Subgenre Sampler
Cult: 1366 Films to Buy & Rent
One Million Years B.C. (1966)
- Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert
- One of Hammer Studios greatest hits, this genuinely well–made adventure is set among cavemen and cavewomen struggling to survive in a world of…
Our Man Flint (1966)
- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan…
- Zestful James Bond spoof with James Coburn providing the regulation braun with an equal measure of tongue–in–cheek.
Silencers, The (1966)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi…
- Dean Martin stars as secret agent Matt Helm, the archetypal gun–toting womanizer, straight out of the kitsch 60's. Spawned 3 sequels, but this…
Thunderbirds Are Go! (1966)
- Dir. David Lane
Feat. Cliff Richard, The Shadows
- Gordon, Virgil, Lady Penelope, Brains and other super–marionettes from International Space Rescue Service check in for their first FAB…
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
- Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara
- Yakuza thriller dazzlingly exploits the palette of pop art design. Largely incoherent story involves a young punk in a pale blue–suit who gets…
Ultraman (TV Series) (1966)
- When the world is threatened by aloien invaders and giant prehistoric monsters, There is only one agency equipped with the high tech weaponry to…
Wild Angels, The (1966)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern
- First big bikie flick set the blueprint for the genre, with Hell’s Angel Peter Fonda and his main squeeze Nancy Sinatra, having a wild time racing,…
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
- Dir. William Asher
Feat. Paul Lynde, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello…
- Most successful and best known of the ‘Beach Party’ movies, though it shows signs of being fifth in a series by straying quite a way from the…
Chained Girls / Daughters of Lesbos (1965-1968)
- Dir. Joseph P. Mawra, Peter Woodcock
- A scarcely–digestible two course meal of B–grade lesbian sexploitation.
Chained Girls (1965) – Dir. Joseph P. Mawra. A…
Collector, The (1965)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar
- Terence Stamp plays a disturbed butterfly collector who kidnaps a girl in the hope that she will grow to love him. Truly memorable chiller maintains…