Gothic Horror Movies of the 1960s
Gothic horror means crumbling mansions, castles and dark romance. Horror got modern and mean with Psycho, Night of the Living Dead and Rosemary's Baby. Standouts from the 1960s include Black Sunday, Dracula: Prince of Darkness and Viy.
Black Sunday (1960)
Rated 7.4 on TMDB
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia.
See where it’s streamingDracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle.
See where it’s streamingViy (1967)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three…
See where it’s streamingDracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
In the shadow of Castle Dracula, the Prince of Darkness is revived by blood trickling from the head-wound of an unconscious priest attempting exorcism.
See where it’s streamingThe Brides of Dracula (1960)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him.
See where it’s streamingThe Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
See where it’s streamingHour of the Wolf (1968)
Rated 7.4 on TMDB
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
See where it’s streamingThe Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
See where it’s streamingThe Raven (1963)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
See where it’s streamingThe Haunted Palace (1963)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
A man and his wife claim the mansion of his warlock ancestor burned alive in 1765.
See where it’s streamingThe Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad.
See where it’s streamingHorror Castle (1963)
Rated 5.7 on TMDB
Women are being tortured to death with various devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a mysterious, hooded figure who may be a notorious executioner from medieval times.
See where it’s streamingThe Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor.
See where it’s streamingDementia 13 (1963)
Rated 5.5 on TMDB
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.
See where it’s streamingThe Terror (1963)
Rated 5.2 on TMDB
Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, towering castle that serves as home to an eerie baron.
See where it’s streamingCastle of Blood (1964)
Rated 7.0 on TMDB
When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance, and a dark seductress who surrenders the…
See where it’s streamingMr. Sardonicus (1961)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
In 1880, Sir Robert Cargrave, a London physician known for his experimental work in paralysis treatment, is summoned to Gorslava by the mysterious Baron Sardonicus—who is now married to Cargrave's…
See where it’s streamingNightmare Castle (1965)
Rated 5.3 on TMDB
A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies.
See where it’s streamingThe Doll of Satan (1969)
Rated 4.6 on TMDB
Following the death of her uncle, Elisabeth returns to her family's castle for the reading of his will.
See where it’s streamingCrypt of the Vampire (1964)
Rated 4.9 on TMDB
Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla.
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