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Subgenre Sampler

 
Reform School Girl (1958)
Dir. Edward Bernds
Feat. Gloria Castillo, Sally Kellerman
A “shocking true story”, this cheapie concerns the rough–ride of 17 year–old Gloria Castillo, who gets mixed up with a…
Return of Dracula (1958)
Dir. Paul Landres
Feat. Francis Lederer
Coinciding with Hammer studios revival of the Transylvanian count, this commendable effort has a long–in–the–tooth Francis Lederer…
Some Came RunningSome Came Running (1958) Recommended
Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley Maclaine
Frank Sinatra gives an affecting, lowkey performance as soldier returning from WW2 to pick up his writing career again. Effective representation…
Terror from the Year 5,000Terror from the Year 5,000 (1958)
Dir. Robert J. Gurney
Feat. Ward Costello, Joyce Holden, Frederic Downs
In a future contaminated with radioactivity, bizarre experiments with a time machine materialise with a terrifying she devil from 3000 years in the…
Amazing Colossal Man, TheAmazing 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 ArousBrain 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…
Brothers Karamazov, TheBrothers Karamazov, The (1957)
Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom
A sumptuous Hollywood version of Dostoyevsky's classic novel of Czarist Russia. Centred around Karamazov (Cobb) and his four disparate offspring,…
Golden Age of Comedy, TheGolden Age of Comedy, The (1957) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Ben Turpin
Perfect introduction to the world of silent comedy, this is the first of three celebrated compilations from cinephile Robert Youngson. Hailed as…
I Was a Teenage FrankensteinI Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
Dir. Herbert Strock
Feat. Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton
Campy drive–in classic about a mad scientist who pulls a teen from a car wreck and 'repairs' him. Best seen as a double feature with 'Teenage…
I Was a Teenage WerewolfI Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) Recommended
Dir. Gene Fowler Jnr.
Feat. Michael Landon
A cool Michael Landon scored a big hit in his film debut – a hilarious mishmash of horror and juvenile delinquency dramas.

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