ECO SCI-FI

Dead forests, mutant animals, food riots

Silent Running: Bruce Dern is an ecologist in space faced with a difficult choice in this thoughtful film directed by special effects genius Douglas Trumbull
Humanoids from the Deep: Roger Corman-produced mutant sea monster movie
Soylent Green: Charlton Heston is the cynical detective who uncovers the terrible truth about the processed food of his decaying futuristic world in this seminal SF classic
Phase IV: The only film directed by Saul Bass tells of a war between humankind and mutated ants
Damnation Alley: Survivors of a nuclear holocaust have to battle mutant killer cockroaches
Long Weekend: In this Australian eco-horror movie, nature fights back against the human parasite
The Last Winter: Supernatural horror movie on the dangers of global warming

Larry Fessenden, director of the Alaska-set, oil company-bashing horror movie The Last Winter

Things We’d Have Missed without Them: Looking at the work of the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year prize

Eco-Sci-Fi: Director of Sci-Fi-London Louis Savy and author of Mirage Men Mark Pilkington discuss environmentally concerned films on Friday 21 October on Resonance FM 104.4.