
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

Mark of the Witch
›NR1970 · Horror · 84m · Robert Elston, Barbara Brownell, Gary Brockette
A 300-year-old witch terrorizes a college town to get revenge on the descendant of the man who persecuted her.

Terror in the Wax Museum
›NR1973 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, Maurice Evans
Terrifying wax figures of renowned personalities, such as Attila the Hun and Jack the Ripper, surround the sale of a London museum.

Day of the Woman
›NC-171978 · Horror · 101m · Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace
A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.

Hungry Wives
›R1972 · Horror, Drama · 89m · Jan White, Raymond Laine, Ann Muffly
An unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft with unexpected consequences.

Lust for a Vampire
›R1971 · Horror · 91m · Barbara Jefford, Ralph Bates, Suzanna Leigh
In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla's disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange.

Scream Blacula Scream
›PG1973 · Horror, Fantasy · 96m · William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam Grier
After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in line to lead. He is outraged when Lisa, his mother's adopted apprentice is chosen as the leader. Willis seeks revenge by reviving the African prince Blacula — but soon finds that he cannot control him.

The Ultimate Warrior
›R1975 · Action, Science Fiction, Thriller · 94m · Yul Brynner, Max von Sydow, Joanna Miles
Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.

Moon of the Wolf
›NR1972 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 75m · David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Bradford Dillman
After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.

Grave of the Vampire
›PG1972 · Horror · 91m · William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters
Vampire Caleb Croft has awakened from his unholy slumber -- with an insatiable lust for blood and the pleasures of the flesh.

Embryo
›PG1976 · Horror, Science Fiction · 104m · Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd
A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days.

Horror High
›PG1973 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Pat Cardi, Austin Stoker, Rosie Holotik
A nerdy high school super whiz experiments with a chemical which will transform his guinea pig "Mr. Mumps" from a gentle pet into a ravenous monster. In a fit of rage against his tormentors at the high school, Vernon Potts goes on a killing spree, eliminating all of those who ever picked on him - the Gym Coach, the School Jock, The Creepy Janitor & his hated teacher, Ms. Grindstaff.

The Severed Arm
›R1973 · Horror · 91m · Deborah Walley, David G. Cannon, Paul Carr
Trapped in a cave, five men cut the arm off of another companion in order to ward off starvation. After they are saved, their victim seeks revenge on them one by one.

Screams of a Winter Night
›PG1979 · Horror · 118m · Matt Borel, Gil Glasgow, Mary Agen Cox
Ten college friends take a winter weekend camping trip to Lake Durand. The group holes up in an old cabin where the original owners were once found dead, with local Native Americans suspecting they were the victims of a spirit called Shataba. As the group nestles in for the night, they start telling each other scary stories.

Eaten Alive
›1976 · Horror · 91m · Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones
A psychotic redneck owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, where he murders those who upset him or his business, and then feeds their remains to his pet crocodile in the swamp beside his hotel.

Dracula A.D. 1972
›PG1972 · Horror · 96m · Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham
Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of the ritual, however, is the rejuvenation of Dracula from shrivelled remains. Johnny, Dracula' s disciple, lures victims to the deserted graveyard for his master's pleasure and one of the victims delivered is Jessica Van Helsing. Descended from the Van Helsing line of vampire hunters her grandfather, equipped with all the devices to snare and destroy the Count, confronts his arch enemy in the age-old battle between good and evil.

Prophecy
›PG1979 · Horror, Science Fiction · 102m · Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante
When a dispute occurs between a logging operation and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are sent in to mediate. Chief John Hawks insists the loggers are poisoning the water supply, and, though company man Isley denies it, the Vernes can't ignore the strangely mutated wildlife roaming the woods. Robert captures a bear cub for testing and soon finds himself the target of an angry mutant grizzly.

Don't Go in the House
›R1979 · Horror · 82m · Dan Grimaldi, Robert Carnegie, Ruth Dardick
As a child, Donald was tormented by his mother who used fire as a punishment. Now a deranged adult, Donald stalks women at clubs, then takes them home where he kills them with a flamethrower.

The Wizard of Gore
›R1970 · Horror · 95m · Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay
A talk show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician who has the ability to hypnotize and control people's thoughts in order to stage gory onstage illusions using his powers of mindbending.

Sssssss
›PG1973 · Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies
David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David.

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
›PG1972 · Horror, Comedy · 86m · Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Jeff Gillen
Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ceremony works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.

Night of the Dark Full Moon
›R1972 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 85m · Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov
A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the locals who all seem to have something to hide.

It Lives Again
›R1978 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, John P. Ryan
Maternity wards echo with the patter of tiny claws as more murderous baby-faced monsters are born. But rather than kill their monstrous offspring during delivery, cursed parents flee to secret incubation hideouts.

The Legacy
›R1978 · Horror · 102m · Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Roger Daltrey
A couple attempts to unravel a sinister plot within the English countryside estate of a dying man who has gathered an eclectic and notable group of house guests.

The Legend of Boggy Creek
›G1972 · Adventure, Mystery, Horror · 87m · Vern Stierman, Chuck Pierce Jr., William Stumpp
A documentary-style drama based on true accounts of the Fouke Monster in Arkansas.
