Top 10 Best 70’s Horror Movies
List by top10The 1970s saw the release of many of the most iconic horror movies of all time. Jaws, the Exorcist, and the Chainsaw Massacre are just some of the great films that were put onto the silver screen during the 70s. Below, you can check out the best top ten horror movies from the 70’s. Movies like Alien also demonstrated tremendous progress in regard to special effects. The era of rubber monster suits was coming to a close, and increasingly, dazzling special effects were being put to use. So, make sure you check out the ten best horror movies from the 1970s!
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Alien (1979)
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97%
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8.5
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs ...
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Jaws (1975)
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97%
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8.0
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast....
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Halloween (1978)
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93%
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7.8
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor...
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The Exorcist (1973)
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86%
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8.0
12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid...
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Deep Red (1975)
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95%
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7.7
A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secre...
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
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88%
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7.5
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals....
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Suspiria (1977)
From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old ...
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Phantasm (1979)
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71%
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6.8
A young boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber known only as the Tall Man, who keeps a mysterious arsenal of terrible weapons with him....
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Carrie (1976)
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93%
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7.4
Carrie may be ostracized, but the shy teen has the ability to move objects with her mind. So when the high school "in crowd" torments her with a sick joke at the prom, she lashes out with de...
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The Omen (1976)
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86%
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7.6
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the de...
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