Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1571 Films to Buy & Rent
Time Machine, The (1960)
- Dir. George Pal
Feat. Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux
- Distinguished version of the H G Wells novel, with Rod Taylor as the scientist who invents a machine to take him back in time, then ultimately to a…
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…
4D Man (1959)
- Dir. Irvin S. Yeaworth
Feat. Robert Lansing
- Sullen scientist Robert Lansing becomes greedy and homicidal after being charged with the ability to pass through solid matter. A certain…
Angry Red Planet (1959)
- Dir. Ib Melchior
Feat. Gerald Mohr, Norah Hayden
- An expedition to Mars runs into all sorts of alien terrors in this extraterrestrial romp. 'Cinemagic' (which turns everything pink) is just one of…
Atomic Submarine (1959)
- Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet
Feat. Arthur Franz, Dick Foran
- Entertaining sci–fi thriller with a decent script and a believable cast, even if the small budget is plainly obvious.
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
- Dir. Bernard Kowalski
Feat. Yvette Vickers
- A 'rubber–suited' swamp thing lurks in a Florida bayou. Even B–movie aficianados shouldn't get suckered by this one. 'Stars' Yvette…
Beyond the Time Barrier (1959)
- Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
Feat. Robert Clarke
- An astronaut on a space mission is unwittingly catapulted into a plague–ridden Earth of 50 years into the future. Inriguing low–budgeter…
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…
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959)
- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. James Mason, Pat Boone
- James Mason and Pat Boone head an intrepid earth–burrowing expedition in good, old fashioned adventure based on Jules Verne's novel.
Killer Shrews, The (1959)
- Dir. Ray Kellogg
Feat. James Best, Ken Curtis
- Low–budget B–movie set on an isolated island where a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a…