Best Horror Films of 1960
by tawsam | created - 15 Dec 2015 | updated - 06 Jan 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Psycho (1960)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Votes: 718,607 | Gross: $32.00M
Psychological Horror - One of the best horror films of all time. One of the first "modern" horror films, as well as one of the most influential films of the slasher genre.
2. Village of the Damned (1960)
Not Rated | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In the English village of Midwich, the blonde-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers.
Director: Wolf Rilla | Stars: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens, Michael Gwynn
Votes: 19,142
Sci Fi Horror - Classic film that combines science fiction and horror.
3. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror
A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Alexandre Rignault
Votes: 35,164 | Gross: $0.05M
Scientific Horror - A modern take on the classic Frankenstein story.
4. Peeping Tom (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
Votes: 39,285 | Gross: $0.08M
Slasher - Along with "Psycho" one of the most important precursors of the slasher genre.
5. House of Usher (1960)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Horror
Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
Votes: 15,448 | Gross: $3.16M
Gothic Horror - Atmospheric, if slightly uneven gothic horror film.
6. Black Sunday (1960)
Approved | 87 min | Horror
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 17,608
Gothic Horror - Good and atmospheric gothic horror film.
7. The Sinners of Hell (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Shigeru Amachi, Utako Mitsuya, Yôichi Numata, Hiroshi Hayashi
Votes: 4,575
Devil, Demons & Hell - Bizarre Japanese horror film with interesting depictions of hell.
8. The Housemaid (1960)
Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A composer and his wife are thrown into turmoil when a housemaid becomes more than they bargained for.
Director: Kim Ki-young | Stars: Jin Kyu Kim, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Eun-shim Lee, Aeng-ran Eom
Votes: 5,699
Psychological Horror - Obsession leads to the destruction of a happy family. Fairly good Korean horror film with a pretty bizarre ending.
9. The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror
A troupe of beautiful young dancers find themselves stranded in a sinister, spooky old castle, not knowing that it is home to a group of vampires.
Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Hélène Rémy, Tina Gloriani, Walter Brandi, Isarco Ravaioli
Votes: 644
Vampires - Rather original take on the numerous gothic horror vampire films of the early 60s.
10. Blood and Roses (1960)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A young heiress - jealous of her cousin's engagement to another woman - becomes obsessed with the legend of a vampire ancestor, who supposedly murdered the young brides of the man she loved.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Elsa Martinelli, Annette Stroyberg, Alberto Bonucci
Votes: 1,425
Vampires - Exploitation horror, although pretty good.
11. The City of the Dead (1960)
PG-13 | 76 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor
Votes: 8,524
Witchcraft - Rather uneven horror film with an almost comical overload on hovering fog and spiderwebs.
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