10 Cult Sci-Fi Alternatives To Star Wars: The Force Awakens You Must Watch
Galactic adventures beyond your wildest dreams.
This December, the most eagerly anticipated film of 2015 finally opens and, regardless of whether or not it lives up to the hype, looks set to dominate the box office from now until Doomsday. But enough about Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie. Lost in the shuffle will be Star Wars Episode VII, a small, low budget coming-of-age story that isnt on anyones radar and will probably disappear without a trace. Thats the problem with modern Hollywood: whenever a tentpole movie comes along, all the little movies get shoved to one side. For anyone seeking an alternative to hype this Christmas, the pickings are slim: theres Daddys Home, a comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, Dismembering Christmas, a slasher movie starring nobody youve ever heard of, and some Ron Howard movie, but thats about it. If youre a Sci-Fi fan, youre better off at home watching the kind of scuzzy, low-rent oddities your local multiplex would pay not to show. Man-in-a-suit monster movies, cheesy Italian knock-offs, post-apocalyptic thrillers starring former Playmates, that kind of thing. Whether you call them cult films, B movies or schlock, theres a strange appeal to their lack of elegance and often baffling narratives. Anything can happen, and usually does. See for yourself.