A comprehensive list of the 70 scariest horror movies from 1960 till today—the scariest film of each year plus honorable mentions.
—1960—
Psycho
1960 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Eyes Without a Face
Black Sunday
Peeping Tom
—1961—
The Innocents
1961 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Pit and the Pendulum
Homicidal
—1962—
Carnival of Souls
1962 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Night of the Eagle
Tales of Terror
—1963—
The Birds
1963 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Haunting
Black Sabbath
Blood Feast
—1964—
Two Thousand Maniacs!
1964 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Masque of Red Death
Kwaidan
—1965—
Repulsion
1965 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Planet of the Vampires
The Skull
Fanatic
—1966—
Kill, Baby…Kill!
1966 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
War of the Gargantuas
The Third Eye
Seconds
—1967—
Wait Until Dark
1967 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Django Kill…If you Live, Shoot!
The Fearless Vampire Killers
VIY
—1968—
Night of the Living Dead
1968 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Boston Strangler
Rosemary’s Baby
Hour of the Wolf
—1969—
The Haunted House Of Horror
1969 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Illustrated Man
The House That Screamed
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
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