List of horror films of the 1950s

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This is a list of horror films released in the 1950s.

Horror films released in the 1950s
Title Director Cast Country Notes
1951
Bride of the Gorilla Curt SiodmakBarbara Payton, Lon Chaney, Jr., Raymond BurrUnited States[1]
The Thing from Another World Christian NybyJames Arness, Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth TobeyUnited States[2]
The Son of Dr. Jekyll Seymour FriedmanLouis Hayward, Jody Lawrance, Alexander KnoxUnited States[3]
The Strange Door Joseph PevneyCharles Laughton, Boris Karloff, Sally ForrestUnited States[4]
1952
The Black Castle Nathan H. JuranRichard Greene, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr.United States[5]
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire John GillingArthur Lucan, Bela Lugosi, Dora BryanUnited Kingdom[6]
1953
House of Wax André de TothVincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis KirkUnited States[7]
The Maze William Cameron MenziesRichard Carlson, Veronica Hurst, Katherine EmeryUnited States[8]
1954
Creature from the Black Lagoon Jack ArnoldRichard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard DenningUnited States
La Bruja Chano UruetaLilia del Valle, Ramón GayMexico[9]
The Mad Magician John BrahmVincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva GaborUnited States[10]
The Snow Creature W. Lee WilderPaul Langton, Leslie Denison, Teru ShimadaUnited States[11]
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy Charles LamontBud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie WindsorUnited StatesHorror comedy[12]
Cult of the Cobra Francis D. LyonFaith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall ThompsonUnited States[13]
Dementia John ParkerAdrienne Barrett, Bruno VeSota, Ben Roseman, Richard BarronUnited States[14]
Les Diaboliques Henri-Georges ClouzotSimone Signoret Véra ClouzotFrance[15]
Night of the Hunter Charles LaughtonRobert Mitchum Shelley WintersUnited States[16]
1956
The Black Sleep Reginald Le BorgBasil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, Tor JohnsonUnited States[17]
Man Beast Jerry WarrenRock Madison, Asa Maynor, George SkaffUnited States[18][19]
The Mole People Virgil VogelJohn Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh BeaumontUnited StatesScience fiction horror[20]
The She-Creature Edward L. CahnChester Morris, Marla English, Tom ConwayUnited States[21]
1957
The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas Val GuestForrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen ConnellUnited KingdomUnited States[22]
Back from the Dead Charles Marquis WarrenPeggie Castle, Arthur Franz, Marsha HuntUnited States[23]
The Black Scorpion Edward LudwigRichard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos RivasUnited States[24]
Blood of Dracula Herbert L. StrockSandra Harrison, Gail Ganley, Jerry BlaineUnited States[25]
Cat Girl Alfred ShaughnessyBarbara Shelley, Robert Ayres, Kay CallardUnited KingdomUnited States[26]
The Curse of Frankenstein Terence FisherPeter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel CourtUnited Kingdom[27]
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll Edgar G. UlmerJohn Agar, Gloria Talbott, Arthur ShieldsUnited States[28]
The Disembodied Walter GraumanPaul Burke, Allison Hayes, John WengrafUnited States[29]
From Hell It Came Dan MilnerTina Carver, Baynes Barron, Suzanne RidgewayUnited States[30]
La Maldicion de la Momia Azteca Rafael Lopez PortilloJulian DeMeriche, Alejandro Cruz, Arturo Martinez Sr.Mexico[31]
La Momia Azteca Rafael Lopez PortilloEmma Roldan, Jorge Mondragon, Arturo Martinez Sr.Mexico[32]
Night of the Demon Jacques TourneurDana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnisUnited Kingdom[33]
Pharaoh's Curse Lee SholemMark Dana, Ziva RodannUnited States[34]
Spook Chasers George BlairHuntz Hall, Robert ShayneUnited States[35]
The Undead Roger CormanPamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val DufourUnited States[36]
The Vampire Paul LandresJohn Beal, Kenneth Tobey, Dabbs GreerUnited States[37]
I Vampiri Riccardo Freda, Mario BavaGianna Maria Canale, Carlo D'Angelo, Dario MichaelisItaly[38]
Voodoo Island Reginald Le BorgBoris Karloff, Beverly Tyler, Murvyn VyeUnited States[39]
Voodoo Woman Edward L. CahnMarla English, Tom Conway, Lance FullerUnited States[40]
The Woman Eater George SaundersGeorge Coulouris, Vera DayUnited Kingdom[41]
1958
Blood of the Vampire Henry CassDonald Wolfit, Vincent Ball, Barbara ShelleyUnited Kingdom[42]
Black Cat Mansion Nobuo NakagawaToshio Hosokawa, Yuriko Ejima, Takashi WadaJapan[43]
The Brain Eaters Bruno Ve SotaEd Nelson, Alan Frost, Jack HillUnited States[44]
The Bride and the Beast Adrian WeissCharlotte Austin, Lance Fuller, Johnny RothUnited States[45]
The Castle of the Monsters Julián SolerAntonio Espino, Evangelina ElizondoMexico[46]
Corridors of Blood Robert DayBoris Karloff, Christopher LeeUnited Kingdom[47]
Curse of the Faceless Man Edward L. CahnRichard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele MaraUnited States[48]
Dracula Terence FisherPeter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Melissa StriblingUnited Kingdom[49]
El hombre y el monstruo Rafael BaledonAbel SalazarMexico[50]
Giant from the Unknown Richard E. CunhaEd Kemmer, Sally Fraser, Buddy BaerUnited States[51]
I Bury the Living Albert BandRichard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy MaurerUnited States[52]
Macabre William CastleJacqueline Scott, Jim Backus, Philip TongeUnited States[53]
My World Dies Screaming Harold DanielsGerald Mohr, Cathy O'Donnell, William ChingUnited States[54]
Night of the Ghouls Edward D. Wood, Jr.Criswell, Kenne Duncan, Duke MooreUnited States[55]
The Return of Dracula Paul LandresFrancis LedererUnited States[56]
The Screaming Skull Alex NicolJohn Hudson, Peggy Webber, Toni JohnsonUnited States[57]
The Thing That Couldn't Die Will CowanWilliam Reynolds, Andra Martin, Jeffrey StoneUnited States[58]
The Trollenberg Terror Quentin LawrenceForrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer JayneUnited Kingdom
The Vampire's Coffin Fernando MendezAbel SalazarMexico[59]
1959
Attack of the Giant Leeches Bernard KowalskiJan Shepard, Gene Roth, Yvette VickersUnited States[60]
Beast from Haunted Cave Monte HellmanMichael Forest, Frank Wolff, Chris RobinsonUnited States[61]
A Bucket of Blood Roger CormanDick Miller, Barboura Morris, Anthony CarboneUnited States[62]
Caltiki – The Immortal Monster Riccardo Freda, Mario BavaJohn Merivale, Didi Perego, Gérard HerterItalyFrance[63][64]
La Casa del Terror Gilberto Martínez SolaresLon Chaney Jr., Tin-Tan, Yolanda VarelaMexico[65]
Curse of the Undead Edward DeinEric Fleming, Michael Pate, Kathleen CrowleyUnited States[66]
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake Edward L. CahnEduard Franz, Valerie French, Henry DaniellUnited States[67]
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow William J. Hole, Jr.Jody Fair, Martin Braddock, Russ BenderUnited States[68]
Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan Nobuo NakagawaShigeru Amachi, Noriko KitazawaJapan[69]
The Giant Gila Monster Ray KelloggDon Sullivan, Fred GrahamUnited States[70]
House on Haunted Hill William Castle, Rosemary HorvathVincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard LongUnited States[71]
Jack the Ripper Monty Berman, Robert S. BakerEddie Byrne, Lee PattersonUnited Kingdom
La Llorona (a.k.a. The Crying Woman) René Cardona, Sr.María Elena MarquésMexico[72]
The Man Who Could Cheat Death Terence FisherAnton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher LeeUnited KingdomUnited States[73]
The Mummy Terence FisherPeter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne FurneauxUnited Kingdom[74]
Terror Is a Man Gerardo de LeónFrancis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard DerrPhilippinesUnited States[75]
The Tingler William CastleVincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl HickmanUnited States[76]
Uncle Was a Vampire StenoKay Fisher, Sylva Koscina, Christopher LeeItaly[77]

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