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
Blue Sunshine
›R1977 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 94m · Zalman King, Deborah Winters, Mark Goddard
At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry is on the run. More bizarre homicides continue with alarming frequency all over town. Trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking truth...people are losing their hair and turning into violent psychopaths and the connection may be some LSD all the murderers took a decade before.
House of Mortal Sin
›R1976 · Horror · 104m · Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham
A troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl, but later it is revealed that he will stop at nothing, including blackmail and murder, just to get close to her.
The Stone Tape
›1972 · Horror, TV Movie, Mystery · 90m · Michael Bryant, Jane Asher, Iain Cuthbertson
A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, which he believes is a psychic impression trapped in a stone wall (dubbed a "stone tape"), but to exorcise it too - with terrifying results...
Private Parts
›R1972 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 87m · Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio
In the sleaziest corner of Los Angeles, the King Edward Hotel has a new arrival in the form of Cheryl, a runaway teen. She's hoping to put her life back together but somewhere in the musty halls of the King Edward lurks another guest — who just loves to chop people apart!
The California Kid
›1974 · Action, Thriller, Horror · 74m · Martin Sheen, Vic Morrow, Michelle Phillips
A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.
False Face
›1977 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 95m · Robert Lansing, Judith Chapman, Arlen Dean Snyder
A psychopathic plastic surgeon transforms a young accident victim into the spitting image of his missing daughter.
Crowhaven Farm
›1970 · Horror, TV Movie · 74m · Hope Lange, Paul Burke, Lloyd Bochner
A couple, Maggie and Ben Porter, inherit an old farmhouse and move in, hoping to reinvigorate their marriage. When they learn the home was occupied long ago by a woman who was executed for practicing witchcraft, Maggie begins to have nightmares about her.
Asylum
›PG1972 · Horror · 88m · Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee, Herbert Lom
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
›PG1972 · Comedy, Horror · 89m · Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.
Flesh for Frankenstein
›NC-171973 · Horror · 95m · Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Monique van Vooren
Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
›R1973 · Adventure, Horror · 91m · Horst Janson, John Cater, Caroline Munro
When several young girls are found dead, left hideously aged and void of blood, Dr. Marcus suspects vampirism. He enlists the help of the Vampire Hunter. Mysterious and powerful, Kronos has dedicated his life to destroying the evil pestilence. Once a victim of its diabolical depravity, he knows the vampire's strengths and weaknesses as well as the extreme dangers attached to confronting the potent forces of darkness.
The Asphyx
›PG1972 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Robert Powell, Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
Psychomania
›1973 · Horror · 90m · Nicky Henson, George Sanders, Mary Larkin
A gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorize the population from their small town. After an agreement with the devil, if they kill themselves firmly believing in it, they will survive and gain eternal life. Following their leader, they commit suicide one after the other, but things don't necessarily turn out as expected...
Dracula
›1974 · Drama, Horror, TV Movie · 98m · Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
Bad
›NC-171977 · Horror, Comedy, Crime · 105m · Carroll Baker, Perry King, Susan Tyrrell
Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She is reluctant to use him for a hit, since she prefers using women, but decides to try him on a trial basis. Meanwhile, the cop she pays off wants an arrest to make it look like he's doing his job, but Hazel doesn't want to sacrifice any of her "associates". The sleazy side of life is explored in this delightfully dark and deadpan film.
Dead of Night
›NR1977 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 76m · Ed Begley Jr., E.J. André, Ann Doran
This anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale of vampires; and a distraught mother asks for her drowned son to come back to life and gets more than she bargained for.
The Norliss Tapes
›1973 · Horror, TV Movie, Thriller · 72m · Roy Thinnes, Don Porter, Angie Dickinson
A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.
Home for the Holidays
›1974 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 73m · Jessica Walter, Sally Field, Jill Haworth
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
The Crazies
›R1973 · Science Fiction, Horror, Action · 103m · Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones
The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
When a Stranger Calls
›R1979 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.
Phase IV
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
Burnt Offerings
›PG1976 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 116m · Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
Demon Seed
›R1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 94m · Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
Taste the Blood of Dracula
›R1970 · Horror · 95m · Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.