Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts

Monday, May 9, 2011

"The Body Snatchers" Star dies


This just in:  Dana Wynter female star of the original SC-FI classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"  died Sunday of heart failure, she was 79.  She was best known for her role as Becky Driscoll who ran from the Pod People in 1956s "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".  The film, directed by Don Siegel, featured townspeople being replaced by emotionless duplicates grown from plant like pods.  Wynter grew up in England and studied to be a doctor before turning to acting.  She appeared with Robert Lansing in the ABC series "The Man Who Never Was,"  and starred in "Wagon Train,"  " Cannon" and "The Rockford Files." 
I remember watching "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" on late night TV and also seeing it at the drive in my hometown.   Do you remember Dana Wynter.  When and where were you the first time you saw this SCI-FI classic?   Please check out the video clip for "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

Stay Tuned for my review of  "The Twilight Zone" - "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" on my next post.  

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Travel Into Another Dimension, The Twilight Zone

This just in...
I just noticed that NetFlix just added the original 138 episodes of The Twilight Zone.  The Twilight Zone was one of my favorite all time TV shows.  It ran in glorious black and white from 1959-1963.  Each show was hosted by creator Rod Serling and stood alone as a complete story.  The episodes usually combined humor, horror, science fiction, mystery, history, and social issues such as prejudice, bigotry, greed, conformity, narcism, life and death.  Some of the best actors and actresses appeared on the shows.  Many of them going on to star in major TV shows and movies.  

I remember watching the Twilight Zone reruns on TV.  Please see the introduction clip from the pilot episode with a different narrator than Rod Serling.   
Stay tuned for more reviews, videos, pictures and show information...

Please comment on your favorite Twilight Zone shows and any other information relating to The Twilight Zone.