Top Ten Horror Movies of the '70s Reviews

I'm just going to scratch the surface and cover some of the more obvious highlights of the best of 1970 horror films in two essays.

10.

Last House on the Left  1972 Directed by Wes Craven     

Sandra Cassell, Lucy Grantham, David A. Hess. "Keep repeating, 'It's only a movie, it's only a movie'" was the famous tagline created for Craven's debut film,  but used several times for other movies well into the 80s.  Last House is a very crude film that is guaranteed to offend you on a variety of levels as it breaks many taboos of its day.  It's a very loose adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Virgin

1. THE DEVILS (1971) Director Ken Russell's greatest achievement, based on Aldous Huxley's The Devils of Loudon, stars Oliver Reed as Father Urbain Grandier, a licentious priest in 17th century France accused of sorcery by...

I think one of the most scariest movies of all times came out in the 70's; The Exorcist ! ! !  This movie haunted my sleep on many a night!  lol 

Another reality/horror flick of the 70's; Jaws ! ! !   do, do.. do, do.....  I think most people know the theme music!  lol

 Hope some of you agree.  :  )     As stated in many reviews that I've read, these two films are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to some of the best Horror flicks of the 70's!

25 October 2008 by Michael DeZubiria

Many people consider the 1970s to be the high point of horror movies. It was a formative decade for a genre that had been around for more than half a century because filmmakers were beginning to shake off the censorship restrictions of earlier years and had not yet succumbed to the bad CGI and teen cuteness that ruined so many horror films in later decades. So, here in no particular order (other than numerical:), are my top 10 horror movies of the 70s...

10. Satan's School For Girls (1973), Unrated, 78 mins.

Ok, so I'll start with one you've never heard of....

Top ten horror movies of all time. (Of what Ive seen)

1. The thing

2. Halloween THe Rob Zombie

3. Halloween 1

4.Scream

5.Alien

6.Halloween... 7? The won where they are filming inside the house.

7. The sixth sense.

8.Havent seen these two but from whative heard, Nightmare on Elm street.

9. and Texas chainsaw massacare.

10. and finally Saw.

Top 10 Horror Movies:

Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead - Remake 2006

John Carpenter's Vampires

28 Days Later

Saw

Halloween

Aliens

Evil Dead

Strangers

Jaws