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
Audrey Rose
›PG1977 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 113m · Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck
A man is convinced that 11-year old girl, Ivy, is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two minutes before Ivy was born.
And Then There Were None
›PG1974 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 98m · Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough
Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
The Cars That Ate Paris
›PG1974 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles
After surviving a car accident, a young man finds himself trapped in the isolated town of Paris, where the local economy depends on deliberately causing crashes and salvaging the wreckage. As he becomes entangled in the town’s routines, tensions between its residents and a rebellious group of youths begin to surface.
Patrick
›PG1978 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 112m · Robert Thompson, Susan Penhaligon, María Mercedes
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
Tower of Evil
›R1972 · Horror · 89m · Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Anna Palk
A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...
I, Monster
›PG1971 · Horror, Science Fiction · 70m · Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.
Tales That Witness Madness
›R1973 · Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction · 90m · Jack Hawkins, Donald Pleasence, Georgia Brown
Enigmatic asylum owner Dr Tremayne houses four very special cases. Visited by his colleague Nicholas, Tremayne explains his amazing and controversial theories as to why each patient went mad, be they a ritualistic 'luau', a time-travelling bicycle, a toy tiger, and a tree stump.
The Cat and the Canary
›PG1978 · Horror, Comedy, Mystery · 98m · Honor Blackman, Edward Fox, Michael Callan
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
Act of Vengeance
›R1974 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 90m · Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Jennifer Lee Pryor
A woman is sexually assaulted by a serial rapist wearing a hockey mask. She and other victims form a squad that targets would-be rapists, all the while searching for the mask wearing maniac that raped them all.
The Velvet Vampire
›R1971 · Horror · 80m · Michael Blodgett, Sherry E. DeBoer, Celeste Yarnall
A married couple accept the invitation of mysterious vixen Diane LeFanu to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware at first that Diane is a centuries-old vampire, realize that they are both objects of the pale temptress' seductions.
Are You in the House Alone?
›NR1978 · Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie · 96m · Kathleen Beller, Blythe Danner, Tony Bill
An average high school girl's life is turned upside down after she is attacked and savagely assaulted. When a mysterious person begins leaving her threatening messages and making unsettling phone calls, Gail realizes that the nightmare is only just beginning...
Poor Pretty Eddie
›R1975 · Horror, Drama · 85m · Leslie Uggams, Shelley Winters, Michael Christian
A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a cocksure, volatile country singer.
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
›1973 · TV Movie, Horror, Drama · 74m · Chuck Connors, Buddy Ebsen, Tammy Grimes
A commercial-jet captain (Chuck Connors) has ghosts on board from stones of an English abbey being shipped overseas.
Chosen Survivors
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel
A group of diverse individuals are suddenly taken from their homes and flown via helicopter to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, nearly two miles below the surface of the Earth. There they learn that a nuclear holocaust is taking place and that they've been "chosen" by computer to survive in the shelter in order to continue the human race. The shelter is designed to allow the people to exist underground comfortably for years, but they are faced with a threat nobody could have predicted: a colony of thousands of bloodthirsty vampire bats finds a way into the shelter and launches a series of vicious attacks where they claim the humans one by one.
Abby
›R1974 · Horror · 89m · William Marshall, Terry Carter, Austin Stoker
When a minister's wife becomes possessed by Eshu, the Nigerian god of sexuality, an exorcist is called in to drive the evil spirit away.
Doomwatch
›1972 · Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
Jennifer
›PG1978 · Horror · 90m · Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Nina Foch
Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her rural, poor background, a scholarship student is tormented to the point where her only remaining recourse is revenge, using the only method she knows: her psychic control over snakes!
Jaws 2
›PG1978 · Horror, Thriller · 117m · Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
The Amityville Horror
›R1979 · Horror · 118m · James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
The Car
›PG1977 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 96m · James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
›R1974 · Action, Horror · 89m · Peter Cushing, David Chiang Da-Wei, Julie Ege
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.
Kingdom of the Spiders
›PG1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 97m · William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode
Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hordes of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of townsfolk in a remote hotel.
Countess Dracula
›PG1971 · Drama, Horror · 93m · Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Elès
Hungary, XVII century. After being widowed, the old countess Elizabeth Nádasdy, of the Báthory lineage, fortunately discovers a way to become young again; but the price to be paid by those around her will be high and bloody.
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
›PG1971 · Horror · 94m · Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir, James Villiers
Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and terrifying incidents, powerless against the forces of darkness, directed by Corbeck, that are taking possession of her body and soul to fulfill the ancient prophesy that Queen Tara will be resurrected to continue her reign of unspeakable evil.
