Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror: 1601 Films to Rent
Plague of the Zombies, The (1966)
- Dir. John Gilling
Feat. Andre Morell
- Reasonably classy Hammer offering about a Cornish mine–operator who uses zombies as a workforce in his tin mine. Good misty atmospherics, with…
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.
Theatre of Death / Rasputin - The Mad Monk (1966-1973)
- Dir. Samuel Gallu, Don Sharp
Feat. Christopher Lee
- A 'Midnight Movie' double–feature of two low–budget British horrors starring Christopher Lee.
THEATRE OF DEATH (1973) – A tale…
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.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Bernard Lee…
- The first omnibus horror from low–budget outfit Amicus, in which the mysterious Dr. Schreck (Cushing) foretells the awful future fates of five…
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee
- Christopher Lee returns from the grave to intimidate a group of tourists in this belated sequel to HORROR OF DRACULA. Misses Peter Cushing, and the…