Subgenre Sampler
Cult: 1365 Films to Buy & Rent
Twisted Nerve (1968)
- Dir. Roy Boulting
Feat. Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills
- Hywel Bennett is suitably creepy as a homicidal youth who befriends a nubile Hayley Mills. Unnerving gothic melodrama is well served by Bernard…
Up Tight (1968)
- Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera…
- In this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their…
Vixen (1968)
- Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Erica Gavin, Harrison Page
- An A–grade exploitation picture, with Uncle Russ at his most playful, creative and virile. His purely kitsch instinct and virtuoso editing…
Werner Herzog Collection (Signs of Life, Even Dwarfs Started Small, Kaspar Hauser, Stroszek, Heart of Glass, Where the Green Ants Dream) (1968-1982)
- Dir. Werner Herzog
- Comprehensive box–set containing six early films from renowned German director Werner Herzog.
Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern
- Possibly the finest of the BBC's M R James adaptations, this spooky tale concerns a closeted, sceptical professor (Hordern) whose seaside holiday…
Wonderwall (1968)
- Dir. Joe Massot
Feat. Jane Birkin, Jack MacGowran, Irene Handl
- Sixties counter–culture curiosity about a meek middle–aged bachelor who becomes consumed with lust and envy for his…
Yellow Submarine (1968)
- Dir. George Dunning
- 12 classic Beatles tunes and 90 minutes of bright and whimsical imagery are showcased in this surrealist fantasy from the days when all you needed…
Ambushers, The (1967)
- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Dean Martin, Senta Berger, Janice Rule…
- Ridiculous third entry in the Matt Helm series is considered the weakest with Deano sent to Acapulco to recover a hijacked space craft. Having said…
At Last the 1948 Show (1967)
- Feat. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor…
- Surrealistic sketch show that along with DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET, paved the way for the Monty Python revolution. Presenting a similar blend of media…
Belle De Jour (Beauty of the Day) (1967)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli…
- Cool and elegant comedy of manners about a virginal newlywed who works the day shift in a high class brothel. Bunuel's surrealist…