Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1571 Films to Buy & Rent
Godzilla vs. King Kong (1963)
- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara
- Two titans of movie monsterdom battle it out over a low–budget Tokyo set.
Mind Benders, The (1963)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, Michael Bryant…
- A sombre and sobering thriller about the dangers of scientific experiments into sensory deprivation.
Investigating the suicide of a colleague,…
Outer Limits, The (TV Series) (1963-1964)
- Dir. Byron Haskin, Laslo Benedek, Various.
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Martin Landau, Shirley Knight…
- Seminal TV series that explored the universal themes of time, space and humankind. Twelve hour–long episodes contained on four volumes, with…
Stingray (TV Series) (1963)
- Dir. Gerry Anderson
- One of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's first 'Supermarionation' series, set around W.A.S.P. and the submarine 'Stingray' as it battles the evil…
X - The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Ray Milland, Don Rickles, John Hoyt…
- Furrow–browed scientist Ray Milland discovers the ability to see through matters, and takes advantage with card games and ladies etc., but…
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…
Fireball XL5 (TV Series) (1962)
- Dir. Gerry Anderson
- A precursor to the Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5 is a massive spacecraft, patrolling a dangerous sector of the galaxy and piloted by the handsome and…
First Spaceship On Venus (1962)
- Dir. Kurt Maetzig
Feat. Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski
- Adapted from a novel by Polish sci–fi writer Stanislaw Lem (SOLARIS), this follows an expedition to Venus to discover the ravaged remains of an…
Journey to the Seventh Planet / Planet of Blood (1962-1966)
- Dir. Sidney Pink, Curtis Harrington
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Dennis Hopper, John Saxon…
- Two inventive low–budget science fiction films from the 1960s that influenced later films.
JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET (1962) –…
Panic in Year Zero (1962)
- Dir. Ray Milland
Feat. Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon
- Eerily filmed in black–and–white, this is a minimalist yet vividly detailed post–apocalyptic survival thriller directed by Ray…