Best horror films 1961 – 1970 - Charts
Best horror films 1961 – 1970
2. Witchhammer (1969)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Otakar Vávra
Cast: Elo Romančík, Vladimír Šmeral
3. Wait Until Dark (1967)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Terence Young
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin
4. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
5. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes
7. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
USA, Horror
Directed by: George A. Romero
Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea
8. The Birds (1963)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor
9. Kwaidan (1964)
Japan, Horror / Romance
Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Rentarô Mikuni, Tatsuya Nakadai
10. Scream of Fear (1961)
UK, Thriller / Mystery
Directed by: Seth Holt
Cast: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis
11. The Innocents (1961)
UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Jack Clayton
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde
12. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Sweden, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
14. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Italy / France, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok
16. Repulsion (1965)
UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry
17. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Poland, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslaw Voit
18. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, John Kerr
19. Twisted Nerve (1968)
UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Roy Boulting
Cast: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett
20. Viy or Spirit of Evil (1967)
Soviet Union, Fantasy / Drama
Directed by: Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov
Cast: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley
21. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Horror / Poetic
Directed by: Jaromil Jireš
22. The House That Screamed (1969)
Spain, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Cast: Lilli Palmer, Cristina Galbó
23. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Italy / West Germany, Mystery / Horror
Directed by: Dario Argento
Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall
24. Lord of the Flies (1963)
UK, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Peter Brook
Cast: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin
25. The Sinister Monk (1965)
West Germany, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Karin Dor, Harald Leipnitz
26. Blind Beast (1969)
Japan, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Yasuzo Masumura
Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori
28. Dark Eyes of London (1961)
West Germany, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal
29. The Sadist (1963)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: James Landis
Cast: Arch Hall Jr., Richard Alden
30. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
USA / UK, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polański
31. The Premature Burial (1962)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Ray Milland, Hazel Court
33. Black Sabbath (1963)
Italy / France, Horror / Anthology
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Michèle Mercier, Boris Karloff
34. Tales of Terror (1962)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre
35. Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland
36. Paranoiac (1963)
UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Cast: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed
37. The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
West Germany, Horror
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Lex Barker, Christopher Lee
38. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
UK, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg
39. Go, Go You Who Are a Virgin for the Second Time (1969)
Japan, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Kōji Wakamatsu
Cast: Mimi Kozakura, Takeshi Kitano
40. The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
West Germany / France, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker
41. The Demon (1963)
Italy / France, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Brunello Rondi
Cast: Daliah Lavi, Frank Wolff
42. Night Creatures (1962)
UK, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Peter Graham Scott
Cast: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain
43. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
USA / Italy, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia
44. Ghost Story of the Snow Witch (1968)
Japan, Horror
Directed by: Tokuzō Tanaka
Cast: 藤村志保, Akira Ishihama
45. The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre
46. The Possessed (1965)
Italy, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Luigi Bazzoni, Franco Rossellini
Cast: Peter Baldwin, Salvo Randone
47. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
UK, Horror
Directed by: John Gilling
Cast: André Morell, Diane Clare
48. The Gorgon (1964)
UK, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
49. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
UK, Romance / Horror
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Cast: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies
50. The Long Hair of Death (1964)
Italy, Horror
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Barbara Steele, Nello Pazzafini
51. Castle of Blood (1964)
Italy / France, Horror
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Barbara Steele, Georges Rivière
52. And God Said to Cain (1970)
Italy / West Germany, Western / Horror
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Peter Carsten
53. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: William Castle
Cast: Ronald Lewis, Oskar Homolka
55. Lokis, the Manuscript of Professor Wittembach (1970)
Poland, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Janusz Majewski
Cast: Józef Duriasz, Edmund Fetting
56. Daydream (1964)
Japan, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Tetsuji Takechi
Cast: Akira Ishihama, Kanako Michi
57. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Brazil, Horror
Directed by: José Mojica Marins
Cast: José Mojica Marins
58. The Raven (1963)
USA, Comedy / Fantasy
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre
59. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
UK, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter Cushing, Howard Goorney
60. Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
UK, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Don Sharp
Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley
61. A Study in Terror (1965)
UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: James Hill
Cast: John Neville, Donald Houston
63. Attack of the Mushroom People (1963)
Japan, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Ishirō Honda
Cast: Akira Kubo, Kenji Sahara
64. Munster, Go Home! (1966)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Earl Bellamy
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo
65. The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
UK, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Herbert Lom, Heather Sears
67. Mad Monster Party? (1967)
USA, Animation / Family
Directed by: Jules Bass
Cast: Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller
68. Strait-Jacket (1964)
USA, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: William Castle
Cast: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker
69. Samson vs. the Vampire Women (1962)
Mexico, Horror
Directed by: Manuel San Fernando
Cast: Santo, María Duval
70. The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
Italy, Horror
Directed by: Riccardo Freda
Cast: Robert Flemyng, Barbara Steele
71. The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
West Germany, Crime / Horror
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Karin Dor, Hans Nielsen
73. Homicidal (1961)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: William Castle
Cast: Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin
74. The Psychopath (1966)
UK, Horror
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Cast: Alexander Knox, Thorley Walters
75. Santo in 'The Treasure of Dracula' (1969)
Mexico, Adventure / Horror
Directed by: René Cardona Sr.
Cast: Santo, Gina Morett
76. Twice-Told Tales (1963)
USA, Horror / Anthology
Directed by: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Joyce Taylor
78. The Whip and the Flesh (1963)
Italy / France, Horror
Directed by: Mario Bava, Ernesto Gastaldi
Cast: Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee
79. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
UK, Horror
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley
80. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
UK, Horror
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd
81. Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)
Italy, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Erika Blanc
82. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
UK, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones
83. House of Dark Shadows (1970)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Dan Curtis
Cast: Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall
84. Carnival of Souls (1962)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Herk Harvey
Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist
85. Unearthly Stranger (1963)
UK, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: John Krish
Cast: John Neville, Philip Stone
86. Santo in the Wax Museum (1963)
Mexico, Adventure / Horror
Directed by: Manuel San Fernando, Alfonso Corona Blake
Cast: Santo, Claudio Brook
87. Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Jack Hill
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart
88. Scars of Dracula (1970)
UK, Horror
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman
89. Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
Mexico, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Carlos Enrique Taboada
Cast: Marga López, Norma Lazareno
90. Horror Castle (1963)
Italy, Horror
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
Cast: Rossana Podestà, Georges Rivière
91. Prague Nights (1968)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Miloš Makovec, Jiří Brdečka
Cast: Milena Dvorská, Miloš Kopecký
92. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
USA / UK, Horror
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court
93. The Night Walker (1964)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: William Castle
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor
94. The Ghost (1963)
Italy, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Riccardo Freda
Cast: Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin
95. The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
Mexico, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Rafael Baledón
Cast: Rita Macedo, Rosita Arenas
96. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
UK, Horror
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Cast: Christopher Lee, Charles Gray
97. Hell's Creatures (1968)
Spain, Horror
Directed by: Enrique López Eguiluz
Cast: Paul Naschy, Dyanik Zurakowska
98. The Black Torment (1964)
UK, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Robert Hartford-Davis
Cast: John Turner, Heather Sears
99. Fangs of the Living Dead (1969)
Spain / Italy, Horror
Directed by: Amando de Ossorio
Cast: Anita Ekberg, Paul Muller
100. Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965)
Japan, Horror / Sci-fi
Directed by: Noriaki Yuasa
Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, 左卜全