21 Sci-Fi and Horror Shows (The World Has Forgotten About)

21 Sci-Fi and Horror Shows (The World Has Forgotten About)

Memory can be a tricky thing. We’d love to have that Black Mirror gizmo that records every single event of our lives, just so we could relive the first time we saw the ending to Back to the Future Part II and suddenly life wasn’t made of suffering anymore. Even more, we’d love to have that Limitless pill that allows us to recall things we barely registered, just so we could relive long forgotten sci-fi and horror TV shows – like the ones in this Pictofact. Also, great use of Black Mirror, Back to the Future, and Limitless, us, you totally earned, erm, more time wasting your life away with obscure pop culture. Awesome!

By the way, the gizmo is called “grain,” and the pill is called NZT-48, although in the novel its name was MDT-48. This is the stuff that populates our brain, this is our burden. Yet the burden might not be heavy enough, OPCD might still have some gaps, and so in this Pictofact we rehash a bunch of sci-fi and horror shows that might have been forgotten by time. And we don’t mean “forgotten” like Dark Angel or Manimal, which are still fondly somewhat remembered, but actually forgotten, like Visions of Tomorrow or Alden’s Army. What 's that? You totally remember Visions of Tomorrow and Alden’s Army and so we’re hacks for proposing them as examples? That’s impossible, we made them up. Why? Because of course some readers are gonna be very familiar with some of these shows, but that doesn’t take away the main point, which is how absolutely perfect the ending of Back to the Future Part II is. Enjoy!

Otherworld

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1985 Otherworld An American family visits the Egyptian pyramids just as the planets align, and they're transported to some parallel dimension. As they explore this world, they're chased by a ruthless commander played by Jonathan Banks, of Breaking Bad fame. CRACKED.COM

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A for Andromeda

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1961 A for Andromeda Scientists receive instructions from outer space to build a computer, which then instructs them to build an organism (Andromeda, played by Julie Christie). This British show lasted just one season, and had a remake in 2006 (with Tom Hardy, of all people). CRACKED.COM

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Space Rangers

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1993 Space Rangers This children's show was about the Space Ranger Corps keeping the peace on an Earth colony on planet Avalon-a premise so bland, it's no wonder only six episodes were ever shot. CRACKED.COM

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The Phoenix

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1982 The Phoenix From a Peruvian Sarcophagus rises Bennu of the Golden Light, an alien being with the power of having the clunkiest name ever. Beginning as a TV movie in 1981, it was supposed to be the next big thing, but only lasted one season. CRACKED.COM

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Perversions of Science

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1997 Perversions of Science This Tales From the Crypt spin-off told sci-fi stories from '50s pulp comics. It had an awesome intro, and was hosted by a peak-'90s-TV CGI female robot. CRACKED.COM

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The Secrets of Isis

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1975-1976 The Secrets of Isis Back when the name Isis only meant the Egyptian goddess, the show was about a schoolteacher who could become, well, Isis. It anticipated other female- ed superhero shows of the time, like Wonder Woman. CRACKED.COM

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Harsh Realm

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows SANTIAGO 1999-2000 Harsh Realm Back when The X-Files ruled pop culture, Harsh Realm disabused us of the notion that Chris Carter could do no wrong. The show was dark, violent, heavily mythology-driven- and ultimately so confusing that audiences just tuned off. CRACKED.COM

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Dark Skies

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1996-1997 Dark Skies This was a show about alien conspiracies in the style of The X-Files, only set during the '60s. A five-season, decades-spanning arc about mind-controlling aliens was planned, but the show lasted only one season. CRACKED.COM

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