Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1654 Films to Buy & Rent
Roman Polanski Collection, The (Knife in the Water, Repulsion, Cul-de-Sac) (1962-1966)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
- The first three features of the Polish master – "Knife in the Water", "Repulsion" and "Cul–de–Sac".
Tales of Terror (1962)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone
- Three Edgar Allen Poe adaptations from his best filmic interpreter Roger Corman. The Tales on offer here are "Morella", "The Black Cat" and "The Case…
Tower of London (1962)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman
- This Roger Corman remake of the 1939 original sees Vincent Price stepping into Basil Rathbone shoes as the bloodthirsty Duke of Gloucester. Being…
Awful Dr. Awloff, The (1961)
- Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. Howard Vernon
- Deranged doctor Howard Vernon collects skin–grafts for his disfigured daughter, in a Spanish makeover of Franju's 'Eyes Without A Face'. A…
Curse of the Werewolf, The (1961)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans
- Hammer horror based on the novel "The Werewolf of Paris" by Guy Endore and starring Oliver Reed as the werewolf in his first credited film…
Innocents, The (1961)
- Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins…
- Notable adaptation of Henry James' ghost story "The Turn of the Screw", featuring Deborah Kerr as a neurotic nanny.
Taking a job at a spooky…
Pit and the Pendulum, The (1961)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Barbara Steele
- Corman's most famous plundering of Poe extracts a host of psycho–sexual tensions out of a fine script. Vincent Price is convinced he is the…
Scream of Fear (Taste of Fear) (1961)
- Dir. Seth Holt
Feat. Susan Strasberg, Ann Todd, Ronald Lewis…
- Christopher Lee's favourite Hammer film in exercise in sustained tension with Susan Strasberg as a paralysed young woman haunted by visions of her…
Brides of Dracula (1960)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, David Peel, Martita Hunt
- Recognised as one of Hammer Studios' best horrors, this acclaimed sequel to HORROR OF DRACULA reconvenes director/actor team Fisher and Cushing. This…
Circus of Horrors (1960)
- Dir. Sidney Hayers
Feat. Anton Diffring, Donald Pleasence, Jane Hylton…
- After horribly botching a face–job, plastic surgeon Anton Diffring hides out in a travelling circus with some of his 'beauties', who begin to…