Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1652 Films to Buy & Rent
Earth Dies Screaming, The (1964)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price…
- British sci–fi set in the aftermath of an alien invasion, with much of the earth laid to waste and a group led by an American pilot fighting to…
Evil of Frankenstein, The (1964)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Peter Cushing, Duncan Lamont, David Hutcheson
- Number three in the renowned Hammer horror Frankenstein series set in an isolated castle. The Baron (Cushing) and his assistant, in need of help to…
Gorgon, The (1964)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco…
- A small village falls prey to an unseen monster. Citizens are found turned to stone after every full moon. The town Doctor (Peter Cushing) concludes…
Jan Svankmajer: The Complete Short Films (1964-1992)
- Dir. Jan Svankmajer
- A superb, forty–year anthology of the terrifying, eccentric short films of Jan Svankmajer, the influential and cutting edge Czech…
Kwaidan (1964)
- Dir. Masaki Kobayashi
Feat. Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratana, Misako Watanabe
- A four part anthology of visually intoxicating Japanese period ghost stories. Each tale expanding domestic melodramas into the paranormal realm.…
Last Man on Earth, The (1964)
- Dir. Sidney Salkow
Feat. Vincent Price
- Rough but effective version of Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend" (also the basis for OMEGA MAN), Price playing the last living survivor of the human…
Masque of the Red Death (1964)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher…
- The best of Corman's Poe adaptations allies the director's playful yet virulent treatment to one of the writer's most strongly allegorical stories.…
Munsters, The (TV Series) (1964-1965)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis…
- Memorable TV–comedy set around a ghoulish–looking, but otherwise normal family – who are mystified as to why everyone reacts so…
Nightmare (1964)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. David Knight, Moira Redmond, Brenda Bruce…
- Psychological horror about a young girl (Jennie Linden, WOMEN IN LOVE) living at a private school who is plagued by nightmares involving her mother,…
Phantom of the Opera (1964)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Herbert Lom, Edward de Souza, Michael Gough…
- British Hammer Horror production adapting the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux.
The studio was hoping to ride on the previous huge success of the 1943…