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Maciej Kaczmarski

THE SENDER: A sci-fi horror that inspired "A Nightmare on Elm Street"
The Sender’s commercial failure is unsurprising: it was too niche and genre-defying to attract mainstream audiences during the golden age of...

STARVE ACRE: A Grim Folk Horror
As is typical of folk horror, the rural setting in Starve Acre is far from idyllic.

ANIARA. Pessimistic Science Fiction with a Philosophical Message
The Aniara is an adaptation of a science fiction poem written by Swedish Nobel laureate Harry Martinson in 1956.

TALES FROM THE CRYPT. Old-fashioned horror film
Tales from the Crypt is a thoroughly old-fashioned horror film.

RIVER. A humorous science fiction about a time loop
In “River”, the time loop is merely a pretext to observe human behavior and reactions in unusual circumstances.

GHOST IN THE MACHINE. Science Fiction So Bad It's Good
The plot of “Ghost in the Machine” can be summed up: “The killer was bad, and computers, microwaves, and hair dryers were bad too.”
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