Thomas Lalli Foster

Thomas A. Foster writes about popular culture in the context of social change. He has written for Video Watchdog,Rue Morgue, and Senses of Cinema.
The TV Gothic: When Horror Came Home

The TV Gothic: When Horror Came Home

Fetish dolls, freakouts, and feminism (really scary) all played their roles in 1970s TV gothic horror.

Sci-Fi TV of the Disco Era: The Grounded Astronaut

Sci-Fi TV of the Disco Era: The Grounded Astronaut

Sci-fi television falls back to earth in the “grounded astronaut” cycle of ’70s-era sci-fi TV.

White Jumpsuits, Catsuited Babes, Pornstaches, and Other Joys of ’70s Sci-Fi Television

White Jumpsuits, Catsuited Babes, Pornstaches, and Other Joys of ’70s Sci-Fi Television

As the idealism of the ‘60s congealed into the malaise of the ‘70s, TV offered small bands of forlorn humans in tight suits, roaming the stars. These are the “the starlost shows”.