Blending Sci-Fi and Horror

The Austin Texas Film Society's Essential Cinema Series presents "Other Minds, Other Words: Global Sci-Fi Cinema". The cool part is that this is not just Sci-Fi but they have a lot of horror films in here as well. Check out the horror films below. The fest runs from

June 5 - June 26 @ 7:00 pm
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown (409 Colorado Street)

July 3 - July 31 @ 9:45 pm
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar (1120 S. Lamar)

The Fantastic Planet (La Planete Sauvage)
Other Minds, Other Worlds: Global Sci-Fi Cinema
Tuesday, June 5 - 7:00pm
The planet of Ygam is inhabited by large blue-skinned, red-eyed, intelligent beings called Traggs. They spend most of their time meditating since education comes easily through a headphone with a soothing voice providing all necessary knowledge for survival. Among their possessions are tiny creatures called Oms (think "hommes"), which look suspiciously like human beings from Earth.

Planet Of The Vampires (Terrore nello spazio)
Other Minds, Other Worlds: Global Sci-Fi Cinema
Tuesday, June 19 - 7:00pm
In the near future the two spaceships Argos and Galliot are sent to investigate the mysterious planet Aura. As the Galliot lands on the planet her crew suddenly go berserk and attack each other. The strange event passes, but the crew soon discovers the crashed Argos - and learns that her crew died fighting each other!

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Other Minds, Other Worlds: Global Sci-Fi Cinema
Tuesday, July 3 - 9:45pm
Strange seeds from a distant planet drift on cosmic winds down to Earth, where they take root and take over by duplicating humans through giant pods. The resulting full-sized clones are soulless automatons who do as they are told.

Planet of Storms (Planeta Bur)
Other Minds, Other Worlds: Global Sci-Fi Cinema
Tuesday, July 10 - 9:45pm
The Soviet cosmonauts in PLANET OF STORMS land on the hot, uneven surface of Venus, which turns out to be a very inhospitable planet for humans but perfect for giant creatures.