🩸 Best Horror Movies of the 1960s

Discover 73 essential horror films from the 1960s. The ScreamDesk Vault's definitive guide to 1960s horror cinema.

73 Films
1965–1964 Span
A Devilish Homicide (1965)

A Devilish Homicide (1965)

Supernatural Horror
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)

A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)

Psychological Horror

A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to disi...

A Woman's Vengeance (1969)

A Woman's Vengeance (1969)

Supernatural Horror
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)

At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)

Brazilian Horror

Zé do Caixão is an undertaker in a small Brazilian town, searching for the perfect woman to bear him a superior child. Unable to conceive with his wif...

Bees Saal Baad (1962)

Bees Saal Baad (1962)

Supernatural

After a lusty Thakur rapes a young girl, she kills herself. Thereafter, the Thakur is killed by what the local people call the girl's vengeful spirit....

Bhoot Bungla (1965)

Bhoot Bungla (1965)

Comedy Horror

Rekha and her uncle Shyamlal are the only survivors in their family which has a long and painful history of death under bizarre and suspicious circums...

Black Sabbath (1963)

Black Sabbath (1963)

Anthology Horror

Three tales of supernatural horror include a woman plagued by threatening phone calls, a family targeted by vampiric monsters, and a deceased medium w...

Black Sunday (1960)

Black Sunday (1960)

Gothic Horror

A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the wit...

Blood and Black Lace (1964)

Blood and Black Lace (1964)

Giallo

Isabella, a young model, is murdered by a mysterious masked figure at a fashion house in Rome. When her diary, which details the house employees' many...

Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962)

Burn, Witch, Burn! (1962)

Supernatural

A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him....

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Carnival of Souls (1962)

Psychological Horror

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 Uta...

Die Toten Augen von London (1961)

Die Toten Augen von London (1961)

Crime Horror

A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money....

El Espejo de la Bruja (1962)

El Espejo de la Bruja (1962)

Witchcraft

A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge....

El Libro de Piedra (1969)

El Libro de Piedra (1969)

Psychological Horror

Julia, a governess, comes to work for a bourgeois family that lives in a forested property they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of a littl...

Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)

Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)

Supernatural Horror

A group of college students, led by Claudia, decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia...

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Body Horror

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders...

Gumnaam (1965)

Gumnaam (1965)

Mystery

Eight people are trapped on an island when their plane abandons them. They find a large mansion whose butler is expecting them. Then one by one, they ...

Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)

Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)

Body Horror

After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lu...

Hour of the Wolf (1968)

Hour of the Wolf (1968)

Psychological Horror

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desir...

House of Usher (1960)

House of Usher (1960)

Gothic Horror

Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the curse...

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Psychological Thriller

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative....

Jigoku (1960)

Jigoku (1960)

Supernatural Horror

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell....

Kohraa (1964)

Kohraa (1964)

Psychological Horror

A frightened second wife, a guilt-ridden widower, and a servant still devoted to her former mistress — all three tormented by the memory of a dead wom...

Kuroneko (1968)

Kuroneko (1968)

Supernatural Horror

In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returni...

Kwaidan (1964)

Kwaidan (1964)

Anthology

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money wit...

La Maldición de la Llorona (1963)

La Maldición de la Llorona (1963)

Supernatural Horror

A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits....

Le streghe (1967)

Le streghe (1967)

Anthology

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from w...

Macario (1960)

Macario (1960)

Folk Horror

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, t...

Matango (1963)

Matango (1963)

Sci-Fi Horror

Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try ...

Nightmare (1964)

Nightmare (1964)

Psychological Horror

A young woman is plagued by nightmares of her asylum-patient mother. Upon returning to her family home, the nightmares become real when she sees a str...

Onibaba (1964)

Onibaba (1964)

Folk Horror

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever val...

Paranoiac (1963)

Paranoiac (1963)

Psychological Thriller

Eleven years ago, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide...

Peeping Tom (1960)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Psychological Thriller

Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which i...

Raaz (1967)

Raaz (1967)

Supernatural

Kumar, though of Indian origin, lives in Africa. He has recurring dreams of a Railway Station in India called "Viran Nagar". He decides to find for hi...

Repulsion (1965)

Repulsion (1965)

Psychological Horror

Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leave...

Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)

Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)

Black Comedy

In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes th...

Taste of Fear (1961)

Taste of Fear (1961)

Psychological Thriller

A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the...

The Blind Beast (1969)

The Blind Beast (1969)

Psychological Horror

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a d...

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

Gothic

A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently u...

The City of the Dead (1960)

The City of the Dead (1960)

Witchcraft

In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake. 300 years later, a college student arrives...

The Cremator (1969)

The Cremator (1969)

Psychological Horror

In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism....

The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)

The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)

Supernatural

A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits....

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

Werewolf

A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges....

The Devil Rides Out (1968)

The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Supernatural

The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul ...

The Ghost (1963)

The Ghost (1963)

Gothic

Horror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film....

The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)

The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)

Giallo

A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings....

The Gorgon (1964)

The Gorgon (1964)

Gothic Horror

In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The per...

The Green Elephant (1969)

The Green Elephant (1969)

Psychological
The Haunting (1963)

The Haunting (1963)

Psychological Horror

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lie...

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)

Gothic

In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from...

The House That Screamed (1969)

The House That Screamed (1969)

Gothic Horror

Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the...

The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

Vampire

Honeymooning in Bavaria, a young couple becomes stranded and is forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau th...

The Living Skeleton (1968)

The Living Skeleton (1968)

Supernatural

A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape his wife. Three years later her twin sister is kid...

The Long Hair of Death (1964)

The Long Hair of Death (1964)

Gothic

In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lie...

The Mask (1961)

The Mask (1961)

Supernatural

A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he m...

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Gothic

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land....

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

Zombie

Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. He discovers that one of the squires i...

The Public Cemetery Under the Moon (1967)

The Public Cemetery Under the Moon (1967)

Supernatural Horror

Kisaeng Wol-ha marries Kim Han-su, but soon dies because of a false accusation made up by her mother-in-law and very own servant. Now, the ghost of Wo...

The Reptile (1966)

The Reptile (1966)

Gothic Horror

Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by ...

The Sadist (1963)

The Sadist (1963)

Thriller

Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a blood...

The Skull (1965)

The Skull (1965)

Gothic

Esoterica collector Dr Maitland buys an unusual skull from his ordinary source; the artifact is what remains of the Marquis De Sade. Much too soon, Ma...

The Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968)

The Strange World of Coffin Joe (1968)

Brazilian Horror

Coffin Joe hosts this anthology of three short horror stories which feature a strange dollmaker, a necrophiliac balloon seller with a foot fetish, and...

The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)

The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963)

Gothic

Women are being tortured to death with various devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a mysterious, hooded figure who may be a notorious execution...

The Whip and the Body (1963)

The Whip and the Body (1963)

Gothic

Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance....

The Witch's Mirror (1960)

The Witch's Mirror (1960)

Supernatural
The Witchmaker (1969)

The Witchmaker (1969)

Witchcraft

A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women....

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)

This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967)

Brazilian Horror

Coffin Joe, the unholy undertaker, is back in town to continue his quest for the perfect woman, embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, a...

Torture Garden (1967)

Torture Garden (1967)

Anthology

A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr Diabolo, to warn people of foreseeable evil. One by one, skeptics stand befo...

Village of the Damned (1960)

Village of the Damned (1960)

Sci-fi Horror

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children h...

Viy (1967)

Viy (1967)

Folk Horror

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish ...

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Psychological Thriller

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion....

Witchfinder General (1968)

Witchfinder General (1968)

Folk Horror

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness ...

Woh Kaun Thi? (1964)

Woh Kaun Thi? (1964)

Supernatural

One stormy night, a doctor offers a ride to a ghostly woman he meets on the side of the road. Later, he discovers his intended bride is identical in a...

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