RETRO SCI-FI CLASSICS AT THE DRIVE-IN

The 2024 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival will launch its 5th anniversary celebrations with a retrospective season of retro sci-fi classics SCREENING ONLY at the iconic Skyline Drive-In Blacktown.

29 JUNE - ROBOCOP 4K Remaster

A rare screening of Dutch agitator Paul Verhoeven’s bloody brilliant satire in its fullest form. Barely surviving a shocking shootout Detroit cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) becomes the ideal candidate for a new urban defence initiative - the part human/part android ‘Robocop’ program. “Dead or alive you’re coming with me.”  

27 JULY - THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION 40th Anniversary

Adventurer brain surgeon rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team the Hong Kong Cavaliers must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth. It’s taken four decades but cult movie fans the world over are finally discovering the insane magic of director W.D. Richter’s eccentric comedy adventure. With Peter Weller Jeff Goldblum Ellen Barkin and an unhinged John Lithgow.

24 AUGUST - FLATLINERS

Five medical students gamble with their lives to answer the question about what happens when you die in director Joel Schumacher’s speculative thriller. In 1990 most of this extraordinary ensemble were on the cusp of stardom - Julia Roberts Kiefer Sutherland William Baldwin and a scene-stealing Oliver Platt (Kevin Bacon was the ‘veteran’ in the cast).  

28 SEPTEMBER - THE THING

John Carpenter’s practical effects masterpiece only grows in stature with the passage of time; a work so rich in menace character and blood-curdling imagery it stands as a landmark of sci-fi/horror cinema. Starring Kurt Russell as the reluctant anti-hero stranded at an arctic research site as a viral alien gene takes hold The Thing stands alongside Alien and Invasion of The Body Snatchers as a profound study of claustrophobic paranoid terror.

Host or Publisher simon foster