Italian Gothic Horror Movies 1957-'69
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1. Lust of the Vampire (1957)
82 min | Horror
Paris. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.
Directors: Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava | Stars: Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo D'Angelo, Dario Michaelis, Wandisa Guida
Votes: 1,942
2. Uncle Was a Vampire (1959)
85 min | Comedy, Horror
A baron down on his luck has to sell his family castle to pay off his mounting debt. After the castle is turned into a hotel, he's hired as a bellboy. But all is not lost, as he discovers he has a rich uncle; unfortunately, he's a vampire.
Director: Steno | Stars: Renato Rascel, Sylva Koscina, Lia Zoppelli, Kai Fischer
Votes: 350
3. Atom Age Vampire (1960)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An exotic dancer is disfigured in a car accident. A scientist develops a treatment that restores her beauty. To preserve her appearance the doctor must give her additional treatments using glands taken from murdered women.
Director: Anton Giulio Majano | Stars: Alberto Lupo, Susanne Loret, Sergio Fantoni, Franca Parisi
Votes: 1,727
4. Black Sunday (1960)
Approved | 87 min | Horror
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 17,612
5. Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
Approved | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In 19th century Holland, a professor of fine arts and an unlicensed surgeon run a secret lab where the professor's ill daughter receives blood-transfusions from kidnapped female victims who posthumously become macabre art.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, Dany Carrel
Votes: 2,091
6. My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (1960)
100 min | Comedy, Horror
Professor Fabius has found a way of transferring his personality to another person and he transfers his to the body of Giacinto Floria, a nice teacher in a women's college. Poor Giacinto ... See full summary »
Director: Marino Girolami | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Carlo Croccolo, Raimondo Vianello, Abbe Lane
Votes: 66
7. The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960)
Not Rated | 70 min | Horror
Five beautiful showgirls are trapped by a storm and find refuge in a creepy old castle. The owner of the castle, a strange nobleman, has a secret laboratory in the basement and has his own plans for the girls.
Director: Piero Regnoli | Stars: Lyla Rocco, Walter Brandi, Maria Giovannini, Alfredo Rizzo
Votes: 590
8. The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror
A troupe of beautiful young dancers find themselves stranded in a sinister, spooky old castle, not knowing that it is home to a group of vampires.
Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Hélène Rémy, Tina Gloriani, Walter Brandi, Isarco Ravaioli
Votes: 644
9. Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory (1961)
Approved | 83 min | Horror, Mystery
At a girls' school, several students are murdered by a snarling, wolf/man-like creature. Suspicion falls upon a newly-arrived teacher.
Director: Paolo Heusch | Stars: Barbara Lass, Carl Schell, Curt Lowens, Maurice Marsac
Votes: 1,313
10. 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: 1,922
11. Curse of the Blood Ghouls (1962)
G | 72 min | Horror
In 19th century Austria, a newlywed couple in an old castle soon are targeted by a savage vampire who is hellbent on destroying both their entire lives when he centers his main focus on the bride. Complications ensue for everyone involved.
Director: Roberto Mauri | Stars: Walter Brandi, Dieter Eppler, Graziella Granata, Luigi Batzella
Votes: 581
12. Black Sabbath (1963)
Approved | 97 min | Horror
Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon
Votes: 13,918
13. The Blancheville Monster (1963)
Unrated | 88 min | Horror
The beautiful young daughter of a crazed count fears that she will fall victim to the family curse - to be sacrificed to fulfill an ancient family legend.
Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Gérard Tichy, Leo Anchóriz, Ombretta Colli, Helga Liné
Votes: 838
14. The Ghost (1963)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror
A woman and her lover murder her husband, a doctor. Soon, however, strange things start happening, and they wonder if they really killed him, or if he is coming back from the dead to haunt them.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin, Elio Jotta, Harriet Medin
Votes: 1,420
15. Challenge the Devil (1963)
Not Rated | 79 min | Fantasy, Horror
A group of dropouts find an old man (Sir Christopher Lee) in a castle. The old man subsequently turns into the Devil and seizes them.
Director: Giuseppe Veggezzi | Stars: Christopher Lee, George Ardisson, Bella Cortez, Ulderico Sciaretta
Votes: 313
16. Tomb of Torture (1963)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror
A woman is tormented by dreams that she is the reincarnation of a dead countess. Her father, trying to get her to stop the dreams, takes her to a village near the castle of the late ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Boccaci | Stars: Annie Alberti, Adriano Micantoni, Marco Mariani, Flora Carosello
Votes: 289
17. Horror Castle (1963)
Unrated | 84 min | Horror
Women are being tortured to death with various torture devices in the dungeon of an old castle by a deformed, hooded, holocaust survivor.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Rossana Podestà, Georges Rivière, Christopher Lee, Laura Nucci
Votes: 1,265
18. The Whip and the Body (1963)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Romance
The ghost of a sadistic nobleman attempts to rekindle his romance with his terrorized, masochistic former lover, who is unwillingly betrothed to his brother.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall, Ida Galli
Votes: 4,671
19. Castle of Blood (1964)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
A journalist takes a bet that he can spend the night in a haunted castle on All Hallow's Eve. During his stay, he bears witness to the castle's gruesome past coming to life before him, and falls in love with a beautiful female ghost.
Directors: Antonio Margheriti, Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Barbara Steele, Georges Rivière, Margrete Robsahm, Arturo Dominici
Votes: 2,789
20. The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Count Drago invites entertainers to his castle, but what the people don't know is that Drago mummifies animals and humans.
Directors: Warren Kiefer, Luciano Ricci | Stars: Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani, Philippe Leroy, Mirko Valentin
Votes: 1,160
21. La jena di Londra (1964)
79 min | Horror
A serial killer called "The Hyena" is finally caught and eventually hanged. However, his body disappears before it can be buried, and soon thereafter dead bodies start turning up in a small village.
Director: Gino Mangini | Stars: Giotto Tempestini, Diana Martín, Tony Kendall, Ilona Drash
Votes: 63
22. The Long Hair of Death (1964)
Not Rated | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror
A woman under suspicion of witchcraft is burned alive. Her curse brings her back from the dead for revenge.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Barbara Steele, George Ardisson, Halina Zalewska, Umberto Raho
Votes: 1,777
23. Amori pericolosi (1964)
106 min | Drama, Thriller
An anthology comedy consisting of three segments.
Directors: Alfredo Giannetti, Carlo Lizzani, Giulio Questi | Stars: Juliette Mayniel, Frank Wolff, Graziella Granata, Piero Morgia
Votes: 13
24. Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror
Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor, Carmilla.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Christopher Lee, Adriana Ambesi, Ursula Davis, José Campos
Votes: 1,211
25. The Monster of the Opera (1964)
84 min | Horror
A theater troupe rent an old theater which has been closed for years. While busy rehearsing for their next play, an elderly caretaker repeatedly warns them of impending doom if they don't leave immediately.
Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Marco Mariani, Giuseppe Addobbati, Barbara Hawards, Alberto Archetti
Votes: 218
26. Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
Unrated | 86 min | Horror
A photographer and models go to an abandoned castle to shoot some sexy covers for horror novels. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is inhabited by a lunatic who believes himself to be the reincarnated spirit of a 17th century executioner.
Director: Massimo Pupillo | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Walter Brandi, Luisa Baratto, Ralph Zucker
Votes: 2,356
27. Nightmare Castle (1965)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror
A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance.
Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Barbara Steele, Paul Muller, Helga Liné, Marino Masé
Votes: 2,709
28. La settima tomba (1965)
77 min | Horror
A group of heirs gather in a castle in Scotland for the opening of the will of their wealthy relative, an eccentric doctor called Sir Reginald, who has apparently died from leprosy, but nothing is as it seems.
Director: Garibaldi Serra Caracciolo | Stars: Stefania Nelli, Nando Angelini, Armando Guarnieri, Bruna Baini
Votes: 164
29. Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
Unrated | 85 min | Horror
A lawyer arrives at a castle to fix the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that his spirit is wandering around the castle with evil intentions.
Director: Massimo Pupillo | Stars: Barbara Steele, Walter Brandi, Mirella Maravidi, Alfredo Rizzo
Votes: 1,186
30. Lady Morgan's Vengeance (1965)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Horror
A young woman is killed by her treacherous husband and returns as a vengeful ghost.
Director: Massimo Pupillo | Stars: Gordon Mitchell, Erika Blanc, Paul Muller, Barbara Nelli
Votes: 321
31. An Angel for Satan (1966)
Approved | 90 min | Horror, Mystery
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake, an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction .
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Barbara Steele, Anthony Steffen, Claudio Gora, Mario Brega
Votes: 1,043
32. La lunga notte di Veronique (1966)
79 min | Horror
Director: Gianni Vernuccio | Stars: Alba Rigazzi, Sandro Pizzochero, Cristina Gaioni, Walter Pozzi
Votes: 60
33. Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966)
GP | 83 min | Horror, Mystery
A Carpathian village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl, prompting a coroner and a medical student to uncover her secrets while a witch attempts to protect the villagers.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Erika Blanc, Fabienne Dali, Piero Lulli
Votes: 7,594
34. The Murder Clinic (1966)
GP | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Patients and staff of an isolated mental hospital are being killed off by a hooded maniac who stalks the halls.
Directors: Elio Scardamaglia, Lionello De Felice | Stars: William Berger, Françoise Prévost, Mary Young, Barbara Wilson
Votes: 466
35. The Third Eye (1966)
Not Rated | 98 min | Thriller, Horror
A young count living with his domineering mother spirals into madness after his mother and fiancée are killed by his jealous, lovesick servant.
Director: Mino Guerrini | Stars: Franco Nero, Gioia Pascal, Erika Blanc, Olga Solbelli
Votes: 561
36. The Witch (1966)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery
A womanizing author is lured to a mansion by an old woman under the guise of working as a librarian. Her daughter, Aura, appears out of nowhere and begins to seduce him. Little does he know, Aura doesn't actually exist.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Richard Johnson, Rosanna Schiaffino, Gian Maria Volontè, Sarah Ferrati
Votes: 535
37. Jekyll (1969)
Not Rated | 262 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Stars: Massimo Girotti, Giorgio Albertazzi, Bianca Toccafondi, Ugo Cardea
Votes: 30
38. A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic artist becomes obsessed with a beautiful countess who died there many years prior.
Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo
Votes: 2,041
39. Run, Psycho, Run (1968)
93 min | Mystery, Thriller
A man and his wife are vacationing on the Tuscan coast in 1912. When the wife is murdered, the husband sets out to find a young woman who looks just like her, in order to keep her memory alive.
Director: Brunello Rondi | Stars: Gary Merrill, Elga Andersen, Georges Rivière, Rossella Falk
Votes: 60
40. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
Directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | Stars: Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp
Votes: 6,950
41. The Doll of Satan (1969)
90 min | Horror
A couple travels to a castle for the reading of the will of the woman's recently deceased wealthy uncle. It turns out that he left her the castle and its grounds. She is persuaded by ... See full summary »
Director: Ferruccio Casapinta | Stars: Erna Schurer, Roland Carey, Aurora Battista, Aurora Bautista
Votes: 503
42. The Unnaturals (1969)
83 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
The characters engage in a séance at a mansion while a storm rages outside. During their stay, the film uses an extensive flashback structure to reveal the various criminal acts that each have perpetrated.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Marianne Koch, Helga Anders, Claudio Camaso
Votes: 312
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