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1963 The Birds Horror / Thriller / Romance N/R, 120 Minutes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock More Info
Starring: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright, Jessica Tandy, Charles McGraw, Doodles Weaver, Ethel Griffies, Ruth McDevitt, Joe Mantell Alfred Hitchcock's terrifying movie concerns birds that plague a small seaside community. Melanie (Tippi Hedren) drives to Bodega Bay where lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) is spending time with his mother Lydia (Jessica Tandy) and his sister Cathy (Veronica Cartwright). Upon her arrival, a seagull attacks Melanie, and then thousands attack anyone they find. Will Melanie and Mitch's family survive? Tippi Hedren and Jessica Tandy are great in this film that received an Oscar nomination for Best Special Effects. |
1963 Black Sabbath Horror / Thriller N/R, 99 Minutes
Director: Mario Bava More Info
Starring: Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, Susy Anderson, Michele Mercier, Jacqueline Pierreux, Milly Monti, Lidia Alfonsi, Mark Damon, Massimo Righi, Rika Dialina Boris Karloff is the host for this trilogy of horror stories involving a ghost seeking revenge on a nurse (Jacqueline Pierreux), the attempted murder of a prostitute (Michele Mercier) and subsequent phone calls from her dead client, and a vampire (Boris Karloff) thirsting for the blood of his relatives. |
1963 Blood Feast Drama / Horror / Thriller N/R, 70 Minutes
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis More Info
Starring: William Kerwin, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason, Scott H. Hall, Lyn Bolton, Christy Foushee, Gene Courtier, Ashlyn Martin, Sandra Sinclair, Jerome Eden A Blood Feast is planned by an Egyptian caterer (Mal Arnold) to honor the ancient princess Ishtar. But, he needs body parts for the feast, so he gathers them (shown in gory detail) from young women. Now he is catering a party for a young woman–his final ingredient. |
1963 Charade Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Romance PG, 114 Minutes
Director: Stanley Donen More Info
Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Ned Glass, Jacques Marin, Paul Bonifas, Dominique Minot, Thomas Chelimsky Audrey Hepburn stars as widow Regina "Reggie" Lampert fleeing from criminals and government agents who are after the $25,000 her murdered spouse supposedly pilfered during World War II. Cary Grant plays the love interest Peter Joshua who isn't who he pretends to be in this comedy/mystery. |
1963 Children of the Damned Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Anton Leader More Info
Starring: Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke, Sheila Allen, Ralph Michael, Patrick Wymark, Martin Miller, Harold Goldblatt, Bessie Love Yes, some of the smart alien children from 1960's "Village of the Damned" survived. The six survivors still have their psychic powers and a thirst for both power and revenge. When psychologist Tom Llewellyn (Ian Hendry) and geneticist Dr. David Neville (Alan Badel) investigate, they realize that the children are able to influence people's minds. The children are flown to London, but they escape, hide in a church, and battle the human race. |
1963 The Crawling Hand Horror / Thriller N/R, 89 Minutes
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1963 Dementia 13 Horror / Thriller N/R, 75 Minutes
Director: Francis Ford Coppola More Info
Starring: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel, Patrick Magee, Eithne Dunn, Peter Read, Karl Schanzer, Ron Perry, Barbara Dowling As the annual family reunion to mourn the death of the matron's (Eithne Dunn) young daughter nears, members arrive and bicker over the inheritance. One heir, John (Peter Read). dies of a heart attack, but his wife, Louise (Luana Anders), hides the body so as not to be left out of the inheritance. Then, family members start meeting their deaths by an axe-wielding murderer. Francis Ford Coppola's first "mainstream" movie. |
1963 Diary of a Madman Horror / Thriller N/R, 96 Minutes
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1963 From Russia with Love Action / Adventure / Thriller / Romance PG, 118 Minutes
Director: Terence Young More Info
Starring: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Pedro Armendariz, Bernard Lee, Eunice Gayson, Walter Gotell, Francis De Wolff, Lois Maxwell James Bond (Sean Connery) is back in his second film and discovers that he is on the Russian "hit list." While in Istanbul to "pick up" a secret de-coding machine from Russian cipher clerk Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi), Bond runs into trouble with a capital "T." A deadly trap has been set involving enemy agent Red Grant (Robert Shaw) who is assigned to take the machine from Bond and kill him. A fight to the death ensues between Bond and Grant aboard the Orient Express. |
1963 Fuego Thriller N/R, 99 Minutes
Director: Julio Coll More Info
Starring: Barry Sullivan, Martha Hyer, Sherry Moreland, Soledad Miranda, Luis Prendes, Fernando Hilbeck, Carlos Casaravilla, Marisenka, Paco Moran, Hugo Pimentel Vance (Barry Sullivan) heads to Spain to oversee construction of an invention of his. He meets Laura (Martha Hyer), and they start an affair as he looks for a house for his family. After he ends the affair, Laura takes revenge by burning up his house–with his wife and child in it. But that's just the beginning in this weird thriller. |
1963 The Great Escape Adventure / Action / Drama / Thriller N/R, 168 Minutes
Director: John Sturges More Info
Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Donald, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, Nigel Stock This is one of the best war movies ever made. It takes place in a P.O.W. camp into which the Germans have placed all the troublemakers. P.O.W. Bartlett (Richard Attenborough) plans one more escape, and even the loner, Capt. Hilts (Steve McQueen), becomes involved in its execution. |
1963 The Haunted Palace Horror / Thriller N/R, 85 Minutes
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1963 The Haunting Horror / Thriller N/R, 112 Minutes
Director: Robert Wise More Info
Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton, Rosalie Crutchley, Lois Maxwell, Valentine Dyall, Ronald Adam, Paul Maxwell Based on Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House," this ghost story involves Luke Sannerson's (Russ Tamblyn) attempt to uncover the truth behind the Victorian mansion he will inherit. Luke takes the clairvoyant, Theodora (Claire Bloom), and a psychic, Eleanor Lance (Julie Harris), along with him to solve the mysteries within the eerie Hill House–the scene of murder and insanity. Invite a friend when you view this ghost story. |
1963 High and Low Foreign / Drama / Thriller N/R, 143 Minutes
Director: Akira Kurosawa More Info
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Isao Kimura, Kenjiro Ishiyama, Takeshi Kato Wealthy businessman Kingo Gondo is ordered to pay a ransom to the kidnappers of his son (Kyoko Kagawa). He is ready to pay the ransom when he finds his son safe at home. In a case of mistaken identity, his chauffeur's (Yutaka Sada) son is the kidnap victim. The kidnapper calls Gondo, admits that he made a mistake, and still demands the ransom money. Now, Gondo must decide between another person's safety and his own financial security. |
1963 The Horror Castle Horror / Thriller N/R, 83 Minutes
Director: Antonio Margheriti More Info
Starring: Rossana Podesta, Georges Riviere, Christopher Lee, Jim Nolan, Anny Degli Uberti, Luigi Severini, Luciana Milone, Lucile Saint-Simon, Patrick Walton, Consalvo Dell'Arti American Mary Hunter (Rossana Podesta) and her new husband, Max (Georges Riviere), move into his family's old castle. After Max departs on business, Mary hears cries from a woman and, after investigating, comes upon a torture chamber–now a museum. And in a statue-like coffin called "The Virgin of Nuremberg," she finds a recently dead, bloody woman. Thus begins a series of murders that she believes are the responsibility of Max or the scarred caretaker, Erich (Christopher Lee). Pure Gothic horror. Dubbed in English. |
1963 The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living.... Horror / Thriller PG, 82 Minutes
Director: Ray Dennis Steckler More Info
Starring: Ray Dennis Steckler, Brett O'Hara, Carolyn Brandt, Atlas King, Sharon Walsh, Madison Clarke, Erina Enyo, Jack Brady, Toni Camel, Joan Howard [Full title: "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies"] While visiting a carnival, Jerry (Ray Dennis Steckler) attends the carnival's nightclub–complete with dancing girls. Lured backstage, he meets the evil fortune-teller Madame Estrella (Brett O'Hara). He is added to her collection of creatures that have been hypnotized, followed by an acid "treatment," and then caged. He is sent on missions to kill the Madame's enemies, but when the other creatures break loose, the fun really begins. A way-out film with some clever and entertaining music. |
1963 Lord of the Flies Adventure / Drama / Thriller N/R, 91 Minutes
Director: Peter Brook More Info
Starring: James Aubrey, Hugh Edwards, Tom Chapin, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman, Roger Allen, David Brunjes, Peter Davy, Kent Fletcher, Nicholas Hammond Their plane crashes, and the adults aboard are killed, which leaves English schoolboys marooned on an island. Ralph (James Aubrey) is elected "chief," and Jack (Tom Chapin) leads a group on a hunt for pigs to butcher for food. As the boys struggle to survive, they split into two groups with Jack representing savagery and Ralph representing civilization in a bitter battle for dominance and survival on the island. |
1963 Matango Foreign / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller N/R, 88 Minutes
Director: Ishiro Honda More Info
Starring: Akira Kubo, Kenji Sahara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kumi Mizuno, Miki Yashiro, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Eisei Amamoto, Haruo Nakajima, Akio Kusama After eating toadstools found on an island, shipwrecked vacationers transform into giant toadstools. Only one escapes; but, after returning to the mainland, he starts sprouting mushrooms on his face. |
1963 The Old Dark House Horror / Thriller / Comedy PG, 86 Minutes
Director: William Castle More Info
Starring: Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Joyce Grenfell, Mervyn Johns, Peter Bull, Danny Green, Fenella Fielding, John Harvey, Amy Dalby An American car salesman, Tom Penderel (Tom Poston), delivers a car to a spooky, old house where he finds the owner dead. The family members are very strange, and, as a storm rages outside, members of the family are killed one-by-one while Penderel tries to figure out who is responsible. |
1963 Paranoiac Thriller N/R, 80 Minutes
Director: Freddie Francis More Info
Starring: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Liliane Brousse, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Alexander Davion, John Bonney, John Stuart, Harold Lang, Arnold Diamond Eleanor Ashby (Janette Scott) thinks she has seen her long-dead brother, Tony (Alexander Davion), and believes she is going mad. When it appears that Tony has returned, his wealthy, but dysfunctional family–including brother Simon (Oliver Reed)–have major problems dealing with it and suspect foul play. Jealousy ensues as family members try to figure out what is really happening. |
1963 The Sadist Horror / Thriller N/R, 95 Minutes
Director: James Landis More Info
Starring: Arch Hall Jr., Helen Hovey, Richard Alden, Marilyn Manning, Don Russell, Arch Hall Sr. Now here's a truly scary film with little comic relief. Low budget as it is, it still has a strong impact on the viewer. Three teachers– Doris Page, Ed Stiles, and Carl Oliver (Helen Hovey, Richard Alden, and Don Russell)–heading to a baseball game at Dodger Stadium, have car trouble and stop at a junkyard/garage on a small street. Unfortunately for them, psychotic killer Charlie Tibbs (Arch Hall Jr.) and his ditsy girlfriend, Judy (Marilyn Manning), have stopped there during a national killing spree. |
1963 Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse Foreign / Sci-Fi / Drama / Mystery / Thriller N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Paul May More Info
Starring: Peter van Eyck, Sabine Bethmann, Dieter Borsche, Werner Peters, Klaus Kinski, Wolfgang Preiss, Walter Rilla, Agnes Windeck, Albrecht Schoenhals, Wolfgang Lukschy Dr. Mabuse's spirit (Wolfgang Preiss) takes over the body of a renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Pohland (Walter Rilla), thus starting another reign of terror–including stealing a device that can control peoples' minds. His goal: overthrow the government of England (He wasn't having too much luck in Germany.) as a springboard to bigger things. Now, Major Bill Tern (Peter van Eyck) is on his trail. |
1963 The Terror Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Drama N/R, 81 Minutes
Director: Roger Corman More Info
Starring: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller, Dorothy Neumann, Jonathan Haze, Rick Dean, Wayne Grace Lt. Andre Duvalier (Jack Nicholson) has collapsed from exhaustion along a beach when he is awakened by a beautiful woman (Sandra Knight) who then disappears into the sea. She reappears and then disappears again, and Duvalier follows her trail, which leads to the castle of Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe (Boris Karloff). The Baron is being haunted by his dead wife who, Duvalier believes is the mystery woman. It turns out that the "Baron" is an imposter who killed the real Baron, and the servant, Stefan (Dick Miller), holds the key to what is really happening. |
1963 Twice-Told Tales Horror / Thriller N/R, 119 Minutes
Director: Sidney Salkow More Info
Starring: Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Mari Blanchard, Brett Halsey, Beverly Garland, Richard Denning, Abraham Sofaer, Edith Evanson, Jacqueline deWit, Joyce Taylor Three Nathaniel Hawthorne stories are included in this horror offering. In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," Heidegger (Sebastian Cabot) tries to give the gift of youth to his elderly friends. In the second story, "Rappaccini's Daughter," a demented father (Vincent Price) inoculates his daughter with a poison so that she will never leave him. Finally, in "The House of Seven Gables," Gerald Pyncheon (Vincent Price) returns home to search for a vault hidden in the estate–despite the fact that the vault contains a curse that has caused the deaths of Pyncheon men over the last 100 years. |
1963 X Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller N/R, 80 Minutes
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