in love with a girl above his station. After he unexpectedly inherits a fortune, he thinks his dream has come true. But money can't make him a gentleman, or bring him the girl he really wants.
- DirectorAnthony PelissierStarsJohn MillsSally Ann HowesBetty Ann DaviesWith an inheritance after his father's death, Alfred Polly finds love in the arms of a schoolgirl but marries an unattractive cousin and opens a shop, leading him to unhappiness, arson, suicide attempts and escape.Quite good but not very memorable.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsAnn ToddTrevor HowardClaude RainsA woman meets a man whose love she rejected years ago.
- CreatorHoward OvermanStarsLéa DruckerGabriel ByrneBayo GbadamosiSet in contemporary France, this Anglo-French reimagining of H. G. Wells' classic in the style of Walking Dead follows pockets of survivors forced to team up after an apocalyptic extra-terrestrial strike.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom CruiseDakota FanningTim RobbinsAn alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.
- StarsEleanor TomlinsonRafe SpallRobert CarlyleIn London during the Edwardian era, George and Amy's attempt to start a life together is interrupted by a Martian invasion of Earth.
- DirectorDamon ThomasStarsRory KinnearMark GatissAlex RiddellIn 1969, the Apollo moon landing is to be televised internationally but at a country fair in England a small boy named Jim meets the 90-year-old Julius Bedford who tells him that, in 1909, as a struggling writer, he met eccentric Professor Cavor, inventor of Cavorite, a gravity-defying substance which they used to build a sphere, which took them to the Moon. Captured by ant-like Selenites, Bedford was anxious to make his escape but Cavor was happy to stay and communicate with the Moon-dwellers. Back on Earth, Bedford hears via wireless that Cavor was forced to kill himself and the Moon-dwellers to prevent them from invading Earth. As Jim watches the Apollo landing with his parents, he sees a Selenite, hiding behind a lunar rock, peering at the astronauts.
- StarsHarry H. CorbettPaul Whitsun-JonesBillie WhitelawThis show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
- StarsCharles GrayEric PorterJeremy BrettMonthly anthology series featuring televised versions of plays.
- StarsLeslie NielsenCameron Prud'HommeEdgar Stehli"Tales of Tomorrow" was a hosted science fiction anthology series running from 1951 until 1953.
- StarsAlfred HitchcockHinton PopeJimmy Joyce"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
- DirectorLeigh WhannellStarsElisabeth MossOliver Jackson-CohenHarriet DyerWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
- StarsVincent VentrescaPaul Ben-VictorShannon KennyA thief and conman is given the means to become invisible, and ends up working for a government agency.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsJoan CollinsRobert LansingJohn David CarsonCon artist Marilyn Fryser tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants.
- DirectorMatt CoddStarsDavid HewlettDaniel CaltagironeChristina ColeAn experimental time machine opens a window into the future and mutated monsters (the Morlocks) use it to come back to the present and go on a murderous rampage.
- StarsMary DonnChristopher GillDilys LayeA man invents a machine to travel through time, and visits the future.
- DirectorBruce GordonJ.L.V. LeighStarsBruce GordonHeather ThatcherHector AbbasThe inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.
- StarsPip DonaghyLila KayeDavid GwillimA scientist named Griffin invents a way to change his body's refractive index and thus becomes invisible. He uses the opportunity to carry out random acts of violence.
- DirectorTimothy HinesStarsJack ClayJim CissellSusan GoforthWAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY is based on the most beloved alien invasion story of all time by Father of Science Fiction, H.G. Wells. Like Wells' classic book that was presented as a news reporter's first hand memoirs, and the famous 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast that caused Americans to believe an actual invasion was in progress, WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY assumes the world knows there was a war between Earth and Mars in the year 1900 and is presented as the eyewitness account of Bertie Wells, the last living survivor of the Earth/Mars War as he struggles to find his wife amidst the destruction of humankind at the hands of terrifying alien invaders.
- DirectorClyde LucasStarsRod TaylorAlan YoungWhit BissellIn this follow up to The Time Machine (1960), Filby is still the caretaker of his friend George's house seventeen years following George's trip to the future. Filby is then surprised to see his old friend return to his home to retrieve some books to help in his quest to rebuild humanity. During the stay, Filby implores his good friend to stay and resume his life there. However, George refuses and tells James that he has chosen to remain in the future. Also, it is a sad return for George due to the fact that at the time he returns it is just prior to the beginning of World War I and he does all he can to try to not reveal the tragic future of his good friend.
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsMalcolm McDowellMary SteenburgenDavid WarnerH.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.
- StarsAlec McCowenSheila Shand GibbsAnnette CarellA BBC adaptation of the novel by H.G. Wells about a very young couple in 19th century Britain.
- StarsJonathan PryceFreddie JonesJohn WoodvineReadings of classic ghost and horror stories aimed at older children.
- StarsRobin WentworthPhilip LockeDiana FairfaxA boy is stock clerk until a young man. After being fired, he learns of an inheritance. Uncomfortable with his wealth he makes poor decisions. He later meets his childhood sweetheart. In the end, he finds he is happier living a simple life.
- DirectorGillies MacKinnonStarsLee EvansAnne-Marie DuffJulie GrahamIn the early 1900s Alfred Polly, still hankering after his dream girl Christabel, marries Miriam Larkins and they open a shop, but, as the years go by, the marriage becomes stale and Polly feels trapped. He decides to stage his own death by burning down the shop but becomes an accidental hero when he saves a deaf old lady from the flames. Giving Miriam the insurance pay-out he decides to go walkabout and gets a job at a country pub, the Potwell Inn, run by a kindly landlady. However, her violent nephew Jim is driving the customers away and Polly reluctantly faces up to him. Jim is drunk and falls in the river and drowns, wearing a pair of trousers stolen from Polly with Polly's name inside and so at last Polly has his perfect escape as it is assumed his is the corpse. After a visit to Miriam, now perfectly happy running a tea-shop, he returns to the Potwell Inn and the idyllic life he has always craved.
- StarsAndrew SachsAnita CareyJohn CliveHaving lost his job as a shop assistant, Alfred Polly buys a bicycle and travels around meeting people. After an unsuccessful marriage to his cousin and a failed suicide attempt, he resumes his cycling adventures.
- StarsRichard CaldicotGeorge WoodbridgeRobert BrownSeries of television plays performed live.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsGilles KohlerRoland LesaffreDebra BergerIn a small French village, an angel appears disguised as a beautiful young blond.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsTommy SteeleJulia FosterCyril RitchardArthur Kipps, an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile, has a sudden abrupt change of life when his wealthy grandfather dies and leaves him a pile of money.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsTommy KirkJohnny CrawfordBeau BridgesDelinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.
- StarsBill MeilenRay HandyJohn CarsonAnthology series telling suspenseful tales.
- StarsDon BrynGeoffrey AlexanderAileen SeatonA Canadian dramatic television series featuring astonishing observations and subjective stories.
- DirectorGerardo de LeonEddie RomeroStarsFrancis LedererGreta ThyssenRichard DerrA mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.
- StarsBarry MorseRon HartmannEric ClaveringAn anthology series that appeared twice a week initially. Each episode was a short play covering the inexplicable, the supernatural, the occult or science fiction. Each episode had it's own writer, director, and actors.
- StarsJerzy TrelaKrzysztof GlobiszKrystyna JandaSeries of television plays.
- StarsJohn ContePeter HansenSarah ChurchillA daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
- StarsAdolphe MenjouJohn HamiltonDan WhiteTV comedy anthology series
- StarsMarc ConnellyGeorge KeaneDon HanmerProduced by the ABC as its television network was just getting off the ground, this program was one of the first dramatic series television to attract top-name actors and actresses. Performing plays by such authors as Poe and Thurber, cast members included current well-known performers like Julie Harris and Cloris Leachman, as well as up-and-coming talents like Marlon Brando. The series was renamed "The Play's the Thing" midway through its final season.
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiCharles CrichtonBasil DeardenStarsMervyn JohnsMichael RedgraveRoland CulverGuests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
- DirectorIvor Montagu
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsVirginia ValliAllan DurantGladys McConnellMarjorie Pope, who is engaged to Magnet, a wealthy suitor whom she does not love, elopes with Trafford, an inventor, after his airplane crashes on the grounds of her parents' rural home. Soon, however, Marjorie, irked by his dedication and idealism, persuades Trafford to market his wonderful invention, but her extravagance leads her into an affair with Sir Roderick. Trafford turns her out of their African home, but she returns to nurse him back to health when he is injured by a lion.
- DirectorHarold M. ShawStarsGeorge K. ArthurOlwen RooseGordon ParkerA clerk on a bicycle tour saves a girl from eloping with a bully.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsMilton RosmerValiaFred RaynhamAn armament king's wife kills herself to save her MP lover from a divorce scandal.
- DirectorUrban GadStarsFritz BeckmannHans BehrendtLoo BellA loose and unofficial silent adaptation of H. G. Wells' The Island Of Dr. Moreau.
- DirectorHarold M. ShawStarsGeorge K. ArthurEdna FlugrathChristine RaynerA sacked clerk inherits £3,000 a year, tries society, and returns to his working-class sweetheart.
- DirectorBruce GordonJ.L.V. LeighStarsBruce GordonHeather ThatcherHector AbbasThe inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.
- StarsChristopher PennockKelsey HewlettElyse Ashton"Theatre Fantastique" by Hollinsworth Productions, is a non-hosted US horror anthology series that ran in 2014 and 2017 on YouTube, with a total of 10 episodes.
- CreatorRick DuffieldStarsLarry BrantleyJordan WallChristie AbbottAn intelligent and witty dog imagines himself in the role of characters from classic books and gets involved in similar real-life adventures.
- DirectorEddie RomeroStarsJohn AshleyPat WoodellJan MerlinA kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.
- StarsWalter MatthauFrank McGeeArt CarneyAn anthology weekly drama series.
- StarsJames HareA father is speechless when his son's favorite magic shop turns out to be real magic.
- StarsJames HareA young man's delight in his new suit ends in ruin.
- StarsJames Hare
- DirectorSamuel SuppleStarsDominic SandbrookDavid VerreyMartians, Morlocks and Mermaids. To mark Wells's 150th birthday Dominic Sandbrook discovers how a sleepy corner of the country inspired some of the most fantastic ideas in science fiction.Informative documentary but far too brief.
- CreatorAgnes NixonStarsJack PerkinsPeter GravesHarry SmithThe life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsMarjoe GortnerPamela FranklinRalph MeekerA group of friends travel to a remote Canadian island to hunt, only to be attacked by giant killer animals which have populated the place.