Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Day the Earth Caught Fire, The (1962)- Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Edward Judd, Leo McKern - A solidly old–fashioned 'disaster film' in which H–Bomb test knock the Earth of its axis, leading to terrifying and accelerating climate…
Fireball XL5 (TV Series) (1962)- Dir. Gerry Anderson
- A precursor to the Thunderbirds, Fireball XL5 is a massive spacecraft, patrolling a dangerous sector of the galaxy and piloted by the handsome and…
First Spaceship On Venus (1962)- Dir. Kurt Maetzig
Feat. Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski - Adapted from a novel by Polish sci–fi writer Stanislaw Lem (SOLARIS), this follows an expedition to Venus to discover the ravaged remains of an…
Journey to the Seventh Planet / Planet of Blood (1962-1966)- Dir. Sidney Pink, Curtis Harrington
Feat. Basil Rathbone, Dennis Hopper, John Saxon… - Two inventive low–budget science fiction films from the 1960s that influenced later films. JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET (1962) –…
Panic in Year Zero (1962)- Dir. Ray Milland
Feat. Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon - Eerily filmed in black–and–white, this is a minimalist yet vividly detailed post–apocalyptic survival thriller directed by Ray…
Planeta Bur: The Planet of Storms (1962)- Dir. Pavel Klushantsev
Feat. Vladimir Yemelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Yuri Sarantsev - Cult science–fiction with Russian cosmonauts landing on a Venus teeming with flesh–eating plants, lizard men and dinosaurs! Ingeniously…
- Reptilicus (1962)
- Dir. Sidney Pink
Feat. Carl Ottosen, Ann Smyrner - Many chuckles to be had at the expense of this mini–budgeted monster mash filmed in Denmark. A prehistoric creature rejuvenates itself and…
Slime People, The (1962)- Dir. Robert Hutton
Feat. Robert Hutton, Les Tremayne, Robert Burton - Fairly basic B–grade monster paranoia with slimy, reptilian breed of creatures being awoken by nuclear testing and heading out to hunt humans…
Andromeda Anthology, The (TV Series) (A for Andromeda, Andromeda Breakthrough) (1961-1962)- Dir. Michael Hayes, John Elliot, John Knight
Feat. Julie Christie, Susan Hampshire - Cold War parable within a British sci–fi skin, this chronicles the fight against an alien super–computer whose designers transmit…
- Gorgo (1961)
- Dir. Eugene Lourie
Feat. Bill Travers, William Sylvester - When a baby sea–monster is fished out and paraded as a London circus exhibit, big, bad Momma soon enough comes lookin' for junior. Previously…
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