Best Horror Films of 1959
The Mummy
While on a dig ... group back to England, but becomes quite taken with Banning's wife (Yvonne Furneaux), who resembles the princess quite closely. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
The Alligator People
A confused horror yarn ... was the last film directed by Roy Del Ruth, light years away from his glory days at Warner Bros. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
The Bat
This fourth film version ... was adapted for the screen by its director Crane Wilbur, himself a prolific "old dark house" scenarist and playright. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
Horrors of Spider Island
This German-Yugoslav coproduction first ... in Paradise fared no better a few years later, when it was recut and retitled Horrors of Spider Island. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
The Tingler
As famous for the ... lights would go up, the film would stop and ushers would carry the unconscious person out of the theater. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
Horrors of the Black Museum
The power of hypnotism ... drops the bodies in a vat of acid. Several people die before the assistant rebels and gets bloody revenge. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
Terror Is a Man
A man who was ... Is a Man was also distributed under the titles Blood Creature, Creature from Blood Island, and The Gory Creatures. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
A Bucket of Blood
A fine example -- ... emphasis on the story's more lurid aspects raise this bargain-basement production (ultra-cheap even by Corman's standards) to classic status. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
The Killer Shrews
Ken Curtis, former singing ... on both sides of the camera. Curtis and McLendon's companion film The Giant Gila Monster is slightly less ridiculous. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
Night of the Ghouls
Night of the Ghouls ... characterizations, mismatched shots, and incomprehensible plot elements all weave their eerie spell on the viewer willing to absorb them. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
The Hideous Sun Demon
Sunblock can't save you ... re-edited the film and dubbed in a new soundtrack; the results were released as What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon? [ best horror films - 1959 ]
Behemoth, the Sea Monster
A perennial of the ... the tight budget; all the title character lacks is the distinctive personality of a King Kong, Godzilla or Gorgo. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
Teenagers from Outer Space
This off-the-wall, low-budget sci-fi ... appears to be the only hope for saving the people of the earth from turning into a snack food. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
Attack of the Giant Leeches
This hysterical drive-in favorite ... a major studio film -- even in 1960! Look carefully to spot the scuba tanks beneath the leech costumes. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
The Giant Gila Monster
In The Giant Gila ... rod full of nitroglycerin. The Giant Gila Monster was originally released on a double bill with The Killer Shrews. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
The Headless Ghost
In this spooky film, ... second ghost locate his missing head. They agree to help, but they find themselves plagued by a third spirit. [ best horror films - 1959 ]
