Best horror from the 70s
The catalogue's horror films from 1970–1979, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
Alien
late nightdreadmindfuck
The Exorcist
late nightdreaddevastating
Deep Red
foreign gemlate nightcult
Demons
foreign gemlate nightcult
Jaws
devastatinglate nightdread
Halloween
late nightdread
Dawn of the Dead
late nightcultdread
Suspiria
foreign gemlate nightcult
Phantom of the Paradise
late nightcozycult
The Devils
dreadsurrealweird
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
late nightcozycult
The Omen
late nightcultdread
House
weirddevastatingforeign gem
Carrie
dreadlate nightcult
The Wicker Man
late nightcultdread
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
late nightcultdread
Nosferatu the Vampyre
dreadcozyforeign gem
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
late nightcultdread
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
late nightcultdread
Frenzy
late nightcultdread
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
late nightcultdread
The Psychic
late nightcultdread
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
late nightcultdread
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
late nightcozycult
Village of Eight Gravestones
late nightcultdread
The Inugami Family
late nightdreadforeign gem
Black Christmas
late nightdreadslow burn
The Inferno
late nightdreadforeign gem
The Vampire Doll
late nightdreadforeign gem
Empire of Passion
autumnallate nightdread