Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1571 Films to Buy & Rent
Planeta Bur: The Planet of Storms (1962)
- Dir. Pavel Klushantsev
Feat. Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Yuri Sarantsev
- Cult science–fiction with Russian cosmonauts landing on a Venus teeming with flesh–eating plants, lizard men and dinosaurs! Ingeniously…
Reptilicus (1962)
- Dir. Sidney Pink
Feat. Carl Ottosen, Ann Smyrner
- Many chuckles to be had at the expense of this mini–budgeted monster mash filmed in Denmark. A prehistoric creature rejuvenates itself and…
Slime People, The (1962)
- Dir. Robert Hutton
Feat. Robert Hutton, Les Tremayne, Robert Burton
- Fairly basic B–grade monster paranoia with slimy, reptilian breed of creatures being awoken by nuclear testing and heading out to hunt humans…
Andromeda Anthology, The (TV Series) (A for Andromeda, Andromeda Breakthrough) (1961-1962)
- Dir. Michael Hayes, John Elliot, John Knight
Feat. Julie Christie, Susan Hampshire
- Cold War parable within a British sci–fi skin, this chronicles the fight against an alien super–computer whose designers transmit…
Gorgo (1961)
- Dir. Eugene Lourie
Feat. Bill Travers, William Sylvester
- When a baby sea–monster is fished out and paraded as a London circus exhibit, big, bad Momma soon enough comes lookin' for junior. Previously…
Phantom Planet, The (1961)
- Dir. William Marshall
Feat. Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Francis X. Bushman…
- Spacy variation on Gulliver's Travels in which an astronaut is shrunk to six inches before helping out a tiny race rid their world of nemesis Richard…
Supercar (TV Series) (1961-1962)
- The first fully developed Supermarionation series from Gerry Anderson, establishing his winning formula of futuristic vehicles, high adventure, and…
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
- Dir. Irwin Allen
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine…
- Admiral Walter Pidgeon takes his brand new atomic submarine for a drive with Commander Peter Lorre, just as a cosmic catastrophe occurs – the…
Amazing Transparent Man, The (1960)
- Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Douglas Kennedy, Marguerite Chapman
- Underrated, though still fairly tacky mad–scientist caper in which Douglas Kennedy turns a convict invisible so he can steal uranium for…
My Favourite Martian (TV Series) (1960)
- Dir. Sheldon Leonard
Feat. Ray Walston, Bill Bixby
- Affectionate 60's TV sitcom starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby about a friendly alien who settles down in modern America.
Season One: 37 episodes…