Samuel Z. Arkoff Movies

A comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the people who made them.

A demolition squad searches for how the Germans are getting tanks across a river. An Italian boy leads them to a bridge under the surface of the...

A woman working in the B movie industry begins examining the industry and the damaged, desperate people who work in it.

Second World War drama, set in the Philippines about a group of men recruited for the dangerous mission of destroying an American base to keep...

A student poet seduces his college president's wife, daughter, and girlfriend over lost financial aid.

A gang of outlaw bikers strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a small beach town; let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into...

Director Garry S. Grant’s insightful documentary celebrates the work and legacy of auteur filmmaker Mario Bava, the grand master of Italian...

Behind the scenes of Hollywood's low-budget movie industry. It is a powerful portrait of the fragility of fame and the cost of stardom. B-pictures...

Adventure - Moving to the unspoiled terrain of Africa was a risk the Mallory family survived. This family of animal trainers soon find themselves in...

Samuel Z. Arkoff, along with James Nicholson, founded the immensely successful American International Pictures. AIP discovered an untapped audience...

From THINGS to BODY SNATCHERS to CREATURES FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, sci-fi monsters dominated 1950s horror. Take a ride to an era of drive-ins, Red...