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Theme: Films of 1962

The Awful Dr Orloff (1962)

3 July 200018 October 2019

Rating: ★

Killer Surgeon

Director: Jess Franco
Actors: Howard Vernon, Conrad Sanmartin, Diana Lorys, Riccardo Valle, …
Category: Horror

Baron Munchausen (1962)

17 October 201316 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

World’s Greatest Liar’s Adventures

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Fantasy

The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)

9 June 200031 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

Decapitated Head/Mad Scientist

Director: Joseph Green
Actors: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith
Category: Horror

The Brainiac (1962)

7 February 20248 February 2024

Rating: ★★½

Warlock’s Retribution

Director: Chano Urueta
Actors: Abel Salazar, Ruben Rojo, Luis Aragon, German Robles, …
Category: Horror

Cape Fear (1962)

2 February 200014 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★½

Ex-Con’s Revenge Thriller

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Martin Balsam, …
Category: Horror

Carnival of Souls (1962)

20 December 200014 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★½

Haunting/Deathdream

Director: Herk Harvey
Actors: Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey
Category: Horror

The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)

11 July 200718 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Androids Rebel Against Humanity

Director: Wesley E. Barry
Actors: Don Megowan, Dudley Manlove
Category: Science Fiction

The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1962)

11 December 20008 September 2022

Rating: ★★★

Alien Infiltration

Director: Maury Dexter
Actors: Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor
Category: Science Fiction

The Day of the Triffids (1962)

1 February 200231 July 2022

Rating: ★½

The Downfall of Civilisation/Alien Plant Invasion

Director: Steve Sekely
Actors: Howard Keel, Kieron Moore, Janette Scott, Carole Ann Ford, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dr No (1962)

15 July 200113 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

James Bond Film

Director: Terence Young
Actors: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, …
Category: Science Fiction

Eegah (1962)

4 May 200821 November 2022

Rating: ½

Classic Bad Movie/Caveman Amok

Director: Arch Hall Sr
Actors: Arch Hall Jr, Richard Kiel
Category: Science Fiction

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

28 June 200226 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Surrealism

Director: Luis Buñuel
Category: Fantasy

Gorath (1962)

21 June 201730 January 2024

Rating: ★★½

Rogue Planet on a Collision Course with Earth

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Ryo Ikebe, Akira Kubo, Yumi Shirakawa, Ken Uehara, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hands of a Stranger (1962)

6 January 201516 September 2022

Rating: ★★

Possessed Hands/The Hands of Orlac Adaptation

Director: Newton Arnold
Actors: James Stapleton, Paul Lukather, Irish McCalla, Sally Kellerman
Category: Horror

In Search of the Castaways (1962)

2 April 20064 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Jules Verne Adventure

Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Hayley Mills, Wilfrid Hyde White, Maurice Chevalier, Michael Anderson Jr, …
Category: Fantasy

Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962)

28 June 201716 November 2021

Rating: 0­

Women Alien Invaders Comedy

Director: Bruno VeSota
Actors: Bob Ball, Frankie Ray, Gloria Victor, Dolores Reed
Category: Science Fiction

Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

19 June 200017 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Heroic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Judi Meredith, Don Beddoe, …
Category: Fantasy

La Jetee (1962)

23 May 200316 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

French New Wave/Time Paradox

Director: Chris Marker
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)

3 September 200218 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Planet of Illusions

Director: Sidney Pink
Actors: John Agar, Greta Thyssen, Carl Ottosen, Ann Smyrner
Category: Science Fiction

King Kong Vs. Godzilla (1962)

6 December 200020 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, Mie Hama, Jun Tazaki
Category: Science Fiction

Kiss of the Vampire (1962)

28 June 200219 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hammer Vampire Film

Director: Don Sharp
Actors: Edward de Souza, Clifford Evans, Jennifer Daniel, Noel Willman, …
Category: Horror

The Magic Sword (1962)

16 August 200015 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

Heroic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Actors: Gary Lockwood, Basil Rathbone, Estelle Winwood, Anne Helm, …
Category: Fantasy

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

9 July 20005 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Brainwashed Assassin/Political Satire

Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mind Benders (1962)

20 March 200910 July 2024

Rating: ★★½

Brainwashing Thriller

Director: Basil Dearden
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, Michael Bryant, Wendy Craig
Category: Science Fiction

Moon Pilot (1962)

3 February 200110 September 2024

Rating: ★

Female Alien Visitor/Disney Comedy

Director: James Neilson
Actors: Tom Tryon, Dany Saval, Edmond O'Brien, Brian Keith
Category: Science Fiction

Mothra (1962)

19 April 201022 August 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Franky Sakai, Jerry Ito, Hiroshi Koizumi, Ken Uehara
Category: Science Fiction

Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

3 April 199928 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Nuclear War/Ruthless Survivalism

Director: Ray Milland
Actors: Ray Milland, Frankie Avalon, Jean Hagen, Joan Freeman, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

13 July 20104 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House/Hammer Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Herbert Lom, Edward de Souza, Michael Gough, Thorley Walters
Category: Horror

Premature Burial (1962)

5 May 200228 September 2023

Rating: ★★½

Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Heather Angel, Alan Napier
Category: Horror

Ring of Terror (1962)

20 March 20103 March 2025

Rating: ★

Man With No Sense of Fear

Director: Clark L. Paylow
Actors: George E. Mather, Esther Furst, Lomax Study, Pamela Raymond
Category: Horror

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

14 August 200029 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

Screwball Comedy

Director: Norman Panama
Actors: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins, Robert Morley, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)

25 August 202224 September 2024

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Film

Director: Jess Franco
Actors: Howard Vernon
Category: Horror

Santo vs the Vampire Women (1962)

16 December 201215 September 2023

Rating: ★★½

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs the Vampires

Director: Alfonso Corona Blake
Actors: Santo, Rodolfo Guzman Huerta, Lorena Velazquez
Category: Horror

Storm Planet (1962)

5 October 20215 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Soviet SF Film/Expedition to Venus

Director: Pavel Klushantsev
Category: Science Fiction

Tales of Terror (1962)

14 April 20017 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Edgar Allan Poe Anthology

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Maggie Pierce, …
Category: Horror

Tarzan Goes to India (1962)

12 May 201530 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Jungle Hero

Director: John Guillermin
Actors: Jock Mahoney, Jai the Elephant Boy, Leo Gordon, Mark Dana, …
Category: Fantasy

The Temptation of Dr Antonio (1962)

22 December 201115 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

Giant Anita Ekberg Steps Off a Billboard

Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Filippo
Category: Fantasy

The Terror of Dr Hichcock (1962)

21 June 200110 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Italian Gothic

Director: Riccardo Freda
Actors: Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Harriet Medin
Category: Horror

The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)

23 September 200710 November 2022

Rating: ★★

Idiots vs Alien Invaders

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Emil Sitka, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)

1 December 200110 November 2022

Rating: ★★

Idiots Time-Travel to Ancient Greece

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Moe Howard, Joe DeRita, Larry Fine, Quinn Redeker, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tower of London (1962)

18 December 200027 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Richard III Historical Horror

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Vincent Price, Joan Freeman, Michael Pate, Robert Brown, …
Category: Horror

The Trial (1962)

5 November 20017 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Bureaucratic Nightmare World/Kafka Adaptation

Director: Orson Welles
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Romy Schneider, Jeanne Moreau, …
Category: Fantasy

Vengeance (1962)

3 May 200112 August 2019

Rating: ★

Evil Disembodied Brain

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter van Eyck, Anne Heywood, Bernard Lee, Cecil Parker, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

22 February 200524 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Batty Old Dames Psycho-Thriller

Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Anna Lee, …
Category: Horror

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

19 December 200216 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Brothers Grimm Anthology/Biopic

Director: Henry Levin, George Pal
Actors: Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm, Barbara Eden, Oscar Homolka, …
Category: Fantasy

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
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  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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