Steve Hayes

writer
Feature Film

Time after Time

  • written and directed by Nicholas Meyer
  • (Toronto International Film Festival, 7 September 1979)

Apart from the hero in The Time Machine movie (1960), this is the earliest that I’ve seen of the H.G.‑Wells-as-time-traveler subgenre. Our hero chases Jack the Ripper into the 20th century. —Michael Main
Ninety years ago I was a freak; today I am an amateur.
Strobe images of a man in front of a giant stopwatch.
  • Eloi Silver Medal
  • Science Fiction
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Definite Time Travel