A personal favorite of mine that is one of the top horror movies that decade is Invasion of the Body Snatchers.  The idea that people change over night but still look and talk the same has always given me the creeps.  This movie follows a doctor and his girlfriend while they try to figure out the mystery behind the people of their small town.  The movie is very intense and has a few surprises up its sleeve.  It has inspired several remakes including one from 2007 starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.  The movie was low budget but still had great qualities and to me will always be a classic.

Back in 1954 came a great movie called Creature From The Black Lagoon.  It brought one of the best Monsters to movie history.   Shot in Black and White worked well for this movie.  It doesn’t have to have any gore to creep you out like most horror movies now days.  The plot is about an expedition on the Amazon.  There the ship’s crew finds some type of prehistoric creature.  Towards the end of the movie you start to feel sympathy for the creature.  It provides some old fashion scares and that’s why it is listed as one of the top horror movies.

Certainly a classic horror movie and part of the top horror movies from 1959 is The Mummy.  The film starred both Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.  This was a remake of the 1930’s classic and almost as good.  The mummy is played by Lee instead of Boris Karloff.  The movie is made in technicolor instead of b&w.  The film is directed by Terence Fisher.  If you haven’t checked it out yet then try to find a copy.

I’m a huge fan of older horror movies.  They don’t rely on large amounts of blood or DTS surround to make us jump.  There’s just something about the top horror movies from back in the day that seems to be more pure then some of the others we see coming out now days.