Top 20 1950s Horror Movies! 

If for the theme song alone! 😂

maybe not a horror movie

Best theme song of any horror film, except maybe "Killer Klowns from Outer Space."

That and The Haunting of Hill House

Not a bad list but very Hammer-centric. I think Fiend Without a Face would have fit nicely in your top 20 as well as Beast From 20,000 Fathoms...😏

Indeed! Great cast! Special effects for the time were terrific. The desert sand dust is so realistic.

My favorite too. Should be higher in the list.

THEM! is the best...never tire of watching it...

"Them" isn't a top favorite of mine, but close! It still made up a bunch of nightmares for me growing up!

Many people consider Carpenter’s The Thing to be the greatest horror film ever made. It’s undeniably a classic.

@@cobwebschannel I totally agree. Although I love the Thing from Another World, John Carpenter’s The Thing is my all time favourite movie. ❤️ from 🇨🇦

The characters are a huge reason why the original Thing is superior. Very likeable and well written dialogue. Even the romance is well done and you like them as a couple

The characters in the original are likeable, but the characters in Carpenter's feel like real people. Couple that with superior suspense, stellar cinematography by Dean Cundey, one of the most well known scores in cinema history by Ennio Morricone, and quite possibly the pinnacle of practical effects by Rob Bottin, it's undeniable that the remake IS a classic. The "blood and guts" argument is ridiculous. It's quite tame for one thing, and again, it pushed the bar for effects to new heights. The original monster is essentially a rehash of Frankenstein from 20 years earlier and I don't think the makeup is even as good. Less than inspired. I love the original too, but saying it's superior is viewing it through nostalgia glasses and not recognizing its flaws while also not recognizing the strengths of the remake.

I absolutely love both, but with 3 decades between them, I don't really feel that they can be compared. It's apples and oranges as to what you would reasonably expect to see from their perspective time periods, and yet I don't think anyone expected to see JCs masterful visage!

Agreed. Very effective.

Absolutely wrecked!

Just watching that tiny clip in the video is heartbreaking.

Same here!! 😂

@@cobwebschannel I assume you mean the classic "Help me!" scene? Vincent Price and Herbert Marshall, the two actors in the scene, admitted they had to re-take that scene a bunch of times because they kept cracking up at that "Mickey Mouse voice," as Price put it.

I love B&W horror films also. They have a spooky atmosphere that I enjoy.

That one and JAWS too!

That movie was my favorite as a kid.

This movie should have been number 1.

​@@GregJohnson-bm8mz agreed

ABSOLUTELY!! That movie scared the shit out of me when I was a little kid and it use to come on Chiller Theater on channel 11 from NYC. Also - I believe this was the influence for the movie Alien.

Also Planet of the Vampires.

I can't say I'm actually a Robert Mitchum fan, but the role he played in Night of the Hunter was masterful. Mitchum's shining hour, though, came when he played the psychotic Max Cady in Cape Fear.

Hi darkstar2540! I just read your post. I had just mentioned this film to my son who has never seen it. This is one of Mitchum's outstanding roles. His portrayal of the preacher even made me nervous, and that says a lot. Thank you dark star and johnwilliamson3981 for your comments and may all of you horror fans out there, be safe be well !

@@laurapriest8257 Yeah, yeah...be safe, be well...but be horrified.

@@johnwilliamson3981 Hi John, yeah, yeah. Every Saturday. I never miss Svengoolie. Thanks for your reply. 😱😱😊

@@laurapriest8257 Svengoolie is awesome! Love him and Joe Bob.

I agree with you

Me too The Tingler was utter rubbish

Night of the Hunter. The very best

I like it more than The Thing.

They did and thus.

Curse of the Demon is on Blu-ray from Indicator, it’s a foreign release but it’s region free.

Excellent choices

You should watch the long form version of Curse which was as is mentioned here, as Night Of The Demon. Its got more scenes and extended takes on others.

@@starscreamthecruel8026 Night of the Demon was the original British film - Curse of the Demon was its title in America.

@@MegaMesozoic I know. I have the boxset that has both versions on it :)

I know what you are talking about but I think he is referring to the original which is in Japanese and has no Raymond Burr, i know it is the same footage but it so much better.

"I'm a WIIILD and CRA-zee reporter!"

I am very surprised The Quatermass Experiment did not feature.

Very true.

The best theme music ever.

Martian movies still frighten me. And in modern technology the " robots " used in large data centers mimic those Martians. And it is scary even today😮

"Do ya' feel lucky, Spider?"

We're going to have to agree to disagree, mate - that's in my bottom three Universals of all time. MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN was a heck of a pleasant surprise, though - snappy, legitimate Uni horror plot, some good gags (including a couple that I'm surprised got past the censors), and great execution of special effects. It probably helps that I like boxing pictures, though.

Great movie!!

Really glad it made the list. Not a surprise, but I did a "Hell Yeah" fist pump anyway!

Thank you!

"Help me.... help me... No.... NO!" That last scene blows away the entire remake!

The creature film that you’re thinking of is the Monster of Piedras Blancas, most likely.

@@TheDrpretorious Thanks

@@jameskilcoyne1955 you’re welcome

@@TheDrpretorious : Could also be "Day of the Triffids".

Mara Corday❤ Really 🔥

Taht night of ghe hunter no so good

Absolute classic, but not a horror movie at all.

Thank you!

BS. Mitchum puts the big time heebie jeebies on you.

Crawling Eye is pretty blah. But the Freakazoid parody is priceless!

Mst3k riffed it. That version maybe easier to digest

The cloud doesn't move, kinda like in Jordan Peels' "Nope" 🤔 but if ya love 50s sci-fi monster mayhem, I'd give it some Fricheks for sure!

@@alienmindwarp3455 I'm honored that the Frichek Scale is catching on! And yeah, '50s sci-fi is my jam. Thanks friend!

Nice, hope you enjoy as much as I did!

I saw House on Haunted Hill for the first time during the pandemic (I’m a senior so I don’t know how I missed it growing up). I agree about the exterior of the house being atypical, but the interior definitely had some classic horror sets. Cheers. 👍👍👍

Definitely should have included Fiend Without A Face. I'm glad im not the only one that discovered that gem :D The She Creature is good too.

Agreed 110 percent

It's a solid film, but he already had a crowd of Hammer movies at the top. He probably had to break it up for the sake of presentation if nothing else. I'm wondering where CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF will fall when he does the 1960s. That's an underrated picture - a contender for my favorite Hammer.

@@studogable favorite 60s has a few Hammer contenders for sure. Devil Rides Out first pops in my head

I havent seen the original. I've seen the 1978 version with Leonard Nimoy and that weird one called The Invasion from 2007 with Nicole Kidman in it.

@@starscreamthecruel8026 They're both great films and quite different from each other.

I can’t remember how many times I can It, the terror from beyond space!

Heavens YES❤ She was SO 🔥