Subgenre Sampler
Cult TV: 186 Films to Buy & Rent
- Outer Limits, The (TV Series) (1963-1964)
- Dir. Byron Haskin, Laslo Benedek, Various.
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Martin Landau, Shirley Knight…
- Seminal TV series that explored the universal themes of time, space and humankind. Twelve hour–long episodes contained on four volumes, with…
- Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The (TV Series) (1962-1965)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, various
- Picking up directly from where 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' left off, this three season series expands Hitch's iconic mystery anthology to 50 minute…
- Saint, The (TV Series) (1962)
- Feat. Roger Moore
- The role of Simon Templar enabled a young Roger Moore to perfect the savvy quips that would mark him as a natural choice for James Bond.
Also…
- Samurai, The (TV Series) (1962- 1965)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Koichi Ose
- Shintaro (Koichi Ose) and his Samurai warriors protect feudal Japan from the black–robed society of the Koga Ninjas, armed with magic and…
- Avengers, The (TV Series) (1961-1969)
- Feat. Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson
- The impossibly hip secret agent show is a high–camp classic and a nostalgic pleasure. Well–devised scripts, quirky dialogue and playful…
- Supercar (TV Series) (1961-1962)
- The first fully developed Supermarionation series from Gerry Anderson, establishing his winning formula of futuristic vehicles, high adventure, and…
- My Favourite Martian (TV Series) (1960)
- Dir. Sheldon Leonard
Feat. Ray Walston, Bill Bixby
- Affectionate 60's TV sitcom starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby about a friendly alien who settles down in modern America.
Season One: 37 episodes…
- Twilight Zone, The (Original TV Series) (1959-1964)
- Dir. Robert Parrish, Jack Smight, John Brahm
Feat. Agnes Moorehead, Ed Wynn, Jack Warden…
- Iconic and influential cult TV series with self–contained episodes telling sci–fi tinged tales of the unexpected and mysterious,…
- 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) (1958- 1964)
- Feat. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Sammy Jr. Davis, Roger Moore
- Efrem Zimbalist and Roger Smith are dashing young PI's in this slick police TV series from the 60s. Two eps. include guest appearances from Sammy…
- Quatermass and the Pit (TV Series) (1958)
- Dir. Nigel Kneale
Feat. Andre Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell
- The third in the landmark trilogy of serials involves Professor Quatermass in the excavation of an ancient alien–insect capsule in London, and…