Sci-Fi Movies & Shows You Can Find Only on COMET TV in January

Have you tuned into Comet TV yet?  It is a great source to watch sci-fi and horror movies for FREE without a paid subscription. Comet TV is available to view as an over-air broadcast Digital HD channel in select markets plus streamed online at CometTV.com so you can still watch its programming if not available locally.  Check out classic television shows from the 1960's like JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT and more recent hits like STARGATE ATLANTIS only available on Comet TV.

Comet TV also broadcasts a variety of sci-fi and horror movies. Check out what is playing during the month of January:

Futureworld (1976)

Friday January 13 at 8/7C

Saturday January 14 at 8/7C

Monday January 16 at Midnight/11C

Wednesday January 25 at 6/5C

Monday January 30 at 6/5C

The Haunted House of Horror (1970)

Thursday January 12 at 4/3C

Sunday January 15 at 10/9C

The Ghost In the Invisible Bikini (1966)

Thursday January 12 at 6/5C

Sunday January 15 at Noon/11C

K-9000 (1991)

Sunday January 8 at 2am/1C

Deranged (1974)

Saturday January 14 at 10/9C

Flash Gordon (1980)

Friday January 6 at 4/3C

Monday January 16 at 6/5C

Wednesday January 18 at 2am/1C

Friday January 20 at Noon/11C

I.F.O. (1986)

Saturday January 14 at Midnight/11C

Friday January 20 at 10am/9C

Thunderbird 6 (1968)

Monday January 9 at Noon/11C

Tuesday January 10 at 2am/1C

Sunday January 22 at Noon/11

R.O.T.O.R. (1988)

Saturday January 7 at 2am/1C

Thursday January 19 at 10am/9C

Monday January 23 at 4/3C

Final Encounter (2000)

Sunday January 15 at 4/3C

Tank Girl (1995)

Saturday January 7 at 10am/9C

Monday January 9 at 6/5C

Wednesday January 11 at 2am/1C

Friday January 13 at Noon/11C

In the Year 2889 (1966)

Saturday January 7 at Midnight/11C

Saturday January 14 at 10am/9C

Monday January 16 at 2am/1C

Thursday January 26 at 10am/9C

Frogs (1972)

Sunday January 8 at 10am/9C

Arena (1991)

Thursday January 12 at 10am/9C

Saturday January 14 at 6/5C

Sunday January 22 at 4/3C

Friday January 27 at Midnight/11C

Jaws of Satan (1982)

Friday January 13 at Midnight/11C

Saturday January 21 at 10am/9C

Message from Space (1979)

Friday January 6 at 6/5C

Tuesday January 10 at 10am/9C

Monday January 16 at 4/3C

Saturday January 21 at 2am/1C

Mimic 2 (2001)

Friday January 6 at 8/7C

Saturday January 7 at 8/7C

Sunday January 15 at 6/5C

Mimic 3: Sentinel (2003)

Saturday January 7 at 10/9C

Wednesday January 11 at 6/5C

Friday January 20 at 6/5C

Daughters of Satan (1972)

Sunday January 8 at 2/1C

Wednesday January 11 at 10am/9C

Tentacles (1977)

Monday January 9 at Midnight/11C

Code 46 (2004)

Monday January 9 at 2am/1C

Friday January 13 at 4/3C

Saturday January 21 at Midnight/11C

Gate II (1992)

Tuesday January 10 at Noon/11C

Saturday January 21 at Noon/11C

Monday January 23 at 6/5C

Tuesday January 31 at Noon/11C

Octaman (1971)

Wednesday January 11 at Noon/11C

Monday January 23 at Midnight/11C

Dangerous Game (1987)

Friday January 13 at 6/5C

Alakazam the Great (1961)

Saturday January 14 at 2/1C

Tuesday January 17 at 4/3C

Thursday January 19 at Midnight/11C

Monday January 23 at 10am/9C

Tuesday January 24 at Midnight/11C

Voyage into Space (1968)

Saturday January 14 at 4/3C

Monday January 23 at Noon/11C

Tuesday January 24 at 2am/1C

Superbeast (1972)

Saturday January 21 at 6/5C

Sunday January 29 at 4/3C

Real Men (1987)

Friday January 20 at 8/7C

Saturday January 21 at 8/7C

Monday January 23 at 2am/1C

Wednesday January 25 at Noon/11C

Friday January 27 at 4/3C

The Land that Time Forgot (1975)

Tuesday January 10am/9C

Tuesday January 24 at 10am/9C

The People that Time Forgot (1977)

Wednesday January 25 at 10am/9C

Meteor Man (1993)

Friday January 27 10am/9C

Monday January 30 at 4/3C

Alienator (1988)

Saturday January 28 at 2/1C

Retaliator (1986)

Saturday January 28 at 4/3C

To find out if this television channel is being broadcast over the air near you, visit comettv.com and utilize the website's ZIP Code Locator feature.

ROBOTS, MONSTERS & ALIENS ... OH MY!

The release of PACIFIC RIM this summer really geeked me out because I grew up a huge fan of Giant Robots versus Monsters stories which really haven't been that popular last few decades until Guillermo del Toro re-energized the genre with his blockbuster movie.  In the movie, aliens breed giant monsters and send them to Earth through a trans-dimensional portal to wipe out the human population so the aliens can recolonize the planet for themselves.  To defend the planet, giant robots called JAEGERS are created to fend off these monsters which have been named KAIJU (Japanese for "strange creature).

While they may seem cheesy now, I never missed a chance to watch The Adventures of Johnny Sokko & his Flying Robot

Ultraman

or Godzilla

I remember watching these tv shows and movies as an elementary school kid while playing with my Shogun Warrior toys recreating epic battles between robots and monsters...those were the good old days.  Now maybe with PACIFIC RIM and the upcoming new GODZILLA movie a new generations of kids, and their geeky dads, can enjoy a renewed era of story-telling in this genre.  Check out this trailer to the new GODZILLA movie coming out in 2014:

Can't wait for the new movie to come out to get a your monster madness fix, well don't fret because IDW Publishing has a new line of Godzilla comic books on the market now and next week you can purchase the graphic novel accumulation of the first story arc of the series in GODZILLA: RULERS OF EARTH VOLUME 1 hitting store shelves on December 17, 2013.

In the Godzilla comics there are two variety of monsters, ones that have evolved from radiation and pollution mutations on Earth and ones, that like in Pacific Rim, are sent by aliens who want to take over our world for themselves.  The comic also introduces a new cast of characters called Megazoologists who are academics studying these new creatures and often time need to be rescued by the military cast who are fighting off these monsters.

The artwork in this comic is bright and crisp giving the impression that you are watching an animated special on TV versus reading a publication.  The quality of the artwork really enhanced the story and made the book interesting to flip through.  Plus the story lines were well scripted making for a fun read.  Due to violence and graphic nature of the book it may be a little much for young children, but for an older grade school kid, teen or adult who has an interest in monsters I'd recommend adding it to their bookshelf.

For more information, visit http://shop.idwpublishing.com/comics/series/godzilla.html

DISCLAIMER:  I received an advance copy digital pdf of GODZILLA: RULLERS OF EARTH VOLUME 1 to review from the publisher.  The opinions in this post are my own.