Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1652 Films to Buy & Rent
Theatre of Death / Rasputin - The Mad Monk (1966-1973)
- Dir. Samuel Gallu, Don Sharp
Feat. Christopher Lee
- A 'Midnight Movie' double–feature of two low–budget British horrors starring Christopher Lee.
THEATRE OF DEATH (1973) – A tale…
Witches, The (1966)
- Dir. Cyril Frankel
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen…
- Hammer horror adapted by Nigel Kneale under the pseudonym Peter Curtis, and featuring the final big–screen film role for Joan Fontaine.
A Study in Terror (1965)
- Dir. James Hill
Feat. John Neville, Robert Morley, Donald Houston…
- Carefully crafted, though at times crude and bloody, Sherlock Holmes mystery (not by Conan Doyle), with the sleuth pursuing the murderous Jack the…
Amicus Collection (Asylum, The Beast Must Die, And Now the Screaming Starts, The House that Dripped Blood, City of the Dead, Dr. Terrors House of Horrors) (1965-1974)
- Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
- A collection of low–budget horror films from Amicus Studios.
CITY OF THE DEAD (a.k.a. HORROR HOTEL): A student is sent by her professor to…
Color Me Blood Red (1965)
- Dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
Feat. Gordon Oas-Heim, Candi Conder, Elyn Warner
- "Blood–feaster" Hershell Gordon Lewis tones down the gore for this third of his splatter forays – a spin on A BUCKET OF BLOOD about an…
Curse of the Fly (1965)
- Dir. Don Sharp
Feat. Brian Donlevy, George Baker, Burt Kwouk
- Second sequel to the original 1958 THE FLY, sans Vincent Price, but with touches of genuine gothic atmosphere and some creepy mutants. The tale of a…
Die, Monster, Die (1965)
- Dir. Daniel Heller
Feat. Boris Karloff, Freda Jackson, Nick Adams…
- Enjoyable Lovecraft adaptation, featuring an older Boris Karloff going nuts in the greenhouse.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Bernard Lee…
- The first omnibus horror from low–budget outfit Amicus, in which the mysterious Dr. Schreck (Cushing) foretells the awful future fates of five…
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee
- Christopher Lee returns from the grave to intimidate a group of tourists in this belated sequel to HORROR OF DRACULA. Misses Peter Cushing, and the…
Eye Creatures, The (1965)
- Dir. Larry Buchanan
Feat. John Ashley
- Remake of INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN is a laughable sci–fi shocker about creatures and the intrepid band that try to fight them off.