20 Best Horror Movies of 1957

The films listed below include 1957 horror movies; including movies shown in movie theaters ranked in order of best to worst.

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List of horror movies released in 1957 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1957.

20 Best Horror Movies of 1957

18). I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein poster
Score: 4.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,112 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $654,000
Plot / Synopsis: Professor Frankenstein, a university lecturer with an alligator pit under his house, steals body parts of dead athletes from the wreckage of a crashed airplane. He builds a hunky male monster with a hideously disfigured face, which goes on a killing spree. Tagline: Body of a boy! Mind of a monster! Soul of an unearthly thing!...

Director: Herbert L. Strock
Stars: Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway, George Lynn


17). I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

I Was a Teenage Werewolf poster
Score: 4.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,988 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf. Tagline: The most amazing motion picture of our time!...

Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Stars: Michael Landon, Yvonne Lime, Whit Bissell, Charles Willcox, Dawn Richard


16). Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Zombies of Mora Tau poster
Score: 4.84/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,309 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Zombiefied sailors guard the treasure of a ship they went down with 60 years earlier. A group of sailors scoff at the legend, and decide to retrieve the diamonds from the ocean floor only to discover the hard way that there is some truth to legends. Tagline: ZOMBIES OF THE AFRICAN VOODOO COAST! (original poster - all caps)...

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Stars: Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Autumn Russell, Joel Ashley, Morris Ankrum


15). The Deadly Mantis (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 4.25/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,354 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: The calving of an Arctic iceberg releases a giant praying mantis, trapped in suspended animation since prehistoric times. It first attacks military outposts to eat their occupants, then makes its way to the warmer latitudes of Washington and New York. A paleontologist works together with military units to try to kill it. Tagline: This Was the Day That Engulfed...

Director: Nathan Juran
Stars: Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph, Pat Conway


14). Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Invasion of the Saucer Men poster
Score: 5.65/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,272 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A teenage couple making out in the woods accidentally runs over an alien creature with their car. The creature's hand falls off, but it comes alive, and, with an eye growing out of it, begins to stalk the teens. Meanwhile, Joe the town drunk wants to store the body in his refrigerator, but some of the alien's buddies inject...

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Stars: Steven Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin, Raymond Hatton, Lyn Osborn


13). Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll poster
Score: 5.23/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 710 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe that she may also have a split personality, one of whom is a ruthless killer.Tagline: Blood-hungry spawn of the world's most bestial fiend!...

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Stars: John Agar, Gloria Talbott, Arthur Shields, John Dierkes, Mollie McCard


12). The Black Scorpion (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Black Scorpion poster
Score: 6.05/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,586 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Giant scorpions demolish Mexico City. They have been released from underground caverns by a series of volcanic eruptions, and it's up to Hank, an American geologist to stop them. Tagline: DON'T BE ASHAMED TO SCREAM - IT HELPS TO RELIEVE THE TENSION...

Director: Edward Ludwig
Stars: Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas, Mario Navarro, Carlos Múzquiz


11). The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Monster That Challenged the World poster
Score: 5.85/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,334 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: An earthquake in the Salton Sea unleashes a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters. Discovering the creatures, a Naval officer and several scientists attempt to stop the monsters, but they escape into the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace. Tagline: Distinctly chilling. So real that it is nearly incredible. (1993 MGM/UA VHS tape cover)...

Director: Arnold Laven
Stars: Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Barbara Darrow, Max Showalter


Top 10 Horror Movies 1957

10). The Vampire (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.11/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,407 | MPAA Rating: G
Plot / Synopsis: A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster. Tagline: It Feeds on the Blood of Beautiful Women!...

Director: Paul Landres
Stars: John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey, Lydia Reed, Dabbs Greer


9). The Monolith Monsters (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Monolith Monsters poster
Score: 5.34/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,281 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A strange black meteor crashes near the town of San Angelo and litters the countryside with fragments. When a storm exposes these fragments to water, they grow into skyscraper-sized monoliths which then topple and shatter into thousands of pieces that grow into monoliths themselves and repeat the process. Any humans in the way are crushed or turned into human...

Director: John Sherwood
Stars: Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, Trevor Bardette, Phil Harvey


8). 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.9/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,561 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: The first spaceship to visit Venus crash lands in the sea, freeing a small native Venusian creature called the Ymir. Eventually growing to enormous size, it threatens the city of Rome. Tagline: Space nightmares!...

Director: Nathan Juran
Stars: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry


7). The Abominable Snowman (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Abominable Snowman poster
Score: 5.38/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,309 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. Tagline: WE DARE YOU TO SEE IT ALONE!...

Director: Val Guest
Stars: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown


5). Quatermass 2 (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Quatermass 2 poster
Score: 7.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,013 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up. Tagline: A horrible enemy from the unknown strikes terror across the earth!...

Director: Val Guest
Stars: Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, William Franklyn


4). El vampiro (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

El vampiro poster
Score: 5.61/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,164 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next=door neighbor may be involved. Tagline: From beyond the grave to...

Director: Fernando Méndez
Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, Carmen Montejo, José Luis Jiménez, Mercedes Soler


3). The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Curse of Frankenstein poster
Score: 7.03/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,647 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | Metascore: 5.9/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
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Plot / Synopsis: Victor Frankenstein builds a creature and brings it to life, but it behaves not as he intended. Tagline: Not recommended for people of nervous disposition...

Director: Terence Fisher
Stars: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Christopher Lee, Melvyn Hayes


2). Night of the Demon (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Night of the Demon poster
Score: 5.83/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 16,595 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshiper Julian Karswell. Tagline: Who will be the next in line to defy the curse?...

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Stars: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, Athene Seyler


1). The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Incredible Shrinking Man poster
Score: 7.73/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 21,209 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | Metascore: 7.3/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: When Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him. Tagline: Almost beyond the imagination . . . A strange adventure into the unknown ! [UK Theatrical]...

Director: Jack Arnold
Stars: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, Raymond Bailey


Horror Movies of 1957 List

1). The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Incredible Shrinking Man poster
Score: 7.73/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 21,209 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | Metascore: 7.3/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: When Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him. Tagline: Almost beyond the imagination . . . A strange adventure into the unknown ! [UK Theatrical]...

Director: Jack Arnold
Stars: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, Raymond Bailey


2). Quatermass 2 (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Quatermass 2 poster
Score: 7.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,013 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up. Tagline: A horrible enemy from the unknown strikes terror across the earth!...

Director: Val Guest
Stars: Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, William Franklyn


3). The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Curse of Frankenstein poster
Score: 7.03/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,647 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | Metascore: 5.9/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
The Curse of Frankenstein is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: Victor Frankenstein builds a creature and brings it to life, but it behaves not as he intended. Tagline: Not recommended for people of nervous disposition...

Director: Terence Fisher
Stars: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Christopher Lee, Melvyn Hayes


4). 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

20 Million Miles to Earth poster
Score: 6.9/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,561 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: The first spaceship to visit Venus crash lands in the sea, freeing a small native Venusian creature called the Ymir. Eventually growing to enormous size, it threatens the city of Rome. Tagline: Space nightmares!...

Director: Nathan Juran
Stars: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry


6). The Black Scorpion (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Black Scorpion poster
Score: 6.05/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,586 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Giant scorpions demolish Mexico City. They have been released from underground caverns by a series of volcanic eruptions, and it's up to Hank, an American geologist to stop them. Tagline: DON'T BE ASHAMED TO SCREAM - IT HELPS TO RELIEVE THE TENSION...

Director: Edward Ludwig
Stars: Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas, Mario Navarro, Carlos Múzquiz


7). Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Attack of the Crab Monsters poster
Score: 6/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,150 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests, only to get stranded when their airplane explodes. The team soon discovers that the island has been taken over by crabs that have mutated into enormous, intelligent monsters. To add to their problems, the island is slowly sinking into the ocean. Will...

Director: Roger Corman
Stars: Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson, Leslie Bradley, Mel Welles


8). The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Monster That Challenged the World poster
Score: 5.85/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,334 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: An earthquake in the Salton Sea unleashes a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters. Discovering the creatures, a Naval officer and several scientists attempt to stop the monsters, but they escape into the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace. Tagline: Distinctly chilling. So real that it is nearly incredible. (1993 MGM/UA VHS tape cover)...

Director: Arnold Laven
Stars: Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Barbara Darrow, Max Showalter


9). Night of the Demon (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Night of the Demon poster
Score: 5.83/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 16,595 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Plot / Synopsis: American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshiper Julian Karswell. Tagline: Who will be the next in line to defy the curse?...

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Stars: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, Athene Seyler


10). Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Invasion of the Saucer Men poster
Score: 5.65/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,272 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A teenage couple making out in the woods accidentally runs over an alien creature with their car. The creature's hand falls off, but it comes alive, and, with an eye growing out of it, begins to stalk the teens. Meanwhile, Joe the town drunk wants to store the body in his refrigerator, but some of the alien's buddies inject...

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Stars: Steven Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin, Raymond Hatton, Lyn Osborn


11). El vampiro (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

El vampiro poster
Score: 5.61/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,164 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next=door neighbor may be involved. Tagline: From beyond the grave to...

Director: Fernando Méndez
Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, Carmen Montejo, José Luis Jiménez, Mercedes Soler


12). The Abominable Snowman (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Abominable Snowman poster
Score: 5.38/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,309 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. Tagline: WE DARE YOU TO SEE IT ALONE!...

Director: Val Guest
Stars: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown


13). The Undead (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Undead poster
Score: 5.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,773 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Two psychical researchers procure the services of a lady of the night and send her back in time under hypnosis. She finds herself in the body of a past existence - a woman in medieval times waiting to be beheaded as a witch. By avoiding this fate she unwittingly starts to alter history. Tagline: A thousand years of naked...

Director: Roger Corman
Stars: Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val Dufour, Mel Welles


14). The Monolith Monsters (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Monolith Monsters poster
Score: 5.34/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,281 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A strange black meteor crashes near the town of San Angelo and litters the countryside with fragments. When a storm exposes these fragments to water, they grow into skyscraper-sized monoliths which then topple and shatter into thousands of pieces that grow into monoliths themselves and repeat the process. Any humans in the way are crushed or turned into human...

Director: John Sherwood
Stars: Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, Trevor Bardette, Phil Harvey


15). Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll poster
Score: 5.23/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 710 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe that she may also have a split personality, one of whom is a ruthless killer.Tagline: Blood-hungry spawn of the world's most bestial fiend!...

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Stars: John Agar, Gloria Talbott, Arthur Shields, John Dierkes, Mollie McCard


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24 List of 1957 Horror Films Worth Watching!

Best Horror Movies of 1957

Looking for the best 1957 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1957 list are "The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), Quatermass 2 (1957), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), and Lust of the Vampire (1957)." Our top list is an average of our review scores, our movie fans and movie viewers like you, and a few other sources.

The best horror film of 1957 is The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) scoring 7.73/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 21,210 votes for this movie. Starring in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) is Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, and Raymond Bailey. Director Jack Arnold did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1957 best horror film which was remarkable.The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) is in Horror, and Sci-Fi movie genres.

Next Best Horror Movies of 1957 The next best 1957 horror movie is Quatermass 2 (1957) with a score of 7.35/10 stars. Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes, and William Franklyn star in "Quatermass 2 (1957)". Quatermass 2 (1957) is directed by Val Guest and has over 5,010 IMDB votes. You can find Quatermass 2 (1957) in Horror, and Sci-Fi movie genres.

These are the best horror films of 1957, and we hope you enjoy the 26 movies on our list of good 1957 horror movies sorted best to worst.

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