16 Best Horror Movies of 1968

The films listed below include 1968 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 1968 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1968.

16 Best Horror Movies of 1968

12). The Crimson Cult (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Crimson Cult poster
Score: 4.98/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,237 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming - and his niece more demonstrably so - Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavinia Morley, Black Witch of Greymarsh, hanging over everything. Tagline: The high priestess...

Director: Vernon Sewell
Stars: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele, Michael Gough


11). Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Frankenstein's Bloody Terror poster
Score: 5.34/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 970 | MPAA Rating: G
Plot / Synopsis: A man suffers from the curse of lyncanthropy and seeks out the aid of a German doctor and his wife who are experts in the occult. Unknowingly, the cursed man has summoned two vampires instead, who have plans of their own for the werewolf. Tagline: You'll Live Through A Thousand Torments of Sheer Shock!...

Director: Enrique López Eguiluz
Stars: Paul Naschy, Dyanik Zurakowska, Manuel Manzaneque, Aurora de Alba, Julián Ugarte


Top 10 Horror Movies 1968

10). Spirits of the Dead (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Spirits of the Dead poster
Score: 7.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,368 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. "Metzengerstein" features a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion - who, it turns out is really her dead lover...

Directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim
Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Jane Fonda, Terence Stamp, James Robertson Justice


8). Big Monster War (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Big Monster War poster
Score: 5.86/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 918 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him...

Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Stars: Yoshihiko Aoyama, Hideki Hanamura, Chikara Hashimoto, Hiromi Inoue, Mari Kanda


7). A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

A Quiet Place in the Country poster
Score: 5.43/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,254 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A popular painter, plagued by nightmares that he and his lover/sales agent are engaging in bizarre, ritualistic, sad**tic s**ual acts, seeks to escape the city and rent a house in the country. Tagline: in a quiet place she strips away the structure of his mind and body ...piece by piece...

Director: Elio Petri
Stars: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo, Madeleine Damien


6). Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave poster
Score: 7.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,584 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.1/10 | Metascore: 6.6/10 | MPAA Rating: G
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: When his castle is exorcised, Dracula plots his revenge against the Monsignor who performed the rites... Tagline: You just can't keep a good man down...

Director: Freddie Francis
Stars: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barbara Ewing, Barry Andrews


5). The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch poster
Score: 5.91/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 604 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Extremely fun Daiei adaptation of two shojo horror manga into a single, crazily FX-laden story about two rival, shape-shifting sisters who are on less than good terms. However, when an evil creature makes an appearance they have to overlook their differences and join forces to battle it...

Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Stars: Yûko Hamada, Sachiko Meguro, Yachie Matsui, Mayumi Takahashi, Sei Hiraizumi


4). Hour of the Wolf (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Hour of the Wolf poster
Score: 8.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 24,640 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.2/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: While vacationing on a remote Scandanavian island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires. Tagline: "The Hour of the Wolf" is the hour between night and dawn. It is the hour when most people die. It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their deepest fear, when ghosts...

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg, Erland Josephson


3). Kuroneko (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Kuroneko poster
Score: 8.65/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 9,113 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A woman and her daughter-in-law are r**ed and murdered by samurais during the time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero, to quell what is evidently a ghost. He encounters the two...

Director: Kaneto Shindô
Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô, Rokkô Toura, Kiwako Taichi


2). Night of the Living Dead (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 8.48/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 145,969 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 8.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $236,452
Night of the Living Dead is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: There is panic throughout the nation as the dead suddenly come back to life. The film follows a group of characters who barricade themselves in an old farmhouse in an attempt to remain safe from these flesh eating monsters. Tagline: If it doesn't scare you, you're already dead!...

Director: George A. Romero
Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O`Dea, Judith O''Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman


1). Rosemary's Baby (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 9.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 249,513 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.7/10 | Metascore: 9.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Rosemary's Baby is Streaming on Hulu
Plot / Synopsis: A young couple move into an apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life. Tagline: Pray for Rosemary's Baby...

Director: Roman Polanski
Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans


Horror Movies of 1968 List

1). Rosemary's Baby (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Read Our Rosemary's Baby ReviewRosemary's Baby poster
Score: 9.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 249,513 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.7/10 | Metascore: 9.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Rosemary's Baby is Streaming on Hulu
Plot / Synopsis: A young couple move into an apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life. Tagline: Pray for Rosemary's Baby...

Director: Roman Polanski
Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans


2). Kuroneko (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Kuroneko poster
Score: 8.65/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 9,113 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A woman and her daughter-in-law are r**ed and murdered by samurais during the time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero, to quell what is evidently a ghost. He encounters the two...

Director: Kaneto Shindô
Stars: Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô, Rokkô Toura, Kiwako Taichi


3). Night of the Living Dead (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Read Our Night of the Living Dead ReviewNight of the Living Dead poster
Score: 8.48/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 145,969 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 8.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $236,452
Night of the Living Dead is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: There is panic throughout the nation as the dead suddenly come back to life. The film follows a group of characters who barricade themselves in an old farmhouse in an attempt to remain safe from these flesh eating monsters. Tagline: If it doesn't scare you, you're already dead!...

Director: George A. Romero
Stars: Duane Jones, Judith O`Dea, Judith O''Dea, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman


4). Hour of the Wolf (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Hour of the Wolf poster
Score: 8.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 24,640 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.2/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: While vacationing on a remote Scandanavian island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires. Tagline: "The Hour of the Wolf" is the hour between night and dawn. It is the hour when most people die. It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their deepest fear, when ghosts...

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stars: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg, Erland Josephson


5). Spirits of the Dead (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Spirits of the Dead poster
Score: 7.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,368 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Three directors each adapt a Poe short story to the screen: "Toby Dammit" features a disheveled drugged and drunk English movie star who nods acceptance in the Italian press and his producers fawn over him. "Metzengerstein" features a Mediveal countess who has a love-hate relationship with a black stallion - who, it turns out is really her dead lover...

Directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim
Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Jane Fonda, Terence Stamp, James Robertson Justice


7). Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave poster
Score: 7.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,584 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.1/10 | Metascore: 6.6/10 | MPAA Rating: G
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: When his castle is exorcised, Dracula plots his revenge against the Monsignor who performed the rites... Tagline: You just can't keep a good man down...

Director: Freddie Francis
Stars: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barbara Ewing, Barry Andrews


8). The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch poster
Score: 5.91/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 604 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Extremely fun Daiei adaptation of two shojo horror manga into a single, crazily FX-laden story about two rival, shape-shifting sisters who are on less than good terms. However, when an evil creature makes an appearance they have to overlook their differences and join forces to battle it...

Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Stars: Yûko Hamada, Sachiko Meguro, Yachie Matsui, Mayumi Takahashi, Sei Hiraizumi


9). Big Monster War (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Big Monster War poster
Score: 5.86/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 918 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him...

Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Stars: Yoshihiko Aoyama, Hideki Hanamura, Chikara Hashimoto, Hiromi Inoue, Mari Kanda


10). A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

A Quiet Place in the Country poster
Score: 5.43/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,254 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A popular painter, plagued by nightmares that he and his lover/sales agent are engaging in bizarre, ritualistic, sad**tic s**ual acts, seeks to escape the city and rent a house in the country. Tagline: in a quiet place she strips away the structure of his mind and body ...piece by piece...

Director: Elio Petri
Stars: Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret, Gabriella Boccardo, Madeleine Damien


11). Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Frankenstein's Bloody Terror poster
Score: 5.34/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 970 | MPAA Rating: G
Plot / Synopsis: A man suffers from the curse of lyncanthropy and seeks out the aid of a German doctor and his wife who are experts in the occult. Unknowingly, the cursed man has summoned two vampires instead, who have plans of their own for the werewolf. Tagline: You'll Live Through A Thousand Torments of Sheer Shock!...

Director: Enrique López Eguiluz
Stars: Paul Naschy, Dyanik Zurakowska, Manuel Manzaneque, Aurora de Alba, Julián Ugarte


12). The Crimson Cult (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Crimson Cult poster
Score: 4.98/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,237 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming - and his niece more demonstrably so - Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavinia Morley, Black Witch of Greymarsh, hanging over everything. Tagline: The high priestess...

Director: Vernon Sewell
Stars: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele, Michael Gough


13). Brides of Blood (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Brides of Blood poster
Score: 4.71/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,045 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! Tagline: A Brutal Orgy of Ghastly Terror!...

Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero
Stars: Kent Taylor, Beverly Powers, John Ashley, Eva Darren, Mario Montenegro


15). The Green Slime (1968) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Green Slime poster
Score: 3.6/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,112 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.3/10 | MPAA Rating: G
Plot / Synopsis: A giant asteroid is heading toward Earth so some astronauts disembark from a nearby space station to blow it up... Tagline: Invaders From Beyond The Stars!...

Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Stars: Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel, Bud Widom, Ted Gunther


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16 List of 1968 Horror Films Worth Watching!

Best Horror Movies of 1968

Looking for the best 1968 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1968 list are "Rosemary's Baby (1968), Kuroneko (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Hour of the Wolf (1968), and Spirits of the Dead (1968)." 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 1968 is Rosemary's Baby (1968) scoring 9.07/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 249,510 votes for this movie. Starring in Rosemary's Baby (1968) is Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, and Maurice Evans. Director Roman Polanski did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1968 best horror film which was remarkable.Rosemary's Baby (1968) is in Horror, Drama, and Mystery movie genres.

Next Best Horror Movies of 1968 The next best 1968 horror movie is Kuroneko (1968) with a score of 8.65/10 stars. Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô, Rokkô Toura, and Kiwako Taichi star in "Kuroneko (1968)". Kuroneko (1968) is directed by Kaneto Shindô and has over 9,110 IMDB votes. You can find Kuroneko (1968) in Horror, and Drama movie genres.

These are the best horror films of 1968, and we hope you enjoy the 16 movies on our list of good 1968 horror movies sorted best to worst.

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