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Rental > Science Fiction: 1540 Films to Rent
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…
Quatermass II (TV Series) (1955)
- Dir. Rudolph Cartier
Feat. John Robinson
- Professor Quatermass returns (this time palyed by John Robinson) in Nigel Kneale's popular sci–fi serial of the 1950s.
The six–part…
Tarantula! (1955)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll…
- One of the best B–movie directors of the 1950s crafts an effective tale of a manic scientist (Carroll) whose experiments unleash a gigantic and…
Cat Women of the Moon (1954)
- Dir. Arthur Hilton
Feat. Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory
- Ed Wood might be given a run for his money with this drive–in cheapie about a moon expedition that discovers a man–hungry female…
Crash of the Moons (1954)
- Dir. Hollingsworth Morse
Feat. Scotty Beckett, Richard Crane
- Feature–length edit of the classic sci–fi TV serial 'Rocky Jones Space Ranger' in which Richard Crane plays the raygun–toting hero…
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning
- A boatload of scientists variously misunderstand the actions of a subterranean humanoid that lurks in an Amazonian lagoon. Graceful handling of a…
Devil Girl From Mars (1954)
- Dir. David MacDonald
Feat. Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Adrienne Corri…
- High camp sci–fi cheapie about a female alien commander from Mars who is sent to earth to collect human males as breeding stock to save the…
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…
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…