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Subgenre Sampler

 
Girls in PrisonGirls in Prison (1956)
Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Richard Denning, Joan Taylor
A seminal women–in–prison movie sure to have packed the kids in at US drive–ins to see 'what happens when a group of deranged,…
Plan 9 from Outer SpacePlan 9 from Outer Space (1956) Recommended
Dir. Ed Wood Jnr.
Feat. Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Bela Lugosi
Ed Wood's 'masterpiece' is renowned as the worst film ever made, but in truth any film this enjoyable can't be so bad. Zilch production values and…
Rock Rock Rock (1956)
Dir. Will Price
Feat. Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld (at 13) schemes to get herself a strapless gown for the prom, surrounded by an impressive array of rock'n'rollers both black and white,…
Shake, Rattle and Rock!Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Michael Connors, Lisa Gaye, Douglas Dumbrille
Shaky but endearing pop relic in which a group of concerned adults try to ban rock 'n' roll music in their town believing that it promotes juvenile…
Violent Years, The (1956)
Dir. William J Morgan
Feat. Mamie Van Doren
Scripted by Ed Wood Jnr (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE) this tawdry 50s juvenile–delinquent pic features Mamie Van Doren leading a gang of…
Written On the WindWritten On the Wind (1956) Recommended
Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack
Douglas Sirk’s strident Texas oil–dynasty drama about a pair of spoiled and wayward heirs to the family fortune and the…
Bettie Page - TeaseramaBettie Page - Teaserama (Betty Page) (1955)
Dir. Irving Klaw
Feat. Betty Page
Latterday fetish icon Betty Page dominates the screen in this near plotless curiousity from the mid–1950s: a loosely organised series of…
Bride of the MonsterBride of the Monster (1955)
Dir. Ed Wood Jnr.
Feat. Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson
Mad scientist Bela Lugosi and hulking monster Tor Johnson abduct passers–by in a scheme to create a super–race. Super–bad acting,…
Land of the PharaohsLand of the Pharaohs (1955) Recommended
Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin
High–camp spectacle about treachery in ancient Egypt during the building of the great Pyramid has procured something of a cult following, with…
Night of the Hunter, TheNight of the Hunter, The (1955) Recommended
Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…

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