19 Best Horror Movies of 1958

The films listed below include 1958 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 1958 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1958.

19 Best Horror Movies of 1958

12). Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman poster
Score: 6.1/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,716 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind. Tagline: A titanic beauty spreads a macabre wave of horror! A terrifying masterpiece of shock and chills!...

Director: Nathan Juran
Stars: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon, George Douglas


11). Attack of the Puppet People (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Attack of the Puppet People poster
Score: 4.84/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,987 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Lonely, deranged puppet-master designs a machine that shrinks people. Tagline: Terror Comes In Small Packages!...

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Stars: John Agar, John Hoyt, June Kenney, Susan Gordon, Michael Mark


Top 10 Horror Movies 1958

10). The Crawling Eye (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Crawling Eye poster
Score: 5.95/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,192 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A remote mountain resort in Switzerland is invaded by horrible alien creatures that like to decapitate humans. The beings are also in telepathic communication with people and inhabit a mysterious, radioactive cloud at the base of the Trollenberg mountain. Tagline: WARNING: If you've ever been hypnotized, do not come alone!...

Director: Quentin Lawrence
Stars: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro, Warren Mitchell


9). Monster on the Campus (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Monster on the Campus poster
Score: 5.11/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,159 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A college professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a prehistoric fish. While examining the find he is accidentally exposed to it's blood, turning him into a murderous Neanderthal. Tagline: Chills! Thrills!...

Director: Jack Arnold
Stars: Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, Nancy Walters, Troy Donahue


8). It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

It! The Terror from Beyond Space poster
Score: 6.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,548 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little suspect that "it" has stowed away for...

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Stars: Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer


7). Fiend Without a Face (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Fiend Without a Face poster
Score: 6.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,061 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A Scientist, experimenting with telekinetic powers enhanced by a nearby nuclear power plant succeeds in creating a new form of life. This new creature grows in intelligence until it finally escapes his laboratory. Once outside the lab, and closer to its nuclear power source it multiplies. The creature is also invisible, so no one knows what it looks like...

Director: Arthur Crabtree
Stars: Marshall Thompson, Kynaston Reeves, Kim Parker, Stanley Maxted, Terry Kilburn


6). I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

I Married a Monster from Outer Space poster
Score: 7.45/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,147 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Aliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him. Tagline: The bride wore terror!...

Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Stars: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Robert Ivers, Chuck Wassil


5). I Bury the Living (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

I Bury the Living poster
Score: 6.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,344 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Cemetery director Robert Kraft discovers that by arbitrarily changing the status of plots from empty to occupied on the planogram causes the death of the plots' owners. Tagline: SHOCKS THAT CHALLENGE THE IMAGINATION!!!...

Director: Albert Band
Stars: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer, Howard Smith, Herbert Anderson


4). The Blob (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of The BlobThe Blob poster
Score: 6.17/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 31,222 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | Metascore: 5.8/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
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Plot / Synopsis: An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. Tagline: Beware of the Blob! It creeps, and leaps, and glides and slides across the floor...

Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr.
Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland, Stephen Chase


2). The Fly (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Fly poster
Score: 7.6/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 27,028 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
The Fly is Streaming on Peacock
Plot / Synopsis: A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device. Tagline: If she looked upon the horror her husband had become... she would scream for the rest of her life!...

Director: Kurt Neumann
Stars: David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman


1). Horror of Dracula (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Horror of DraculaHorror of Dracula poster
Score: 7.39/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 29,891 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.9/10 | Metascore: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Horror of Dracula is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: Jonathan Harker begets the ire of Count Dracula after he accepts a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses. Tagline: Don't Dare See It...Alone!...

Director: Terence Fisher
Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh


Horror Movies of 1958 List

1). The Fly (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Fly poster
Score: 7.6/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 27,028 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
The Fly is Streaming on Peacock
Plot / Synopsis: A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device. Tagline: If she looked upon the horror her husband had become... she would scream for the rest of her life!...

Director: Kurt Neumann
Stars: David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman


2). I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

I Married a Monster from Outer Space poster
Score: 7.45/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,147 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Aliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him. Tagline: The bride wore terror!...

Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Stars: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Robert Ivers, Chuck Wassil


4). Horror of Dracula (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Horror of DraculaHorror of Dracula poster
Score: 7.39/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 29,891 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.9/10 | Metascore: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
Horror of Dracula is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: Jonathan Harker begets the ire of Count Dracula after he accepts a job at the vampire's castle under false pretenses. Tagline: Don't Dare See It...Alone!...

Director: Terence Fisher
Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh


5). It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

It! The Terror from Beyond Space poster
Score: 6.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,548 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little suspect that "it" has stowed away for...

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Stars: Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer


6). Fiend Without a Face (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Fiend Without a Face poster
Score: 6.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,061 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A Scientist, experimenting with telekinetic powers enhanced by a nearby nuclear power plant succeeds in creating a new form of life. This new creature grows in intelligence until it finally escapes his laboratory. Once outside the lab, and closer to its nuclear power source it multiplies. The creature is also invisible, so no one knows what it looks like...

Director: Arthur Crabtree
Stars: Marshall Thompson, Kynaston Reeves, Kim Parker, Stanley Maxted, Terry Kilburn


7). I Bury the Living (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

I Bury the Living poster
Score: 6.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,344 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Cemetery director Robert Kraft discovers that by arbitrarily changing the status of plots from empty to occupied on the planogram causes the death of the plots' owners. Tagline: SHOCKS THAT CHALLENGE THE IMAGINATION!!!...

Director: Albert Band
Stars: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer, Howard Smith, Herbert Anderson


8). The Blob (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of The BlobThe Blob poster
Score: 6.17/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 31,222 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | Metascore: 5.8/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved
The Blob is Streaming on HBO Max, Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. Tagline: Beware of the Blob! It creeps, and leaps, and glides and slides across the floor...

Directors: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., Russell S. Doughten Jr.
Stars: Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Olin Howland, Stephen Chase


9). Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman poster
Score: 6.1/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,716 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind. Tagline: A titanic beauty spreads a macabre wave of horror! A terrifying masterpiece of shock and chills!...

Director: Nathan Juran
Stars: Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers, Roy Gordon, George Douglas


10). The Crawling Eye (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Crawling Eye poster
Score: 5.95/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,192 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A remote mountain resort in Switzerland is invaded by horrible alien creatures that like to decapitate humans. The beings are also in telepathic communication with people and inhabit a mysterious, radioactive cloud at the base of the Trollenberg mountain. Tagline: WARNING: If you've ever been hypnotized, do not come alone!...

Director: Quentin Lawrence
Stars: Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, Janet Munro, Warren Mitchell


11). Monster on the Campus (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Monster on the Campus poster
Score: 5.11/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,159 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A college professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a prehistoric fish. While examining the find he is accidentally exposed to it's blood, turning him into a murderous Neanderthal. Tagline: Chills! Thrills!...

Director: Jack Arnold
Stars: Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore, Judson Pratt, Nancy Walters, Troy Donahue


12). Attack of the Puppet People (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Attack of the Puppet People poster
Score: 4.84/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,987 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Lonely, deranged puppet-master designs a machine that shrinks people. Tagline: Terror Comes In Small Packages!...

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Stars: John Agar, John Hoyt, June Kenney, Susan Gordon, Michael Mark


13). The Spider (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Spider poster
Score: 4.62/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,633 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When a man doesn't come home one night his daughter and her boyfriend go out searching and encounter a giant spider in a cave near the man's wrecked car. Coming back with the Sheriff, the spider is seemingly killed by DDT spraying, and the body then hauled for storage in the high school gymnasium. However, a loud dose of...

Director: Bert I. Gordon
Stars: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth, Hal Torey


15). The Screaming Skull (1958) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Screaming Skull poster
Score: 4.3/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,139 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A newly married couple arrives at the home of the husband's late wife, where the gardens have been maintained by a gardener faithful to the dead woman's memory. Soon, eerie events lead the new wife to think she's losing her mind. Tagline: FREE!! We guarantee to bury you without charge if you die of fright during SCREAMING SKULL!...

Director: Alex Nicol
Stars: John Hudson, Peggy Webber, Russ Conway, Tony Johnson, Alex Nicol


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19 List of 1958 Horror Films Worth Watching!

Best Horror Movies of 1958

Looking for the best 1958 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1958 list are "The Fly (1958), I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958), The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), Horror of Dracula (1958), and It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)." 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 1958 is The Fly (1958) scoring 7.6/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 27,030 votes for this movie. Starring in The Fly (1958) is David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, and Kathleen Freeman. Director Kurt Neumann did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1958 best horror film which was remarkable.The Fly (1958) is in Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy movie genres.

Next Best Horror Movies of 1958 The next best 1958 horror movie is I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) with a score of 7.45/10 stars. Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Robert Ivers, and Chuck Wassil star in "I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)". I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) is directed by Gene Fowler Jr. and has over 3,150 IMDB votes. You can find I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) in Horror, and Sci-Fi movie genres.

These are the best horror films of 1958, and we hope you enjoy the 19 movies on our list of good 1958 horror movies sorted best to worst.

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