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Rental > Science Fiction > Invaders: 110 Films to Rent
- Teenagers from Outer Space (the Gargon Terror) (1959)
- Dir. Tom Graeff
Feat. David Love, Dawn Bender, Bryan Grant
- Perhaps the ropiest of the ‘TEENAGE…’ 50s drive–ins, with two aliens visiting Earth as teens, one ‘good’, the…
- Astounding She-Monster, The (1958)
- Dir. Ronnie Ashcroft
Feat. Robert Clarke
- Cheap drive–in fodder has a deadly female alien crash–land near the hideout of a band of kidnappers. Some fun to be had with the cheesy…
- I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958)
- Dir. Gene Fowler Jnr.
Feat. Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott
- An exceptional, well–directed 1950's B–movie in which a race of monster–like aliens try to conquer Earth by taking over a…
- Quatermass and the Pit (TV Series) (1958)
- Dir. Nigel Kneale
Feat. Andre Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell
- The third in the landmark trilogy of serials involves Professor Quatermass in the excavation of an ancient alien–insect capsule in London, and…
- Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller
- Cheesy 'killer–B' in which a bad alien brain inhabits the body of a small–town scientist and a good alien brain that inhabits the body of…
- 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…
- Invasion of the Saucermen (1957)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Steve Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin…
- This low budget sci–fi comedy has a reputation for being so bad it's good. Bulbous–headed aliens frame a teenager for drunk driving by…
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
- Dir. Fred Sears
Feat. Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor
- Animator Ray Harryhausen provides the fab effects for the familiar 50's alien invasion theme, making it a standout example of the genre.
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates…
- 50's sci–fi masterpiece about alien pods replicating and replacing American townspeople. Whether read as a Communist or McCarthyist parable, it…
- Roger Corman Collection #2 (Creature from the Haunted Seas, It Conquered the World) (1956-1961)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland…
- A double–feature of Corman sci–fi 'quickies'.
It Conquered the World (1956) – Van Cleef lures a malevolent alien from Venus to…