TIME AFTER TIME (1979) – Episode 249 – Decades of Horror 1970s

“The world has caught up with me and surpassed me. It’s drivel. 90 years ago, I was a freak. Today, I’m an amateur.” If you work at it, you can still regain your “freak” status. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – in 1979 San Francisco as they follow the exploits of H.G., Amy, and Jack in Nicholas Meyer’s Time After Time (1979).

Decades of Horror 1970s
Episode 249 – Time After Time (1979)

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Synopsis: H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer’s time machine to escape his time period.

• Director: Nicholas Meyer
• Writers: Nicholas Meyer (screenplay); Karl Alexander & Steve Hayes (story)
• Producers: Herb Jaffe (producer), Steven-Charles Jaffe (associate producer & second unit director) (uncredited)
• Composer: Miklós Rózsa (credited as Miklos Rozsa)
• Cinematographer: Paul Lohmann (director of photography)
• Editor: Donn Cambern (edited by)
• Production Designer: Edward C. Carfagno
• Set Decorator: Barbara Krieger
• Selected Cast:
  • Malcolm McDowell as H.G. Wells
  • David Warner as Dr. John Leslie Stevenson – aka Jack the Ripper
  • Mary Steenburgen as Amy Robbins
  • Charles Cioffi as Police Lt. Mitchell
  • Kent Williams as Assistant
  • Andonia Katsaros as Mrs. Turner
  • Patti D’Arbanville as Shirley
  • James Garrett as Edwards
  • Keith McConnell as Harding
  • Leo Lewis as Richardson
  • Byron Webster as McKay
  • Karin Collison as Jenny (credited as Karin Mary Shea)
  • Geraldine Baron as Carol
  • Laurie Main as Inspector Gregson
  • Joseph Maher as Adams
  • Michael Evans as Sergeant
  • Ray Reinhardt as Jeweler
  • Bob Shaw as Bank Officer
  • Stu Klitsner as Clergyman
  • Corey Feldman as Boy at Museum
  • Shelley Hack as Docent

You can’t get much more Victorian than H. G. Wells and Jack the Ripper. Jack began his known ripping career in 1988, and H. G. Wells published his novel The Time Machine in 1895. They certainly could have met. And if Wells actually invented a time machine that worked, the events of Time After Time (1979) could have taken place… Well, they could have! The whole thing seems entirely plausible thanks to the direction of Nicholas Meyer, his fantastic crew, and the incredible performances of Mary Steenburgen, Malcolm McDowell, and David Warner. Is this more of a romance? Yes, but Meyer et al manage to provide a quotient of horror while minimizing the graphic violence. Remember, it’s not only what you see that brings the frisson.

At the time of this writing, Time After Time (1978) is available to stream from Tubi, as well as several PPV options. The film is also available on physical media as a Blu-Ray formatted disc from Warner Archive Collection. 

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the 70s Grue Crew will celebrate their 250th episode with another set of 70s favorites. Each of them will compile a list of ten films, one from each year in the seventies, for a total of forty movies that hold a special place in each of their little black hearts. Doc and Santos each created lists for a two-part podcast that inspired the creation of Decades of Horror 1970s. They were re-released as Top 10 Horror Films of the 1970′s, Part 1 – Episode 160 – Decades of Horror 1970s and Top 10 Horror Films of the 1970′s, Part 2 – Episode 161 – Decades of Horror 1970s.

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