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1960s Horror
The horror that defined the 1960s — ranked by Crypt Score, from era-defining classics to the deep cuts worth resurrecting.
203 titles
Psycho
›R1960 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 109m · Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries
›TV-PG1962 · Crime, Mystery, Drama · 3 seasons · Alfred Hitchcock
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
Rosemary's Baby
›R1968 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 138m · Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
The Outer LimitsSeries
›TV-PG1963 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2 seasons
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
Night of the Living Dead
›NR1968 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 96m · Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Marilyn Eastman
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
›1962 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 135m · Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
The Addams FamilySeries
›TV-G1964 · Comedy, Family · 2 seasons · Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Jackie Coogan
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
Repulsion
›NR1965 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 105m · Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
Peeping Tom
›NR1960 · Horror, Thriller, Crime · 101m · Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
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 involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
The Innocents
›NR1961 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 100m · Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Wait Until Dark
›NR1967 · Thriller, Horror · 108m · Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.
Dark ShadowsSeries
›TV-PG1966 · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Soap · 12 seasons · Jonathan Frid, Alexandra Isles, Grayson Hall
Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; indeed, as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles.
The Birds
›NR1963 · Horror, Thriller · 119m · Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
The MunstersSeries
›TV-G1964 · Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family · 2 seasons · Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Butch Patrick
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
ThrillerSeries
›TV-PG1960 · Crime · 2 seasons · Boris Karloff
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.
BewitchedSeries
›TV-G1964 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family · 8 seasons · Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
Seconds
›R1966 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 107m · Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
›1964 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 133m · Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
›1964 · Crime, Thriller, Drama · 116m · Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
The Haunting
›G1963 · Horror · 112m · Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
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 lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
Village of the Damned
›NR1960 · Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens
In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.
Targets
›R1968 · Thriller, Crime, Drama · 90m · Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Arthur Peterson
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.
Taste of Fear
›NR1961 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 82m · Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd
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 estate.
Dead Ringer
›1964 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 116m · Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.