{"id":123674,"date":"2022-04-13T07:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T06:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=123674"},"modified":"2022-04-19T06:55:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T05:55:45","slug":"classic-sci-fi-weekend-celebrating-the-golden-age-of-sci-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/classic-sci-fi-weekend-celebrating-the-golden-age-of-sci-fi\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Sci Fi Weekend: Celebrating the golden age of sci-fi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What better way to celebrate the long weekend than by enjoying classic sci fi?! The Horror Channel is once again celebrating the sci-fi B-movie world of strange creatures, alien invaders and weird science with <em>Classic Sci-Fi Weekend 2,<\/em> featuring all your favourite sci-fi classics from the fifties on 16 and 17 April!<\/p>\n<p>Check out what&#8217;s in store in this pretty awesome trailer here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zHsSX9ukqXA\" width=\"375\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A follow-up TV special to the popular Classic Sci-fi weekend broadcast in April 2020, <em>Classic Sci-Fi Weekend 2<\/em> celebrates ten of the most iconic sci-fi B movies from the fifties, which are acknowledged as the Golden Age for Sci-fi movies.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Classic Sci-Fi Weekend 2 <\/em>season includes five channel premieres including&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The heart-pounding alien invasion classic <em><strong>It Came From Outer Space<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Pulp-horror favourite <em><strong>Tarantula <\/strong><\/em>(featuring an uncredited Clint Eastwood no less!)<\/li>\n<li>Subterranean monster thriller <em><strong>The Mole People<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Beastly mutant classic <em><strong>The Deadly Mantis<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Monolith Monsters<\/strong><\/em>, in which the world is attacked by thirsty giant crystals!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The season also embraces returning sci fi favourites such as&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mutant octopus-rampaging<em><strong> It Came From Beneath The Sea<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Fred F. Sears&#8217; saucer-invading caper<em><strong> Earth Vs The Flying Saucers<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sears&#8217; rampaging alien bird yarn <em><strong>The Giant Claw<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Nathan Juran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/interviews\/ray-harryhausen-the-centenary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ray Harryhausen<\/a> inspired <em><strong>20 Million Miles To Earth<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Drive-in favourite <em><strong>The Blob<\/strong><\/em>, starring Steve McQueen!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Classic Sci-Fi Weekend 2 will be broadcast on Saturday 16 April and Sunday 17 April on The Horror Channel. Find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.horrorchannel.co.uk\/articles.php?feature=horror+channel+celebrates+sci-fi+b-movies+with+a+second+classic+sci-fi+weekend+in+april&amp;category=features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the very best from the Golden Age of sci-fi with The Horror Channel&#8217;s Classic Sci Fi Weekend which includes sci-fi classics Tarantula, It Came From Outer Space and The Blob!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":123675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Entertainment","MSN_Publish_Option":true,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[4291,7395],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Classic-Sci-Fi-Weekend.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123674"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123677,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123674\/revisions\/123677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}