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1960s-1990s: Horror.

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  • Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer in Peeping Tom (1960)

    1. Peeping Tom

    19601h 41mNot Rated
    7.6 (42K)
    A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
    DirectorMichael PowellStarsKarlheinz BöhmAnna MasseyMoira Shearer
    WatchMojo Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1960s #7
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    2. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (754K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles
    Followed by
    Psycho II (1983)
    Psycho III (1986)
    Bates Motel (1987)
    Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
  • Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)

    3. The Birds

    19631h 59mPG-1390Metascore
    7.6 (213K)
    A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica Tandy
  • Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth (1964)

    4. The Last Man on Earth

    19641h 26mNot Rated
    6.7 (23K)
    When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
    DirectorsUbaldo RagonaSidney SalkowStarsVincent PriceFranca BettoiaEmma Danieli
  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    5. Rosemary's Baby

    19682h 17mR96Metascore
    8.0 (249K)
    A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth Gordon
  • Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    6. Night of the Living Dead

    19681h 36mR89Metascore
    7.8 (146K)
    A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl Hardman
  • Suzy Kendall in The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

    7. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

    19701h 36mGP
    7.1 (26K)
    An American writer vacationing in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder, and who is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
    DirectorDario ArgentoStarsTony MusanteSuzy KendallEnrico Maria Salerno
  • Sandra Peabody in The Last House on the Left (1972)

    8. The Last House on the Left

    19721h 24mR68Metascore
    5.8 (42K)
    Two teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsSandra PeabodyLucy GranthamDavid Hess
    Taglines: To avoid fainting, keep repeating: "It's only a movie, only a movie, only a movie..."
  • Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, and Edward Woodward in The Wicker Man (1973)

    9. The Wicker Man

    19731h 28mR87Metascore
    7.5 (100K)
    A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.
    DirectorRobin HardyStarsEdward WoodwardChristopher LeeDiane Cilento
  • Max von Sydow in The Exorcist (1973)

    10. The Exorcist

    19732h 2mR83Metascore
    8.1 (479K)
    When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda Blair
    Director: William Friedkin
    Writers: William Peter Blatty
    Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, Linda Blair
    © Warner Bros. / Hoya Productions

    Followed by

    Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
    Director: John Boorman
    Cast: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, James Earl Jones, Ned Beatty
    © Warner Bros.

    The Exorcist III (1990)
    Director: William Peter Blatty
    Cast: George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller, Nicol Williamson, Scott Wilson
    © Morgan Creek Productions

    Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
    Director: Renny Harlin
    Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, Ben Cross, David Bradley
    © Morgan Creek Productions, Dominion Productions, Post Amazers
    Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)
    Director: Paul Schrader
    Cast: Stellan Skarsgård
    © Morgan Creek Productions

    Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) depicting the same events.
  • William Finley in Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

    11. Phantom of the Paradise

    19741h 31mPG67Metascore
    7.3 (24K)
    A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsPaul WilliamsWilliam FinleyJessica Harper
  • It's Alive (1974)

    12. It's Alive

    19741h 31mPG72Metascore
    5.8 (9.4K)
    The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever it is scared. And it is easily scared.
    DirectorLarry CohenStarsJohn P. RyanSharon FarrellAndrew Duggan
    Director: Larry Cohen
    Writer: Larry Cohen
    Cast: John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell
    © Warner Bros. / Larco Productions

    Followed by

    It Lives Again (1978)
    Director: Larry Cohen
    Writers: Larry Cohen
    Cast: Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, John P. Ryan, John Marley, Andrew Duggan
    © Larco Productions

    It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
    Director: Larry Cohen
    Writers: Larry Cohen
    Cast: Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon
    © Larco Productions
  • Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, and Harvey Stephens in The Omen (1976)

    13. The Omen

    19761h 51mR62Metascore
    7.5 (141K)
    Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
    DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey Stephens
  • Damien: Omen II (1978)

    14. Damien: Omen II

    19781h 47mR45Metascore
    6.2 (39K)
    Damien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.
    DirectorsDon TaylorMike HodgesStarsWilliam HoldenLee GrantJonathan Scott-Taylor
  • Sam Neill in The Final Conflict (1981)

    15. The Final Conflict

    19811h 48mR34Metascore
    5.5 (25K)
    The now adult Antichrist plots to eliminate his future divine opponent while a cabal of monks plot to stop him.
    DirectorGraham BakerStarsSam NeillRossano BrazziDon Gordon
  • Faye Grant, Asia Vieira, and Michael Woods in Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)

    16. Omen IV: The Awakening

    19911h 37mUnratedTV Movie
    3.9 (8.6K)
    Two attorneys adopt a mysterious orphan girl as their daughter, unaware she is the new Antichrist, next in line to Damien Thorn.
    DirectorsJorge MontesiDominique Othenin-GirardStarsFaye GrantMichael WoodsMichael Lerner
  • Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)

    17. Who Can Kill a Child?

    19761h 52mR
    7.2 (8.5K)
    A couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.
    DirectorNarciso Ibáñez SerradorStarsLewis FianderPrunella RansomeAntonio Iranzo
  • Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976)

    18. Carrie

    19761h 38mR86Metascore
    7.4 (218K)
    Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy Irving
    Followed by
    The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
  • Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

    19. Alice, Sweet Alice

    19761h 47mR67Metascore
    6.4 (14K)
    In 1961, divorced Catholic couple Dom and Catherine Spages' life is upended when their teenage daughter Alice is suspected of her younger sister Karen's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of stabbings follow.
    DirectorAlfred SoleStarsLinda MillerMildred ClintonPaula E. Sheppard
  • John Amplas, Francine Middleton, and Sara Venable in Martin (1977)

    20. Martin

    19771h 35mR68Metascore
    7.0 (13K)
    A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his blood-lust.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn AmplasLincoln MaazelChristine Forrest
  • Michael Berryman in The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

    21. The Hills Have Eyes

    19771h 30mR64Metascore
    6.3 (41K)
    On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsSusan LanierRobert HoustonJohn Steadman
  • Michael Berryman and John Bloom in The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)

    22. The Hills Have Eyes Part II

    19841h 26mR25Metascore
    3.8 (7.8K)
    A group of bikers, heading to a race, become stranded in the desert and find themselves fighting off a family of inbred cannibals who live off the land.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsRobert HoustonDavid NicholsVirginia Vincent
  • Camille Keaton and Meir Zarchi in I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

    23. I Spit on Your Grave

    19781h 41mR19Metascore
    5.6 (33K)
    An aspiring writer is repeatedly assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by four men she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
    DirectorMeir ZarchiStarsCamille KeatonEron TaborRichard Pace
  • Kelly Nichols in The Toolbox Murders (1978)

    24. The Toolbox Murders

    19781h 33mR35Metascore
    5.2 (5.3K)
    A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.
    DirectorDennis DonnellyStarsCameron MitchellPamelyn FerdinWesley Eure
  • When a Stranger Calls (1979)

    25. When a Stranger Calls

    19791h 37mR58Metascore
    6.4 (15K)
    A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
    DirectorFred WaltonStarsCarol KaneCharles DurningRutanya Alda

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