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60's horror Sept 24, 2018 19:05:01 GMT taylorfirst1, Primemovermithrax Pejorative, and 1 more like this

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Post by gymnopedies on Sept 24, 2018 19:05:01 GMT

What makes the 1960s such an interesting decade for horror films is that—without any build-up or warning from the previous decade—the genre started off so good in 1960 in Eyes Without a Face, Psycho, Peeping Tom and Black Sunday to name a few - that it was too much for most audiences. The more well-known directors made psychological horrors and the Italians and the low-budget exploitation American films made the more bloody efforts.

This is a list of the best horror films that I have seen (rated 7 or higher) from each year of the 60's:

1960 - Pretty solid year for horror.

Psycho

Peeping Tom

Village of the Damned

Eyes Without a Face

The City of the Dead

Mill of the Stone Women

House of Usher

The Time Machine
The Flesh and the Fiends

Black Sunday

1961

The Innocents

Pit and the Pendulum

Scream of Fear

1962

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Carnival of Souls

Night of the Eagle

Premature Burial

1963

Il demonio

The Haunting

The Birds

Blood Feast

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

The Sadist

The Whip and the Body

Black Sabbath

The Ghost

Diary of a Madman

The Kiss of the Vampire

The Day of the Triffids

1964

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

The Last Man on Earth

Castle of Blood

Nightmare

The Flesh Eaters

The Gorgon

The Tomb of Ligeia

Children of the Damned

1965

Repulsion

Planet of the Vampires

The Nanny

The Skull

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1966

Kill, Baby... Kill!

Eye of the Devil

Incubus

Queen of Blood

The Witch

The Reptile

The Plague of the Zombies

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

An Angel for Satan

The Witches

Island of Terror

1967

Viy (1967)

Wait Until Dark

Spider Baby

Torture Garden

The Mummy's Shroud

1968

Rosemary's Baby

Night of the Living Dead

Hour of the Wolf

A Quiet Place in the Country

Witchfinder General

Even the Wind Is afraid

1969 - oddly enough possibly my least seen year of the decade.

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

Fear No Evil

Daughter of the Mind

There are other horror movies I still want to see (possibly October) from the decade namely:

Blind Beast (1969)

Paranoiac (1963)

The Shuttered Room (1967)

The Book of Stone (1969)

The Night Walker (1964)

The Oblong Box (1969)

Blood and Roses (1960)

Nightmare Castle (1965)

Homicidal (1961)

The Haunted Palace (1963)

What about you what are some of your favorites from the 60's?

rogerthat Sophomore @rogerthat Posts: 734 Likes: 478	60's horror Sept 24, 2018 22:09:02 GMT masterofallgoons likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rogerthat on Sept 24, 2018 22:09:02 GMT Great list. There's quite a few on here that I need to see

moviebuffbrad Elite Member @moviebuffbrad Posts: 23,068 Likes: 11,669	60's horror Sept 24, 2018 22:10:38 GMT via mobile masterofallgoons likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 24, 2018 22:10:38 GMT I'd add Targets to 1968.
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60's horror Sept 25, 2018 22:14:13 GMT

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Post by biker1 on Sept 25, 2018 22:14:13 GMT

Remarkably creative decade for horror. In the 1970s, particularly with relaxed censorship, horror becomes a lot more exploitational - not that there is anything wrong with that, slim.

favorites - excluding contemporary psycho/serial killers

eyes without a face
black sunday
house of usher
village of the damned
the city of the dead
the brides of dracula

the innocents
pit and the pendulum

carnival of souls
tales of terror
night of the eagle
the phantom of the opera

the birds
x - the man with x-ray eyes
the haunting
black sabbath

kwaidan
the masque of the red death
the tomb of ligeia

kill, baby... kill!
the plague of the zombies

rosemary's baby
witchfinder general
night of the living dead

Primemovermithrax Pejorative Elite Member formerly Prime Gruffer aka Neon Noodle aka Lefty aka Saratoga Jackson @primemover Posts: 12,690 Likes: 4,636	60's horror Sept 26, 2018 2:57:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 26, 2018 2:57:33 GMT Frankenstein Created Woman Dracula Has Risen From the Grave The Lost Continent (a mix of horror and scifi) It's also the start of the giallo period.
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60's horror Sept 26, 2018 3:54:51 GMT

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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Sept 26, 2018 3:54:51 GMT

I was 10 years old in 1960.

There are 4 films that I like from your list.

The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (and they cut out the last line, which would have made it infinitely better).

Rosemary's Baby
Psycho
Night of the Living Dead

As a kid, I really liked The Time Machine, but now I think it sucks

You will come to know...when the bullet hits the bone

telegonus Junior Member Classic Film & TV Fan @telegonus Posts: 1,405 Likes: 1,408	60's horror Sept 26, 2018 6:23:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by telegonus on Sept 26, 2018 6:23:18 GMT The Terror (1963) is worth a mention. Not great, arguably bad or borderline (it drew me in...as a kid). Also lively and much bloodier even as it's in black and white: Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13.

telegonus Junior Member Classic Film & TV Fan @telegonus Posts: 1,405 Likes: 1,408	60's horror Sept 26, 2018 6:26:21 GMT Primemovermithrax Pejorative likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by telegonus on Sept 26, 2018 6:26:21 GMT I neglected to mention the dark and oppressive Mr. Sardonicus. Excellent cast; the movie is an acquired taste. With all due respect to Mr. Guy Rolfe, Oscar Homolka's the creepiest thing in it.

gspdude Senior Member @gspdude Posts: 5,320 Likes: 10,089	60's horror Sept 27, 2018 15:51:04 GMT Primemovermithrax Pejorative likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gspdude on Sept 27, 2018 15:51:04 GMT Glad to see you included Il Demonio (The Demon) (1963). I found this little known gem (353 ratings on IMDB) on YT 4 yrs. ago during an Oct. Challenge. Great performance by Daliah Lavi.

Primemovermithrax Pejorative Elite Member formerly Prime Gruffer aka Neon Noodle aka Lefty aka Saratoga Jackson @primemover Posts: 12,690 Likes: 4,636	60's horror Sept 27, 2018 21:45:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 27, 2018 21:45:19 GMT Been meaning to check out Il Demonio. Isnt there another one that was an inspiration for the Exorcist from the same time? Damn-forgot the name again. Mother Joan of Angels!
	Caligula: Do you think I'm mad?...Sometimes I think that I'm going mad. Do you — be honest with me — has that thought ever crossed your mind? Claudius: Never. Never. The idea is preposterous. You set the standard of sanity for the whole world.

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60's horror Sept 28, 2018 14:07:05 GMT Primemovermithrax Pejorative likes this

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Sept 27, 2018 21:45:19 GMT Primemovermithrax Pejorative said:

Been meaning to check out Il Demonio.
Isnt there another one that was an inspiration for the Exorcist from the same time?
Damn-forgot the name again.

Mother Joan of Angels!

Certainly had some influence. Here's daliah lavi in The Demon.

RiP, IMDb Elite Member @lordofthedeathtoimdb Posts: 19,362 Likes: 5,154	60's horror Oct 1, 2018 23:51:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RiP, IMDb on Oct 1, 2018 23:51:35 GMT

Post by gymnopedies on Sept 24, 2018 19:05:01 GMT

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Post by moviebuffbrad on Sept 24, 2018 22:10:38 GMT

Post by biker1 on Sept 25, 2018 22:14:13 GMT

Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 26, 2018 2:57:33 GMT

Post by them1ghtyhumph on Sept 26, 2018 3:54:51 GMT

Post by telegonus on Sept 26, 2018 6:23:18 GMT

Post by telegonus on Sept 26, 2018 6:26:21 GMT

Post by gspdude on Sept 27, 2018 15:51:04 GMT

Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 27, 2018 21:45:19 GMT

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