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 Incredible Melting Man
›R1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 84m · Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey
An astronaut exposed to cosmic rays outside of Saturn's rings returns to Earth and begins to melt away. Escaping from the hospital, he wanders around the backwoods looking for human flesh to eat.
Trog
›1970 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay
Anthropologist Dr Brockton unearths a primitive troglodyte — an Ice Age 'missing link': half-caveman, half-ape — in a local cave. Through experimentation, she manages to communicate with and domesticate him before he's released by an irate land developer and goes on a rampage, terrorising the local citizenry.
Exorcist II: The Heretic
›R1977 · Horror · 118m · Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?
The Giant Spider Invasion
›PG1975 · Horror, Science Fiction · 79m · Steve Brodie, Barbara Hale, Robert Easton
A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh! Two NASA scientists try to save the world.
Curse of Bigfoot
›1975 · TV Movie, Horror · 88m · Bob Clymire, Jan Swihart, Bill Simonsen
A group of high school students on an archaeological dig discover a centuries old mummified body in a sealed cave. Removing the mummy, it soon comes back to life, revealing itself to be an inhuman beast that terrorizes a small California town.
Snuff
›R1976 · Horror · 80m · Margarita Amuchástegui, Tina Austin, Ana Carro
The followers of a charismatic cult leader set out to murder a pregnant actress.
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
›PG1971 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Zandor Vorkov
Judith Fontaine is looking for her sister Joanie, who has disappeared into the hippie community of Venice, California. It turns out that Joanie has become fallen victim to Groton, an ax-wielding homicidal maniac under the employ of Dr. Durea, the last living descendant of the Frankenstein family and is now both running a house of horrors on the beach's boardwalk and performing experiments on Gorton's victims in his basement laboratory.
The Bat People
›PG1974 · Horror · 95m · Stewart Moss, Marianne McAndrew, Michael Pataki
Dr. John Beck, recently married, decides to take his wife, Cathy, spelunking in Carlsbad Cavern. While there, Dr. Beck, who specializes in bats, is bitten by a fruit bat. He is then, inexplicably, transformed into a vampire bat. While he escapes and seeks help from another doctor, it is clear the treatments are not working. In fact, they are aggravating his condition. Dr. Beck unwittingly goes on a killing spree, catching the attention of Sergeant Ward.
A*P*E
›PG1976 · Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Alex Nicol, Joanna Kerns, Lee Nak-hoon
A newly discovered 36-foot gorilla escapes from a freighter off the coast of Korea. At the same time an American actress is filming a movie in the country. Chaos ensues as the ape kidnaps her and rampages through Seoul.
Laserblast
›PG1978 · Science Fiction, Horror · 83m · Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo
Happy go-lucky teen Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert, making him the target of a pair of aliens who had recently executed its previous owner.
The Touch of Satan
›PG1971 · Horror · 90m · Michael Berry, Emby Mellay, Lee Amber
A murderous and decrepit old woman resides on a California walnut farm with her family. On a whim, a traveler named Jodie makes a brief side trip to the farm, where he meets and falls in love with Melissa, the proverbial farmer's daughter. Jodie and Melissa grow closer as Melissa begins to reveal the strange, dark history of her family.
Track of the Moon Beast
›PG1976 · Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Chase Cordell, Leigh Drake, Gregorio Sala
Professor "Johnny Longbow" Salina, a man who really knows his stews, introduces Paul Carlson to the practical-joking Kathy Nolan. Paul and Kathy seem to hit it off rather well but, during a meteor storm, a meteorite fragment strikes Paul, burying itself deep in his skull, which has the unpleasant side-effect of causing Paul to mutate into a giant reptilian monster at night and go on murderous rampages. It turns out that this sort of thing has happened before, when Professor Salina rediscovers ancient Native American paintings detailing a similar event many centuries ago. Kathy, however, still loves Paul, and tries to save him.
Zaat
›PG1971 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror · 100m · Marshall Grauer, Wade Popwell, Paul Galloway
A mad scientist unleashes his master plan: to transform himself into a mutated walking catfish, and gain revenge on those who have spurned him. His plans go wrong, and he becomes tempted to kidnap a nubile young woman to similarly transform her so that he can breed.