Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Science Fiction: 115 Films to Rent on VHS
- Stone Tape, The (1972)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Jane Asher, Michael Bryant
- Interesting TV ‘one–off’ sees a boisterous electronic research–team set up in a run–down country estate, then become…
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
- Dir. Ted Post
Feat. James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
- First and arguably the best of the sequels continues the set up of the original with James Franciscus burrowing underground to discover a mutant…
- City Beneath the Sea (1970)
- Dir. Irwin Allen
Feat. Robert Wagner, Joseph Cotton, Richard Basehart…
- Originally a TV–Movie, this concerns a future oceanic metropolis populated by the likes of Robert Wagner, Joseph Cotton, Richard Basehart and…
- Illustrated Man, The (1969)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom
- Bizarrely conceived encounter with an embittered Rod Steiger, who tells a stranger of his all–over body tattoos, which then mysteriously induce…
- Countdown (1968)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore…
- An early and unusual space–travel drama from dir. Altman, in which American astronaut Caan must undergo tough training with instructor Duvall…
- 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…
- Thunderbird 6 (1968)
- Dir. David Lane
- Ah! So there is a sixth Thunderbird! See it battle with the Black Phantom in this second and final T–bird feature.
- Night of the Big Heat (1967)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
- An extreme heatwave blankets an English winter, the cause of which is neither natural nor human. Eerie and stylish sci–fi with Christopher Lee…
- Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1966)
- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Nick Adams, Akira Takarada
- Effective monster movie has an alien civilisation 'borrowing' Godzilla and Rodan to save their world from the dreaded King Ghidrah and the…
- Godzilla vs. Sea Monster (1966)
- Dir. Jun Fukuda
Feat. Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno
- Lively Godzilla entry sees big G team with Mothra to battle Ebirah, the giant shrimp. The tiny twins Alilenas put in an appearance too. Dubbed.