Cult Classic
Many cult movies have gone on to transcend their original cult status and have become recognized as classics, others are of the "so bad it's good" variety, and are destined to remain in obscurity. Here you will also discover some of the most astonishing, tastless and sometimes the worst movie ever made. The term cult film implies a certain level of obscurity, and widely popular, mainstream movies are not considered to be cult films and will not be found in this company.
Roadracers (1958)
6.7/10
Director: Arthur Swerdloff
Starring: Skip Ward, John Shay, Gloria Marshall
About a driver who is kicked out of the U.S racing circuit when he's involved in a racing death that was caused by his own carelessness. He goes to Eu... Read more
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
5.9/10
Director: William Witney
Starring: Dorothy Provine, Richard Bakalyan, Jack Hogan
Dorothy Provine gives her all to the title role in this original re-telling of the Bonnie and Clyde legend. Billed in the picture's ad campaign as "th... Read more
Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1958)
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Susan Cabot, June Kenny, Abby Dalton, Brad Jackson
First, Roger Corman's "Viking Women and the Sea Serpent" has a group of heroic gals venturing out on a dangerous journey to find their missing men. Bu... Read more
Cool and the Crazy (1958)
5.4/10
Director: William Witney
Starring: Gigi Perreau, Scott Marlow
Seven savage punks on a weekend binge of violence!!! A cult fifties b-movie of a rebellious youth, fresh from reform school, who hooks up with the ba... Read more
How to Make a Monster (1958)
5.3/10
Director: Herbert L Strock
Starring: Robert H Harris, Gary Conway, Paul Brinegar, Gary Clarke, Malcolm Atterbury
Pete Drummond (Robert H. Harris) has been chief makeup man at the Hollywood Studio for 25 years. When the studio is sold, Pete is brusquely informed t... Read more
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
3.3/10
Director: Bert I Gordon
Starring: Sally Fraser, Dean Parkin, Roger Pace, Charles Stewart
A frightened young man races his truck down a dirt road, constantly looking back in terror. He is being pursued by some unseen menace! Undoubtedly it... Read more
The Astounding She-Monster (1958)
3.3/10
Director: Ronnie Ashcroft
Starring: Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Shirley Kilpatrick
Astoundingly cheap little film in which Hollywood gangsters kidnap a Beverly Hills socialite and take her to a remote mountain cabin where a curvy 'st... Read more
Attack Of The 50 Ft. Woman (1958)
3.8/10
Director: Nathan Juran
Starring: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers
Brilliantly terrible sci-fi with some of the worst special effects of all time, involving Nancy Archer (Allison Hayes) a wealthy woman fresh from the... Read more
The Blob (1958)
6.4/10
Director: Irvin S Yeaworth
Starring: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corseaut, Earl Rowe
This classic cult movie of the 50's combined both elements inherent in the Sci-Fi and teen delinquent movies of the time and created a new hybrid that... Read more
First Man Into Space (1958)
5.5/10
Director: Robert Day
Starring: Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards
"A better than it looks" tale of a daring pilot who disobeys orders and becomes the title character, returning to Earth a dust-encrusted, blood-drinki... Read more