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.
Blood of Dracula (1957)
3.9/10
Director: Herbert L Strock
Starring: Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis, Gail Ganley, Jerry Blaine
Six weeks after her mother dies, Nancy Perkins' father remarries. The stepmother then sends Nancy (Sandra Harrison) off to a school for girls where th... Read more
Fiend Without A Face (1957)
6.3/10
Director: Arthur Crabtree
Starring: Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker, Terence Kilburn
An effective chiller with overtones of the 'Id' creature from 'Forbidden Planet' as a scientific thought experiment goes awry and the fiends go on a f... Read more
Warning from Space (1956)
4.4/10
Director: Koji Shima
Translated into English, the title of this Japanese sci-fi endeavor is Unknown Satellite over Tokyo. The extraterrestrials on this occasion are weirdl... Read more
The Conqueror (1956)
3.4/10
Director: Dick Powell
Starring: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendariz, Agnes Moorehead, Thomas Gomez, Will...
John Wayne is cast in the most bizarre and ill-fitting role of his career as the Mongol warlord Genghis Khan in this big-budget misfire that camped it... Read more
The She-Creature (1956)
3.2/10
Director: Edward L Cahn
Starring: Tom Conway, Cathy Downs, Chester Morris, Marla English
A hypnosis based horror film tells the story of an oily hypnotist Dr Carlo Lombardi and his beautiful former carnival worker assistant Andrea. Dr Lomb... Read more
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
5.1/10
Director: Edward L Cahn
Starring: Fats Domino, Sterling Holloway, Touch Connors, Margaret Dumont
The endearingly awful "Shake, Rattle and Rock!" serves as a showcase for four top rock-and-roll talents of the 1950s. Fats Domino heads the cast as "h... Read more
The Day The World Ended (1956)
4.4/10
Director: Roger Corman
Starring: Richard Denning, Adele Jergens, Lori Nelson
Originally released in the fifties during the atomic decade, Day The World Ended tells the story of what happened when man finally destroys himself in... Read more
Female Jungle (1956)
5.6/10
Director: Bruno Vesota
Starring: Jayne Mansfield, Lawrence Tierney, John Carradine
Aka 'The Hangover'. Taking place over the course of a night this fifties take on film-noir tells the story of the murder of a glamorous blonde actress... Read more
Girls In Prison (1956)
5.6/10
Director: Edward L Cahn
Starring: Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, Adele Jergens
A 'babes behind bars' film that has it all: a beautiful woman sent to jail on a trumped-up robbery charge, tough inmates looking for a hidden fortune,... Read more
The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues / Attack of the Giant Leeches (1956)
Director: Dan Miller, Bernard L Kowalski
Starring: Cathy Downs, Kent Taylor, Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers
A sci-fi schlock double feature. "The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues" (1956) - An atomic powered part alligator/part turtle mutant gobbles up fishermen a... Read more