Sentences with phrase «alien presence»

This is the lasting appeal of Jack Finney's novel, «The Body Snatchers» and why its concept has inspired countless science fiction movies throughout the years - from three versions of the novel itself (in 1956, 1978 and 1994 as Body Snatchers by director Abel Ferrara of Bad Lieutenant fame) to Heinlein's The Puppet Masters (finally in 1994) and the 1980s remake of The Thing - all of them dealing with people being surreptitiously taken over by alien presences.
While this is the most heavily advertised part of the disc, it's somewhat lackluster in practice and provides only a slight teaser as to the Predator and Alien presence at the Antarctic whaling station in 1904.
Gadon's performance here is perfectly pitched, refusing to delve into «Manic Pixie Dream Girl» territory but maintaining the somewhat alien presence of Olivia.
And when the producers of Beverly Hills Cop decided to make the hometown of Eddie Murphy's fish - out - of - water detective our own — because, after all, what could be more antipodal to Rodeo Drive than Woodward Avenue, what more alien presence to the Beverly Palms Hotel than a black dude from Detroit in a Mumford High T - shirt?
It's very cold in Space, Admiral: While it's not an original tale, the idea of one man fighting in the depths of space against an unknown alien presence resounds well with science fiction fans.
Swinton was a controversial choice, given that she is not exactly Tibetan, but she is, as she is in many of her roles, an enjoyably somewhat alien presence.
It's a bit refreshing to be confronted with an alien presence that possesses nothing human.
Written long before the sequels were published, Garland's script seizes on key ideas from the novel, but spins them in exciting new directions, using his source as a kind of leaping - off point (even the opening meteor detail is a bit of a departure, albeit one with rich other - worldly implications) from which he offers five tough women a chance to make first contact with this alien presence, and perhaps save the human race in the process.
But that's nothing compared to the body - horror possibilities suggested by whatever the alien presence can do to humans, first revealed when the wary group reaches the bunker - like structure Lena's husband and his comrades used as their base.
If one wants to understand the motivations of an alien presence that has landed on Earth via a meteorite, that person will have to either look elsewhere or create a motive out of whole cloth.
It's enough to add some philosophical meat to the story, and those ideas come into play when we're confronted with the true nature of the alien presence at the heart of the Shimmer (an eerie sequence of unnatural sound and mirror - image motion that rivals the earlier monster attack for dread).
To that end, Under The Skin has pulled off an impressive double: not only does it deliver an alien presence that feels genuinely alien (in Laura and the «void» where she takes her victims), but it also manages to make our own world feel truly alien.
Also alerted to the arrival of this alien presence is Victor von Doom (Julian McMahon), who was last seen stored as cargo on a ship bound for Latveria.
Natalie Portman squares off against an alien presence in a rare example of Hollywood sci - fi - horror thoughtfulness.
psycho - mystery to go with the scientific conundrum of the Shimmer — personal alienation plus an alien presence.
People are drawn to these lights, created by an alien presence.
The process of humanity coming to terms with Superman's alien presence would be fraught enough — but it's complicated by the arrival of a whole bunch of other Kryptonians, led by General Zod (Michael Shannon).
Suddenly you see some alien presence controlling the game, making your life miserable.
Since most of them want Prophet dead, Alcatraz will find enemies at every turn, and in the meantime the suit is gaining power by assimilating with the alien presence.
That palpable tension of a shadow lurking just out of sight remains taut for the entire campaign, and each encounter layers on more reasons to be fearful while poking around Talos I. Learning about the humans that may or may not have survived is just as worthwhile as investigating the alien presence, and the mystery comes to a startling, sudden conclusion that will change how you view certain events on subsequent playthroughs.
500 years of peaceful technological process, watched over by an alien presence known as «the traveller», have come to a violent end.
The Dust Channel, a video by Roee Rosen projected in Gallery 3, explores ideas of purity, containment, contamination and desire through the format of an operetta set in the residence of a couple whose fear of dirt, dust, or any alien presence in their home takes the shape of a perverted devotion to home - cleaning appliances.
It is an operetta with a Russian libretto set in the domestic environment of a bourgeois Israeli family, whose fear of dirt, dust, or any alien presence in their home takes the shape of a perverted devotion to home - cleaning appliances.
Aldrich exhibitions director Richard Klein notes, «Taplin has further dramatized the piece's psychological underpinnings by giving it an alternating day and night character: every day at nightfall interior lighting transforms the sculpture into an eerie and alien presence
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