
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

The Fun House
›R1977 · Horror · 78m · Roger Watkins, Ken Fisher, Bill Schlageter
After being released from prison, a young gangster with a chip on his shoulder decides to punish society by making snuff films.

The Manitou
›PG1978 · Horror, Science Fiction · 104m · Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg
A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.

The Gore Gore Girls
›NC-171972 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 84m · Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin
A young reporter enlists a top notch private eye to solve the murder of a female stripper at a Chicago nightclub.

Devil Times Five
›R1974 · Horror · 88m · Sorrell Booke, Gene Evans, Taylor Lacher
Five extremely disturbed, sociopathic children escape from their psychiatric transport and are taken in unwittingly by a group of adult villagers on winter vacation.

Virgin Witch
›R1972 · Horror · 89m · Ann Michelle, Vicki Michelle, Keith Buckley
A pair of mini-skirted birds travel to a remote castle in order to land a contract in the modelling agency of the mysterious lesbian Sybil Waite.

Killdozer
›1974 · TV Movie, Science Fiction, Thriller · 74m · Clint Walker, Carl Betz, Neville Brand
A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.

It Happened at Lakewood Manor
›1977 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 95m · Robert Foxworth, Lynda Day George, Gerald Gordon
A lakeside resort comes under attack by a seemingly infinite hoard of flesh-eating ants.

The Child
›R1977 · Horror, Mystery · 82m · Laurel Barnett, Rosalie Cole, Frank Janson
In early 20th century California, a young woman takes a job as a nanny to a young girl whose mother has recently died. On her way to the rural, secluded home, she meets a neighbor who warns her of the family's reputation. She soon meets the crabby, morbid Mr. Nordon, his awkward son Len, and the aloof Rosalie; who can seemingly animate objects when she is angry.

The House of the Dead
›PG1978 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 80m · John Ericson, Ivor Francis, Judith Novgrod
When a philandering husband accidentally finds himself lost during a rainstorm, he’s taken in by an elderly mortician and is forced to learn the ghastly origins of four freshly arrived corpses.

The House of Exorcism
›R1975 · Horror · 92m · Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Robert Alda
A re-edited version of Mario Bava's "Lisa and the Devil" for the U.S. market, including newly filmed scenes involving a possessed Lisa.

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
›1977 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 100m · Claude Akins, Charles Frank, Deborah Winters
An airplane carrying coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the venomous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the venomous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees

Dogs
›R1976 · Horror · 91m · David McCallum, Sandra McCabe, George Wyner
On the quiet campus of the remotely-located SouthWestern University, something strange is happening. All of the dogs in the area, once loyal, gentle pets, are now banding together in wild packs and hunting down their former masters. Could the strange transformation have anything to do with the secret government experiments being conducted in the school's physics laboratory? More importantly, can the dogs be stopped before it's too late?

Creature from Black Lake
›PG1976 · Mystery, Horror, Drama · 95m · Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple
When the word gets out of a mysterious Bigfoot-type creature, two researchers come to a small town to study and hopefully discover the true nature of the beast. With some help from the locals, the two men to learn that the creature may be a very angry and murderous missing link.

Orca
›PG1977 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.

A Force of One
›PG1979 · Action, Adventure, Crime · 90m · Jennifer O'Neill, Chuck Norris, Clu Gulager
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.

Bug
›PG1975 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 99m · Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles, Richard Gilliland
An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.

Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks
›1976 · Action, Horror, War · 94m · Dyanne Thorne, Max Thayer, Jerry Delony
Ilsa works for an Arab sheik who enjoys importing females to use as sex slaves.

Day of the Animals
›PG1977 · Science Fiction, Horror · 97m · Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George
The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers who get dropped off up there by helicopter just before the quarantine is announced.

The Uncanny
›1977 · Horror · 89m · Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Susan Penhaligon
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.

Lisa, Lisa
›1974 · Horror, Thriller · 68m · Leslie Lee, Jack Canon, Ray Green
A group of three criminals on the run from the law, go about terrorizing the local townsfolk of a small community, before descending on an isolated farm which is home to a young girl named Lisa and her paralyzed grandfather. After being sexually assaulted by two of the gangsters, she retaliates using an axe and a razor blade.

Scream Bloody Murder
›R1973 · Horror, Crime · 90m · Fred Holbert, Leigh Mitchell, Robert Knox
A disturbed young boy who kills his father with a tractor is institutionalized. Years later, when he's finally released, he goes on a murderous rampage after he finds out that his mother has remarried.

Daddy's Deadly Darling
›R1973 · Horror · 80m · Toni Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Catherine Ross
The owner of a roadside diner and his new helper kill people and feed them to pigs.

Necromancy
›PG1972 · Horror · 82m · Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell
After Lori suffers a stillbirth, her husband Frank obtains a job with a northern California toy company. Frank's new boss, the mysterious Mr. Cato, explains that Frank's position will involve magic. Cato, who seemingly holds enormous influence over the town, pursues the power of necromancy and believes that Lori holds the key that will help him resurrect his own dead son.

Ruby
›R1977 · Horror · 85m · Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Janit Baldwin
Strange killings occur at Ruby's drive-in theatre, sixteen years after the murder of her gangster boyfriend.
