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The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema

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A breakdown of the various sciences - both plausible and outlandish - featured in popular sci-fi movies from the 20th century.

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McFarland
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English
Pages
296

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Subjects

Biology in motion pictures, History and criticism, Science fiction films, Movies, Motion Pictures, Films, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, Motion picture plays, history and criticism

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Page 1
Scientific Principles: An Overview
Page 7
1. Cell Biology
The Man Who Lived Again (1936)
Page 23
The Man With Nine Lives (1940)
Page 25
Donovan's Brain (1953)
Page 27
Indestructible Man (1956)
Page 29
Giant from the Unknown (1958)
Page 31
The Blob (1958)
Page 33
The Blob (1988)
Page 36
The Flesh Eaters (1964)
Page 38
Atom Age Vampire (1963) aka Seddok, l'erede di Satana
Page 40
Frozen Alive (1964) aka Der Fall X701
Page 43
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Page 44
Deep Red (1994)
Page 48
Zombie 6: Monster Hunter (1995)
Page 50
2. Molecular Biology
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Page 55
The Fly (1958)
Page 59
The Fly (1986)
Page 62
Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
Page 65
The Thing (1982)
Page 67
Watchers II (1990)
Page 70
Carnosaur (1993)
Page 72
Jurassic Park (1993)
Page 76
Moonchild (1994)
Page 80
Proteus (1995)
Page 83
Species (1995)
Page 86
The Relic (1997)
Page 92
3. Pharmacology
Page 99
White Zombie (1932)
Page 101
The Undying Monster (1942)
Page 103
Zombie (1979) aka Zombi 2
Page 105
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
Page 106
I Come in Peace (1997)
Page 108
4. Endocrinology
Page 111
The Island of Lost Souls (1933)
Page 112
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
Page 115
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
Page 117
The Ape (1940)
Page 120
The Ape Man (1943)
Page 121
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Page 123
The Wasp Woman (1959)
Page 125
The Leech Woman (1960)
Page 129
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
Page 131
Project Vampire (1993)
Page 133
5. Surgery
Page 137
The Monster and the Girl (1941)
Page 139
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
Page 141
Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)
Page 145
The Head (1959) aka Die Nackte und der Satan
Page 148
Terror is a Man (1959)
Page 150
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Page 151
The Astro-Zombies (1968)
Page 153
6. Hematology
Page 157
House of Dracula (1945)
Page 157
Not of This Earth (1957)
Page 162
Not of This Earth (1995)
Page 166
Blade (1998)
Page 169
7. Microbiology
Page 173
Man-Made Monster (1941)
Page 173
The Brain Eaters (1958)
Page 177
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
Page 179
"Space Brain" episode of "Space: 1999" (January 1976)
Page 184
Dark Breed (1996)
Page 187
8. Virology
Page 189
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Page 189
Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)
Page 193
Outbreak (1995)
Page 195
9. Biochemistry
Page 201
The Devil Bat (1940)
Page 202
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
Page 205
10. Entomology
Page 211
Them! (1954)
Page 212
Ticks (1993)
Page 215
Skeeter (1993)
Page 217
Mosquito (1994)
Page 218
Mimic (1997)
Page 221
11. Shrinkology
Page 225
The Devil-Doll (1936)
Page 226
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Page 228
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Page 233
12. CULFology
Page 237
The Killer Shrews (1959)
Page 237
The Crawling Hand (1963)
Page 240
Island of Terror (1966)
Page 242
Sssssss (1973)
Page 245
13. Life Cycles
Page 249
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
14. Reanimated Brides
Page 255
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Page 256
Bride of the Re-Animator (1989)
Page 259
15. Synthetic Skin
Page 265
Dr. X. (1932)
Page 266
Darkman (1990)
Page 269
Appendix: Accuracy of Laboratory Sets
Page 273
Index
Page 291

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Published in
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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/656
Library of Congress
PN1995.9.S26 G56 2001, PN1995.9.S26G56 2001, PN 1995.9 S26 G56 2001

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Paperback
Pagination
viii, 296 p. :
Number of pages
296

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OL3945626M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0786409983
LCCN
2001030076
Library Thing
2777364
Goodreads
2461747

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