Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction > Suspense/Crime: 108 Films to Rent
- Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1962)
- Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Edward Judd, Leo McKern
- A solidly old–fashioned 'disaster film' in which H–Bomb test knock the Earth of its axis, leading to terrifying and accelerating climate…
- 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.
- One Step Beyond (TV Series) (1959)
- Feat. John Newland
- Classic television series billed as 'your guide to the supernatural' serves half–hour docudramas of unexplained, paranormal 'true events'.…
- It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Marshall Thompson, Kim Spalding, Shawn Smith
- 50's sci–fi horror set in a future 1973. A hostile martian life form stows away on a rescue ship heading to Mars to recover survivors of an…
- Fiend Without a Face (1957)
- Dir. Arthur Crabtree
Feat. Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker
- Noteworthy 'alien invader' thriller in which creatures resembling the human brain run amok in a small town. Macabre proceedings are resolved in a…
- This Island Earth (1954)
- Dir. Joseph Newman
Feat. Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue
- Seriously cool sci–fi adventure with startling production values enriching its B–movie spirit. Rex Reason plays a scientist unwittingly…
- Thing, The (The Thing From Another World) (1951)
- Dir. Christian Nyby
Feat. Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite
- Howard Hawksian macho men in leather tussle it out with men in cardies over how to protect themselves from the abomidable alien outside in the snow.…
- When Worlds Collide (1951)
- Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen…
- When Earth faces imminent and total destruction from an errant star, scientists must organise an evacuation in time to save the human race. Thrilling…