H. G Wells
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H.G. Wells' "scientific romance," published first in serial form and then as a book in 1898, attained perhaps its greatest fame in another form, the infamous realistic 1939 radio broadcast "Invasion from Mars" by Orson Welles. It was also made into an early 1950s science fiction adventure movie. Stover (emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology) describes Wells' story as "a prophecy of startling originality foreseeing the coming of totalitarianism...
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Varios astrónomos descubren sobre la superficie de Marte una serie de extrañas explosiones. A los pocos días, varios objetos metálicos caen sobre Gran Bretaña y de su interior comienzan a salir horribles criaturas. En pocos días, la humanidad se verá enfrentada a un enemigo armado con poderosas armas y cuyo objetivo en deja lugar a dudas: acabar con la especie humana sobre la Tierra.
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Las desventuras del joven investigador llamado Griffin, desde que logra hacerse invisible, gracias a un experimento de su invención, hasta que muere atrapado por la policía y por el doctor Kemp, su antiguo compañero de escuela
The misadventures of the young researcher named Griffin, when he manages to become invisible, thanks to an experiment. Until he dies trapped by the police and by Dr. Kemp, his old schoolmate
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entert
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When a woman's ex-husband commits suicide, a series of coincidences leads her to believe that his death was a hoax, and that she is being stalked by a man whom no one can see.
Series
Criterion collection volume 660
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013.
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Set in 1940 with civilization destroyed by a decades long global war, a group of survivors is visited by a man in a strange craft with details of an organization trying to rebuild civilization through science.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
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1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
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4 Blu-rays (470 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Invisible Man: A scientist discovers a serum that makes him invisible only to find that it also slowly drives him insane and capable of committing unspeakable acts of terro..
Invisible Man Returns: Unjustly accused of murdering his brother, a convict is turned invisible and given one last chance to find the real killer.
Invisible Woman: An attractive model volunteers to test a new machine, making her invisible, and now intends to get even with her...