The best Joseph Cotten’s horror movies

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

15/05/1905- 06/02/1994
We present our ranking of the best Joseph Cotten’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Joseph Cotten.

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
7.5/10
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Abominable Dr. Phibes
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyHorror
  • Release: 18/05/1971
  • Character: Dr. Vesalius
Famous organist Anton Phibes is horribly disfigured in an automobile accident while rushing to the side of his sick wife and presumed to be dead. Once Phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctors are responsible and begins exacting his revenge on all those involved.

The Survivor

The Survivor
5.1/10
When a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he and the investigators look for the answers to the disaster. Meanwhile mysterious deaths occur in the community and only a psychic, in touch with the supernatural, can help the pilot unravel the mystery surrounding the doomed plane.

Lady Frankenstein

Lady Frankenstein
5.1/10
Dr. Frankensteins' daughter, who is in love with the aging lab assistant Marshall, continues with her fathers experiments and attempts to transplant Marshall's brain into a new body to prolong his life.

Baron Blood

Baron Blood
5.9/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 25/02/1972
  • Character: Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that causes Baron Blood to return and continue his murderous tortures.

The Hearse

The Hearse
4.8/10
A schoolteacher moves into her deceased aunt’s house in a small Californian town, and is harassed by unfriendly locals and a mysterious hearse.

Island of the Fishmen

Island of the Fishmen
5.3/10
After their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on a seemingly deserted island. They soon discover a strange couple, who invite them to stay at their house. While the prisoners plan an escape, the doctor does some investigating, and soon finds out just what the pair are really doing, and why the prisoners keep disappearing mysteriously.

The Devil's Daughter

The Devil's Daughter
5.8/10
  • Genre: HorrorTV Movie
  • Release: 09/01/1973
  • Character: Judge Weatherby
A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.

The Screaming Woman

The Screaming Woman
6.6/10
A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground. Her family, however, refuses to believe her story, and sees the incident as an opportunity to prove the woman's mind has snapped so they can take control of her money.

The House Where Death Lives

The House Where Death Lives
4.4/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 23/01/1981
  • Character: Ivar Langrock
A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered.

A Whisper in the Dark

A Whisper in the Dark
5.7/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 12/08/1976
  • Character: The Professor
Martino is a young child who claims to have an invisible friend called Luca. His parents assume it is just a game, but strange things start to happen.

Tales of the Unexpected: Edward the Conqueror

Tales of the Unexpected: Edward the Conqueror
6.1/10
Elderly marrieds Edward and Louisa discover a stray cat in their garden. It reacts so positively to Louisa's classical piano playing that she is convinced the cat is the reincarnation of Franz Liszt. Edward grows tired of her obsession and decides to get rid of the cat.

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