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Best Horror TV Series of the 1960s

56 Horror series that started in the 1960s, ranked by popularity

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56 series

The Phantom of the Opera

★ 6.8
30 9 1960–present
Horror

Jeepers Creepers Theater

★ 6.5
30 149 1962–1966
Comedy · Fantasy · Horror

The Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show

★ 8.4
22 247 1966–1979
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Monster Movie Matinee

★ 8.1
21 825 1964–present
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Adventures of the Young Shadar

★ 6.1
21 156 1967–1968
Adventure · Animation · Horror

Wandjina!

★ 7.3
21 7 1966–1966
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Chiller

★ 8.4
20 44 1963–1965
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Al Assal Al Murr

★ 5.8
19 10 1966–1966
Drama · Horror · Thriller

Acri Creature Feature

★ 9.1
19 487 1969–2003
Horror

The Possessed

★ 8.1
19 6 1969–present
Horror

El muñeco maldito

★ 7.8
18 13 1962–present
Horror · Mystery

El retrato de Dorian Gray

★ 6.6
17 3 1969–present
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Shock Theatre

★ 7.4
16 979 1964–1974
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Project Terror

★ 7.9
16 1960–1965
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Kaibutsu-kun

★ 7.0
16 24 1968–1969
Animation · Comedy · Horror

Saturday Afternoon Mad Theater

★ 8.1
15 1603 1969–present
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Nightmare Theatre

★ 7.5
14 673 1964–1977
Comedy · Fantasy · Horror

Fright Night Theatre

★ 6.0
14 313 1963–1969
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Lenny's Inferno

★ 8.9
14 798 1969–1982
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Morgus Presents

★ 8.0
13 53 1964–1965
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Fantasmic Features

★ 8.0
13 382 1963–1967
Horror

Scream-In

★ 8.4
13 165 1969–1971
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Mañana puede ser verdad

★ 5.4
12 14 1964–1965
Horror · Sci-Fi

Chiller Theater

★ 7.0
11 1964–1965
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
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