Subgenre Sampler
Cult > Youth: 70 Films to Buy & Rent
- Dragstrip Girl (1957)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Fay Spain, Steve Terrell, John Ashley…
- For the thrill of it, young blonde thing Fay Spain sets up a race between her two boyfriends, one being a good–guy garage mechanic, and the…
- I 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 Werewolf (1957)
- 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.
- Rock All Night (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Dick Miller, Abby Dalton
- Two fugitive killers take refuge in a rock'n'roll hotspot and terrorize the customers. Less compelling than dir. Corman's usual B–grade…
- Sorority Girl (The Bad One) (1957)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Susan Cabot, Fay Baker, Dick Miller
- Nastily excellent early Corman has Susan Cabot play an evil–minded college student who blackmails, teases and dominates various social…
- Rock Rock Rock (1956)
- Dir. Will Price
Feat. Tuesday Weld
- Tuesday Weld (at 13) schemes to get herself a strapless gown for the prom, surrounded by an impressive array of rock'n'rollers both black and white,…
- Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
- Dir. Edward L. Cahn
Feat. Michael Connors, Lisa Gaye, Douglas Dumbrille…
- Shaky but endearing pop relic in which a group of concerned adults try to ban rock 'n' roll music in their town believing that it promotes juvenile…
- Violent Years, The (1956)
- Dir. William J Morgan
Feat. Mamie Van Doren
- Scripted by Ed Wood Jnr (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE) this tawdry 50s juvenile–delinquent pic features Mamie Van Doren leading a gang of…
- Assassin of Youth (1937)
- Dir. Elmer Clifton
Feat. Luana Walters, Arthur Gardner
- Marijuana scare–movie from the 30s is an above–par exercise in hilarious establishment uptightness, following the sorry fate of several…
- Marihuana (1936)
- Dir. Dwain Esper
Feat. Harlene Wood
- Perhaps second only to REEFER MADNESS in demonstrating the perils of dope with laughably straight–faced paranoia, this sees some unsuspecting…