Ronald Shusett

Classic horror movie, basically a haunted house flick set on a spaceship--a creepy, slimey, don't-go-looking-for-the-cat spaceship. As with many great monster movies, you don't really get a good look at the beast...until it's too damned late. Best new monster in ages.

Deadly alien on a spaceship.

Not nearly as intense or scary as the sequel, but it's a much better movie. Very pretty to look at (a good contender for Best Art Direction of All Time). Exceptionally geeky for a mainstream horror film and/or a post-Star Wars sci-fi film.

Concept: C
Story: B
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: C

Enjoyment: A plus

GPA: 3.3/4

An ordinary man turns into a super spy after something goes wrong with recreational memory alterations.

The Paul Verhoeven movie with a script good enough that even Paul Verhoeven couldn't wreck it - though he really tries. If it had been made by someone with any sense of taste or aesthetics, it might have been one of my favorite movies.

Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: C

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.4/4

1970s classic. And overall classic for many solid reasons. It spawned off a pretty strong franchise and has made it way into various other media as references and memes.