Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1571 Films to Buy & Rent
Monstrosity (The Atomic Brain) (1964)
- Dir. Joseph V. Mascelli
Feat. Frank Gerstle
- An elderly woman pays a mad scientist to create a new body for her in his fiendish laboratory, by somehow utilising nuclear power and three beautiful…
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Paul Mantee, Adam West, Victor Lundin
- Unusually accurate pre–space age adventure chronicles the marooning of an American astronaut on inhospitable Mars, sometime before mankind…
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
- Dir. Nicholas Webster
Feat. Pia Zadora
- Kidnapping Santa because their children have become obsessed with Christmas due to TV broadcasts from Earth, the Martians get more than they bargain…
Satan Bug, The (1964)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Alistair Maclean, Richard Basehart
- Set in a hushed desert landscape of secret government laboratories and ominous rock–formations, this Cold War paranoia–thriller…
Star Trek - Season 1 (TV Series) (1964)
- Feat. Jeffrey Hunter, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy…
- The original Star Trek series was a milestone in television – as one of the best sci–fi conceptions and as the start of a remarkable…
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) (1964)
- Feat. Richard Basehart, David Hedison
- A spin–off of Irwin Allen's 1961 underwater adventure movie about top–secret team sent below waters to battle enemies of…
Astro Boy (TV Series) (1963-1980)
- Dir. Noboro Ishiguro
- The Japanese–animated robot boy struts his stuff in this historic series, performing Superman–style heroic deeds and dealing with a bit…
Damned, The (These Are The Damned) (1963)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors…
- Dir. Joseph Losey’s bleak but brilliant movie about a breed of radioactive children groomed to withstand a nuclear apocalypse is one of best…
Day of the Triffids (1963)
- Dir. Steve Sekely
Feat. Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey
- Harmless plants mutate into giant man–eaters after a strange meteor blinds those who witnessed it. From John Wyndham's famous novel.
Doctor Who (TV Series) [William Hartnell] (Dr. Who) (1963-1966)
- Feat. William Hartnell
- William Hartnell plays the very first incarnation of the BBC's highly successful TV creation, the resourceful Time Lord "Doctor Who" who travels time…