Total Recall
Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi and fantasy
Carl Betz and Clint Walker, bravely hiding.
Killdozer
Will Salmon, Editor, Newsarama In my head it was a Sunday afternoon at about 3.30pm and on ITV when I first encountered Killdozer. I’ve no idea if that’s actually true or not, but that’s the half-memory that always comes to mind when I think of this prosaic, yet weirdly memorable made-for-TV thriller.
Based on a novella by Theodore Sturgeon, it tells the story of a meteor that crashes to Earth and – in a flash of special effects and the burble of a vintage synthesiser – unleashes an alien force that possesses an unmanned bulldozer and sends it on a murderous rampage. A quick glance at the internet tells me that the screening I saw may have been in 1988 and that feels about right – I would have been eight.