5 Best Horror films of the '70's

I suspect there's a wee bit of nostalgia associated with some of these movies. I always hated "Blood on Satan's Claw" as a kid I didn't think it was all that great.

 

Theatre of Blood.

Sure, nostalgia plays a huge part - but this is one of my favourite film in any genre.

I'll have to think about the others to round out my top 5....

 

Halloween
Carrie
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Dawn of the Dead
Jaws

 

1. Suspiria
2. Shivers
3. Alien
4. Halloween
5. Theatre of Blood

 

Demon Seed (Donald Cammell, 1977) is always going to be my #1

 

1. The Exorcist
2. The Omen
3. Halloween
4. Alien
5. Carrie

(If we count mini series, I would've seriously considered Salem's Lot, but I wouldn't know which one to replace.)

 

While I love many of the films on the lists above, I will add:

Messiah of Evil
Silent Night, Bloody Night
Dracula (the Frank Langella one)
Salem's Lot
House of Dark Shadows
Squirm

 

The Wicker Man.
What's the definite version i.e. Various
DVDs /blu Ray ?

 

I doubt this is definitive, but i've been happy with this one from Anchor Bay

 

Great lists so far. Lots of fantastic films. I'll throw Last House on the Left in the mix.

 

2 DVD Version ?

 

Yeah. One has a "director's cut" using lower quality footage. Not horrible though during the 15 or so minutes.

 

Lower quality"?
Think that's the Christopher Lee scene, doesn't really add anything. I like the theatrical cut.

 

I watched the original Wes Craven Last House On The Left (1972) first-run at a small
'country' theater in Allegheny County, Maryland with an all-African American audience.
It really doesn't get any better than that for a '70s horror movie experience' for my money.

 

Great thread as I'm a big 70's horror guy.

Doubt I can limit it to five but Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a must.

 

Contains three different cuts: UK theatrical cut (88 minutes), director's cut (100 minutes), and The Final Cut (93 minutes), plus a soundtrack CD. Currently on sale for just £9.99 at both Amazon UK and HMV.

 

Looks like the one to get.
Thx.

 

It is. I've owned multiple releases of this film over the years, and the current UK Blu-ray package blows them all away.

 

Great.

 

Eraserhead
Nosferatu the Vampyre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Suspiria
The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe

Honorable Mentions:
Halloween
The Exorcist
Carrie

 

The Legend Of Hell House
The Exorcist
Halloween
Black Christmas
Invasion Of the Body Snatchers

 

03/1980

 

I think there were quite a few Hammer ones that were great in the early 70's, but I'm more into ""classic horror, not splatter movies.

A quick look at my DVD/Blu ray collection netted these 70's "horror" flicks( (sorry, a lot more than 5):

The Abominable Dr. Phibes & Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Mark Of The Devil

The Horror Of Frankenstein

The Vampire Lovers

Hands Of Thre Ripper

Countess Dracula

Blood From T he Mummy's Tomb

I Monster

Willard

Alien

Scream and Scream Again

The Food Of The Gods

The Amityville Horror

Daughters Of Darkness

The House That Dripped Blood

Cry Of The Banshee

Vampire Circus

The Hills Have Eyes

The Beast Must Die

Sssssss

And Now The Screaming Starts

Feankenstein And the Monster From Hell

Tales That Witness Madness

Ben

The Last house On The Left

The Omega Man

A Clockwork Orange

Taste The Blood OF Dracula

Scars OF Dracula

The Creeping Flesh

The Return Of Count Yorga

The Cat O' Nine Tails

Dracula AD 1972

Horror Express

Te Last House On The Left

The Exorcist

The Legend Of Hell House

The Dunwich Horror

House Of Seven Corpses

Madhouse

Jaws

Trilogy Of Terror

Carrie

The Omen

 

Touch call between The Shining and Don't Look Now.

Kubrick ... Julie Christie ... Kubrick ... Julie Christie ...



Apologies, Stanley.