"In many ways, 1960 was a year of transition; besides opening the door to a new decade of film, it also blazed a trail into a new cinematic era. Almost symbolically, both black-and-white and color movies feature prominently in this list, just as the films themselves were bridging the gap between a more heavily censored past and an age of more artistic freedom still to come.
A great cinematic awakening was underway, and these films were the laboratories for experimentation and growth which tested the boundaries of tradition. In our view, 1960 was the perfect sweet spot between conservative horror and effective horror – the ideal balance of intellectual, imaginative terror and visceral, accessible terror."
