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
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.
Godmonster of Indian Flats
›NR1973 · Horror, Science Fiction, Western · 89m · Christopher Brooks, Stuart Lancaster, E. Kerrigan Prescott
A mutant sheep is on the move near a ranch in the American West.
The Dunwich Horror
›R1970 · Horror · 88m · Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley
Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.
Stranger in Our House
›PG-131979 · Horror, TV Movie · 99m · Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate
After a country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, their teenage daughter Rachel grows to suspect that Julie has a sinister agenda.
Don't Look in the Basement
›R1973 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Bill McGhee, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Dracup
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.
Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia
›1977 · Horror, Thriller, War · 92m · Dyanne Thorne, Michel-René Labelle, Jean-Guy Latour
Siberia 1953: Ilsa is now working in a Gulag prison camp. Her mission is to "retrain the minds" of those who don't agree with the communists.
Wonder Women
›PG1973 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 82m · Maria De Aragon, Roberta Collins, Ross Hagen
Dr. Tsu is a brilliant surgeon with her own exotic island off the coast of Manila. Using her sexy, all-girl army of martial-arts experts, Tsu kidnaps some of the world's greatest athletes. She is able to transplant any body part, so she uses the athletes for spare parts to sell to the world's richest men. Mike Harber is a womanizing, wise-cracking insurance investigator for Lloyd's of London sent to Manila to investigate the disappearance of a jai-alai player, and becomes involved with Dr. Tsu's mad mission.
Nightwing
›PG1979 · Horror · 105m · Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold
Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in Arizona.
Cannibal Girls
›R1973 · Comedy, Horror · 84m · Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Ronald Ulrich
A young couple spend the night in a restaurant, only to find out that it is haunted by three dead women who hunger for human flesh.
The Zodiac Killer
›R1971 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 87m · Hal Reed, Bob Jones, Ray Lynch
The San Francisco area is beset by a series of seemingly random murders without motive or pattern. The police are taunted by phone calls and letters. Could the maniac be the violent truck driver, or the seemingly mild-mannered mailman, or even a cop?
Creatures the World Forgot
›PG1971 · Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · Julie Ege, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Tony Bonner
As the first nomadic tribes wander across the vast wilderness of the infant planet they confront hostilities created by the harsh environment and each other. After a massive volcanic eruption a tribal chief is killed and his two sons fight for supremacy, not only for the leadership of the tribe but also for the love of a beautiful young woman. The age-old battlegrounds of rivalry, envy and passion are explored in this tale of prehistoric adventure.
Grizzly
›PG1976 · Horror, Adventure, Thriller · 91m · Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel
An eighteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area.
Invasion of the Bee Girls
›R1973 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 86m · William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri
A powerful cosmic force is turning Earth women into queen bees who kill men by wearing them out sexually.
Equinox
›PG1970 · Adventure, Horror · 82m · Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Jack Woods
Due to their possession of an ancient mystic book, four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic and find themselves pitched into a world of evil that overlaps their own. The film was originally made in 1967 by Dennis Muren as The Equinox: Journey into the Supernatural. Jack Woods was hired to shoot additional footage and expand on Muren's work.
Cathy's Curse
›R1977 · Horror · 82m · Randi Allen, Alan Scarfe, Beverly Murray
A young girl is possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt, who died in a car accident. Soon members of her family begin to mysteriously die off.
Daughters of Satan
›R1972 · Horror · 90m · Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie
A man buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife.
The Brotherhood of Satan
›1971 · Horror · 92m · Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Charles Bateman
A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's children to worship Satan.
Vampira
›PG1974 · Comedy, Horror · 88m · David Niven, Teresa Graves, Peter Bayliss
In order to revive his long hibernating bride, Vampira, Count Dracula takes blood samples from several beautiful models, but during the transfusion, Vampira's race turns from white to black.
Trip with the Teacher
›R1975 · Thriller, Horror · 91m · Zalman King, Brenda Fogarty, Cathy Worthington
A high-school field trip takes a nightmarish turn when the students' bus breaks down and thugs come to their aid.
The Twilight People
›PG1972 · Science Fiction, Horror · 80m · John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Jan Merlin
A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.
The Toolbox Murders
›R1978 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 93m · Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure
A serial killer, plagued by the memory of a fatal car accident, uses various tools to murder female tenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, then abducts a teenaged girl who lives there with her family. When the police express doubt that the murders are connected to the girl's disappearance, her brother sets out to search for her on his own.
Savage Weekend
›R1979 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Christopher Allport, James Doerr, David Gale
Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask.
Snowbeast
›NR1977 · Horror · 86m · Bo Svenson, Sylvia Sidney, Yvette Mimieux
A skier and his wife visit a friend's ski resort during a man beast's rampage, and must hide from the impending danger.
Sisters of Death
›PG1976 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 87m · Arthur Franz, Claudia Jennings, Sherry Boucher
During an all-girl secret society initiation, one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette. Many years later the survivors are invited for a reunion to a lavish estate, which turns out to be owned by the crazed father of the girl who died.