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1970s Horror Movies

Public list by WPS with 621 movies or TV shows/series

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The Exorcist(1973)

R
| 2h 2min | Horror
3.9/5 (with 3,444 votes)

12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.

Halloween(1978)

R
| 1h 31min | Horror, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 2,374 votes)

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

Suspiria(1977)

R
| 1h 39min | Horror
3.8/5 (with 1,343 votes)

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

Carrie(1976)

R
| 1h 38min | Horror, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 1,748 votes)

In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross, Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.

The Omen(1976)

R
| 1h 51min | Horror, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 855 votes)

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre(1974)

R
| 1h 23min | Horror
3.7/5 (with 1,368 votes)

When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.

The Beast(1975)

NR
| 1h 38min | Horror, Drama, Fantasy
2.8/5 (with 66 votes)

The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The daughter and her aunt then travel out to the French countryside to meet with the family, unaware that a mysterious 'beast' is stalking the vicinity.

Oxen Split Torturing(1976)

1h 20min | Horror, Drama
2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1 - During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back no matter what it takes. 2 - When Sutezo is forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, he becomes friends with a young girl named Sato in process. Together, they both escape and try to get by on scams and petty theft.

Directed by Yūji Makiguchi

Dawn of the Dead(1978)

NR
| 2h 7min | Horror
3.7/5 (with 915 votes)

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Exorcist II: The Heretic(1977)

R
| 1h 58min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 286 votes)

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 hypnotic research specialist free her from its grasp?

Death Line(1972)

R
| 1h 27min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 45 votes)

There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square. When a top civil servant becomes the latest to disappear down there Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously. Helping them are a young couple who get nearer to the horrors underground than they would wish.

King Kong(1976)

PG
| 2h 14min | Adventure, Fantasy
3.1/5 (with 358 votes)

In this remake of the 1933 classic, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.

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Day of the Woman(1978)

R
| 1h 41min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 243 votes)

After a young writer is brutally gang-raped and left for dead by four men, she systematically hunts them down one by one to exact a terrible vengeance.

Directed by Meir Zarchi - With Camille Keaton

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals(1977)

NC-17
| 1h 25min | Adventure, Horror
2.5/5 (with 41 votes)

While doing undercover work in a mental hospital, Emanuelle discovers a girl who seems to have been raised by a tribe of amazonian cannibals. Intrigued, Emanuelle and friends travel deep into the Amazon jungle, where they find that the supposedly extinct tribe of cannibals is still very much alive.

Virgin Witch(1972)

R
| 1h 28min | Horror
2.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Christine gets her big chance at modelling when she applies at Sybil Waite's agency. Together with Christine's sister Betty they go to a castle for the weekend for a photo shoot. Sybil has lured Christine to the castle for more than modelling: she is recruiting a virgin for induction into a witch's coven, led by the owner of the castle, Gerald. To their surprise, Christine is more than eager to join the coven, but begins her own secret battle for control.

Directed by Ray Austin - With Ann Michelle, Vicki Michelle

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom(1976)

1h 57min | Drama, Horror
3.2/5 (with 913 votes)

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

The Wicker Man(1973)

1h 34min | Horror
3.7/5 (with 612 votes)

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1978)

PG
| 1h 56min | Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
3.6/5 (with 426 votes)

Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they themselves seem changed, as they deny everything or make lame excuses. As the invaders increase in number they become more open and Bennell, who has by now witnessed an attempted 'replacement', realises that he and his friends must escape or suffer the same fate.

Satanic Pandemonium(1975)

1h 29min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 30 votes)

Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. In this world Satan is her master. As her acts of violence and blasphemy mount, Maria realizes that she has been chosen by the Devil to destroy the convent and lead her sister nuns into hell!

Bug(1975)

PG
| 1h 39min | Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 37 votes)

An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.

Jaws 2(1978)

PG
| 1h 56min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 802 votes)

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

What the Peeper Saw(1972)

R
| 1h 29min | Horror, Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 16 votes)

A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.

Sssssss(1973)

PG
| 1h 39min | Horror, Science Fiction
2.7/5 (with 37 votes)

David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David.

The Uncanny(1977)

1h 29min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 21 votes)

Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.

Empire of the Ants(1977)

PG
| 1h 29min | Horror, Science Fiction
2.4/5 (with 44 votes)

A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.

Black Christmas(1974)

R
| 1h 38min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 310 votes)

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger who leaves them threatening phone calls.

Eraserhead(1977)

NR
| 1h 29min | Horror
3.7/5 (with 1,110 votes)

First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. David Lynch arrived on the scene in 1977, almost like a mystical UFO gracing the landscape of LA with its enigmatic radiance. His inaugural work, "Eraserhead" (1977), stood out as a cinematic anomaly, painting a surreal narrative of a young man navigating a dystopian, industrialized America, grappling not only with his tumultuous home life but also contending with an irate girlfriend and a mutant child.

Demon Seed(1977)

R
| 1h 34min | Horror, Science Fiction
3.0/5 (with 97 votes)

A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane(1976)

PG
| 1h 31min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 130 votes)

Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the landlady's creepy and increasingly persistent son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with kindly neighbor boy Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.

The Crazies(1973)

3.0/5 (with 146 votes)

Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.

Directed by George A. Romero - With Lynn Lowry, Richard Liberty, Bill Hinzman, George A. Romero, Richard Thomas France
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