The essential guide to classy and crappy cult cinema – 7,005+ entries
‘Co-ed beauty captive of man-monster!’ Monster on the Campus is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man; Tarantula, Creature from the Black …
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Frankenstein 1970 is a 1958 science fiction horror feature film directed by Howard W. Koch (producer of Pharaoh’s Curse; Voodoo Island; The Black Sleep) from a screenplay written by Richard …
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space is a 1958 science fiction horror feature film, produced and directed by Gene Fowler Jr. (The Astral Factor; I Was a Teenage Werewolf) from a screenplay by Louis …
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‘The tortured ghost who claimed vengeance in the bride’s bedroom’ The Screaming Skull is a 1958 American horror feature film, written and produced by John Kneubuhl (Two on a Guillotine), inspired by the short …
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Night of the Blood Beast is a 1958 American science-fiction horror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski (Attack of the Giant Leeches; Sssssss) from a screenplay by first-time screenwriter Martin Varno, who was …
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War of the Colossal Beast is a 1958 science fiction horror film written, co-produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon (Empire of the Ants; Necromancy; The Cyclops; et al) and produced by Carmel …
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The Vampire’s Coffin – original title: El ataúd del Vampiro – is a 1958 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Fernando Méndez (The Living Coffin; Black Pit of Dr. M; The …
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‘From time unborn… a hideous she-thing!’ Terror from the Year 5000 is a 1958 American science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by Robert J. Gurney Jr. It is based …
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‘Their wild beauty marked them for death by…’ The Haunted Strangler aka Grip of the Strangler is a 1957 (released 1958) British-American horror film directed by Robert Day (The Initiation of Sarah; …
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Macabre is a 1958 American horror mystery thriller film produced and directed by William Castle (Strait-Jacket; Mr. Sardonicus; House on Haunted Hill) from a screenplay by Robb White (Homicidal; 13 Ghosts; …
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The New Invisible Man is a 1958 Mexican science fiction thriller film written and directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna (Bring Me the Vampire; House of the Frights; Santo vs. the Martian Invasion), …
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The Return of Dracula is a 1958 American supernatural horror film directed by Westerns specialist Paul Landres (The Flame Barrier; The Vampire) from a screenplay by Pat Fielder (The Vampire; The …
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‘Tales to give you nightmares!’ Monster Parade was an American horror magazine issued by Irwin Stein’s Magnum Publications in 1958 and 1959. It was an attempt to cash-in on the success …
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‘Screaming young girls sucked into a labyrinth of horror by a blood-starved ghoul from hell.’ Beast from Haunted Cave is a 1958 horror/gangster/heist feature film directed by Monte Hellman (Silent …
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‘From Beauty to BEAST!’ She Demons is a 1958 American horror film directed and co-written by Richard E. Cunha (Missile to the Moon; Frankenstein’s Daughter). Made in a tongue-in-cheek style of Men’s adventure magazines, Nazisploitation and Island of Lost Souls, the …
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‘… a strange and forbidding race …a giant fiendish creature’ Missile to the Moon is a 1958 American science fiction film with monsters directed by Richard E. Cunha (Giant from the Unknown; She Demons; Frankenstein’s …
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‘It will scare the living yell out of you!’ How to Make a Monster is a 1958 American horror feature film directed by Herbert L. Strock, produced by Herman Cohen and …
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‘MORE Terrifying! MORE Destructive!’ Frankenstein’s Daughter (1958) was the third of four films created by producer Marc Frederic and director Richard E. Cunha in the late 1950s, the others being Giant from the Unknown; She …
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Black Pit of Dr. M – original title Misterios de ultratumba “Mysteries from Beyond the Grave” – is a 1958 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Fernando Méndez (El Vampiro) …
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‘The fly with the head of a man… and the man with the head of a fly!’ The Fly is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Kurt Neumann. The screenplay was …
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The Colossus of New York is a 1958 American science fiction film produced by William Alland (Tarantula, Creature From the Black Lagoon), and directed by Eugène Lourié (The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, Gorgo). …
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‘The Terrifying Lover – who died – yet lived!’ Dracula is a 1958 British supernatural horror film directed by Terence Fisher from a screenplay by Jimmy Sangster. It is the first in …
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‘It! …Reaches through space! …Scoops up men and women! … gorges on blood!’ It! The Terror from Beyond Space is an influential 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Edward …
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The Blob is a 1958 American science-fiction horror feature film directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. who had directed more than 400 films for motivational, educational, and ‘religious’ purposes (whatever the …
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Womaneater – promoted as The Woman Eater – is a 1958 British horror film directed by Charles Saunders (The Man Without a Body) from a screenplay by Brandon Fleming. Producer Guido Coen later made Burke …
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‘The nightmare terror of the slithering eye that unleashed agonizing horror on a screaming world!’ The Trollenberg Terror is the title of both a 1956 “Saturday Serial” ITV British television programme and a …
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Blood of the Vampire is a 1958 British horror film directed by Henry Cass from a screenplay by Jimmy Sangster (The Curse of Frankenstein; et al). Transylvania in the 19th century: A young doctor John …
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Varan the Unbelievable, released in Japan as Giant Monster Varan (大怪獣バラン Daikaijū Baran), is a 1958 Kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda (drama) and Eiji Tsuburaya (special effects), and their last black-and-white monster film. The title character Varan is one of Toho …
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‘Crawling, slimy-things terror-bent on destroying the world!’ The Brain Eaters is a 1958 American science fiction horror feature film directed by actor Bruno VeSota (Invasion of the Star Creatures) from a screenplay by …
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‘New horrors! mad science spawns evil fiends!’ Fiend Without a Face is a 1958 British science fiction horror film directed by Arthur Crabtree (Horrors of the Black Museum) and produced by John Croydon. The …
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