fantastical n.

of a creative work: that which has the qualities of fantasy n. 1

SF Criticism

  • 1995 K. Maio Films: A Flop About a Failure in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 75/2 page image Kathi Maio bibliography

    The Violent Years is absurd, but not boring. And the same is true of the films Mr. Wood is most famous for, all of which might be considered science fiction/fantasy/horror. The fact is that Wood couldn’t help himself from straying into the fantastical, whether it was appropriate to his story or not.


Research requirements

antedating 1995

Earliest cite

Kathy Maio in F&SF

Research History
Irene Grumman submitted a 1995 cite from a film review by Kathi Maio in F&SF.

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