Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction: 1574 Films to Buy & Rent
20 Million Miles To Earth (The Beast from Space, aka The Giant Ymir) (1957)
- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia…
- A superior 1950s 'monster mash' unfolds after the first spaceship to Venus crashes off Italy with a shy, but dangerous Venusian on board. Ray…
Amazing Colossal Man, The (1957)
- Dir. Bert I. Gordon
Feat. Glenn Langan
- An army colonel (Glenn Langan) experiences growing pains (ten feet a day to be sure) after exposure to, you guessed it, radiation. His condition…
Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Robert Fuller
- Cheesy 'killer–B' in which a bad alien brain inhabits the body of a small–town scientist and a good alien brain that inhabits the body of…
Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
- The first true Hammer gothic horror and number one in the Frankenstein series bringing together the fantastic talents of Cushing (as the Baron) and…
Fiend Without a Face (1957)
- Dir. Arthur Crabtree
Feat. Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker
- Noteworthy 'alien invader' thriller in which creatures resembling the human brain run amok in a small town. Macabre proceedings are resolved in a…
Incredible Petrified World, The (1957)
- Dir. Jerry Warren
Feat. John Carradine, Robert Clarke, Phyllis Coates
- This slimly plotted adventure has four divers trapped in an undersea cavern with a grim–faced hermit. This dull fate is soon livened by…
Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
- Dir. Jack Arnold
Feat. Grant Williams, Randy Stuart
- A man suffers a humiliatingly gradual size–reduction after exposure to radiation. A class act, compellingly told through water–tight…
Invasion of the Saucermen (1957)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Steve Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin…
- This low budget sci–fi comedy has a reputation for being so bad it's good. Bulbous–headed aliens frame a teenager for drunk driving by…
Monster That Challenged the World, The (1957)
- Dir. Arnold Laven
Feat. Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Mimi Gibson…
- Campy 50's sci–fi creature feature in which an underwater earthquake in California's Salton Sea causes a crevice to open, releasing an army of…
Mysterians, The (1957)
- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Takashi Shimura, Kenji Sahara, Susumu Fujita
- Pastel coloured invader movie from the creative team behind GODZILLA. Aliens refugees from a planet destroyed by atomic bombs flee to Earth in the…