David Cronenberg's SCANNERS (the first one, anyone) might also apply here. Don Larsson -------------------------------------------- "Only connect." --EM Forster Donald F. Larsson English Department Armstrong Hall 230 Minnesota State University Mankato, MN [log in to unmask] Phone: 507-389-5501 -----Original Message----- From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sharon Knolle Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 5:53 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SCREEN-L] conspiracy films with a supernatural bent Invasion of the Bee Girls. Possibly also Angel Heart. On Sep 2, 2004, at 1:07 PM, Greg Oguss wrote: A couple more for you... Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch) The Ninth Gate (Polanski) They Live (John Carpenter) The Omen I-III Blue Sunshine (great mid 70s flick about batch of spiked LSD...starring Zalman King!) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse & Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (F. Lang) - Greg Oguss At 03:27 PM 8/30/2004 -0400, you wrote: > A friend who is a Hollywood sci fi and horror writer wanted to know > what > movies, obviously generic and otherwise, where one conspiracy or > another has a > supernatural or a sci fi thrust. Of course there are many, but he > wants to go > beyond INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, the more recondite the better. > The > conspirators can be CIA, government bad guys, monsters from outspace, > vampires, etc. > Main thing is that there should be a conspiracy element of some sort. > TO do > whatever. hr greenberg md > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org