Horror Movies of 1959
The Mummy
While on a dig in Egypt, British archaeologist John Banning (Peter Cushing) desecrates the tomb of Princess Ananka, awakening her mummified lover (Christopher Lee). With revenge on his mind, the mummy ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
The Alligator People
A confused horror yarn set in the Deep South, Alligator People stars Richard Crane as a husband who becomes accidently separated from his new wife (Beverly Garland) during a train ride. She tracks him down to the ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
The Bat
This fourth film version of the Mary Roberts Rinehart-Avery Hopwood stage chestnut The ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
Horrors of Spider Island
This German-Yugoslav coproduction first surfaced in 1960 under the title Ein ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
The Tingler
As famous for the gimmick with which the film was shown as for its genuinely spine-tingling story, The Tingler follows a pathologist (Vincent Price) as he searches for the cause of a series of ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
Horrors of the Black Museum
The power of hypnotism provides the basis of this film that was released in "Hypnovision" (yet another promotional gimmick) ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
Terror Is a Man
A man who was the lone survivor of a shipwreck is rescued, only to discover that he's in greater danger than ever before in this horror story inspired by H.G. Wells' ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
A Bucket of Blood
A fine example -- perhaps the best available -- of "B"-movie overlord Roger Corman's "Weekend ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
The Killer Shrews
Ken Curtis, former singing cowboy and Gunsmoke's Festus, joined right-wing radio's Gordon McLendon in producing this hilariously bad monster movie about a horde of outsized rodents run amok on an isolated island. The creation of mad scientist ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
Night of the Ghouls
Night of the Ghouls (which was also known as Revenge of the Dead) was Edward D. Wood Jr.'s first attempt at making a horror film ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
The Hideous Sun Demon
Sunblock can't save you from the solar-powered monster in this sci-fi cult item. Dr. Gilbert McKenna (Robert Clarke) is a research scientist who is exposed to dangerously radioactive materials ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
Behemoth, the Sea Monster
A perennial of the "Shock Theatre" TV circuit of the 1950s, The British The Giant Behemoth owes a great deal to the earlier American sci-fier The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. A Cornish fisherman is found covered with what ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
Teenagers from Outer Space
This off-the-wall, low-budget sci-fi film was written, produced, directed, edited, photographed, and acted (one role) by Tom ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
Attack of the Giant Leeches
This hysterical drive-in favorite pits a community of swamp-dwelling yokels against the silliest-looking monsters since the ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
The Giant Gila Monster
In The Giant Gila Monster, most of the plot is given over to a group of hot-rod enthusiasts, headed by nice-guy Chace Winstead (Don Sullivan), who ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
The Headless Ghost
In this spooky film, three American exchange students visit an English castle purported to be haunted. The lads want to see if the local legend is true. At sundown the boys are accosted by a spirit who leaps down from a portrait. He asks ... [ Horror movie - 1959 ]
