Horror Channel goes extra-terrestrial with SCI-FEAR WEEK (Saturday 20th to Friday 26th, 9pm), in which strange science, terrifying tech and insidious invasions takes control, highlighted by the Channel premiere of jolting sci-fi thriller THE LAST DAYS ON MARS, starring Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai and Olivia Williams. It also includes the channel premieres of 1980 British science fiction movie SATURN 3, which stars Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel and XTRO, an unsettling slice of Sci-Fi Horror and one of the few British films that landed on the UK film censors' infamous 'Video Nasty' list.
Full film details in transmission order:
Saturday 20 November @ 21:00 – THE LAST DAYS ON MARS (2013) *Channel Premiere
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery - fossilised evidence of bacterial life. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not yet dead.
Sunday 21 November @ 21:00 – SATURN 3 (1990) *Channel Premiere
Adam (Kirk Douglas) and Alex (Farrah Fawcett) are scientists stationed deep beneath the barren surface of Saturn's moon, Titan, seeking new forms of food for an exhausted planet Earth. Captain James, a murderous psychopath, reaches Titan and cuts off communication with the rest of the solar system. Aided by his 'helper robot' James reduces life at the space station to one of survival. For Adam and Alex their only hope is to flee the planet, but the homicidal robot stands in their way. Also stars Harvey Keitel.
Monday 22 November @21:00 – CELL (2016)
Best-selling horror author Stephen King’s acclaimed tech-inspired apocalyptic nightmare.
Tuesday 23 November @ 21:00 – SCANNERS (1981)
Considered one of David Cronenberg’s early genre classics,
Wednesday 24 November @ 21:00 – EXTRATERRESTRIAL (2014)
An alien onslaught chiller, directed by Colin Minihan and starring Brittanty Allen,
Thursday 25 November @ 21:00 – KILL COMMAND (2016)
Steven Gomez’s superior Brit sci-fi action thriller
Friday 26 November @ 21:00 – XTRO (1982) *Channel Premiere
Three years ago young Tony watched with horror as his father was taken into the night sky by a mysterious blinding light and never seen again. Until now. His father is coming home but he's not the man he used to be. Now considered a cult classic and one of the most bizarre horror films of its time
TV: Sky 317 / Virgin 149 / Freeview 70 / Freesat 138
