Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Suspense/Crime: 113 Films to Buy & Rent
Stepford Wives, The (1975)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson…
- Beautifully understated, bizarre satire on suburbia and the feminist movement in which the inhabitants of a small town seem curiously contented. …
Day of the Dolphin, The (1974)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino…
- An ecological sci–fi thriller, based on a French novel by Robert Merle. George C Scott stars as a scientist who has trained two dolphins to…
Night Gallery (TV Series) (1970-1973)
- Feat. Rod Serling
- Spooky suspense series, hosted by Rod Serling, with each episode adapted from a sci–fi and horror short story. While not up to Serling's…
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Donald Pleasence, Raquel Welch, Stephen Boyd…
- A team of 'experts' are miniaturized and injected into a high–ranking scientist as a last resort to repair his medical condition.
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Satan Bug, The (1964)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Alistair Maclean, Richard Basehart
- Set in a hushed desert landscape of secret government laboratories and ominous rock–formations, this Cold War paranoia–thriller…
Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1962)
- Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Edward Judd, Leo McKern
- A solidly old–fashioned 'disaster film' in which H–Bomb test knock the Earth of its axis, leading to terrifying and accelerating climate…
Atomic Submarine (1959)
- Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet
Feat. Arthur Franz, Dick Foran
- Entertaining sci–fi thriller with a decent script and a believable cast, even if the small budget is plainly obvious.
One Step Beyond (TV Series) (1959)
- Feat. John Newland
- Classic television series billed as 'your guide to the supernatural' serves half–hour docudramas of unexplained, paranormal 'true events'.…
It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Marshall Thompson, Kim Spalding, Shawn Smith
- 50's sci–fi horror set in a future 1973. A hostile martian life form stows away on a rescue ship heading to Mars to recover survivors of an…
Fiend Without a Face (1957)
- Dir. Arthur Crabtree
Feat. Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker
- Noteworthy 'alien invader' thriller in which creatures resembling the human brain run amok in a small town. Macabre proceedings are resolved in a…