A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend’s head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body. Director: Joseph Green Writers: Joseph Green (screenplay), Rex Carlton (original story) Stars: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Anthony La Penna

A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo. Director: Harold P. Warren Writer: Harold P. Warren (screenplay) Stars: Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Adelson

Children turned into zombies wreak havoc in a coroner’s building with just a burned-out psychic, an experienced cop and two coroners to stop the madness. Director: James Cummins Writer: James Cummins Stars: Ed Nelson, Deborah Rose, Norman Fell

After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man’s American cousins. Director: Paul Landres Writers: Pat Fielder (story), Pat Fielder (screenplay) Stars: Francis Lederer, Norma Eberhardt, Ray Stricklyn

A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a bloodthirsty, flesh-eating breed of monsters who are ravaging the East Coast of the United States. Director: George A. Romero Writers: John A. Russo (screenplay) (as John Russo), George A. Romero (screenplay) Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman

A romance novelist appoints a would-be writer as his secretary. Although she is initially dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they begin to fall in love. Director: Charles Martin Writer: Charles Martin Stars: Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn

A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travellers and bury them alive, using them to create the “special meat” they are famous for. Director: Kevin Connor Writers: Robert Jaffe, Steven-Charles Jaffe Stars: Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons

A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife. Director: William Castle Writer: Robb White Stars: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long

A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it’s carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it. Directors: Roger Corman, Charles B. Griffith (uncredited) Writer: Charles B. Griffith (screenplay) Stars: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles

A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement. Director: Tony Maylam Writers: Harvey Weinstein (original story), Tony Maylam (original story) Stars: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer

A man’s vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society. Director: George Pal Writers: David Duncan (screenplay), H.G. Wells (novel) Stars: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux