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Theme: Films of 1958

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

11 September 20005 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Arabian Nights Adventures

Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer
Category: Fantasy

The Astounding She-Monster (1958)

9 June 200324 September 2019

Rating: ★

Female Alien Invader

Director: Ronnie Ashcroft
Actors: Robert Clarke, Shirley Kilpatrick, Marilyn Harvey, Kenne Duncan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

4 November 200027 September 2019

Rating: ★

Giant Woman/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Allison Hayes, Yvette Vickers, William Hudson, George Douglas, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bell Book and Candle (1958)

13 December 20009 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Witch in Love

Director: Richard Quine
Actors: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Elsa Lanchester, …
Category: Fantasy

The Blob (1958)

3 July 200031 January 2020

Rating: ★½

Alien Monster

Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr
Actors: Steven McQueen, Aneta Corsaut
Category: Science Fiction

Blood of the Vampire (1958)

9 November 201221 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Medical Vampire

Director: Henry Cass
Actors: Donald Wolfit, Barbara Shelley, Victor Maddern, John Le Mesurier, …
Category: Horror

The Brain Eaters (1958)

17 November 20044 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Body Snatchers

Director: Bruno VeSota
Actors: Ed Nelson, Jack Hill, Joanna Lee, Leonard Nimoy
Category: Science Fiction

The Colossus of New York (1958)

1 February 20146 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Scientist’s Brain Transplanted Into a Robot Body

Director: Eugene Lourie
Actors: Otto Kruger, John Baragrey, Mala Powers, Charles Herbert, …
Category: Science Fiction

Corridors of Blood (1958)

18 October 200414 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

19th Century Medical Experiments

Director: Robert Day
Actors: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Francis de Wolff, Betta St John, …
Category: Horror

Damn Yankees (1958)

18 October 20135 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Musical/Pact with the Devil

Director: George Abbott, Stanley Donen
Actors: Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Jean Stapleton
Category: Fantasy

Dracula (1958)

1 February 200116 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Dracula Adaptation

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, John Van Eyssen, …
Category: Horror

Earth vs the Spider (1958)

1 February 200130 September 2020

Rating: ★

Giant Spider

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Ed Kemmer, Gene Roth, Hal Torey
Category: Science Fiction

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)

20 September 201228 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Jules Verne Adaptation/Steampunk

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Science Fiction

Fiend Without a Face (1958)

9 December 201216 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Hopping Brain Invasion

Director: Arthur Crabtree
Actors: Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker, Kyanaston Reeves, Stanley Maxted, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Fly (1958)

9 March 200215 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Teleporter Accident/Human-Fly Mixup

Director: Kurt Neumann
Actors: Vincent Price, David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Herbert Marshall, …
Category: Science Fiction

Frankenstein 1970 (1958)

26 February 202026 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Frankenstein Film

Director: Howard W. Koch
Actors: Boris Karloff, Donald Barry, John Dennis
Category: Horror

Frankenstein’s Daughter (1958)

8 April 201410 December 2020

Rating: ★

Modernised Frankenstein Film

Director: Richard E. Cunha
Actors: Donald Murphy, Sandra Knight, John Ashley, John Zaremba, …
Category: Horror

From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

17 January 200117 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Victorian Moon Expedition/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Giant Behemoth (1958)

18 January 20013 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Atomically Revived Dinosaur

Director: Eugene Lourie
Actors: Andre Morell, Gene Evans, Leigh Madison, John Tumer, …
Category: Science Fiction

Giant from the Unknown (1958)

5 December 20195 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Resurrected Conquistador

Director: Richard E. Cunha
Actors: Edward Kemmer, Morris Ankrum, Buddy Baer
Category: Horror

The H-Man (1958)

20 September 201117 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Radioactive Blob Creature

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Yumi Shirakawa, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshifumi Tajima, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Haunted Strangler (1958)

16 November 201024 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Split Personalitied Killer

Director: Robert Day
Actors: Boris Karloff, Elizabeth Allen, Vera Day, Dorothy Gordon, …
Category: Horror

Hercules (1958)

28 May 200028 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Pietro Francisci
Actors: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Ivo Garrani, Mimmo Palmara, …
Category: Fantasy

How to Make a Monster (1958)

16 January 201026 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Makeup Artist Creates Monsters

Director: Herbert L. Strock
Actors: Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Gary Conway, Gary Clarke, …
Category: Horror

I Bury the Living (1958)

9 May 201324 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Cemetery Keeper with Killing Powers

Director: Albert Band
Actors: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Howard Smith, Robert Osterloh, …
Category: Horror

I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)

16 December 200011 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Alien Duplication and Takeover

Director: Gene Fowler Jr
Actors: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, John Eldredge, Alan Dexter, …
Category: Science Fiction

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

17 February 200113 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Alien Nasty

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith, Ray Corrigan, Dabbs Greer, …
Category: Science Fiction

L’il Abner (1959)

9 November 200130 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Comic-Strip Adaptation/Musical

Director: Melvin Frank
Actors: Peter Palmer, Leslie Parrish, Stella Stevens, Bern Hoffman, …
Category: Fantasy

Macabre (1958)

21 July 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: William Castle
Actors: William Prince, Jacqueline Scott, Jim Backus, Philip Tonge, …
Category: Horror

The Magician (1958)

10 March 200410 March 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Enigmatic Magician

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max Von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Åke Fridell, …
Category: Fantasy

Monster on the Campus (1958)

1 February 199930 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Scientist Reverts to a Caveman

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Arthur Franz, Whit Bissell, Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, …
Category: Science Fiction

My World Dies Screaming (1958)

17 November 201625 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Precognitive Dream of a Sinister House

Director: Harold Daniels
Actors: Kathy O'Donnell, Gerald Mohr, William Ching, John Qualen, …
Category: Horror

Queen of Outer Space (1958)

6 January 20013 January 2019

Rating: 0­

Planet of Women

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eric Fleming, Patrick Waltz, Dave Willock, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Return of Dracula (1958)

2 May 200530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Contemporary Dracula

Director: Paul Landres
Actors: Francis Lederer, Norma Eberhardt, Greta Granstedt, Gage Clark, …
Category: Horror

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

26 February 200124 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Frankenstein Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn
Category: Horror

The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1958)

28 March 201629 November 2018

Rating: 0­

Classic Bad Movie/Revived Mummy vs a Robot

Director: Rafael Portillo
Actors: Ramon Gay, Rosita Arenas, Luis Aceves Castaneda, Crox Alvarado, …
Category: Horror

Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1958)

3 December 200530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Communist Missile Threat

Director: Barry Mahon
Actors: John McKay, Monica Davis, Phillip St George, Edward Czerniuk, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Space Children (1958)

24 May 20093 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Alien Invasion

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Adam Williams, Sandy Descher, Jackie Coogan
Category: Science Fiction

Spacemaster X-7 (1958)

17 August 201027 October 2018

Rating: ★

Alien Virus

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Lyn Thomas, Moe Howard, Bill Williams, Robert Ellis, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Strange World of Planet X (1958)

20 May 201322 December 2019

Rating: ★½

Amok Scientific Experiment/Giant Insects

Director: Gilbert Gunn
Actors: Forrest Tucker, Martin Benson, Gaby André, Alec Mango, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tarzan’s Fight for Life (1958)

23 August 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Bruce Humberstone
Actors: Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorenson, James Edwards, …
Category: Fantasy

Teenage Caveman (1958)

12 May 20043 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Cavemen

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Robert Vaughn, Frank DeKova, Leslie Bradley, Sarah Marshall, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)

24 February 201131 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Deadly Woman from the Future

Director: Robert J. Gurney Jr
Actors: Ward Costello, Joyce Holden, Salome Jens, John Stratton, …
Category: Science Fiction

tom thumb (1958)

18 December 200015 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Miniature Boy/Fairy Tale

Director: George Pal
Actors: Russ Tamblyn, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Alan Young, …
Category: Fantasy

The Trollenberg Terror (1958)

19 August 199917 May 2019

Rating: ★★★

Alien Invasion

Director: Quentin Lawrence
Actors: Forrest Tucker, Janet Munro, Jennifer Jayne, Warren Mitchell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Varan the Unbelievable (1958)

2 August 201318 June 2020

Rating: ★

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada, Derick Shimatsu, …
Category: Science Fiction

Vertigo (1958)

11 September 200314 April 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Reincarnation Thriller

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Category: Fantasy

War of the Colossal Beast (1958)

11 February 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Atomically Mutated Giant

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Dean Parkin, Sally Fraser, Roger Pace, Russ Bender, …
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Satellites (1958)

11 June 202011 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Aliens Sabotage Space Launches

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Dick Miller, Richard Devon, Susan Cabot, Robert Shayne, …
Category: Science Fiction

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  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Nazis
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Sexual Fetishism in Fantastic Cinema
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  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
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