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'70s & '80s Horror Films

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  • Crucible of Terror (1971)

    1. Crucible of Terror

    19711h 31mNot Rated
    4.4 (813)
    An obsessed sculptor kills a young woman to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later at his secluded home a number of people become trapped in a web of revenge, murder and horror.
    DirectorTed HookerStarsMike RavenJames BolamMary Maude
  • Disciple of Death (1972)

    2. Disciple of Death

    19721h 24m
    4.0 (166)
    A henchman of Satan poses as a priest in order to get closer to young virgins he needs for human sacrifice.
    DirectorTom ParkinsonStarsMike RavenRonald LaceyStephen Bradley
  • William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, and Woody Strode in Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

    3. Kingdom of the Spiders

    19771h 37mPG
    5.7 (6.7K)
    In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.
    DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosStarsWilliam ShatnerTiffany BollingWoody Strode
  • Vincent Price and Diana Rigg in Theater of Blood (1973)

    4. Theater of Blood

    19731h 44mR81Metascore
    7.1 (13K)
    A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
    DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsVincent PriceDiana RiggIan Hendry
  • Chantal Contouri and David Hemmings in Thirst (1979)

    5. Thirst

    19791h 35mR
    5.7 (1.9K)
    The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of blood-drinking, self-proclaimed supermen who want her to join them.
    DirectorRod HardyStarsChantal ContouriShirley CameronMax Phipps
  • Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, and Edward Woodward in The Wicker Man (1973)

    6. The Wicker Man

    19731h 28mR87Metascore
    7.5 (100K)
    A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.
    DirectorRobin HardyStarsEdward WoodwardChristopher LeeDiane Cilento
  • Lifeforce (1985)

    7. Lifeforce

    19851h 41mR50Metascore
    6.1 (32K)
    A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
    DirectorTobe HooperStarsSteve RailsbackMathilda MayPeter Firth
  • Lorna Heilbron, Marie-Paule Mailleux, Angela Pleasence, and Peter Vaughan in Symptoms (1974)

    8. Symptoms

    19741h 32mR
    6.4 (1.9K)
    A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.
    DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsAngela PleasencePeter VaughanLorna Heilbron
  • The Awakening (1980)

    9. The Awakening

    19801h 41mR
    4.9 (3.1K)
    An archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her.
    DirectorMike NewellStarsCharlton HestonSusannah YorkJill Townsend
  • Richard Burton in The Medusa Touch (1978)

    10. The Medusa Touch

    19781h 49mPG49Metascore
    6.9 (8K)
    A telekinetic novelist causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
    DirectorJack GoldStarsRichard BurtonLee RemickLino Ventura
  • Tower of Evil (1972)

    11. Tower of Evil

    19721h 29mR
    5.6 (2.1K)
    A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...
    DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsBryant HalidayJill HaworthMark Edwards
  • Without Warning (1980)

    12. Without Warning

    19801h 29mR
    5.1 (5.3K)
    Sandy and Greg are teenagers who go camping, despite warnings not to, with their friends. They soon encounter aliens, who are using the area as a hunting ground.
    DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsJack PalanceMartin LandauTarah Nutter
  • The Dead Zone (1983)

    13. The Dead Zone

    19831h 43mR69Metascore
    7.2 (81K)
    A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsChristopher WalkenBrooke AdamsTom Skerritt
  • Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

    14. Let's Scare Jessica to Death

    19711h 29mPG-1358Metascore
    6.4 (9.8K)
    A recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.
    DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsZohra LampertBarton HeymanKevin O'Connor
  • Hellhole (1985)

    15. Hellhole

    19851h 30mR
    5.0 (1.2K)
    A young woman becomes amnesiac after an attack by a hired killer. She's admitted to a mental asylum run by a ruthless doctor who experiments on her patients with a lethal drug, and her attacker just got employed there.
    DirectorsPierre De MoroTom DeSimoneStarsRay SharkeyJudy LandersMarjoe Gortner
  • The Food of the Gods (1976)

    16. The Food of the Gods

    19761h 28mPG20Metascore
    4.6 (5.1K)
    A group of friends travel to a remote Canadian island to hunt, only to be attacked by giant killer animals which have populated the place.
    DirectorBert I. GordonStarsMarjoe GortnerPamela FranklinRalph Meeker
  • Don't Open Till Christmas (1984)

    17. Don't Open Till Christmas

    19841h 26mR
    4.7 (3.3K)
    Somebody with very little Christmas spirit is killing anyone in a Santa suit one London holiday season, and Scotland Yard has to stop him before he makes his exploits an annual tradition.
    DirectorEdmund PurdomStarsEdmund PurdomAlan LakeBelinda Mayne
  • Maniac (1980)

    18. Maniac

    19801h 27mR22Metascore
    6.3 (21K)
    A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.
    DirectorWilliam LustigStarsJoe SpinellCaroline MunroAbigail Clayton
  • The Last Horror Film (1982)

    19. The Last Horror Film

    19821h 27mR
    5.6 (2.5K)
    A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.
    DirectorDavid WintersStarsJ'Len WintersJohn KellyJoe Spinell
  • John Cater, Horst Janson, and Caroline Munro in Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)

    20. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

    19741h 31mR
    6.4 (6K)
    A master swordsman and former soldier and his hunchbacked assistant hunt vampires.
    DirectorBrian ClemensStarsHorst JansonJohn CarsonShane Briant
  • Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)

    21. Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    19721h 29mPG
    6.3 (7.6K)
    The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
    DirectorRobert FuestStarsVincent PriceRobert QuarryValli Kemp
  • Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

    22. Dracula A.D. 1972

    19721h 36mPG
    5.9 (7.9K)
    In 1972 London - a century after his final battle with Professor Van Helsing - Count Dracula is resurrected by occultist Johnny Alucard, and goes after his archenemy's descendants.
    DirectorAlan GibsonStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingStephanie Beacham
  • Nightwish (1989)

    23. Nightwish

    19891h 32mR
    4.8 (1.4K)
    A professor and four graduate students journey to a house in the mountains to investigate paranormal activities, but the experiment goes awry after an alien entity starts attacking them.
    DirectorBruce R. CookStarsBrian ThompsonJack StarrettElizabeth Kaitan
  • Double Exposure (1982)

    24. Double Exposure

    19821h 34mR
    4.9 (950)
    A photographer plagued by horrific nightmares in which he kills the young female models he shoots is shocked to discover that there is a serial killer in his city who is targeting attractive women.
    DirectorWilliam Byron HillmanStarsMichael CallanJoanna PettetJames Stacy
  • The Undertaker (1988)

    25. The Undertaker

    19881h 29mR
    4.8 (882)
    A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.
    DirectorsFrank AviancaSteve BonoStarsJoe SpinellRebecca VaronPatrick Askin

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