Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1652 Films to Buy & Rent
Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
- Dir. Don Sharp
Feat. Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, James Robertson-Justice
- Revival of Sax Rohmer's 1920s suspense tales based around arch–villain Fu Manchu's attempts to take over the West. This first outing with…
Nanny, The (1965)
- Dir. Seth Holt
Feat. Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett
- Bette Davis' stoney ambivalence is well employed in this Hammer production as the malevolent/misunderstood minder of a disturbed child who has been…
Nightmare Castle (The Faceless Monster, The Night of the Doomed) (1965)
- Dir. Mario Caiano
Feat. Barbara Steele, Paul Muller
- Atmospheric gothic horror, with below–par Italian stylings and a dual role for cult actress Barbara Steele.
Playing a pair of sisters,…
Repulsion (1965)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Catherine Deneuve
- Polanski's tour–de–force of urban sexual paranoia. Catherine Deneuve has an obsessive fear of men which slowly descends her into madness.…
She (1965)
- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Ursula Andress
- A scantily–clad Ursula Andress commands attention in this Hammer exotica as the love–starved eternal queen seeking reincarnation of her…
Tomb of Ligeia (1965)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price
- The last of the director's Poe interpretations is one the most memorable. Effective use is made of the eerie English locations and Vincent Price's…
Addams Family, The (TV Series) (1964-1966)
- Feat. John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy…
- Macabre 1960s sitcom about a family whose gothic lifestyle and trappings make for a mordant contrast with 'apple–pie' America.
22 episodes…
Children of the Damned (1964)
- Dir. Tony Leader
Feat. Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris…
- Sequel to VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED finds the original film's blue–eyed humanoids transported to England for scientific study. Naturally, they…
Comedy of Terrors, The ( The Graveside Story) (1964)
- Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price…
- Business is slow for undertaker Vincent Price so taking matters into his own hands he sets about smothering elderly people in their sleep. Enjoyable…
Devil Doll (1964)
- Dir. Lindsay Shonteff
Feat. Bryant Halliday, William Sylvester
- A hypno–ventriloquist attempts to transfer a woman's soul into a dummy. Ghoulish sleeper is sure to keep fans of low–budget chillers wide…