Subgenre Sampler
Monster Mash: 141 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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…
- It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
- Dir. Robert Gordon
Feat. Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Ian Keith…
- It's Ray Harryhausen again, so expect some dazzling special effects. A huge octopus emerges from the Pacific to wreak havoc on San Fransisco.
- Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955)
- Dir. Franklin Adreon
Feat. Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey, Arthur Space
- Cult movie serial which reworks stock footage from 1941's JUNGLE GIRL. A giant crayfish monster terrorises the African jungle and it's up to the…
- Revenge of the Creature (1955)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield…
- Follow–up to the cult hit CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, with poor, harassed Gill Man captured in the Amazon this time round and brought back…
- Godzilla (Gojira) (1954)
- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura
- The original Japanese version of GODZILLA, complete with the anti–nuclear subplot which was cut from the 1956 US version.
Concerns a…
- Godzilla - Showa Classics Boxset (Godzilla; Mothra vs Godzilla; Invasion of the Astro-monster; Godzilla vs Ebirah; Son of Godzilla; Destroy All Monsters; All Monsters Attack; Terror of Mechagodzilla; Godzilla vs Hedorah; Gigan; Megalon; Mechagodzilla) (1954-1975)
- A dozen Godzilla movies from the King of Monsters' original creator, Showa Studios. Available in two volumes.
Volume One: GODZILLA (50th…
- Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954)
- Dir. Wyott Ordung
- Ultra–cheap Corman production from the writer of 'Robot Monster' concerns a holidaying couple in Mexico who stumble across the monstrous (very…
- Invaders from Mars (1953)
- Dir. William Cameron Menzies
Feat. Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz…
- A young boy witnesses the landing and encroachment of hostile Martians. Paranoia allegory pre–dates the similarly–themed BODY SNATCHERS.
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
- Dir. Roy Neill
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Patric Knowles, Ilona Massey…
- Unique 'dual sequel', following both THE WOLF MAN and GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN. In this episode, the hairy Chaney seeks out the Doctor for a cure, but…
- Son of Frankenstein / Ghost of Frankenstein (1939)
- Dir. Rowland V Lee, Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi…
- A double feature of horrors from Universal Studios, the third and fourth films respectively in the FRANKENSTEIN series.
Son of Frankenstein (1939)…