The Sender (1982)
Sep 14, 2002Psychic Psychiatric Patient
Excellent and overlooked film with Kathryn Harrold as a psychiatrist trying to deal with the fact that one of the patients in an asylum has vast psychic powers
Roger Christian
Starship (1984)
Oct 5, 2020Planetary Adventure
A planetary adventure from the director of Battlefield Earth. I waited 35 years to find a copy of this - it looked incredibly promising when I saw production artwork back in the 1980s
Nostradamus (1994)
Oct 28, 2001Historical Biopic of a Clairvoyant
Biopic of the so-called prophet Nostradamus, although this seems more interested in depicting him as a progressive thinker of his era than as a prophet. Directed by Roger Christian who next went on to make Battlefield Earth
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
May 14, 2000Earth Under Alien Rule/L. Ron Hubbard Adaptation
The adaptation of the alien invasion novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard starring John Travolta is a completely ridiculous film that was laughed off screens and is regarded as a classic bad movie
Prisoners of the Sun (2013)
Nov 12, 2014Egyptian Tomb-Raiding Adventure/Ancient Astronauts
The director of Battlefield Earth teams up with Uwe Boll to deliver a sub-Indiana Jones adventure about venturing into an Egyptian pyramid in search of Ancient Astronauts. The tomb raider cliches are so tired and creaky that the film fails to generate any excitement
Stranded (2013)
Mar 17, 2014Alien Impregnation
Roger Christian was art director on Alien but will always be remembered as director of the notorious Battlefield Earth. Here he is stuck making a cheap, tatty and frequently incomprehensible copy of Alien about alien impregnation