Gone were the 1950s and it's sci-fi/monster craze. Here was the dawn of modern horror films, which saw the early stages of slashers, psychological thrillers, and the rise of the modern zombie flick.

From Hitchcockian classics like Psycho to forgotten gems like Peeping Tom, the defining horror films of the '60s influenced the genre like few others.

Horror 101: The Horror Movies Of 1960 Pushed Boundaries And Challenged Censors By Walter Chaw @ mangiotto Published Oct. 28, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET ...

Low-budget and independent horror movies proliferated during the 1960s, including classics like Night of the Living Dead.

Movies 12 Delightfully Freaky Horror Movies From the 1960s By Cheryl Eddy Published May 22, 2020 | Comments (0) 𝕏 ...

Psycho is great, but the 1960s had a lot more great horror films to offer. These are the best horror movies of the 60s.

A two-part series at the Quad Cinema chronicles the cheaply made and formally rich horror movies that the UK's Hammer Films began producing in the 1950s.

With filmmakers like Hitchcock, Romero, Bava, Wise, and Corman doing some of their best work, the 1960s was a golden age for horror movies.