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Rental > Science Slip: 23 Films to Rent on VHS
- Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, William H. Macy…
- Sam Neill is the only original cast member to return (save a cameo from Laura Dern) for more run–around with the dinosaurs. Without…
- Carrie 2: The Rage (1999)
- Dir. Katt Shea
Feat. Emily Bergl
- The secondary school system gets another dousing in pigs–blood in this less–sequel–more–remake of the Brian DePalma original…
- Machine, La (1994)
- Dir. Francois Dupeyron
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye
- Gerard Depardieu goes into mad–doctor mode for this high–tech mind–transplant thriller, as a shrink/inventor whose fleeting…
- Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. John Hurt, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda
- John Hurt stars as a 21st century scientist who is thrown back to 19th century England, where Frankenstein's creature and other famous Brits run…
- Juvenatrix (1988)
- Dir. Brian Thomas Jones
Feat. Vivian Lanko, John Mackay, James Hogue
- Aging woman commissions 'youth serum', with horrible side–effects. True 80s schlock.
- Hand, The (1981)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Michael Caine
- Michael Caine stars in this early Oliver Stone mess (still suffering from shell–shock?) as a cartoonist whose severed hand goes about murdering…
- Incredible Melting Man, The (1978)
- Dir. William Sachs
Feat. Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey
- Radiation poisoning causes an astronaut to literally fall to pieces during a murderous rampage. Slimy effects by Rick Baker distinguish this pure…
- Squirm (1976)
- Dir. Jeff Lieberman
Feat. Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy
- A storm–toppled powerline drives large (and vicious) sandworms out the surrounding swamp–waters, terrifying the local populace in this…
- Doomwatch (1972)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Ian Bannen, George Sanders
- Based on the British TV–series, Ian Bannen investigates the effects of an oil spill on an isolated Cornish community. Ecological themes to the…
- Scream and Scream Again (1969)
- Dir. Gordon Hessler
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
- Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee all turn in for this Hammer mad–doctor–creates–super–being yarn.
- Projected Man, The (1966)
- Dir. Ian Curteis
Feat. Bryant Halliday
- Laboratory misadventure yarn derived in part from THE FLY: a researcher tests his laser device on himself and regrets it.
- Human Vapour, The (1964)
- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Tatsuya Mihashi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Yoshio Tsuchiya
- After an awry experiment, a benign librarian is able to spontaneously vapourize and get away with robbery, blackmail and murder in metropolitan…
- Satan Bug, The (1964)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Alistair Maclean, Richard Basehart
- Set in a hushed desert landscape of secret government laboratories and ominous rock–formations, this Cold War paranoia–thriller…
- Brain, The (1962)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Anne Heywood, Peter Van Eyck, Bernard Lee…
- A well–meaning doctor keeps alive the brain of a sadistic millionaire who gradually compels him to carry out his evil requests. Well directed…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Manster, The (1959)
- Dir. George P. Breakson
Feat. Peter Dyneley
- An American correspondent in Japan becomes an unwitting human guinea pig while trying to get the scoop on the work of a reclusive scientist. His…
- Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958)
- Dir. Nathan Hertz
Feat. Allison Hayes, William Hudson
- After a close–encounter, Allison Hayes starts growin' while her sleazeball husband philanders the town hussy. Bad special FX, charismatic…
- Terror from the Year 5,000 (1958)
- Dir. Robert J. Gurney
Feat. Ward Costello, Joyce Holden, Frederic Downs
- In a future contaminated with radioactivity, bizarre experiments with a time machine materialise with a terrifying she devil from 3000 years in the…
- Bride of the Monster (1955)
- Dir. Ed Wood Jnr.
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson
- Mad scientist Bela Lugosi and hulking monster Tor Johnson abduct passers–by in a scheme to create a super–race. Super–bad acting,…
- Donovan's Brain (1953)
- Dir. Felix Feist
Feat. Lew Ayres, Gene Evans
- B–movie classic about a scientist who keeps alive the brain of a tyrannical tycoon and slowly succumbs to its sinister motives.
- Body Snatcher, The (1945)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
- Quietly creepy Val Lewton production with Boris Karloff as a sinister grave robber who provides bodies for medical research and then blackmails the…