Directing

Herbert L. Strock

Born January 13, 1918 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died November 30, 2005 · aged 87

Herbert L. Strock (January 13, 1918 - November 30, 2005) was an American television producer and director, and a B-movie director of titles such as I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), How to Make a Monster (1958) and The Crawling Hand (1963). Strock was born in Boston, and moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was 13. By 17, while a student at Beverly Hills High School, Strock was directo…

Known For

MonstroidMonstroid · 1980
Monstroid
3.61980
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A rural Colombian village is attacked by a horrible sea serpent, aroused by industrial pollution of a nearby lake. Based on a real event that took place in June of 1971.
Carnival of SoulsCarnival of Souls · 1962
Carnival of Souls
6.91962
MovieHorrorMystery
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.
Hurray for Betty BoopHurray for Betty Boop · 1980
Hurray for Betty Boop
7.31980
MovieAnimationComedy
Betty Boop runs for president in a loose storyline assembled from Fleischer cartoons redrawn by Korean animators.
Psycho SistersPsycho Sisters · 1974
Psycho Sisters
10.01974
MovieHorrorTV Movie
After her husband dies, a woman begins to have a nervous breakdown and is consoled by her younger sister. Soon, however, other members of the family begin to suspect the younger woman's motives.
The Magnetic MonsterThe Magnetic Monster · 1953
The Magnetic Monster
5.61953
MovieScience FictionHorror
The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.
I Was a Teenage FrankensteinI Was a Teenage Frankenstein · 1957
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
5.61957
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Professor Frankenstein creates a teenager from an accident victim, who gets angry when he learns he is going to be taken apart.
Witches' BrewWitches' Brew · 1980
Witches' Brew
4.91980
MovieHorrorComedy
Three women use witchcraft to help their professor husbands further their careers. When a higher position becomes available in the university, they turn on each other.
SharkShark · 1969
Shark
4.31969
MovieActionThriller
A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He's not the only one.

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