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The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955) -- The countryside is invaded by a series of weird events: Birds go after humans. Normally tranquil animals turn vicious. A rancher discovers that a mysterious creature with a million eyes is feeding on the animals' brains.
Pajama Party (1964) -- Sent to Earth to prepare an Invasion, a Martian scout lands amidst a swim party and tries to convince everyone that he really is who he says.
Pitch (1997) -- Two young writers try to pitch their script to the big and famous.
Sergeant Dead Head (1965) -- Girl-shy/accident-prone Sgt. Deadhead (Franke Avalon) accidently goes into orbit with a chimp and returns to Earth with an aggressive new personality.
Fireball 500 (1966) -- A stock-car racing driver arrives in a town, hoping to win money at its track. A promoter hires him for an evening cross-country race, which turns out to be a bootlegging run.
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Date of Birth:

12 June 1918, Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA more

Date of Death:

16 September 2001, Burbank, California, USA more

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By the early 1950's, Samuel Z. Arkoff was a brash 30-ish lawyer scratching... more

Trivia:

Father-in-law of Joe Roth. more

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Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
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Exclusive Interview: The Many Lives of Mark Damon (Part One)
 (From Fangoria. 12 January 2009, 12:53 AM, PST)
Sam Arkoff Dies At 83
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 18 September 2001)

Alternate Names:

Samuel Arkoff | Sam Arkoff | Samuel Z.Arkoff

Filmography

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Producer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Teenage Caveman (2002) (TV) (executive producer) 2002 - 3.2 (1,768)
- 2. Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature (2001) (TV)   (executive producer) 2001 - 5.6 (1,787)
AKAs:
  • She Creature (USA: alternative title)
- 3. The Day the World Ended (2001) (TV) (executive producer) 2001 - 4.3 (710)
- 4. Earth vs. the Spider (2001) (TV) (executive producer) 2001 - 4.0 (1,213)
- 5. The Haunting (1999)   (executive producer) (uncredited) 1999 $177M 4.6 (29,893)
AKAs:
  • La maldición (USA: Spanish title)
- 6. Hellhole (1985)   (executive producer) 1985 - 4.2 (111)
AKAs:
  • Hell Hole
- 7. Up the Creek (1984) (executive producer) 1984 - 5.0 (1,052)
- 8. The Final Terror (1983)   (executive producer) 1983 - 4.3 (446)
AKAs:
  • Bump in the Night
  • Campsite Massacre
  • Carnivore (USA: TV title)
  • The Forest Primeval
- 9. Q (1982)   (executive producer) 1982 - 6.1 (1,722)
AKAs:
  • Q: The Winged Serpent
  • Serpent
  • The Winged Serpent
- 10. Dressed to Kill (1980) (executive producer) 1980 - 7.1 (8,628)
- 11. The Earthling (1980) (producer) (uncredited) 1980 - 6.7 (469)
- 12. How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980) (executive producer) 1980 - 5.6 (450)
- 13. C.H.O.M.P.S (1979) (executive producer) 1979 - 4.3 (305)
- 14. The Amityville Horror (1979) (executive producer) 1979 - 5.8 (9,593)
- 15. California Dreaming (1979) (executive producer) 1979 - 5.1 (251)
- 16. Stridulum (1979)   (executive producer) 1979 - 2.8 (322)
AKAs:
  • The Visitor (USA)
- 17. Our Winning Season (1978) (executive producer) 1978 - 5.2 (53)
- 18. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) (executive producer) 1977 - 5.6 (1,663)
- 19. The People That Time Forgot (1977) (executive producer) (as Samuel Z.Arkoff) 1977 - 5.0 (773)
- 20. Empire of the Ants (1977)   (producer) 1977 - 2.9 (1,453)
AKAs:
  • H.G. Wells' Empire of the Ants (USA: complete title)
- 21. A Matter of Time (1976)   (producer) 1976 - 4.7 (148)
AKAs:
  • Nina (Italy)
- 22. Futureworld (1976) (executive producer) 1976 - 5.7 (2,121)
- 23. The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)   (executive producer) 1976 - 6.0 (318)
AKAs:
  • Wildcat
- 24. The Food of the Gods (1976)   (executive producer) 1976 - 3.3 (1,215)
AKAs:
  • H.G. Wells' Food of the Gods
- 25. Gli esecutori (1976)   (executive producer) 1976 - 4.6 (180)
AKAs:
  • La croce siciliana (Italy: alternative title)
  • Street People (USA)
  • The Executioner
  • The Executors (UK: video title)
  • The Sicilian Cross (UK)
  • Uomo del'organizzazione (Italy: alternative title)
- 26. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) (executive producer) 1976 - 5.9 (844)
- 27. Dragonfly (1976)   (executive producer) 1976 - 4.9 (78)
AKAs:
  • One Summer Love (USA: reissue title)
- 28. Return to Macon County (1975)   (executive producer) 1975 - 5.3 (231)
AKAs:
  • The Last Escape (Philippines: English title)
- 29. The Land That Time Forgot (1975)   (producer) (uncredited) 1975 - 5.3 (1,527)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot (UK: complete title)
- 30. Hennessy (1975) (producer) 1975 - 5.9 (169)
- 31. Cooley High (1975) (executive producer) 1975 - 7.0 (829)
- 32. The Wild Party (1975) (executive producer) 1975 - 5.3 (208)
- 33. Abby (1974)   (executive producer) 1974 - 5.6 (250)
AKAs:
  • Possess My Soul
- 34. Madhouse (1974)   (executive producer) 1974 - 5.9 (764)
AKAs:
  • Deathday
  • The Madhouse of Dr. Fear
  • The Revenge of Dr. Death
- 35. Sugar Hill (1974)   (executive producer) 1974 - 5.0 (308)
AKAs:
  • The Zombies of Sugar Hill
  • Voodoo Girl
- 36. Hell Up in Harlem (1973) (executive producer) 1973 - 5.8 (375)
- 37. Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)   (executive producer) 1973 - 5.2 (165)
AKAs:
  • Slaughter 2 (USA: alternative title)
- 38. Heavy Traffic (1973) (producer) 1973 - 6.6 (762)
- 39. Dillinger (1973) (executive producer) 1973 - 6.7 (1,578)
- 40. Coffy (1973) (executive producer) (uncredited) 1973 - 6.7 (2,948)
- 41. The Final Programme (1973)   (executive producer) 1973 - 5.4 (259)
AKAs:
  • The Last Days of Man on Earth (USA)
- 42. Blacula (1972) (producer) 1972 - 5.4 (1,460)
- 43. Slaughter (1972)   (executive producer) 1972 - 5.7 (239)
AKAs:
  • Masacre (Mexico)
- 44. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) (producer) 1972 - 6.4 (1,768)
- 45. Boxcar Bertha (1972) (executive producer) (uncredited) (producer) (uncredited) 1972 - 6.1 (2,571)
- 46. Frogs (1972) (co-executive producer) 1972 - 3.8 (1,913)
- 47. Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga (1972)   (executive producer) 1972 - 5.9 (881)
AKAs:
  • The Torture Chamber of Baron Blood (USA: long title)
  • Baron Blood (USA)
  • Chamber of Tortures
  • The Blood Baron
  • The Thirst of Baron Blood
- 48. An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1972) (executive producer) 1972 - 7.9 (230)
- 49. Bunny O'Hare (1971) (executive producer) 1971 - 5.4 (293)
- 50. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)   (executive producer) 1971 - 5.1 (317)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue (USA: complete title)
- 51. Gojira tai Hedorâ (1971)   (executive producer) 1971 - 5.5 (1,001)
AKAs:
  • Godzilla vs. Hedora (International: English title: informal literal title)
  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (UK: video title)
  • Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (USA)
- 52. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)   (executive producer) 1971 - 7.0 (3,998)
AKAs:
  • Dr. Phibes (USA: promotional title)
  • The Curse of Dr. Phibes
- 53. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)   (producer) 1971 - 5.8 (380)
AKAs:
  • Who Slew Auntie Roo? (USA: poster title)
- 54. Up in the Cellar (1970)   (producer) 1970 - 5.2 (80)
AKAs:
  • Three in the Cellar
- 55. Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû (1970)   (producer) (US version) 1970 - 5.6 (173)
AKAs:
  • Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû
  • Supesu Amîba (Japan: informal alternative title)
  • The Space Amoeba
  • Yog: Monster from Space (USA)
  • Yog: The Space Amoeba
- 56. Cry of the Banshee (1970) (producer) 1970 - 5.1 (507)
- 57. Wuthering Heights (1970) (producer) 1970 - 6.6 (578)
- 58. Dorian Gray (1970)   (executive producer) 1970 - 5.4 (211)
AKAs:
  • Dorian Gray (UK) (USA)
  • Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (West Germany)
  • Il dio chiamato Dorian (Italy)
  • The Evils of Dorian Gray
  • The Secret of Dorian Gray
- 59. Bloody Mama (1970) (executive producer) 1970 - 5.3 (1,094)
- 60. The Dunwich Horror (1970) (executive producer) 1970 - 5.1 (1,141)
- 61. De Sade (1969)   (producer) 1969 - 2.5 (274)
AKAs:
  • Das ausschweifende Leben des Marquis de Sade
  • Die Liebesabenteuer des Marquis S
- 62. Chastity (1969) (executive producer) (uncredited) 1969 - 4.5 (187)
- 63. Three in the Attic (1968)   (producer) 1968 - 5.2 (139)
AKAs:
  • 3 in the Attic (USA: alternative title)
- 64. Witchfinder General (1968)   (executive producer) 1968 - 6.9 (2,539)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Conqueror Worm
  • Matthew Hopkins: Conqueror Worm (USA: alternative title)
  • Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General (USA)
  • The Conqueror Worm (USA)
- 65. The Savage Seven (1968) (executive producer) 1968 - 5.0 (109)
- 66. Wild in the Streets (1968) (producer) 1968 - 5.8 (798)
- 67. Devil's Angels (1967) (executive producer) 1967 - 4.4 (108)
- 68. Thunder Alley (1967)   (executive producer) 1967 - 5.5 (89)
AKAs:
  • Hell Drivers
- 69. The Big T.N.T. Show (1966) (executive producer) 1966 - 7.9 (81)
- 70. Le spie vengono dal semifreddo (1966)   (executive producer) 1966 - 3.5 (241)
AKAs:
  • Dr. Goldfoot and the 'S' Bomb (UK)
  • Dr. Goldfoot and the 'S' Bombs
  • Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (USA)
  • Dr. Goldfoot and the Love Bomb
  • Dr. Goldfoot and the Sex Bombs
  • I due mafiosi dell'F.B.I. (Italy)
  • Il clan dei due mafiosi (Italy: reissue title)
  • Spies Come from Half-Cold
  • The Spy Came from the Semi-Cold (International: English title: literal title)
  • Two Mafia Guys from the FBI (International: English title: literal title)
- 71. The Wild Angels (1966) (executive producer) 1966 - 5.5 (683)
- 72. Fireball 500 (1966) (producer) 1966 - 4.7 (137)
- 73. The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) (producer) 1966 - 2.7 (408)
- 74. Queen of Blood (1966)   (producer) 1966 - 4.8 (396)
AKAs:
  • Planet of Blood
  • Planet of Terror
  • Planet of Vampires
  • The Green Woman
- 75. Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)   (producer) 1965 - 4.7 (703)
AKAs:
  • Dr. G and the Bikini Machine (UK)
- 76. Die, Monster, Die! (1965)   (executive producer) 1965 - 5.4 (897)
AKAs:
  • Monster of Terror (UK)
  • The House at the End of the World
- 77. Terrore nello spazio (1965)   (executive producer) 1965 - 6.2 (1,334)
AKAs:
  • Planet of Blood
  • Planet of the Vampires (USA)
  • Space Mutants
  • Terror en el espacio (Spain)
  • Terror in Space
  • The Demon Planet (USA: TV title)
  • The Haunted Planet
  • The Haunted World
  • The Outlawed Planet
  • The Planet of Terror
  • The Planet of the Damned
- 78. Sergeant Dead Head (1965)   (producer) 1965 - 4.3 (50)
AKAs:
  • Sergeant Deadhead, the Astronut
- 79. Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon (1965)   (executive producer) (producer) (US version) 1965 - 3.3 (700)
AKAs:
  • Frankenstein Conquers the World (USA)
  • Frankenstein Meets the Giant Devil Fish
  • Frankenstein and the Giant Lizard
  • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (International: English title)
  • Frankenstein vs. the Giant Devil Fish
  • Frankenstein vs. the Subterranean Monster
  • Furankensuten to Baragon
- 80. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) (producer) 1965 - 3.3 (482)
- 81. Ski Party (1965) (co-executive producer) (uncredited) 1965 - 4.8 (156)
- 82. The City Under the Sea (1965)   (executive producer) (uncredited) 1965 - 5.2 (520)
AKAs:
  • City in the Sea (USA)
  • War-Gods of the Deep (USA)
- 83. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) (producer) 1965 - 5.1 (905)
- 84. Sinbad contro i sette saraceni (1964)   (producer) 1964 - 3.3 (41)
AKAs:
  • Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (USA)
  • Hawk of Bagdad (USA: TV title)
  • Sinbad Against the 7 Saracens (USA: TV title)
  • Sinbad and the 7 Saracens (International: English title: video title)
- 85. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)   (producer) (uncredited) 1964 - 6.6 (1,302)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Allan Poe's The Tomb of Ligeia (UK: complete title)
  • Last Tomb of Ligeia
  • Ligeia
  • Tomb of the Cat
- 86. Pajama Party (1964)   (producer) 1964 - 3.2 (407)
AKAs:
  • The Maid and the Martian
- 87. The Time Travelers (1964)   (producer) (uncredited) 1964 - 5.6 (307)
AKAs:
  • Depths of the Unknown
  • The Return of the Time Traveler
  • The Return of the Time Travelers
  • This Time Tomorrow
  • Time Trap
- 88. Uchu daikaijû Dogora (1964)   (executive producer) (US dubbed version) 1964 - 5.6 (163)
AKAs:
  • Dagora, the Space Monster (USA)
  • Space Monster Dogora
- 89. Bikini Beach (1964) (producer) 1964 - 5.0 (379)
- 90. La cripta e l'incubo (1964)   (executive producer) 1964 - 5.4 (153)
AKAs:
  • Crypt of the Vampire (USA)
  • La maledicion de los Karnstein (Spain)
  • Terror in the Crypt (USA)
- 91. Muscle Beach Party (1964) (executive producer) 1964 - 3.5 (470)
- 92. The Last Man on Earth (1964)   (executive producer) 1964 - 6.9 (4,893)
AKAs:
  • L'ultimo uomo della terra (Italy: dubbed version)
  • Naked Terror
  • Night People
  • The Night Creatures
  • Vento di morte
  • Wind of Death
- 93. Roma contro Roma (1964)   (executive producer) 1964 - 4.1 (30)
AKAs:
  • Night Star: Goddess of Electra (USA: TV title)
  • Rome Against Rome (USA)
  • War of the Zombies (USA)
- 94. The Comedy of Terrors (1963)   (producer) 1963 - 6.6 (1,145)
AKAs:
  • The Graveside Story
- 95. Dai tozoku (1963)   (producer) (english version) 1963 - 6.2 (88)
AKAs:
  • The Adventures of Sinbad
  • The Great Thief
  • The Lost World of Sinbad (USA)
  • The Samurai Pirate
- 96. X (1963)   (executive producer) 1963 - 6.8 (1,651)
AKAs:
  • Man with the X-Ray Eyes
  • X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (USA: alternative title)
- 97. The Haunted Palace (1963)   (executive producer) 1963 - 6.6 (1,367)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace (USA: promotional title)
  • The Haunted Village
- 98. Invasion of the Star Creatures (1963) (producer) 1963 - 2.4 (140)
- 99. Beach Party (1963) (executive producer) 1963 - 5.4 (572)
- 100. Operation Bikini (1963)   (executive producer) 1963 - 3.6 (103)
AKAs:
  • The Seafighters
- 101. The Raven (1963) (executive producer) 1963 - 6.7 (2,924)
- 102. L'ira di Achille (1962)   (producer) 1962 - 5.1 (65)
AKAs:
  • Achilles (UK)
  • Fury of Achilles (USA)
- 103. Panic in Year Zero! (1962)   (executive producer) 1962 - 6.6 (992)
AKAs:
  • End of the World
  • Panic in Year Zero (USA: poster title)
- 104. Tales of Terror (1962)   (executive producer) 1962 - 6.7 (1,730)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Terror (USA: alternative title)
  • Poe's Tales of Terror
- 105. Night of the Eagle (1962)   (producer) 1962 - 6.9 (486)
AKAs:
  • Burn, Witch, Burn! (USA)
- 106. Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) (producer) 1962 - 4.8 (297)
- 107. Premature Burial (1962) (producer) 1962 - 6.5 (1,050)
- 108. Pit and the Pendulum (1961)   (executive producer) 1961 - 7.0 (3,330)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Pit and the Pendulum (USA: complete title)
  • The Pit and the Pendulum (USA: alternative title)
- 109. Master of the World (1961) (executive producer) 1961 - 5.9 (715)
- 110. Reptilicus (1961) (producer) 1961 - 3.4 (870)
- 111. Space Men (1960)   (executive producer) 1960 - 3.0 (246)
AKAs:
  • Assignment Outer Space
- 112. La vendetta di Ercole (1960)   (executive producer) (english language version) 1960 - 4.8 (125)
AKAs:
  • Goliath and the Dragon (USA)
  • Hercules' Revenge (USA)
  • La vengeance d'Hercule (France)
  • Vengeance of Hercules (USA)
- 113. La maschera del demonio (1960)   (executive producer) (U.S. version) 1960 - 7.5 (2,896)
AKAs:
  • Black Sunday (USA)
  • House of Fright
  • Mask of the Demon
  • Revenge of the Vampire (UK)
  • The Demon's Mask
  • The Hour When Dracula Comes
  • The Mask of Satan
- 114. Circus of Horrors (1960)   (producer) 1960 - 6.2 (515)
AKAs:
  • Phantom of the Circus
- 115. Saiyu-ki (1960)   (producer) (English version) 1960 - 4.7 (94)
AKAs:
  • Alakazam the Great (USA)
  • The Enchanted Monkey (International: English title: literal title)
  • The Magic Land of Alakazam (USA)
- 116. Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959) (producer) 1959 - 4.1 (146)
- 117. Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)   (producer) 1959 - 6.0 (305)
AKAs:
  • Crime in the Museum of Horrors (USA)
- 118. Paratroop Command (1959) (producer) 1959 - 5.1 (57)
- 119. Submarine Seahawk (1958)   (executive producer) 1958 - 5.0 (77)
AKAs:
  • Submarine X-2 (USA: alternative title)
- 120. Earth vs. the Spider (1958)   (executive producer) 1958 - 3.2 (1,047)
AKAs:
  • Earth vs. the Giant Spider
  • The Spider (USA: promotional title)
- 121. La morte viene dallo spazio (1958)   (executive producer) 1958 - 4.4 (196)
AKAs:
  • Le danger vient de l'éspace (France)
  • The Day the Sky Exploded (International: English title)
- 122. Teenage Cave Man (1958)   (executive producer) 1958 - 2.4 (653)
AKAs:
  • Out of the Darkness
  • Prehistoric World
- 123. High School Hellcats (1958)   (executive producer) 1958 - 5.8 (64)
AKAs:
  • School for Violence (UK)
- 124. War of the Colossal Beast (1958)   (executive producer) 1958 - 2.3 (713)
AKAs:
  • Revenge of the Colossal Man
  • The Terror Strikes
- 125. Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) (executive producer) 1958 - 6.4 (345)
- 126. Suicide Battalion (1958) (executive producer) 1958 - 3.7 (50)
- 127. The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) (producer) 1958 - 5.5 (117)
- 128. Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)   (executive producer) 1958 - 1.9 (644)
AKAs:
  • Cage of Doom
  • Terror from 5,000 A.D.
  • The Girl from 5,000 A.D.
- 129. The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)   (executive producer) 1957 - 2.1 (566)
AKAs:
  • The Saga of the Viking
  • The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent
  • Undersea Monster
  • Viking Women (UK)
- 130. The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) (executive producer) 1957 - 3.7 (1,126)
- 131. Motorcycle Gang (1957) (executive producer) 1957 - 4.6 (35)
- 132. Reform School Girl (1957) (producer) 1957 - 5.1 (91)
- 133. Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)   (executive producer) 1957 - 4.9 (389)
AKAs:
  • Invasion of the Hell Creatures (UK: new title)
  • Invasion of the Saucer-Men (USA: poster title)
- 134. Rock All Night (1957) (producer) 1957 - 5.6 (87)
- 135. Dragstrip Girl (1957) (executive producer) 1957 - 5.1 (45)
- 136. Voodoo Woman (1957) (executive producer) 1957 - 3.7 (129)
- 137. Runaway Daughters (1956) (executive producer) 1956 - 3.9 (36)
- 138. The She-Creature (1956) (executive producer) 1956 - 2.4 (663)
- 139. Girls in Prison (1956) (executive producer) 1956 - 5.0 (56)
- 140. It Conquered the World (1956)   (executive producer) (uncredited) 1956 - 4.8 (797)
AKAs:
  • It Conquered the Earth
- 141. The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)   (producer) 1955 - 2.7 (437)
AKAs:
  • The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes
- 142. "The Hank McCune Show" (1950) (producer) 1950 - -
Miscellaneous Crew
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Earthling (1980) (presenter) 1980 - 6.7 (469)
- 2. Nothing Personal (1980) (presenter) 1980 - 4.4 (81)
- 3. Defiance (1980) (presenter) 1980 - 5.8 (318)
- 4. The Amityville Horror (1979) (presenter) 1979 - 5.8 (9,593)
- 5. The Evictors (1979) (presenter) 1979 - 4.7 (156)
- 6. Grayeagle (1977) (presenter) 1977 - 5.4 (190)
- 7. Rolling Thunder (1977) (presenter) 1977 - 6.9 (1,284)
- 8. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) (presenter) 1977 - 5.6 (1,663)
- 9. The People That Time Forgot (1977) (presenter) (as Samuel Z.Arkoff) 1977 - 5.0 (773)
- 10. At the Earth's Core (1976)   (presenter) 1976 - 4.9 (1,097)
AKAs:
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs' At the Earth's Core (UK: complete title)
- 11. The Food of the Gods (1976)   (presenter) 1976 - 3.3 (1,215)
AKAs:
  • H.G. Wells' Food of the Gods
- 12. Blacula (1972) (presenter) 1972 - 5.4 (1,460)
- 13. The Thing with Two Heads (1972)   (presenter) 1972 - 2.9 (866)
AKAs:
  • The Beast with Two Heads
  • The Man with Two Heads
- 14. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)   (presenter) 1971 - 5.8 (380)
AKAs:
  • Who Slew Auntie Roo? (USA: poster title)
- 15. Wuthering Heights (1970) (presenter) 1970 - 6.6 (578)
- 16. Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) (presenter) 1969 - 5.9 (15)
- 17. Kaijû sôshingeki (1968)   (presenter) (US version) 1968 - 6.3 (1,024)
AKAs:
  • All Monsters Attack
  • Attack of the Marching Monsters
  • Destroy All Monsters (USA)
  • Gojira dengeki daisakusen (Japan: reissue title)
  • Monster Attack March
  • Monster Invasion (literal English title)
  • Operation Monsterland (UK)
  • The March of the Monsters
- 18. Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu (1968)   (presenter) (AIP-TV release) 1968 - 4.1 (346)
AKAs:
  • Destroy All Planets
  • Gamera tai Viras
  • Gamera vs. Outer Space Monster Viras
  • Gamera vs. Viras
- 19. Psych-Out (1968) (presenter) 1968 - 5.8 (912)
- 20. The Trip (1967/II) (presenter) 1967 - 6.0 (1,470)
- 21. The Born Losers (1967) (presenter) 1967 - 5.7 (755)
- 22. Thunder Alley (1967)   (presenter) 1967 - 5.5 (89)
AKAs:
  • Hell Drivers
- 23. Fireball 500 (1966) (presenter) 1966 - 4.7 (137)
- 24. The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) (presenter) 1966 - 2.7 (408)
- 25. The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot (1965) (TV) (presenter) 1965 - 6.0 (27)
- 26. Die, Monster, Die! (1965)   (presenter) 1965 - 5.4 (897)
AKAs:
  • Monster of Terror (UK)
  • The House at the End of the World
- 27. Sergeant Dead Head (1965)   (presenter) 1965 - 4.3 (50)
AKAs:
  • Sergeant Deadhead, the Astronut
- 28. Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon (1965)   (presenter) 1965 - 3.3 (700)
AKAs:
  • Frankenstein Conquers the World (USA)
  • Frankenstein Meets the Giant Devil Fish
  • Frankenstein and the Giant Lizard
  • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (International: English title)
  • Frankenstein vs. the Giant Devil Fish
  • Frankenstein vs. the Subterranean Monster
  • Furankensuten to Baragon
- 29. Ski Party (1965) (presenter) 1965 - 4.8 (156)
- 30. Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) (presenter) 1965 - 5.1 (905)
- 31. Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia (1964)   (presenter) 1964 - 4.3 (175)
AKAs:
  • Golia alla conquista di Bagdad (Italy)
  • Hercules and the Tyrants of Babylon (USA)
- 32. Sinbad contro i sette saraceni (1964)   (presenter) 1964 - 3.3 (41)
AKAs:
  • Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens (USA)
  • Hawk of Bagdad (USA: TV title)
  • Sinbad Against the 7 Saracens (USA: TV title)
  • Sinbad and the 7 Saracens (International: English title: video title)
- 33. Uchu daikaijû Dogora (1964)   (presenter) (USA dubbed version) 1964 - 5.6 (163)
AKAs:
  • Dagora, the Space Monster (USA)
  • Space Monster Dogora
- 34. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) (presenter) 1964 - 7.0 (2,816)
- 35. Muscle Beach Party (1964) (presenter) 1964 - 3.5 (470)
- 36. The Comedy of Terrors (1963)   (presenter) 1963 - 6.6 (1,145)
AKAs:
  • The Graveside Story
- 37. Kaitei gunkan (1963)   (presenter) (USA release) 1963 - 5.8 (203)
AKAs:
  • Atoragon: Flying Supersub
  • Atragon (USA)
  • Flying Supersub Atoragon
  • Undersea Battleship (International: English title: literal title)
- 38. Matango (1963)   (presenter) 1963 - 6.3 (827)
AKAs:
  • Attack of the Mushroom People (USA: TV title)
  • Curse of the Mushroom People
  • Fungus of Terror
  • Matango the Fungus of Terror
  • Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (USA: DVD box title)
  • Matango: Fungus of Terror
- 39. Lost Battalion (1962)   (presenter) 1962 - 3.2 (13)
AKAs:
  • Escape to Paradise (Philippines: English title)
- 40. Saiyu-ki (1960)   (presenter) 1960 - 4.7 (94)
AKAs:
  • Alakazam the Great (USA)
  • The Enchanted Monkey (International: English title: literal title)
  • The Magic Land of Alakazam (USA)
- 41. Attack of the Puppet People (1958)   (presenter) 1958 - 3.3 (704)
AKAs:
  • Six Inches Tall (UK)
  • The Fantastic Puppet People
- 42. Jet Attack (1958)   (presenter) 1958 - 3.2 (48)
AKAs:
  • Jet Alert (USA: alternative title)
  • Through Hell to Glory (UK)
- 43. Blood of Dracula (1957)   (presenter) 1957 - 2.8 (402)
AKAs:
  • Blood Is My Heritage (UK)
  • Blood of the Demon (Canada: English title)
- 44. I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) (presenter) 1957 - 4.1 (924)
- 45. Day the World Ended (1955) (presenter) 1955 - 5.2 (564)
- 46. The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) (presenter) 1955 - 2.7 (486)
Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Runaway Daughters (1994) (TV) (as Sam Arkoff) Storekeeper 1994 - 6.1 (129)
- 2. Naked Paradise (1957)   Sam (Man at Luau) 1957 - 3.9 (20)
AKAs:
  • Thunder Over Hawaii (USA: reissue title)
Thanks
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) (special thanks) 2007 - 7.7 (78)
- 2. Teenage Caveman (2002) (TV) (in loving memory) 2002 - 3.2 (1,768)
- 3. How to Make a Monster (2001) (TV) (in loving memory of) 2001 - 4.6 (953)
- 4. Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'The Tingler' (1999) (V) (special thanks) 1999 - 6.3 (69)
- 5. Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990) (special thanks) 1990 - 4.6 (325)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Fearmakers Collection (2007) (V) Himself 2007 - 6.2 (8)
- 2. Drive-in Movie Memories (2001) Himself 2001 - 8.2 (37)
- 3. It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001) (TV) Himself 2001 - 7.8 (34)
- 4. Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001) Himself 2001 - 7.6 (226)
- 5. Mario Bava: Maestro of the Macabre (2000) (TV) Himself 2000 - 6.9 (98)
- 6. "HBO First Look" (1992)   Himself (1 episode, 1999) 1999 - 6.4 (154)
1 TV episode:
- 7. "E! True Hollywood Story" (1996)   Himself (1 episode, 1999) 1999 - -
1 TV episode:
- 8. Some Nudity Required (1998) Himself 1998 - 5.7 (98)
- 9. The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998) (as Samuel Arkoff) Himself 1998 - 6.6 (16)
- 10. Playboy: The Story of X (1998) (V) Himself (distributor) 1998 - 6.3 (89)
- 11. Pitch (1997) Himself 1997 - 6.4 (285)
- 12. After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater (1995) (V) Himself 1995 - 5.7 (27)
- 13. The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters (1994) (TV) Himself 1994 - 7.2 (7)
- 14. The Troma System (1993) Himself 1993 - 7.6 (24)
- 15. Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies (1992) (TV) Himself 1992 - 6.5 (41)
- 16. The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991) (TV) Himself 1991 - -
- 17. "This Is Your Life" (1971)   Himself (1 episode, 1973) 1973 - 7.0 (26)
1 TV episode:
Archive Footage
- 1. The Fanex Files, Volume 2: Samuel Z. Arkoff (2008) (V) Himself
- 2. The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002) (TV) Himself (Memorial Tribute)

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