Decade
1960s Horror
The horror that defined the 1960s — ranked by Crypt Score, from era-defining classics to the deep cuts worth resurrecting.
203 titles
Eye of the Devil
›NR1966 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Sharon Tate
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
Witchcraft
›1964 · Horror · 79m · Lon Chaney Jr., Jack Hedley, Jill Dixon
When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
Island of Terror
›1966 · Horror, Science Fiction · 89m · Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray
A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
›1966 · Horror · 91m · Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco
Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his power over the beautiful women who serve at the Tsar's palace. Even the Tsarina herself is seduced by his evil ways and, as his influence begins to dominate government policy, there is only one course of action left... to destroy him before he destroys them all.
Circus of Horrors
›NR1960 · Horror, Crime · 88m · Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.
The Witches
›1966 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 89m · Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.
Fanatic
›1965 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 97m · Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan
A young woman is terrorized by her former fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death. Also known as Die! Die! My Darling!
Corruption
›R1968 · Horror · 91m · Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen
A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects only last for a short time, so he has to kill more and more women. It is ultimately a killing spree which ends with considerable death and disaster.
The Psychopath
›NR1966 · Horror, Mystery · 83m · Patrick Wymark, Margaret Johnston, John Standing
Four men involved in the investigation of a German millionaire at the end of World War II are found murdered with tiny dolls beside their corpses.
Chamber of Horrors
›NR1966 · Horror, Crime, Thriller · 99m · Patrick O'Neal, Cesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White
A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
The Black Torment
›1964 · Horror, Mystery · 86m · Heather Sears, John Turner, Ann Lynn
A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumours that he had already secretly returned and had committed several murders. Has he lost his mind, or is something dark afoot ?
The Evil of Frankenstein
›1964 · Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Peter Cushing, Peter Woodthorpe, Duncan Lamont
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
The Oblong Box
›PG1969 · Horror · 96m · Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies
Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.
Lady in a Cage
›1964 · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 94m · Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Jennifer Billingsley
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
Die, Monster, Die!
›1965 · Science Fiction, Horror · 80m · Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Suzan Farmer
A young man visits his fiancé's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results.
The Cabinet of Caligari
›NR1962 · Horror, Thriller · 106m · Glynis Johns, Dan O'Herlihy, Richard Davalos
A delirious young woman feels trapped in a remote mansion at the mercy of a madman.
Maniac
›NR1963 · Crime, Mystery, Horror · 86m · Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
The Mask
›1961 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Anne Collings
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 mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask.
The Hypnotic Eye
›1960 · Horror · 79m · Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson
A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.
Theatre of Death
›1967 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Christopher Lee, Julian Glover, Lelia Goldoni
The Theatre of Death in Paris specialises in horror presentations. A police surgeon finds himself becoming involved in the place through his attraction to one of the performers. When bloodless bodies start showing up all over town he realises there could be links with the theatre.
Dementia 13
›NR1963 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 75m · William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton
A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
The Earth Dies Screaming
›1964 · Horror, Science Fiction · 62m · Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price
A crack test pilot lands to find the planet has been devastated by unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward off control by a group of killer robots.
The Shuttered Room
›1967 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 99m · Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Oliver Reed
In a small island off the American coast, the Whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. After her parents get killed by lightning, young Susannah is sent to New York by her aunt Agatha, who wants her to avoid the family curse. Years later Susannah, now married, persuades her husband to spend a holiday in the abandoned mill. Once on the island, Susannah and Mike soon find themselves exposed to the hostility of a gang of thugs led by Ethan, Susannah's brutal cousin.
The Flesh Eaters
›1964 · Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Martin Kosleck, Byron Sanders, Barbara Wilkin
An alcoholic actress, her personal assistant, and their pilot are downed on a secluded isle by bad weather, where a renegade Nazi scientist is using ocean life to develop a solvent for human flesh. The tiny flesh-eating sea critters that result certainly give our heroes a run for their money - and lives.
