Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1652 Films to Buy & Rent
Curse of the Demon (Night of the Demon) (1957)
- Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis…
- Classy occult thriller survives its big reputation through an intelligent script and controlled sense of menace. Dana Andrews' cynical professor…
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…
Hammer Horror Collection (The Mummy, Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein) (1957-1959)
- Three of the best early Hammer Horrors in a special box–set.
Haunted Strangler, The (1957)
- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Boris Karloff
- Jekyll–and–Hyde variation with criminologist Boris Karloff delving into a serial–murder case for which he suspects the wrong man…
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…
She-Creature, The (1957)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Marla English, Tom Conway, Chester Morris…
- A sideshow hypnotist attains fame by predicting murders that are actually carried out by his lovely assistant, under his hypnotic spell. Slow yet…
Superstars of Horror - Boris Karloff (Corridors of Blood, The Haunted Strangler, The Sorcerers) (1957-1967)
- Deluxe box–set edition presenting three intriguing curiosities from the career of horror icon, Boris Karloff.
Superstars of Horror - Peter Cushing (Abominable Snowman, Bloodsuckers, Shock Waves) (1957-1977)
- Deluxe box–set edition presenting three tantalizing obscurities from the career of the great Peter Cushing.
Creature Walks Among Us, The (1956)
- Dir. John Sherwood
Feat. Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason
- Second sequel to THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON this time focusing on a group of scientists on a mission to capture Gill Man and put him on show…
Indestructible Man (1956)
- Dir. Jack Pollexfen
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney
- Homicidal maniac Lon Chaney Jnr is revived, post–execution, by a mad scientist, before going on a revenge–spree. Interesting entry for…