The History Of Science Fiction Horror

[@chrisw6164]

“The best two genres, science fiction and horror.” Throwing shade at fantasy. As you should.

[@angryginger791]

I just read a quote by Banks that sums up why I love sci-fi (and I think this fits a lot of horror too): "Science fiction is the literature of ideas, it's to do with philosophy, psychology, sociology...anything with an 'ology', really. It's the appeal of ideas being central, rather than characters or relationships.".

[@BooksForever]

Moid becoming a modern Rod Serling right before our eyes.

[@AdamReade]

Moid you just get better and better.Have been a sub for ages and your content is top notch!

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thanks, but we’re just getting started

[@portland-182]

From the cinema I would add 'Quatermass' (all 3), and the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Games, I'd add 'Silent Hill', and Resident Evil 2.

[@JohnG225]

The Girl With All the Gifts is one of my favourite modern examples.

[@demogorgonzola]

"people's favorite science fiction film and their favorite horror film are often the same film" - missed opportunity for a pun by ending the sentence with "...are often the same Thing" ;)

[@fir3w4lk3r]

I believe Scott Siggler is a good example o modern sci-fi horror.

[@yammybobo]

Hey. A couple of things. Mary Shelley also (probably) wrote the fires post-apocalyptic novel. Second, you can argue that ALIEN is actually a Slasher movie.

[@Nortonius_]

Could’ve watched an hour of this, thanks Moid!

[@M_is_for_M]

Oh, I love this, thank you!

[@neilk4862]

Brilliant work Moid!

[@Poohze01]

I'm late to the party, but I'm a bit surprised that there was no mention of Dr. Who. I would have thought that, at it's best, it can tick both boxes, and surely has influenced generations by now.

[@mikecarriere719]

Where does he find his shooting locations, they’re perfection!

[@Marginwalker1972]

Could have watched an hour or two of this! Thanks, Moid.

[@ronsilva7394]

Great video , thanks !

[@c62west]

Thanks!

[@tarrasacid1612]

Moid those synths at the end 🤌🏻

[@MediaDeathCult]

Thanks, i was aiming for a “It Follows” vibe

[@rowleyzero]

Most underrated channel on KZbin, and it isn’t even close.

[@richardhalasz9664]

Moid, these excellent MDC videos you produce are amazing and zealous and a lot of words in between! Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream is the past, present and future of Science Fiction Horror!

[@garymoraco3184]

Hello again, I just watched Top 10 Books of 2022 again and thought I would remind you of that idea I had last year . Maybe do a Pantheon of your favorites. Like "Dying Inside" for example. I know that "Bookpilled" which I started watching before you has nothing but high praise for Solaris and I still watch him because he really enjoys the older SF book. So, in conclusion, keep this in mind.

[@garymoraco3184]

Great idea Gary !!

[@garymoraco3184]

You're a genius, Gary !!

[@garymoraco3184]

LOL, I know, right?

[@mollyharrism]

I love these info videos you’ve been putting out. It’s becoming one of my fav channels.

[@KujoTV]

Loved the background music, and the stories referenced were perfect.

[@Cameroo]

Alien's impact on both cinema and video games is so huge. It really is one of the most definitive moments in sci-fi. Maybe seconded only too Star Wars.

[@rickriffel6246]

Sci-fi and Horror, a marriage made in the bowels of Hell? Dante's Inferno, written around 1300 CE, is a cosmological speculation about what was then the known universe, when European knowledge came from religion rather than science. This version of Hell is the medieval equivalent of an alien world with its own civilization and history, and even its own map.

[@roryscarlett3952]

Put simply, I love your videos!

[@jmarleymart]

Mary Shelley set it off

[@andrewpopely9511]

I love these new style videos. One of the very best Chanel’s on KZbin.

[@angryginger791]

This has nothing to do with this video, but I got my Iain M. Banks "The Culture: The drawings" book yesterday and I just had to tell someone who would understand how excited I am.

[@coughlinslaw7207]

Moid, what are your thoughts on Ultraviolet (The Idris Elba TV programme from the 90s)?

[@VALIS538]

At the least the production on this video looks the part fair play

[@im1ru122]

Spurious *and* sprawling?! Specifically?!

[@Тимофей-я7о]

Hey, you definitely would enjoy a new netflix anime Pluto!!!! Take the best plotting mangaka(probably)inspired by Asimov, Astro-boy, Philip K. Dick ,put freaking lots of money and you got the best sci-fi TV show of all times(for me personally)

[@oberstul1941]

Stranger things was Stephen King and Lovecraft? I think you meant Steven Spielberg and Lovecraft, dear cult leader. All hail!

[@MediaDeathCult]

No, I meant what I said, a coming of age story with an inter-dimensional monster, but you're also right

[@TheLucasdms]

7:43 and 7:51 What movies are those? I though the first one was event horizon but, if it is, I can't remember that frame.

[@rondemkiw4492]

What about Mario Bava's PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965)?

[@fordprefect80]

World War Z was a great read, Feed on the other hand wasn't what I wanted from a zombie apocalypse book.

[@Bushviking]

Which novel? Blind sigh? Written by whom?

[@EdwardVonKhil]

"Blindsight" by Peter Watts.

[@Bushviking]

@@EdwardVonKhil ah, thank you!

[@stobiusshroden]

6th comment bring on the perdido street station review!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mandelbot5318]

Oi! Don’t get me salivating like that. 🤤

[@stobiusshroden]

@@mandelbot5318 if he can survive the first 200 pages he will be ranting and raving about it. Early Mieville is gorgeous.

[@mandelbot5318]

@@stobiusshrodenI believe the Bas-Lag novels were done as a read-along on the channel at the beginning of the year. I’ve been hoping for a review since then. ‘Perdido’ is quite simply the best thing I’ve ever read, and ‘The Scar’ and ‘Iron Council’ fulfil its promise even if they don’t quite live up to its majesty, in my opinion. It’s interesting that you single out “early” Mieville, though. ‘This Census Taker’ and ‘The Last Days of New Paris’ were real let-downs for me. I think, sadly, Mieville has disappeared up his own literary backside. Such a shame. 🫤

[@MediaDeathCult]

Watch this space

[@stobiusshroden]

@@mandelbot5318 i was introduced to Perdido by my childhood friend Malcolm Craig the creator of the TTRPG A-State back when China got it Published. King Rat was awesome. Then read everything from The Scar onwards. Got a signed copy of Iron Council for my 19th? 20th?. The compilation Three Moments lost me. Loved Looking for Jake. But as he matured and became more Overtly Political i found myself becoming disinterested and moving further afield. But between 15 and 30 he was my absolute favourite. Perdido is directly responsible for the birth of my first son. Read his Mother it everynight till she fell asleep or opened her legs lol. That books prose can get anyone pregnant.