Monsters & Creatures Horror Movies of the 1960s
Monster movies bring beasts, creatures and shape-shifters out of the dark. Horror got modern and mean with Psycho, Night of the Living Dead and Rosemary's Baby. Standouts from the 1960s include The Fearless Vampire Killers, Black Sunday and Dracula: Prince of Darkness.
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
See where it’s streamingBlack 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 streamingThe Last Man on Earth (1964)
Rated 6.6 on TMDB
When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
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 streamingKing Kong Escapes (1967)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task.
See where it’s streamingBlack Sabbath (1963)
Rated 7.2 on TMDB
Three tales of supernatural horror include a woman plagued by threatening phone calls, a family targeted by vampiric monsters, and a deceased medium who wreaks havoc upon the living.
See where it’s streamingFrankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies.
See where it’s streamingThe War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo.
See where it’s streamingThe Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.
See where it’s streamingGamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
Unusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power to slice things in half with an ultrasonic ray.
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 Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
Honeymooning in Bavaria, a young couple becomes stranded and is forced to stay the night in the area.
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 streamingGamera, the Giant Monster (1965)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice.
See where it’s streamingGappa, the Triphibian Monster (1967)
Rated 5.6 on TMDB
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa.
See where it’s streamingMatango (1963)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator.
See where it’s streamingThe Phantom Planet (1961)
Rated 4.0 on TMDB
After an asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.
See where it’s streamingIsland of Terror (1966)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
When a small island community becomes overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters that liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures, the community struggles to fight back.
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