Screamers

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Screamers

R

1995

1h 48m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Cmdr. Joe Hendricksson and new recruit Ace Jefferson set out across the surface of Sirius 6B, where they hope to settle a violent labor dispute at a remote mining outpost. After going too far to turn back, they find the desert riddled with deadly Autonomous Mobile Swords, or Screamers. Created to protect the mines, these burrowing weapons have learned to replicate themselves. To make matters worse, recent generations of Screamers can assume humanoid form.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

May 25, 2020

The ensuing Darwinian struggle combines space opera skirmishes and Cold War paranoia - although the characters' dialogue involves the kind of tough guy/gal posturing overfamiliar from the sort of '80s action movie this was in fact supposed to be.

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Ken Tucker

Entertainment Weekly

Jul 6, 2010

C+

Based on a short story by the great nutball sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick, Screamers is more like a high-pitched rip-off of Alien.

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Brendan Kelly

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

A fun, fast-paced futuristic thriller with enough jolts per frame to keep even the most impatient action fan happy.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 12, 2025

3/5

Takes its time to get going, though once it finds its groove, it has a lot more to offer in the post-apocalyptic realm.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 24, 2020

4/10

Plenty of good (albeit derivative) ideas and evident potential clash with contrived concepts, inconsistent pacing, and last-minute designs.

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Chris Ward

Flickering Myth

Jun 8, 2020

The cheap B-movie version of better sci-fi movies, with a few things about it to like and a lot of things you just have to tolerate

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nick S

@Nick_S Jun 6, 2026

A pretty good effort for a low budget sci fi. The actors were capable, although the characters they played were tediously grim and unlikeable. The twists and turns in the plot felt a bit contrived... would have preferred less of them.

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joy D

@joy.do May 7, 2026

A good bad movie that has its charm. Nice environments. Flat characters but which aren't annoying. Derivative but engaging enough with that unique 90s aesthetic and acting.

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Richard L

@KaneLives Oct 4, 2025

Painfully slow, poorly acted, suffering from a limited budget, and with some of the most questionable characters (but most amazing one-liners) ever put to film, I doubt Screamers is what PKD imagined when he wrote the short story.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 7, 2025

Success in 1 hour and 48 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $5,100,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Markus L

@ThaMago Mar 23, 2025

It’s a fun-bad movie

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A.L.Jude P

@judebd Oct 25, 2023

Wished this could have been better when some of the contemporary SCI-Fi's were brilliant at that time when tis was made. Suffice to say not bad as well.

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Christian Duguay

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Synopsis

Cmdr. Joe Hendricksson and new recruit Ace Jefferson set out across the surface of Sirius 6B, where they hope to settle a violent labor dispute at a remote mining outpost. After going too far to turn back, they find the desert riddled with deadly Autonomous Mobile Swords, or Screamers. Created to protect the mines, these burrowing weapons have learned to replicate themselves. To make matters worse, recent generations of Screamers can assume humanoid form.

Director: Christian Duguay
Producer: Tom Berry, Franco Battista
Screenwriter: Miguel Tejada-Flores, Dan O'Bannon
Production Co: Triumph Films, Fuji Eight Company Ltd., Fries Film Group
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.1M
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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