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 House by the Lake
›R1976 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata
Harry is a rich dentist who often brings women up to his rural lakehouse. One weekend, he invites Diane, a former fashion model. On their way to the house, Diane runs a gang of thugs off the road. Humiliated, the thugs track down the couple for revenge.
The Pack
›PG1977 · Horror, Adventure, Thriller · 98m · Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard B. Shull
The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers.
The Mafu Cage
›R1978 · Thriller, Horror · 102m · Lee Grant, Carol Kane, Will Geer
Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity.
TabithaSeries
›1977 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy · 1 season · Lisa Hartman, Robert Urich, Mel Stewart
Tabitha Stephens is the daughter of the bewitching Samantha and her mortal husband, Darrin Stephens. As a young, single working witch, Tabitha adds a little magic and fun to the lives of her relatives and friends.
King Kong
›PG1976 · Adventure, Fantasy, Horror · 134m · Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
Damien - Omen II
›R1978 · Horror, Thriller · 107m · William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor
Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.
The Last House on the Left
›R1972 · Horror, Crime · 84m · Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess
On the eve of her 17th birthday, Mari and friend Phyllis set off from her family home to attend a rock concert in the city. Attempting to score some drugs on the way, the pair run afoul of a group of vicious crooks, headed up by the sadistic Krug.
It's Alive
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan
The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.
Vampyres
›R1974 · Horror · 88m · Marianne Morris, Anulka Dziubinska, Murray Brown
A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the English countryside.
Willard
›PG1971 · Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Sondra Locke
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.
I Drink Your Blood
›R1971 · Horror · 83m · Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Jadin Wong, Rhonda Fultz
A group of Satanic hippies wreak havoc on a small town where a young boy, whose sister and grandfather were victimized by them, tries to get even - with deadly results.
The Horror of Frankenstein
›R1970 · Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson
Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.
House of Dark Shadows
›PG1970 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 97m · Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott
Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.
Schlock
›PG1973 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 80m · John Landis, Saul Kahan, Joseph Piantadosi
A quiet suburb in Southern California is terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a cave. As the bodies pile up -- with incriminating banana peels always near by the crime scene -- a group of teens stumble on the guilty party: a 20-million-year-old Schlockthropus, an ape-like creature with a sense of the absurd.
Fear in the Night
›PG1972 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 94m · Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson
It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
›R1970 · Comedy, Horror · 102m · Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnap bums and hippies, forcing them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape endure ritualistic murder.
Night Watch
›PG1973 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 99m · Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
The Comeback
›1978 · Horror, Mystery · 100m · Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle
A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. His ex-wife is brutally murdered, and the killer may be stalking him next.
The Possession of Joel Delaney
›R1972 · Horror · 105m · Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
J.D.'s Revenge
›R1976 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 95m · Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle
After notorious New Orleans gangster J.D. Walker is murdered in the 1940s, his spirit remains restless for three decades, until a hypnotist's supernatural nightclub act allows him to take over the body of a mild-mannered law student and seek revenge on those who had him killed.
Dark Places
›PG1973 · Horror · 91m · Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom
The heir of a mysterious estate must unveil its secrets and discover its treasures before a scheming doctor and his seductive sister can steal what is rightfully his.
Whirlpool
›1970 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 87m · Karl Lanchbury, Vivien Neves, Pia Andersson
Tulia, a young model, is invited to a photographer's country home for what purports to be a quiet weekend retreat - but soon appears to be anything but.
The House in Nightmare Park
›PG1973 · Comedy, Horror · 92m · Frankie Howerd, Ray Milland, Hugh Burden
Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s. Starring Hugh Burden and Oscar winner Ray Milland, and written by Terry Nation. Foster Twelvetrees, a struggling tragedian who scrapes a living by giving hammy performances from the classics, can hardly believe his luck when he’s invited to give a dramatic reading at the country home of a well-off family. Joy soon turns to outraged horror when he discovers dead bodies, foul intentions, lots of snakes and a madwoman in the attic. Can he uncover the hidden family secret before he comes to a sticky end..?
Satan's Triangle
›1975 · TV Movie, Mystery, Horror · 74m · Kim Novak, Doug McClure, Alejandro Rey
The female survivor of a shipwreck and two Coast Guard helicopter pilots sent to rescue her find themselves trapped in a mysterious part of the ocean known as Satan's Triangle.
