From Psychosis to Rosemary’s baby | The 10 best horror movies of the 60s

In more than a century since cinema has emerged, it is remarkable how certain genres are treated to this day as maximum representatives of the film industry – such as dramas, which usually dominate the seasons of awards and are characterized by experts and critics such as the supervision of such artistic creation.

However, it is impossible to disassociate the other genres in the history of cinema – something that continues to happen when we turn our attention to the terror.

These types of narrative are intrinsically linked to the history of seventh art, following their technical and stylistic revolutions and serving as the basis for the eternalization of works by iconic directors – including masters such as Quentin Tarantino, Akira Kurosawa e Martin Scorsesejust to name a few. And when we come back in time for the 1960s, it is very interesting to see the popularization not only of psychological terrors like ‘Psychosis’ e ‘What happened to Baby Jane?’as well as an incisive bet on B movies as ‘The night of the undead’ e ‘The village of the cursed’.

Thinking about it, we prepared a brief list by listing the Best 60s horror movies For you to know or revisit.

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Before gaining an iconic Broadway stage adaptation and a filmic rereading launched in the 1980s, ‘The small horrors’ store had its origin in the 60s, guided by Jonathan Haze in the main role and Roger Corman in the direction chair. Gaining popularity over the years, the feature film has actually marked Hollywood’s film culture and is remembered as one of the classics cult more iconic of all time – especially for its comic content. The fun and chilling plot acts as a kind of farce and is centered on a florist assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood.

9. The village of the cursed (1960)

6. The birds (1963)

Alfred Hitchcock It is not considered one of the best and most influential filmmakers of all time for any reason – and, throughout his career, has eternalized suspense and terror classics. Among the titles it headed, ‘The Birds’Undoubtedly, it is configured as one of its most chilling and surrounding productions. The plot follows Melanie Daniels, a beautiful and rich socialite, who meets lawyer Mitch Brenner in a pet shop and is interested in him. After the meeting, she decides to look for him in the city of Bodega Bay, California, where Mitch usually spends the weekends. However, Melaine just didn’t know she would experience something scary: thousands of birds settled in the locality and start attacking people.

5. What has happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

‘What has happened to Baby Jane?’ It may not be a horror movie as we would expect to find on a list like this, but it is considered one of the best psychological suspensions of all time and has helped to put the genre with unparalleled force. Directed from Robert Aldrich and known for being the first and only collaboration of the Divas Joan Crawford e Bette Davisthe production accompanies Jane Hudson, an artist who, as a child, became famous and known as Baby Jane. After an accident, she fell into ostracism and, as an adult, lives locked in the house she divides with her sister Blanche. Aimed to return to the stage, the actress will try to resume the character who made her famous – even if she needs to go over some very close people.

Okay, you can find it strange that ‘Persona’ has appeared on a list of horror movies – but the great work of Ingmar Bergman It makes such a surprising delineation between psychological drama and psychological horror that it is possible to put it on such lists. The Swedish movie, released in 1966 and starring Bibi Andersson e Liv Ullmanndive into the human psyche when analyzing topics such as duality, insanity and personal identity – as well as making room for discussions taxed as “taboos” at the time. The style avant-garde Production reiterated Bergman’s importance in the seventh art scenario and allowed cinema to launch experimentalisms and bold and interesting amalgams.

Despite the numerous controversies and controversies involving the name of Roman Polanskithe impact that the director had on seventh art – and in various genres is undeniable. In 1965, he would bring life to thriller horror ‘Repulsion to sex’which has won numerous awards and a widespread acclaim on the part of critics (something somewhat difficult in the midst of the predominance of drama and neo-black that was emerging in the cinema). The plot accompanies Carol Ledoux, a stunning and desired woman, but very sexually repressed. When she is alone in her apartment, she enters deep depression and has scary hallucinations with rapes and acts of violence.

2. Rosemary’s baby (1968)

Even in the contemporary scenario, ‘Rosemary’s baby’ It has the unparalleled ability to scare viewers around the world. The film is responsible for a series of profound changes in the scope of terror in seventh art, with one of the titles responsible for the popularization of psychological horror, as well as opening doors for the fascination of cinematic filmmakers by demons and related themes. In the plot, a couple moves to a building with strangers. Even weaker events lead the young woman, who is pregnant, to doubt her own sanity. However, the delivery and discovery of a diabolical sect will finally show the truth.

Yes, Hitchcock is deservedly back to our list, since ‘Psychosis’ It is not considered your masterpiece for any reason. Launched in 1960, the film had a mixed reception by the critics due to the controversial topics on which he was dealing with, but became a box office hit as they raised surprising US $ 50 million worldwide. Winning four Oscar nominations, the plot follows a woman who, after stealing thousands of dollars, runs away during a storm and decides to spend the night in a hotel that finds it along the way. She knows the polite and nervous owner of the establishment, Norman Bates, a young man with an interest in taxidermia and with a troubled relationship with his mother. What seems to be a simple stay on site becomes a real night of horror.