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ScreenScope with Ernie – Volume 1

50 Movies: Sci-fi, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Ernest Dempsey's critique of 50 movies from Hollywood and international cinema in the genres of Sci-fi, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. These essays offer analysis and/or assessment of movies in relation to essential elements of filmmaking and their literary, cultural, moral, and philosophical implications.
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List of Movies

  1. The Maze (1953)
  2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
  3. Dracula (1958)
  4. The Flight That Disappeared (1961)
  5. The Damned (1962)
  6. Devil Doll (1964)
  7. The Gorgon (1964)
  8. The 10th Victim (1965)
  9. The Face of Another (1966)
  10. Viy (1967)
  11. Charly (1968)
  12. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  13. The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)
  14. Fright (1971)
  15. THX 1138 (1971)
  16. Silent Running (1972)
  17. The Brain Machine (1972)
  18. The Stone Tape (1972)
  19. Solaris (1972)
  20. The Mind Snatchers (1972)
  21. Soylent Green (1973)
  22. Footprints on the Moon (1975)
  23. I Don’t Want to Be Born (1975)
  24. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
  25. Embryo (1976)
  26. God Told Me To (1976)
  27. The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
  28. Capricorn One (1977)
  29. Patrick (1978)
  30. Without Warning (1980)
  31. Altered States (1980)
  32. Harlequin (1980)
  33. Escape from New York (1981)
  34. Looker (1981)
  35. Brainstorm (1983)
  36. The Caller (1987)
  37. They Live (1988)
  38. Dead Ringers (1988)
  39. Alien 3 (1992)
  40. Needful Things (1993)
  41. Silent Tongue (1993)
  42. Chain Reaction (1996)
  43. Lost Highway (1997)
  44. Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)
  45. Sphere (1998)
  46. The Spring (2000)
  47. Box Head Revolution (2002)
  48. The Jailhouse (2009)
  49. Frozen (2010)
  50. The Superdeep (2020)
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Genre: Nonfiction
Ernest Dempsey does more than review films. He digs into theme, mood, character, genre and meaning, which makes the essays feel substantial rather than superficial.
– Alan Gray
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