Essential Cult Cinema Mirroring the Impact of Midstream: Cult Guide

Dir: Yakov Protazanov

Engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los travels to Mars where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.

Dir: Eugenio Testa

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Monster of Frankenstein perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The Italian adaptation of the famous novel about Dr. Frankenstein and his monstrous creation.

Dir: Ashley Miller

After years of testing, a professor who is intent on building a ship that can travel into space finally succeeds and finishes a working model. After he launches himself into space, he realizes that he had forgotten to take into account that aerodynamic controls have no effect in outer space. He drifts through space and lands on a planet 50 light years away, and proceeds to build a giant telescope with which he can see Earth.

Dir: Robert Wiene

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Sky Splitter perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.

Dir: André Deed

The story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine.

Dir: Roy William Neill

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Hands of Orlac perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

An inventor succeeds in making contact with Mars via television.

Dir: John G. Blystone

In 1940, a man becomes a hermit after rejection. By 1950, a plague kills all post-pubescent males except him. Now desired by millions of women, he still yearns for his initial love interest, making him a treasured last man.

Dir: Jan S. Kolár

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Mechanical Man perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Nikolay Khodataev

A tale about Comrade Kominternov, the Red Army Warrior, who flew to Mars and vanquished all the capitalists on the planet. The film is a parody on the famous SF film "Aelita" from the same year.

Dir: Marcel L'Herbier

Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.