Best movies of 1962

Horror movies released in 1962 are great. Here is our top pick for you:

The Bloody Vampire: 8.4/10




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.

The Pit: 8.0/10




Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?: 8.0/10




A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Carnival of Souls: 7.0/10




Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man

The Incredible Doktor Markesan: 7.0/10




Penniless Fred Bancroft, along with his new wife Molly, visits a sinister uncle he hasn't seen in years in hopes of living rent-free in his musty, decaying mansion.

Tales of Terror: 6.8/10




Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences

Night of the Eagle: 6.8/10




A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her to destroy all her magical charms and protective devices, and stop that foolishness. He isn't put off by her insistence that his professional rivals are working magic against him, and her protections are necessary to his career and life

The Witch's Mirror: 6.7/10




A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.

Thanatopsis: 6.6/10




Power saws and a heartbeat score this experimental light-and-color shot by Ed Emshwiller.

Woton's Wake: 6.6/10




Woton Wretchichevsky has a disfigured face, dresses in a cloak and mask, and stalks couples to burn them with a blowtorch. He is also a sculptor of steel and garbage installations. One day, one of his creations comes to life in the form of a young woman