Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror > Classics: 178 Films to Rent
- Island of Terror (1966)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing
- Peter Cushing stars in this Hammer sci–fi tale about cancer research gone awry.
- Reptile, The (1966)
- Dir. John Gilling
Feat. Noel Willman, Ray Barrett
- When villagers start dying from snake venom in Cornwall, things point suspiciously to the tinkerings of a strange doctor. Moody Hammer schlock.
- Witches, The (1966)
- Dir. Cyril Frankel
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen…
- Hammer horror adapted by Nigel Kneale under the pseudonym Peter Curtis, and featuring the final big–screen film role for Joan Fontaine.
- A Study in Terror (1965)
- Dir. James Hill
Feat. John Neville, Robert Morley, Donald Houston…
- Carefully crafted, though at times crude and bloody, Sherlock Holmes mystery (not by Conan Doyle), with the sleuth pursuing the murderous Jack the…
- Color Me Blood Red (1965)
- Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
Feat. Gordon Oas-Heim, Candi Conder, Elyn Warner
- "Blood–feaster" Hershell Gordon Lewis tones down the gore for this third of his splatter forays – a spin on A BUCKET OF BLOOD about an…
- Curse of the Fly (1965)
- Dir. Don Sharp
Feat. Brian Donlevy, George Baker, Burt Kwouk
- Second sequel to the original 1958 THE FLY, sans Vincent Price, but with touches of genuine gothic atmosphere and some creepy mutants. The tale of a…
- Die, Monster, Die (1965)
- Dir. Daniel Heller
Feat. Boris Karloff, Freda Jackson, Nick Adams…
- Enjoyable Lovecraft adaptation, featuring an older Boris Karloff going nuts in the greenhouse.
- Nanny, The (1965)
- Dir. Seth Holt
Feat. Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett
- Bette Davis' stoney ambivalence is well employed in this Hammer production as the malevolent/misunderstood minder of a disturbed child who has been…
- She (1965)
- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Ursula Andress
- A scantily–clad Ursula Andress commands attention in this Hammer exotica as the love–starved eternal queen seeking reincarnation of her…
- Tomb of Ligeia (1965)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price
- The last of the director's Poe interpretations is one the most memorable. Effective use is made of the eerie English locations and Vincent Price's…