Subgenre Sampler
Cult: 1369 Films to Buy & Rent
Not of This Earth (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Paul Birch, Beverly Garland
- Another independent sci–fi from Roger Corman, this one tells the story of an extraterrestrial known as "Mr Johnson", who poses as a human while…
Rock All Night (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Abby Dalton
- Two fugitive killers take refuge in a rock'n'roll hotspot and terrorize the customers. Less compelling than dir. Corman's usual B–grade…
Runaway Daughters (1957)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Marla English, Anna Sten, John Litel…
- Drive–in fare from American–International, this time about a trio of disaffected teenage girls – one wanting more than her…
Sorority Girl (The Bad One) (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Fay Baker, Dick Miller
- Nastily excellent early Corman has Susan Cabot play an evil–minded college student who blackmails, teases and dominates various social…
Thunder Over Hawaii (Naked Paradise) (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Richard Denning, Beverly Garland
- Corman drive–in melodrama exploits a Hawaiian setting and the sensuous Beverly Garland for a tale of savage passion, kidnapping, and robbery of…
Voodoo Woman (1957)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Tom Conway, Marla English
- A greed–and–revenge themed horror melodrama set deep in the jungle, where a mad scientist (Conway) botches his first attempts to create a…
Bad Seed, The (1956)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones
- A taut, gripping drama about a spoilt, psychotic child who has murdered her classmate. The juicy dialogue and Patty McCormack's wicked performance…
Bigger Than Life (1956)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
- Enormously potent, landmark melodrama is also a career high for James Mason: he plays a suburban family man struck down with a rare heart disease,…
Female Jungle (1956)
- Dir. Bruno VeSota
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Jayne Mansfield, John Carradine
- Lawrence Tierney, in a rare leading role, plays a hard–drinking cop who puzzles over a nightclub murder encumbered with a 'hangover'. Careful…
Girl Can't Help It, The (1956)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Julie London
- This ebullient comedy is not only the best showcase for what one Jayne Mansfield had to offer, but also for many of the rock 'n' roll talent of the…