It was a decade that saw cinema grow with the rise of groundbreaking classics and epic game-changers.

But above all, it was time for horror to thrive.

Witness the decade that changed the horror genre forever.

The Best Horror Movie of Every Year of the 1960s

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The ’60s created some of the greatest,most rewatchable horror classics of all time.

It’ll continue to be an influence and stand as the best horror film of the year.

But, as she starts experiencing paranormal activity, she worries dark forces are surrounding the eldest child.

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Overall,The Innocentsis an effectively creepy tale that can send shivers down anyone’s spine.

3’What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'

But after years of refusing to believe her glory days are behind her, Jane suffers a murderous breakdown.

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Released in 1963,The Birdsis his monster-attack thriller, starringRod TaylorandTippi Hedren.

This eerie cult classic has been a staple of the horror genre for decades since it graced the screen.

A perfect blend of slow-burn, psychological, andsurvival horror makes up this truly groundbreaking classic.

A young boy stares at the camera as a man in a window stares at him in The Innocents

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NEXT:The Best Horror Movies of Every Year in the 1970s

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Bette Davis looking out a barred window with Joan Crawford sitting behind her in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

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Melanie, played by Tippi Hedren, running with a little girl away from a swarm of attacking birds in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds

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The Onibaba from Onibaba

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Catherine Deneuve walking on a hallway where hands are coming out of the walls.

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Audrey Hepburn looking scared, standing behind an iron gate in Wait Until Dark (1967).

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A group of zombie marching in the dark

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Karel (Rudolf Hrušínský) looks at the fish-eyed camera in The Cremator.

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