Supernatural Horror Movies of the 1960s
Supernatural horror covers ghosts, hauntings, curses and possession: fear from beyond the grave. Horror got modern and mean with Psycho, Night of the Living Dead and Rosemary's Baby. Standouts from the 1960s include Kwaidan, Onibaba and The Haunting.
Kwaidan (1965)
Rated 7.7 on TMDB
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results.
See where it’s streamingOnibaba (1964)
Rated 7.7 on TMDB
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find.
See where it’s streamingThe Haunting (1963)
Rated 7.1 on TMDB
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House.
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 streamingThe Innocents (1961)
Rated 7.5 on TMDB
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
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 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 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 streamingThe Devil Rides Out (1968)
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend.
See where it’s streamingHouse of Usher (1960)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding.
See where it’s streamingKuroneko (1968)
Rated 7.4 on TMDB
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war.
See where it’s streamingNight of the Eagle (1962)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
A college professor who discovers that his wife has been practicing black magic for years forces her to stop but soon learns the true power of the occult.
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 streaming13 Ghosts (1960)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
The reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his sprawling mansion to his nephew Cyrus and his family.
See where it’s streamingIncubus (1966)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
On a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil.
See where it’s streamingThe Mummy's Shroud (1967)
Rated 5.4 on TMDB
Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness.
See where it’s streamingDoctor Faustus (1967)
Rated 5.3 on TMDB
Faustus is a scholar at the University of Wittenberg when he earns his doctorate degree.
See where it’s streamingIt! (1967)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
After a warehouse fire, museum director Grove and assistant Pimm find everything destroyed, only one statue withstood the fire mysteriously undamaged.
See where it’s streamingJigoku (1960)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.
See where it’s streamingMother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Rated 7.5 on TMDB
A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior who is supposedly possessed by eight demons.
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