Best Horror Films Of The 70s Poll

[troggi]

Think I'll finally watch my JAWS 2 DVD tonight to me it's just like a really polished Slasher movie with a shark.

A wet slasher flick, eh?

I started going to watch horror films in the mid-late '70s and there were some pearls that stood out but, as is usual, there were also some swine.

Having said that, and with the benefit of nostalgia and changing tastes, some of the pearls were a blemished and some of the swine were actually cultured and charming... in a spill your guts all over the dinner table sort of way of course!

Carrie, Halloween, Alien, and, of course Phantasm, are amongst my favourite films of all time and I would watch them again any time.

I really got fed up of the constant slasher theme though and still find it difficult to keep awake during a Friday the Thirteenth clone.

Maybe I'm just getting old, eh?

[platostotal]

My top 3 are pretty much locked,

Dawn of the Dead
The Exorcist
Profondo rosso

The rest will take much more thought, the great tv movies like The Night Stalker and Duel really should make my list, might take me til june to figure it all out.

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by platostotal

might take me til june to figure it all out.

Yup, I currently have a watchlist of 42 titles to get through . . .

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Yup, I currently have a watchlist of 42 titles to get through . . .

Are gialli horror?

Plato mentioned Profondo Rosso, surely its a giallo.

The boundaries are blurring.

[platostotal]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Are gialli horror?

Plato mentioned Profondo Rosso, surely its a giallo.

The boundaries are blurring.

exactly what I thought when I looked at some films I liked, I'm going by the 'feel' rather than the genre tag, Alien would be sci-fi but to me it's got all the horror style covered, or a film like Martin, it's really about a 'troubled' teen but again... horror.

[Daemonia]

Excellent, the 70's.

1: The Exorcist
2: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
3: Zombie (Flesh Eaters)
4: Black Christmas
5: Halloween
6: Count Yorga, Vampire
7: Mark of the Devil
8: The Abominable Dr Phibes
9: Daughters of Darkness
10: Vampyres
11: I, Monster
12: From Beyond the Grave
13: Let's Scare Jessica to Death
14: The Amityville Horror
15: Psychomania
16: Twins of Evil
17: A Bay ofr Blood
18: All the Colors of the Dark
19: Baron Blood
20: The Creepi9ng Flesh
21: Death Line (aka Raw Meat)
22: Horror Express
23: Tales from the Crypt
24: Vampire Circus
25: Flesh for Frankenstein
26: The Crazies
27: Blood for Dracula
28: Messiah of Evil
29: The Satanic Rites of Dracula
30: Theater of Blood
31: Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter
32: House of Seven Corpses
33: Dr jekyll and Sister Hyde
34: The Devil's Rain
35: Brotherhood of Satan
36: Island of Death
37: Legend of the Werewolf
38: Tower of Evil
39: Race with the Devil
40: Last House on the Left
41: The Omen
42: Damien: Omen II
43: God Told Me To
44: The House with Laughing Windows
45: Who Can Kill a Child?
46: The Hills Have Eyes
47: Suspiria
48: Deep Red
49: Dawn of the Dead
50: I Spit On Your Grave

There ya go. 50 this time.

[jiraffejustin]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Yup, I currently have a watchlist of 42 titles to get through . . .

If you need a little more time when the deadline rolls around, it wouldn't hurt to push the deadline back a week or so.

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Are gialli horror?

I'm putting them in for sure. You could see them as crime thrillers, or classy slashers Plus Deep Red has that creepy walking puppet for no reason - deffo horror . . .

[Boo Radley]

The 1970's, the last great decade of film inovation.

1. The Exorcist.
2. The Devils.
3. Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
4. Alien.
5. Cannibal Holocaust.
6. Last House on the Left.
7. Jaws.
8. Don't Look Now.
9. The Omen.
10. The Wicker Man.
11. Black Xmas.
12. Profondo Rosso.
13. Carrie.
14. Eraserhead.
15. Suspiria.
16. Last Cannibal World.
17. The Hills Have Eyes.
18. Halloween.
19. I Spit on Your Grave.
20. The Amityville Horror.
21. Dawn of the Dead.
22. Zombie Flesh Eaters.
23. Mark of the Devil.
24. Tombs of the Blind Dead.
25. Man From Deep River.
26. The Crazies.
27. Deranged.
28. Salo; 120 Days of Sodom.
29. Shivers.
30. Blood Sucking Freaks.
31. Werewolf Woman.
32. Phantasm.
33. Zombie Holocaust.
34. The Brood.
35. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.
36. Threads.
37. Vampire Lovers.
38. Last House on Dead End Street.
39. Long Weekend.
40. Salem's Lot.
41. Duel.
42. Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
43. Deliverance.
44. Straw Dogs.
45. Taxi Driver.
46. Magic.
47. The Manitou.
48. Martin.
49. A Clockwork Orange.
50. Add one of your own....

Now, depending on how pedantic you want to be, some will say that some of the films above are not really horror films, but if we're going to split hairs then Alien and Jaws aren't horror films either and I bet they'll be near the top of most people's lists. And, besides, if you don't think getting bummed in the dirt by a toothless hillbilly isn't horrific, then you slightly scare me!!

I was going to put One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest at #50 but thought that was going too far....Even if Nurse Ratchet is one of the most evil bitches in cinema history. Swop it for Play Misty for Me.

[Slippery Jack]

I'm gonna include Wake in Fright on my list . . .