5 Best Horror films of the '70's

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  1. Vidiot

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    Carrie, The Exorcist, and Phantasm would be high on my list. For the second tier, I'd add Salem's Lot and Phantom of the Paradise. I can't believe nobody has mentioned the latter film yet.

    Do we consider Jaws and Alien to be on this list? I'd consider the first to be an action/suspense film with horror elements, and the latter a science fiction film with horrific monster elements. Neither of them are what I'd call "horror movies" by strict definition, since neither one is supernatural.
     
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  2. Trace

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  3. mgoad30

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    1. Jaws
    2. The Exorcist
    3. Halloween
    4. Alien
    5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    Honorable Mention: Dawn Of The Dead
     
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  4. Ghostworld

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    If Alien and Jaws are included, then my list is:

    "Jaws"
    "Alien"
    "The Exorcist"
    "The Omen"
    "The Wicker Man"


    EDIT: Side Comment: So this is a model forum thread question. The "Five Best...." is really the perfect number. "Top ten" gets fuzzy with that long of a list. "Top Three" is good, but "Top Five" is a more comfortable number to answer; you're not straining to distill, and the list long enough to show yourself having some range and quirks.
     
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  6. Ghostworld

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    Oh, my. Don't bring her up. It's too heartbreaking!
     
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  7. Well there's a monster on the loose in both an essential part of a horror film and Alien is basically a haunted house movie in outer space.
     
  8. Vidiot

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    But... it's in outer space, it's an alien, and they're in a space ship.
     
  9. Well it's that weird film that straddles genres just as "Outland" is really a western dressed up as a science fiction film and manages to straddle multiple genres.
     
  10. alexpop

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    Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
    Original uncut, nothing comes close.
     
  11. The Hole Got Fixed

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    Black Christmas
    Let's Scare Jessica to Death
    The Shadow of the Hawk
    The Changeling
    Don't Look Now
     
  12. Halloween
    I Spit On Your Grave
    Last House on the Left
    Phantasm
    Carrie
     
  13. alexpop

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    Black Christmas
    Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

    Is the original better?
     
  14. Brother_Rael

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    The Exorcist
    The Satanic Rites of Dracula
    The Omen
    Don't Look Now
    The Wicker Man
     
  15. Jim B.

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    I am a big fan of MEW but that film is trash. Couldn't make it past about halfway.
     
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  16. Jim B.

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    In no order, and I couldn't do just 5

    Halloween
    Aliens
    The Omen
    The Wicker Man
    Don't Look Now
    Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
    Zombie Flesh Eaters aka Zombi 2
    Supsiria
    Straw Dogs ( I consider it a horror film)
    The Exorcist
    Deep Red
    Dawn of the Dead
    The Bird With The Crystal Plummage
    The Entity
    Jaws
    Asylum
     
  17. alexpop

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    She bites the dust mid way so understandable. :)

    Big fan?
    She's single now( ditched Ewan McGregor).
     
  18. Jim B.

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    I'll give her a ring then, I think she's perfect!
     
  19. alexpop

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    She doesn't like complicated relationships it seems.
     
  20. smilin ed

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    Only five?

    The Wicker Man
    The Changeling
    The Omen
    Jaws
    Don't Look Now

    Honorable mention:
    Alien
    Nosferatu
     
  21. Ignatius

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    Yes, "Trilogy" was great (funny how none of our thread faves are made-for-TV movies, maybe that's another thread...
    I have a soft spot for the Amicus anthology films like "Beyond the Grave" and "The House that Dripped Blood" despite the annoying lack of nudity.
     
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  22. vconsumer

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    Salem's Lot originally aired as a mini-series on CBS.
     
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  23. Richard--W

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    I collect horror films of the 1970s and own every title mentioned so far, and then some.
    Impossible to choose only 5. If I could choose 10, maybe. Here goes:

    1971 The Mephisto Waltz -- what if Barbara Parkins and Jacqueline Bisset had swapped roles?
    1972 Lisa e il diavolo (Lisa and the Devil) -- Mario Bava's last great film.
    1973 Don't Look Now
    1973 The Wicker Man
    1975 Jaws
    1976 Le Locataire (The Tenant) -- from Roland Topor novel, directed by Roman Polanski.
    1977 Das Schlangenei (The Serpent's Egg) -- Ingmar Bergman's Kafka-esque nightmare of the Weimar Republic.
    1978 Dawn of the Dead -- Romero's low-budget indy masterpiece
    1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- Philip Kauffman remake enlarges on the original
    1979 Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht -- Werner Herzog's remake enlarges on the original

    There's so many other, including The Blood On Satan's Claw (1971), Argento's The Cat O'Nine Tails (1971), Ken Russel's The Devils (1971), The House That Dripped Blood (1971), Tales From the Crypt (1971), The Possession of Joel DeLaney (1972), Romero's The Crazies (1973), The Exorcist (1973), Oliver Stone's Seizure (1974), Argento's Deep Red (1975), Race With the Devil (1975), The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975), Eraserhead (1977), Island of Dr. Moreau (1977), Suspiria (1977), Romero's Martin (1978), Alien (1979), Murder By Decree (1979), Ken Russel's Altered States (1980), The Changeling (1980) and The Shining (1980) to name a few.

    Made-for-TV films:
    1971 Duel -- written by Richard Matheson, directed by Steven Spielberg. Stick with the DVD. Bluray is zoomboxed.
    1972 The Night Stalker -- written by Richard Matheson, directed by John L. Moxey, produced by Dan Curtis.
    1973 Frankenstein the True Story -- mini-series by Christopher Isherwood, starring Leonard Whiting and James Mason.
    1975 The Legend of Lizzie Borden -- starring Elizabeth Montgomery.
    1977 Count Dracula -- BBC teleplay by Gerald Savory, directed by Philip Saville, starring Louis Jourdan.
     
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  24. vconsumer

    vconsumer Unapologetically 70s

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    I never took much interest in Richard Matheson until I spent a recent afternoon reading from a collection of his stories. He was somethin g special. I wonder how much his short story "Dance of the Dead" anticipated Romero,
     
  25. yesstiles

    yesstiles Senior Member Thread Starter

    The original is 100x better! Despite not having Winstead (although it does have Olivia Hussey :love:).

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