Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Sep 18, 2000Super-Submarine Adventures
The film that inspired the popular tv series. As always with Irwin Allen, stolid dramatics, bad science and colourful spectacle
Frankie Avalon
Alakazam the Great (1961)
May 5, 1999Mischievous Monkey's Adventures/Animation
Anime version of the classic tale Chinese legend Journey to the West made Osamu Tezuka, this comes with a fast-paced action and is undeniably likable
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Apr 3, 1999Nuclear War/Ruthless Survivalism
A film about the outbreak of nuclear war directed by actor Ray Milland. What takes you aback is the naked liberatarian fantasy that Milland engages in, arguing in favour of a brutal ruthlessness in the name of survival
Pajama Party (1964)
Jul 31, 2024Beach Party Comedy with Martian Visitor
One of the popular Beach Party comedies of the 1960s. Tommy Kirk turns up as a bumbling Martian to romance Annette Funicello
Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Oct 16, 2000Mad Scientist/Spy Spoof
Very silly AIP comedy that parodies the massively popular James Bond films of the era, as well as features Vincent Price as the villain spoofing his appearances in the studio's Edgar Allan Poe films
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
Feb 8, 2017Female Super-Villain/All-Women World Domination Plot
Sax Rohmer was most famous for creating the Asian super-villain Fu Manchu, less well-known was his character of the female super-villain Sumuru who leads an all-woman army in a world domination plot. From the same people who made the Christopher Lee Fu Manchu films, this was one of two Sumuru films
The Haunted House of Horror (1969)
Jul 8, 2005Old Dark House Thriller
The haunted part of the title is misleading but this is an attempt to update the Old Dark House thriller of the 1930s and 40s to the midst of Swinging 60s London and featuring a youth cast