#thr. Alice Turner

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I would love to write a book about gravestone trends throughout history

[intelwon]

     𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚂 𝚁𝙸𝚂𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝙿 𝙷𝙸𝙼 𝙶𝙴𝚃𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰𝙽𝚈 𝙲𝙻𝙾𝚂𝙴𝚁, thrown from the normalcy she resigned herself to living. ❝ I'm trying to make up my mind...  Just how I feel... ❞ A deep breath to calm the racing thoughts forcing connections to fill the holes left by exposure.  ❝ Could you tell me what’s real? ❞

  @shinedied​​  ♡ // Can I call you tonight? - Dayglow

[aion-rsa]

Nightflyers Release Date, Trailer, Cast, News, and More

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Syfy is adapting George R.R. Martin’s novella and 1987 movie, Nightflyers, as a TV series. And it's getting an ambitious release strategy.

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"Nightflyers is a haunted house story on a starship. It's Psycho in space." - George R.R. Martin

Nightflyers stands as one of George R.R. Martin’s more intriguing pre-Game of Thrones space science-fiction offerings, starting as a 1980 novella, eventually inspiring a schlocky limited-release 1987 film adaptation. However, it appears that the Literary God of Death’s old property is about to be reincarnated as a television series over at Syfy. 

Last year, the genre-aimed NBCU cable outlet ordered a pilot for Nightflyers, which has since expanded into a series pickup (Netflix has first run rights outside the U.S.). Additionally, Nightflyers recently received a bountiful boon of €850,000 ($1.1 million,) from the Irish Film Board and will soon begin filming at Limerick’s Troy Studios.

Nightflyers Release Date

Syfy took its time to announce a release date for Nightflyers and now it's clear why. The network is embarking on a rather ambitious release strategy for the horror/sci-fi series. Nightflyers will debut all 10 of its episodes in a particularly-timed rollout across all of Syfy's mutlimedia platforms starting on Sunday, December 2, per a Syfy release. These platforms include Syfy channel, SYFY On Demand, Syfy.com and the Syfy app.

The schedule of the rollout will be as follows. Nightflyers episodes 1-5 will air every night from Sunday, December 2 through Thursday, December 6 at 10 p.m. with limited commercials. Then episodes 6-10 will air during the same time slots from December 9 through Decemer 13. The show will also air marathon-style on the two weekends following its scheduled release times.

Nightflyers Trailer

The new trailer for Nightflyers has arrived! Check it out:

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Official Trailer #1 | SYFY

Previously, Syfy also released three short teasers (via Collider) that give a great sense of both the production value of Nightflyers, as well as the tone. Check out these glimpses into this creepy science fiction series...

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Wake up | SYFY

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Someone is Watching | SYFY

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Interference | SYFY

And here's a longer trailer...

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Teaser | SYFY

Nightflyers Story

Per the official synopsis:

NIGHTFLYERS follows eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system aboard The Nightflyer – a ship with a small tightknit crew and a reclusive captain – in the hope of making contact with alien life. But when terrifying and violent events begin to take place they start to question each other – and surviving the journey proves harder than anyone thought.

A bit of recent Nightflyers news saw a new occupant ascend to the proverbial Iron Throne of the George R.R. Martin adaptation series. That’s because its appointed showrunner, Daniel Cerone, dropped out of the series, reportedly over creative differences, says THR.

Jeff Buhler, will step in as showrunner, likely signaling a smooth transition, since he’s been with the project since the very beginning as its writer and executive producer. Buhler wrote the 2008 Bradley Cooper-starring horror film The Midnight Meat Train, with movie projects in the pipeline such as Descendant, Black River and horror thriller remake film Jacob’s Ladder, as well as a revival of horror film franchise The Grudge.

Moreover, to ensure said smooth series transition, Syfy is reportedly bringing onboard (as a consultant,) Terry Matalas, writer and co-creator of the cable channel’s imminently-ending series, 12 Monkeys, who also brings experience from his time on Nikita, Terra Nova, Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: Voyager.

Nightflyers Cast

Phillip Rhys is the latest addition to the Nightflyers cast, reports Deadline. Rhys will recur on the series as Murphy, who is described as “a top systems tech engineer” who become inconsolably disturbed upon learning that “an L-1 telepath” is amongst the Nightflyer’s complement.

Rhys, an English actor, appeared in the 2015 Doctor Who Christmas special as Ramone, one of the episode’s titular “Husbands of River Song.” He’s also fielded TV runs on 24, Nip/Tuck and Survivors, along with guest spots on Rosewood, Glee, CSI, Bones and Warehouse 13.

With Syfy's early-January announcement of Nightflyers’ full series order came the reveal of the show’s cast.

Gretchen Mol will headline the series, playing Dr. Agatha Matheson.

Mol, who burst on the scene as a late-1990s it-girl from roles in Donnie Brasco, Rounders and The Thirteenth Floor, and steamed up the small screen in the 2005 HBO biopic, The Notorious Bettie Page, has made her presence known with recent television runs on Chance, Mozart in the Jungle and Boardwalk Empire. She notably appeared in last year’s Oscars-accruing drama, Manchester by the Sea. She's also booked to appear in the upcoming USA drama series Yellowstone.

And here’s the supporting cast:

Eoin Macken (The Night Shift) as Karl D’Branin

David Ajala (Fast & Furious 6) as Roy Eris

Sam Strike (EastEnders) as Thale

Maya Eshet (Teen Wolf) as Lommie

Angus Sampson (Fargo) as Rowan

Jodie Turner-Smith (The Last Ship) as Melantha Jhirl

Brían F. O'Byrne (Million Dollar Baby) as Auggie

Nightflyers Details

Jeff Buhler, of The Midnight Meat Train and the upcoming horror thriller remake Jacob’s Ladder is the showrunner; a position to which he was promoted, after Daniel Cerone (The Blacklist, The Mentalist) dropped out.

Mike Cahill (I Origin) will direct the pilot.

Onboard as executive producers are Gene Klein, David Bartis and Edge of Tomorrow and The Bourne Identity franchise blockbuster director Doug Liman, all of whom are representing production company Hypnotic, which Liman co-owns with Bartis. Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta of Gaeta Rosenzweig Films along with Lloyd Ivan Miller and Alice P. Neuhauser of Lloyd Ivan Miller Productions are also onboard. 

Netflix is also a co-producer on the Syfy project; a privilege that will yield the streaming giant first-run rights outside the U.S.

Additionally, George R.R. Martin himself will be a credited executive producer on the series.

“We are looking forward to diving deeper into George R. R. Martin’s chilling world of Nightflyers,” Bill McGoldrick, executive vice president of scripted development for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, said in a July statement. “The script that Jeff delivered encapsulates this classic sci-fi horror story and adapts it to a platform where we can truly explore the depths of madness.”

Robert Jaffe, who wrote the screenplay for the 1987 Nightflyers film, is onboard the series as a producer. It doesn't look like Martin will be involved with the series, at least for now.

The story of the George R.R. Martin-conceived supernatural space thriller is set on the eve of Earth’s destruction, depicting the travails of the crew of the most advanced ship in the galaxy in the titular spacecraft the Nightflyer. Adrift in space without a planet to call home, the goal of the surviving humans is to intercept a mysterious alien ship which is believed to hold the key for their survival. However, as the ship closes in on its destination, it becomes apparent that the Nightflyer’s onboard AI and its elusive captain – with mysterious motivations – may be leading the crew on a primrose path ending in the hopeless, horrific darkness of deep space.

Video of Nightflyers (1987) trailer

The genesis of Nightflyers occurred with George R.R. Martin’s original 1980 novella of the same name, for which he received Japan’s Seiun Award in 1983 for Best Foreign Language Short Story of the Year. The story was subsequently collected as the title entry in Martin’s 1985 Nightflyers collection. The 1987 film adaptation, directed by Robert Collector (Jungle Warriors), starred perennial 1980s movie love interest Catherine Mary Stewart and Dynasty’s Michael Praed, manifesting with a limited release that grossed a paltry $1.145 million dollars at the box office (and sent Martin back to television to write for Beauty and the Beast).

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[intelwon]

❝ I’m used to being tired and bloody... ❞ A pause heavily weighing on her shoulders. She’s an open book, always willing when talking about facts. Yet, when it came to feelings? Alice clams up, avoids the topic. Not this time. ❝ But you believed that I could be somebody... ❞

    @downpaths​ ♡ // For the Nights I Can’t Remember - Hedley

[intelwon]

                                                        OPEN

“ You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means. ”

[intelwon]

Nose always in a book, it’s rare to see her paying attention to anyone talking to her, or really, at her. If it occurs at all, that is. She’s known for her apathy in the classrooms, written off as snobbish and holier than thou. Yet, book closes with a CLAP and fingers stiffen to run against the leather spine. Multi-colored eyes flick upwards to look at the instructor, though never a direct gaze. 

“ I don’t see the point of running the scenario if I have no intention of being a commander... or a first officer for that matter. I know what this test is meant to accomplish. I won’t put the crew’s lives in my hands. ” 

            @fasciinating​ B)

[intelwon]

“ You’re mistaken. I have nothing for you. ”

Alice peers over the book she’s meticulously working on. A cover, of course. While she does enjoy the craft, her true talent lies elsewhere and she knows that’s what this fellow wants. He’s been sent to her for a reason, for intel of course but she isn’t going to make it easy for him. Not until he says the magic phrase, the one that’s been agreed upon long before he even came into the picture. 

“ Of course, if you’re in need of a restoration, then I can help you. ”

         @maskeraide​ for gavin bc

[intelwon]

                         EVERYTHING   HE’S   SAID,   the   outlandish   theories   he   believes   to   be   the   absolute   truth   causes   her   head   to   hurt.   Magic   doesn’t   exist,   he’s   never   been   decapitated,   surely   the   stories   from   that   book   are   just   that;   stories.   Yet,   she   hesitates   in   outright   calling   him   crazy.   Even   she   knows   there’s   a   sliver   of   truth   in   all   stories   and   perhaps   this   one   has   a   sprinkling   of something. 

❝   You   don’t   need   me   to   tell   you   that   everything   you   say sounds ridiculous.   I’m   sure   you   already   know...   but   perhaps   it’d   be   easier   for   you   to   just...   take   a   more   pragmatic   approach.   Obviously,   things   aren’t   what   you   say   and   it’s   better   to   just   accept   the   current   truth.   ❞ 

      @hatteir​ c:

[intelwon]

“ That’s impossible. ”

Reading and hearing are two different experiences in her opinion. Looking over the request itself is incredulous and she nearly tosses it aside, but a thought passes through her head and she wants to take a look at the man that needs her help. The desperation she hears in his voice gives her pause. She normally deals with mundane hauntings, easily disproved. The ones that begin to seem outlandish are usually routed in psychological issues which she believes this man has. Just looking at him, Alice can tell he believes everything he’s saying. 

“ You have to understand how this sounds... don’t you? ”

      @maskeraide​ B)

[intelwon]

“ Sorry, but we’re closed. ”

She only reacts to the sound of the bell as the door opens. She’s forgotten to lock it but the sign’s been turned over. Fingers deftly place a few books on the shelves. Alice has her own process, the store arranged unusually but genres have their place in a way that draws in the most to their respective corners.

Multi colored eyes lift to eye the customer, head tilting to the side. Had it been a man, she would have insisted he leave immediately. She’s silent for a moment before releasing a deep breath. 

“ I’ve nothing going on if you’re interested in browsing... ”

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[intelwon]

“ I've told them already. I know nothing. ” 

There’s a hush that falls over the room as her hands rest on the metal table, slender fingers entwined with each other. Multi-colored eyes remain fixated on her nails. This isn’t the first time she’s been taken into custody, nor does she expect it to be her last. She’s never kept longer than 24 hours. Evidence is hard for them to procure and Alice slips through their radar time and time again. 

She sports a black eye and a bruised chin, nothing unusual for the woman. This person isn’t in a uniform. Perhaps she isn’t a cop... Eyes lift to examine her a bit better. Isn’t a cop yet, she can tell. Why is she here then?

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[intelwon]

She hates New York. There’s always something happening that is out of everyone’s control. Maybe she should have stayed in London. Maybe it would be quieter and not as dangerous. Could she live in a place like that though? Could she deny the part of her that ached for some sort of excitement?

He’s in the alleyway beside her shop, pressed against the wall as if it’s holding him up. She can’t see his face because of the shadows and Alice doesn’t know if he’s injured or not. Heterochromic eyes squint to try and get a better look to no avail.

“ Are you alright? Do you need assistance? ” The brit questions, swallowing hard as slender fingers twist the messenger bag’s strap nervously. 

@corruptedspider​  ♥′d

[intelwon]

@seekscryptids​ from this open

Before an investigation, Alice normally goes to the site and takes pictures. Visualizing where she’s going and what is around her is important to her. Plus, if anything strange comes up on film, she has time to analyze it before entering the premises. She’s a skeptic, having never found any concrete evidence to prove the existence of the paranormal and she doubts she ever will.

That is... until she bumps into whoever this man is who manages to grab hold of her almost instantly and continue in the opposite direction of whence he came. She’s been forced to fight natural instinct to flinch or pull away over the years so she follows after him, tripping over her feet a moment before he snaps to stop struggling. “ Well maybe if you weren’t pulling so hard I could run normally. ”

Hands fly over her ears when she hears the screech and at the sight of his paling face, she turns to look. A hand covers her mouth and she feels her stomach churning. What in the bloody hell is that? 

They continue running; this time she’s more compliant. “ What did you do? ” It’s easy for her to assume he’s done something, what with how he runs away and the tone that spews from the monster’s mouth. Was that even a mouth? She doesn’t know what she’s seen or heard and her mind isn’t in the right place to process it. “ If you think your car is going to outrun... whatever that thing is, then sure, yes. Let’s go to your car! ”

Why is it that she’s always at the wrong place at the wrong time?

[intelwon]

@rgerscap​

HE    KNEW    HOW    IT    FELT    TO    BE    FORGOTTEN ;                   like    being    crushed    underfoot    without    the    energy    to    crawl    your    way    to    freedom ,     gasping    for    air    and    craving    the    memory    to    return    and    see    that    flash    of    recognition    within    their    faces .          but    it   never    came .     heart    sunk    quickly    and    without    promise    of    returning ,     limbs    grew    heavy    as    eyes    fall    upon    dusty    floorboards    and    scattered    litter .         IT    HURT    JUST    AS    MUCH    THE    SECOND    TIME    AROUND .                ❛      we    became    friends    in    1940 ,    and    i    haven’t    seen    you    since    i    left    for    war  .  .  .     something    happened    and  –––––––    it’s    2018 ,    alice .   ❜              

head    slowly    shakes ,    he    just    doesn’t    have    an    answer .     he    is    too    weak    to    think    upon    suggestions ,    too    bereft    of    energy    from    recent    events    to    seek    the    positivity    he    was    once    so    rarely    without .                ❛      i    don’t    know .  .  .     your    files    stated    you    were    dead .  ❜                   they    had    that    in    common .

mind    dwells    upon    her    admission ,       head    nods    slowly    as    he    accepts    the    god    awful    truth .      but    he    helped    buck ,       the    memories    were    deep    within    his    mind .  .  .        perhaps    alice’s    mind    merely    needed   the    boost .     hints    that    would    put   her    right .      but    would    it    not    be    cruel    to    bring    her    back    into    a    world    so    devastated    by    loss ?           this    was    no    longer    the    world    she    might    remember .

eyes    survey    their    surroundings ,    taking    in    every    changed    detail ,    every    new    item    where    her    belongings    once    stood  –––––––––    WHERE    THEY    ONCE    STOOD .    so    much    had    changed ,    within    them    and    their    world .      the    unfamiliar    had    been    cold    and    repulsive ,    the    suggestion    of    the    familiar    had    rested    his    panicked    heart .      he    had    found    his    new    norm ,    and    he    would    help    alice    find    hers .                  ❛      this    was    your    home .     we    met    downstairs ,     in    your    bookshop .    ❜                  he    smiles ,     though    the    very    act    twists    his    aching    soul    ever    further ,                 ❛      a    hunch    is    good .    it’s    a    start .   ❜                   but    she    would    need    more    than    a    hunch .                ❛      there    were    reports    of    a    break    in ,     they    thought    it    could    be    kids    but    when    i    saw    the    address .  .  .        i    wanted    to    check    it    out    for    myself .             maybe    some    part    of    me    hoped    it    could    be    you .   ❜     

“ But that’s… ” Nearly eighty years. A hand presses into the window sill, wood warping around her touch while the other hand holds her stomach. For a moment, Alice thinks she was going to be sick, body lurching forward as shoulders come to meet her ears. The color drains from her face and before she can stop herself, she slides to her knees, hand slipping from the sill to cover her mouth. She knows he’s telling the truth there. She knows she’s from a different time and that’s it. 

“ Maybe it would have been better if I actually was... ” Whatever this is, whatever she’s feeling... surely death would be better? Her insides are tearing her apart, ripping slowly and stitched back together with whatever force is holding her in this time. It’s as though every fiber of her being is being rewritten every minute. 

He keeps talking and her face contorts painfully, distraught with the newfound information. It’s too much to handle and she slowly lifts her hands to cover her ears as if that will help. Even after eighty years... he still hoped for her? He remembers her after all this time? What was she to him?

Eyes lift to look at the warped wood of the sill and the peeled disintegrated wallpaper she took down moments ago. Flipping her palms upward, she looks over her hands and the gold that fills what used to be scars on her skin. “ W-What now? What.. What am I? What’s wrong with me? ”

[aion-rsa]

Nightflyers: New SDCC Trailer Arrives

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Syfy is adapting George R.R. Martin’s novella and 1987 movie, Nightflyers, as a TV series. Here's a new trailer from SDCC!

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"Nightflyers is a haunted house story on a starship. It's Psycho in space." - George R.R. Martin

Nightflyers stands as one of George R.R. Martin’s more intriguing pre-Game of Thrones space science-fiction offerings, starting as a 1980 novella, eventually inspiring a schlocky limited-release 1987 film adaptation. However, it appears that the Literary God of Death’s old property is about to be reincarnated as a television series over at Syfy. 

Last year, the genre-aimed NBCU cable outlet ordered a pilot for Nightflyers, which has since expanded into a series pickup (Netflix has first run rights outside the U.S.). Additionally, Nightflyers recently received a bountiful boon of €850,000 ($1.1 million,) from the Irish Film Board and will soon begin filming at Limerick’s Troy Studios.

Nightflyers Trailer

The new SDCC trailer for Nightflyers has arrived! Check it out:

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Official Trailer #1 | SYFY

Previously, Syfy also released three short teasers (via Collider) that give a great sense of both the production value of Nightflyers, as well as the tone. Check out these glimpses into this creepy science fiction series...

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Wake up | SYFY

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Someone is Watching | SYFY

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Interference | SYFY

And here's a longer trailer...

Video of NIGHTFLYERS | Teaser | SYFY

Nightflyers Release Date

Nightflyers has yet to set a release date. However, the series is currently in the midst of production in Ireland.

Read the Den of Geek SDCC 2018 Special Edition Magazine Here!

Nightflyers Story

Per the official synopsis:

NIGHTFLYERS follows eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath who embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system aboard The Nightflyer – a ship with a small tightknit crew and a reclusive captain – in the hope of making contact with alien life. But when terrifying and violent events begin to take place they start to question each other – and surviving the journey proves harder than anyone thought.

A bit of recent Nightflyers news saw a new occupant ascend to the proverbial Iron Throne of the George R.R. Martin adaptation series. That’s because its appointed showrunner, Daniel Cerone, dropped out of the series, reportedly over creative differences, says THR.

Jeff Buhler, will step in as showrunner, likely signaling a smooth transition, since he’s been with the project since the very beginning as its writer and executive producer. Buhler wrote the 2008 Bradley Cooper-starring horror film The Midnight Meat Train, with movie projects in the pipeline such as Descendant, Black River and horror thriller remake film Jacob’s Ladder, as well as a revival of horror film franchise The Grudge.

Moreover, to ensure said smooth series transition, Syfy is reportedly bringing onboard (as a consultant,) Terry Matalas, writer and co-creator of the cable channel’s imminently-ending series, 12 Monkeys, who also brings experience from his time on Nikita, Terra Nova, Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: Voyager.

Nightflyers Cast

Phillip Rhys is the latest addition to the Nightflyers cast, reports Deadline. Rhys will recur on the series as Murphy, who is described as “a top systems tech engineer” who become inconsolably disturbed upon learning that “an L-1 telepath” is amongst the Nightflyer’s complement.

Rhys, an English actor, appeared in the 2015 Doctor Who Christmas special as Ramone, one of the episode’s titular “Husbands of River Song.” He’s also fielded TV runs on 24, Nip/Tuck and Survivors, along with guest spots on Rosewood, Glee, CSI, Bones and Warehouse 13.

With Syfy's early-January announcement of Nightflyers’ full series order came the reveal of the show’s cast.

Gretchen Mol will headline the series, playing Dr. Agatha Matheson.

Mol, who burst on the scene as a late-1990s it-girl from roles in Donnie Brasco, Rounders and The Thirteenth Floor, and steamed up the small screen in the 2005 HBO biopic, The Notorious Bettie Page, has made her presence known with recent television runs on Chance, Mozart in the Jungle and Boardwalk Empire. She notably appeared in last year’s Oscars-accruing drama, Manchester by the Sea. She's also booked to appear in the upcoming USA drama series Yellowstone.

And here’s the supporting cast:

Eoin Macken (The Night Shift) as Karl D’Branin

David Ajala (Fast & Furious 6) as Roy Eris

Sam Strike (EastEnders) as Thale

Maya Eshet (Teen Wolf) as Lommie

Angus Sampson (Fargo) as Rowan

Jodie Turner-Smith (The Last Ship) as Melantha Jhirl

Brían F. O'Byrne (Million Dollar Baby) as Auggie

Nightflyers Details

Jeff Buhler, of The Midnight Meat Train and the upcoming horror thriller remake Jacob’s Ladder is the showrunner; a position to which he was promoted, after Daniel Cerone (The Blacklist, The Mentalist) dropped out.

Mike Cahill (I Origin) will direct the pilot.

Onboard as executive producers are Gene Klein, David Bartis and Edge of Tomorrow and The Bourne Identity franchise blockbuster director Doug Liman, all of whom are representing production company Hypnotic, which Liman co-owns with Bartis. Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta of Gaeta Rosenzweig Films along with Lloyd Ivan Miller and Alice P. Neuhauser of Lloyd Ivan Miller Productions are also onboard. 

Netflix is also a co-producer on the Syfy project; a privilege that will yield the streaming giant first-run rights outside the U.S.

Additionally, George R.R. Martin himself will be a credited executive producer on the series.

“We are looking forward to diving deeper into George R. R. Martin’s chilling world of Nightflyers,” Bill McGoldrick, executive vice president of scripted development for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, said in a July statement. “The script that Jeff delivered encapsulates this classic sci-fi horror story and adapts it to a platform where we can truly explore the depths of madness.”

Robert Jaffe, who wrote the screenplay for the 1987 Nightflyers film, is onboard the series as a producer. It doesn't look like Martin will be involved with the series, at least for now.

The story of the George R.R. Martin-conceived supernatural space thriller is set on the eve of Earth’s destruction, depicting the travails of the crew of the most advanced ship in the galaxy in the titular spacecraft the Nightflyer. Adrift in space without a planet to call home, the goal of the surviving humans is to intercept a mysterious alien ship which is believed to hold the key for their survival. However, as the ship closes in on its destination, it becomes apparent that the Nightflyer’s onboard AI and its elusive captain – with mysterious motivations – may be leading the crew on a primrose path ending in the hopeless, horrific darkness of deep space.

Video of Nightflyers (1987) trailer

The genesis of Nightflyers occurred with George R.R. Martin’s original 1980 novella of the same name, for which he received Japan’s Seiun Award in 1983 for Best Foreign Language Short Story of the Year. The story was subsequently collected as the title entry in Martin’s 1985 Nightflyers collection. The 1987 film adaptation, directed by Robert Collector (Jungle Warriors), starred perennial 1980s movie love interest Catherine Mary Stewart and Dynasty’s Michael Praed, manifesting with a limited release that grossed a paltry $1.145 million dollars at the box office (and sent Martin back to television to write for Beauty and the Beast).

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