Decade
1970s Horror
The horror that defined the 1970s — ranked by Crypt Score, from era-defining classics to the deep cuts worth resurrecting.
397 titles
Scream and Scream Again
›PG1970 · Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
A serial killer who drains his victims of blood is on the loose and London police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
And Now the Screaming Starts!
›R1973 · Horror · 91m · Stephanie Beacham, Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of the Fengriffen family. The young bride is victim of terrifying visions and apparitions, threatening her very sanity. A London psychiatrist comes to her help and uncovers the terrible secret that haunts the estate.
The Evil
›R1978 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
Holocaust 2000
›R1977 · Science Fiction, Drama, Horror · 106m · Kirk Douglas, Agostina Belli, Simon Ward
An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.
Exposé
›1976 · Thriller, Horror · 84m · Udo Kier, Linda Hayden, Fiona Richmond
A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.
The Flesh and Blood Show
›R1972 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Jenny Hanley, Ray Brooks, Luan Peters
Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.
Nothing But the Night
›PG1973 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 90m · Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors
When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Mark, begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
The Premonition
›PG1976 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror · 94m · Sharon Farrell, Edward Bell, Danielle Brisebois
When a deranged woman and her carny boyfriend plot to abduct her biological daughter from the girl's foster parents, the foster mother is plagued by premonitions and psychic visions.
The Evictors
›PG1979 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 92m · Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper
A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history.
Effects
›R1979 · Thriller, Horror · 84m · Joseph Pilato, Susan Chapek, John Harrison
Some crew members of a company shooting a horror film begin to suspect that the "killings" in the movie are real, and that they are actually making a "snuff" film.
Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood
›R1973 · Horror · 74m · Janine Carazo, Jerome Dempsey, Daniel Dietrich
After a young man goes missing at a run-down local amusement park, his family take jobs there in an effort to uncover what happened to him and, in the process, meet a cadre of unsettling characters.
Mansion of the Doomed
›R1976 · Horror · 86m · Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame, Lance Henriksen
An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of performing transplants on his daughter who lost her own in a car-accident he caused.
Blood and Lace
›1971 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 87m · Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Milton Selzer
After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage run by a mysterious woman and her handyman, both whom she comes to suspect are hiding dark secrets.
Crescendo
›PG1970 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Stefanie Powers, James Olson, Joss Ackland
An innocent project transforms into a perilous nightmare when researcher Susan Roberts arrives in France in search of information on a deceased composer.
Sugar Cookies
›R1973 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 89m · Mary Woronov, Lynn Lowry, George Shannon
A film producer murders his star actress during an erotic "game" and makes it look like suicide. The dead girl's lesbian lover discovers what happened, and plots her revenge.
Dark August
›PG1976 · Horror, Mystery · 87m · Kim Hunter, J.J. Barry, Carolyne Barry
A young girl is accidentally run down by a car driven by a careless city slicker. This careless injustice provokes the girl's grandfather into summoning his mystical powers and placing a death curse on the young man. Desperate to stave off the dire consequences of the hex, Barry seeks the counsel of a local psychic medium.
Blacula
›PG1972 · Horror, Fantasy · 93m · William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
›R1973 · Horror · 88m · Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.
To the Devil a Daughter
›R1976 · Horror · 95m · Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Nastassja Kinski
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
The Visitor
›1979 · Horror, Science Fiction · 109m · Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.
The Beast Must Die
›PG1974 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark
Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in the world. But one creature still evades him, the biggest game of all - a werewolf.
Cry of the Banshee
›R1970 · Horror · 91m · Vincent Price, Essy Persson, Hilary Dwyer
In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting unknowing help from one of the household.
The Nude Vampire
›1970 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Caroline Cartier, Olivier Rollin, Maurice Lemaître
A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she's being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she's a vampire.
Gargoyles
›NR1972 · Fantasy, Horror, TV Movie · 74m · Cornel Wilde, Jennifer Salt, Grayson Hall
After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. Once they do so, they, as well as the town, are besieged by a colony of gargoyles living in some nearby caverns.