Subgenre Sampler
Monster Mash: 139 Films to Buy & Rent
- It's Alive (1974)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. John Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan
- A mutant child is born and goes on a murderous rampage while the parents try to come to grips with their 'baby'. With just enough…
- Land of the Lost (TV Series) (1974)
- Feat. Wesley Eure, Philip Paley, Kathy Coleman
- Oddly camp Saturday morning TV show following forest ranger Rick Marshall and his two children who inadvertently opened a rift in time, and now must…
- Godzilla Vs. Megalon (1973)
- Dir. Jun Fukuda
- The 13th film in the Godzilla franchise and Showa series has underground nuclear tests upsetting an undersea civilization who set a beetle–like…
- Godzilla Vs. Gigan (1972)
- Dir. Jun Fukuda
- The 12th film in the Godzilla franchise concerns aliens plotting to conquer the world using space monsters Gigan and King Ghidrah, which they control…
- Horror Express (1972)
- Dir. Gene Martin
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
- Inspired gothic yarn with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing travelling on the Trans–Siberian express with what could be the missing link.
- Dracula vs. Frankenstein (Blood of Frankenstein) (1971)
- Dir. Al Adamson
Feat. J. Carrol Naish, Lon Jr. Chaney, Anthony Eisley
- J. Carrol Naish plays a mad scientist in a wheelchair who conspires with Dracula to resurrect Frankenstein, in this C–grade horror that finds…
- Godzilla Vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) (1971)
- Dir. Yoshimitsu Banno
- The 11th film in the Godzilla franchise and the 'Showa' series features a microscopic alien life–form that feeds on Earth's pollution and grows…
- Valley of Gwangi, The (1969)
- Dir. James O'Connelly
Feat. James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson…
- Ray Harryhausen's stop–motion stuff animates this monster–mash about Wild West drifters who try to cash in on the prehistoric creature…
- Destroy All Monsters! (1968)
- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Akira Kubo, Yukiko Kobayashi
- All–star monstrosity from Japan's Toho studios, who did for giant rubber–suits what Hammer did for fangs. Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan et al…
- King Kong Escapes (1967)
- Dir. Ishiro Honda
Feat. Mie Hama, Akira Takarada, Rhodes Reason…
- Kaiji co–production between Japan and the USA which pits a robot version of King Kong (MechaniKong!) against a giant dinosaur Gorosaurus. A…