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Subgenre Sampler
Peeping Tom (1960)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Karlheinz Bohm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey - While Hitchcock's PSYCHO received raves reviews and general acceptance, Michael Powell's equally contentious but brilliant film was condemned as…
Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)- Dir. Albert Zugsmith
Feat. Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld - Despite having thirteen diplomas, Mamie Van Doren (the B–Movie's Marilyn Monroe) has trouble being taken seriously as a college professor!…
Strange World of Gurney Slade, The (TV Series) (1960)- Feat. Anthony Newley
- An unpredictable, wildly inventive comedy where an actor (Anthony Newley) walks off the set of a banal sit–com and into an absurd fantasy world…
Wasp Woman, The (1960)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Michael Mark - A glamorous but ageing cosmetic executive develops an age–retarding serum, but her lust for youth and wealth is besieged by ugly…
Beat Generation, The (1959)- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Steve Cochran, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong… - Steve Cochran and Jackie Coogan are the fuzz who drop in to the beatnik world of cool jazz, dope and Kerouac on the trail of a sexual assaulter.…
Bucket of Blood, A (1959)- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Ed Nelson - This has the twin distinction of being both a hilarious send–up of 'beat' culture and a ripping black comedy. Dick Miller is Walter Paisley, a…
Giant Behemoth, The (Behemoth the Sea Monster) (1959)- Dir. Eugene Lourie, Douglas Hickox
Feat. Gene Evans, Andre Morell - Cult low–budget creature feature where a dormant dinosaur is resurrected during botched nuclear testing, and rampages through the city of…
Gidget (1959)- Dir. Paul Wendkos
Feat. Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson - Cute–as–a–button Sandra Dee goes all out to prove she can hang with surf bums James Darren and Cliff Robertson, in the first and…
Girls Town (1959)- Dir. Charles Haas
Feat. Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Paul Anka… - Wayward teen Mamie Van Doren is sent to a girls' home after being ratted out by 'greaser' Mel Torme. Loaded with rock'n'roll.
Shadows (1959)- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Lelia Goldoni - Cassavetes' influential debut explores inter–racial relationships with improvised dialogue, gitanes, ray–bans and Charlie Mingus…
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