Horror Movies By Year - 1962
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1. Badai Selatan (1961)
92 min | Drama, Horror
A young man comes to the loneliness of a poor village to redeem his sins.
Director: Sofia W.D. | Stars: W.D. Mochtar, Sukarno M. Noor, Ida Nursanti
Votes: 11
2. Beauty and the Beast (1962)
Not Rated | 77 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror
Curse turns a handsome prince into a werewolf at night. A princess tries to help him, while his enemies plot to take his throne.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joyce Taylor, Mark Damon, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate
Votes: 314
3. Night of the Eagle (1962)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair, Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 4,030
4. Carnival of Souls (1962)
Approved | 78 min | Horror, Mystery
After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
Director: Herk Harvey | Stars: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Art Ellison
Votes: 27,812
5. Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern (1962)
73 min | Horror
Director: Katsuhiko Tasaka | Stars: Ganjirô Nakamura, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Reiko Fujiwara, Chizuko Takamori
Votes: 12
6. The Door with Seven Locks (1962)
96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman arrives at a lonely mansion and finds herself mixed up with a lunatic who has built his own torture chamber, which is already crowded with victims - and he plans to make her his next one.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Sabine Sesselmann, Eddi Arent, Pinkas Braun
Votes: 856
7. El ataúd infernal (1962)
87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Arturo fails in a singing contest on TV. But he gets a second chance, thanks to the fistol that the devil has given him in exchange for his soul and his freedom.
Director: Fernando Fernández | Stars: Roberto Cañedo, Jaime Fernández, Alejandro Parodi, Jorge Fernández
Votes: 9
8. The Witch's Mirror (1960)
Approved | 76 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Rosita Arenas, Armando Calvo, Isabela Corona, Dina de Marco
Votes: 956
9. The Bloody Vampire (1962)
110 min | Horror
Count Cagliostro, whose family has tried for generations to rid the world of vampires, instructs his daughter and her fiance to protect several valuable documents.
Director: Miguel Morayta | Stars: Begoña Palacios, Erna Martha Bauman, Raúl Farell, Bertha Moss
Votes: 264
10. Espiritismo (1962)
Unrated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Satan gives a woman three wishes in this version of the classic tale, "The Monkey's Paw."
Director: Benito Alazraki | Stars: José Luis Jiménez, Nora Veryán, Beatriz Aguirre, Alicia Caro
Votes: 129
11. Frankestein el vampiro y compañía (1962)
TV-14 | 76 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Two screwballs get mixed up with monsters, mad scientists and vampires.
Director: Benito Alazraki | Stars: Manuel 'Loco' Valdés, Martha Elena Cervantes, Nora Veryán, Roberto G. Rivera
Votes: 60
12. Genii of Darkness (1962)
77 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In order to stop a vampire from terrorizing the countryside, some locals decide to break into his coffin at night and steal his ashes. Complications ensue.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Germán Robles, Julio Alemán, Domingo Soler, Aurora Alvarado
Votes: 70
13. Hand of Death (1962)
Approved | 60 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Alex Marsh has created a serum combining a hypnotic drug and nerve gas. Unfortunately spills the formula, breathing the vapors and getting some on his hands causing the drug transforms him into a murderous monster.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: John Agar, Paula Raymond, Stephen Dunne, Roy Gordon
Votes: 579
14. Hands of a Stranger (1962)
Passed | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a surgeon gives him new ones. The experimental medical procedure goes awry when the new hands drive the pianist mad.
Director: Newt Arnold | Stars: Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Noah, Ted Otis
Votes: 992
15. Hypnosis (1962)
86 min | Horror, Thriller
A hypnotist is murdered in his dressing room; the only "witness" seems to be his ventriloquist puppet, and a boxer and part-time delivery boy is blamed for the murder. Soon another murder ... See full summary »
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Jean Sorel, Götz George, Heinz Drache, Georgi Georgiev-Getz
Votes: 208
16. Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
Approved | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Earth sends a five-man team to explore the frozen planet Uranus, only to find a temperate forest and sultry women from their past on it, courtesy of an alien brain with evil designs.
Director: Sidney W. Pink | Stars: John Agar, Carl Ottosen, Ove Sprogøe, Louis Miehe-Renard
Votes: 1,869
17. La mano de un hombre muerto (1962)
Approved | 95 min | Horror
When violent crime strikes a tiny hamlet, the townsfolk suspect the distant relative of a sadistic 17th century baron who cursed the village.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Ana Castor, Howard Vernon, Paula Martel, Georges Rollin
Votes: 666
18. La sangre de Nostradamus (1962)
98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Vampire hunters track down a vampire and attempt to steal the ashes from his coffin in order to stop him from reviving nightly.
Directors: Federico Curiel, Stillman Segar | Stars: Germán Robles, Julio Alemán, Domingo Soler, Aurora Alvarado
Votes: 62
19. La venganza del resucitado (1962)
80 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Julio Alemán, Ana Bertha Lepe, Noé Murayama, Fanny Schiller
20. Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood (1962)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Follow up to Caperucita y sus tres amigos. Caperucita, the Wolf and the Ogre are captured by the Witch Queen, accused of treason by the Vampire. Caperucita, followed by a host of old and ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Rodríguez | Stars: María Gracia, Cesáreo Quezadas 'Pulgarcito', José Elías Moreno, Manuel 'Loco' Valdés
Votes: 234
21. Los autómatas de la muerte (1962)
80 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The evil scientist Dr. Caronte plots to revive the brains of three dead scientists and use them to obtain the formula for the super-powerful neutron bomb. The resulting creation needs blood... See full summary »
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Wolf Ruvinskis, Julio Alemán, Armando Silvestre, Roberto Ramírez Garza
Votes: 216
22. Night Creatures (1962)
Unrated | 82 min | Adventure, Drama
In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed
Votes: 3,606
23. Nostradamus y el destructor de monstruos (1962)
74 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A professor and a vampire hunter join forces to destroy the murderous vampire Nostradamus and his minions.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Germán Robles, Julio Alemán, Domingo Soler, Aurora Alvarado
Votes: 102
24. Okinawa kaidan: Sakazuri yûrei - Shina kaidan: Shikan yaburi (1962)
88 min | Horror
Directors: Satoru Kobayashi, Lo-Hui Shaw | Stars: Tamaki Katori, Rong Bai, Shiro Enami, Hisashi Hanamoto
Votes: 19
25. Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Passed | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A family leaves Los Angeles for a camping trip just before hydrogen bombs destroy the city. In the midst of the chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive along the highway.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon, Mary Mitchel
Votes: 4,819
26. Planets Around Us (1962)
85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An alien race sends cyborgs--made to look like the son of a famous scientist, whom they killed when he landed on their planet--to Earth to help pave the way for an invasion.
Director: Romano Ferrara | Stars: Michel Lemoine, Maria Pia Luzi, Jany Clair, Marco Guglielmi
Votes: 152
27. The Premature Burial (1962)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel
Votes: 4,856
28. Ring of Terror (1961)
Unrated | 71 min | Drama, Horror
A group of medical students undertake some silly and frightening endeavors in order to pledge a fraternity.
Director: Clark L. Paylow | Stars: George E. Mather, Austin Green, Esther Furst, Norman Ollestad
Votes: 1,420
29. Santo vs. the Zombies (1962)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Horror, Action
Wrestling superhero Santo battles an evil scientist who has created a race of zombies.
Director: Benito Alazraki | Stars: Santo, Armando Silvestre, Jaime Fernández, Dagoberto Rodríguez
Votes: 239
30. Santo vs. the Vampire Women (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Horror
A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnaping her and marrying her to the devil.
Director: Alfonso Corona Blake | Stars: Santo, Lorena Velázquez, María Duval, Jaime Fernández
Votes: 1,498
31. Tales of Terror (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre
Votes: 8,379
32. The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962)
Approved | 90 min | Horror
Dr. Orlof, a former prison doctor, abducts beautiful women from nightclubs and tries to use their skin to repair his daughter's fire-scarred face.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Conrado San Martín, Diana Lorys, Howard Vernon, Perla Cristal
Votes: 1,804
33. The Brain (1962)
83 min | Crime, Horror, Drama
After the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private airplane, three scientists secretly harvest the dying man's brain and keep it alive in a laboratory in order to communicate with it through telepathy.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Anne Heywood, Peter van Eyck, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee
Votes: 356
34. The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Approved | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend's head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body.
Director: Joseph Green | Stars: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Anthony La Penna, Adele Lamont
Votes: 7,572
35. The Brainiac (1962)
Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears ... See full summary »
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, David Silva, Germán Robles
Votes: 1,309
36. The Burning Court (1962)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A group of people visit a weird old man who is a student of the black arts. The man lives in an ancient, cursed castle. Soon people in the group start being killed off.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy, Perrette Pradier, Edith Scob
Votes: 418
37. The Carpet of Horror (1962)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An evil genius uses poison gas to avenge himself on his enemies.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Antonio Casas
Votes: 355
38. The Couch (1962)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Horror
While undergoing therapy for his problem, a serial killer continues his murderous sprees.
Director: Owen Crump | Stars: Grant Williams, Shirley Knight, Onslow Stevens, William Leslie
Votes: 300
39. The Dungeon of Harrow (1962)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
An evil, sadistic count lives in a waterfront castle with his insane family members. One day the survivor of a shipwreck washes ashore near the castle and finds himself a captive there.
Director: Pat Boyette | Stars: Russ Harvey, Helen Hogan, William McNulty, Michele Buquor
Votes: 631
40. The Cursed Palace (1962)
82 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A lawyer goes to prepare a testament for an old man who lives at a palace that is said to be cursed. He gets tied into a spectral mystery involving the palace's strange residents.
Director: Hassan Reda Sr. | Stars: Maryam Fakhruddin, Salah Zulfikar, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
Votes: 46
41. The Gates of Hell (1962)
Adventure, Horror
Based on a legend from India, Sejon sets out to rescue Chungchu who was abandoned in hell by her husband.
Director: Yong-min Lee | Stars: Ji-mee Kim, Seok-hun Kim, Hyang Lee, Min-ja Lee
42. The Hooded Men from Hell (1962)
81 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
The bandit Encapuchado Negro tries to rob the Alvarez family of their half of a treasure map they have in the sarcophagus of an ancestor.
Director: Federico Curiel | Stars: Julio Alemán, Ana Bertha Lepe, René Cardona, Raúl Meraz
Votes: 12
43. The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
76 min | Horror
In 1897 London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Silvano Tranquilli, Maria Teresa Vianello
Votes: 1,912
44. The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Crime, Drama
Evil mastermind Dr. Mabuse seeks Professor Erasmus' secret invention, a device that makes one invisible, but a murder in a revue theatre brings the German police and the FBI into the mix.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Siegfried Lowitz, Rudolf Fernau
Votes: 593
45. The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Unrated | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Music
An acid-scarred composer has his dwarf helper bring an opera singer to his London sewer hide-out.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza, Thorley Walters
Votes: 3,727
46. The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962)
88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
German Police Inspector Lohmann investigates a string of crimes resembling Dr. Mabuse's M.O. but Mabuse is in Professor Polland's care inside an insane asylum.
Director: Werner Klingler | Stars: Gert Fröbe, Senta Berger, Helmut Schmid, Charles Regnier
Votes: 607
47. The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus (1962)
83 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
:The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus" tells the tale of when a doctor invents a machine that can turn people into sand then back back again.
Director: Roul Haig | Stars: Sidney Noel Rideau, Dan Barton, Jeanne Teslof, David Kleinberger
Votes: 102
48. The Witch's Curse (1962)
91 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Maciste travels to Hell to find a witch and make her undo a curse she put on the surface world.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Kirk Morris, Hélène Chanel, Vira Silenti, Angelo Zanolli
Votes: 524
49. Tower House (1962)
135 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Mystery surrounds the ruins of an old tower house, where at select nights, a woman comes out wailing a song, amidst people committing suicide by throwing themselves off the tower. The ... See full summary »
Director: Nisar Ahmad Ansari | Stars: Ajit Khan, Shakila, Nisar Ahmad Ansari, S.N. Banerjee
Votes: 43
50. Tower of London (1962)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, History, Horror
The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown
Votes: 2,579
51. Trauma (1962)
93 min | Horror, Thriller
Emmaline, who, as a teenager, discovered the drowned body of her aunt (Lynn Bari), returns to the family mansion as a married woman. Eventually, she falls for the caretaker's nephew, and remembers who the real killer was.
Director: Robert Malcolm Young | Stars: John Conte, David Garner, Lorrie Richards, Lynn Bari
Votes: 159
52. Varan the Unbelievable (1962)
Unrated | 70 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Heavily alerted American version of Japan's Varan. A prehistoric behemoth is unwittingly awoken from hibernation due to a U.S-Japanese military experiment for economic means on it's watery lair.
Directors: Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirô Honda, Motoyoshi Oda | Stars: Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada, Derick Shimatsu
Votes: 846
53. Voodoo Swamp (1962)
Horror
Mary Ryan enlists the help of a detective, Jack Craig, to find her missing twin sister Vicky. They follow her trail to the New Orleans swamps where they encounter voodoo priestess Olivier and her zombie henchman.
Director: Arthur A. Jones | Stars: David 'Kit' Beecher, Bill Binnings, Bill Pearl
Votes: 19
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