Best Horror film of the 70's

Ash28M · 03-22-2005, 03:48 PM

This was really a challenge deciding what should go on the top 19 and what should be listed as a suggestion for "other" but I had to take into account not only what I think should be there but what might be popular with others, well I tried.

Suggestions for "other"

Wicker Man, The (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
The Tenant(1976)
Deliverance (1972)
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Eraserhead (1977)
House with the Windows That Laugh (1976)
Theatre of Blood (1973)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
Sisters (1973)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
Bay of Blood (1971)
Deranged (1974)
Salem's Lot (1979)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
The Brood (1979)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Shivers (1975)
Deathdream (1974)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1975)
The Last House on Dead End Street (1977)
Alice, Sweet Alice (1978)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Tourist Trap (1979)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Duel (1971)
I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Shock Waves (1977)

03-22-2005, 03:51 PM

Best decade for horror in my opinion. I love tons of movies from this decade but I have to go with my top favorite horror movie and my favorite movie period, The Exorcist.

SaviniFan · 03-22-2005, 03:55 PM

I gotta agree with betterdan, best decade for horror. I chose Dawn of the Dead. Not a bad one in that list though.

maybrick · 03-22-2005, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SaviniFan

I gotta agree with betterdan, best decade for horror.

Not only that, but for nearly everything else entertainment wise, especially music!

Oh, and PHANTASM all the way, Bay-bee!

Ash28M · 03-22-2005, 03:59 PM

I mistakenly marked down Cannibal Holocaust as 1980 as i copied it off of the IMDB but I’m pretty positive it's 1979. Agreed though best decade for horror.

BloodMan · 03-22-2005, 04:14 PM

lotsa good stuff in them 70's... but went with the homegrown Black Christmas.

fceurich39 · 03-22-2005, 04:17 PM

1970's was the best i went with
1.dawn of the dead
2.halloween
3.texas chainsaw massacre
4.phantasm
5.hills have eyes

03-22-2005, 04:18 PM

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Exorcist
Dawn Of The Dead

Katatonia · 03-22-2005, 04:41 PM

I love most of the movies on that list, but I went with Halloween.

Silent Noize · 03-22-2005, 04:46 PM

01.Dawn
02.Chainsaw
03.zombi 2
04.phantasm
05.Exorcist

hell ya! · 03-22-2005, 05:11 PM

Dawn of the Dead

Ash28M · 03-22-2005, 05:37 PM

Hard to pick a top five but i'll go with.

1.Carrie
2.The Exorcist
3.The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
4.Suspiria
5.Black Christmas

Ash28M · 03-22-2005, 05:45 PM

Even though I think the films of today are pretty good and I think horror is making a come back. They just don't hold a candle to allot of these films. These are just mammoth legendary films. There almost more then films, there like the Gods of Horror films

03-22-2005, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ash28M

Even though I think the films of today are pretty good and I think horror is making a come back. They just don't hold a candle to allot of these films. These are just mammoth legendary films. There almost more then films, there like the Gods of Horror films

I completely agree with you except for the part about the films of today being pretty good.

Paff · 03-22-2005, 06:01 PM

I would have thought the 80s was the best decade for horror, but looking at that list, it's clearly the 70s. Heck, even the "Other" films listed make for a classic decade.

Since I feel Carrie is the best horror film of all time, I guess it's gotta be the best of it's decade, too. Still, there are at least a half dozen films on that list I wouldn't be upset if it "lost" to.

View Poll Results: best of the 70's
Alien (1979)	10	5.52%
Jaws (1975)	11	6.08%
The Exorcist (1973)	23	12.71%
Dawn of the Dead (1978)	45	24.86%
Halloween (1978)	32	17.68%
The Amityville Horror (1979)	0	0%
Deep Red (1975)	0	0%
Carrie (1976)	4	2.21%
Suspiria (1977)	4	2.21%
The Omen (1976)	2	1.10%
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)	24	13.26%
Martin (1977)	0	0%
Black Christmas (1974)	12	6.63%
Phantasm (1979)	6	3.31%
Zombi 2 (1979)	4	2.21%
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)	0	0%
The Last House on the Left (1972)	3	1.66%
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)	1	0.55%
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)	0	0%
Other (Specify)	0	0%
Voters: 181. You may not vote on this poll

03-22-2005, 03:48 PM	#1
Ash28M HackMaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada Posts: 5,640	Best Horror film of the 70's This was really a challenge deciding what should go on the top 19 and what should be listed as a suggestion for "other" but I had to take into account not only what I think should be there but what might be popular with others, well I tried. Suggestions for "other" Wicker Man, The (1973) Don't Look Now (1973) The Tenant(1976) Deliverance (1972) Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) Eraserhead (1977) House with the Windows That Laugh (1976) Theatre of Blood (1973) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The Legend of Hell House (1973) Sisters (1973) The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974) Bay of Blood (1971) Deranged (1974) Salem's Lot (1979) When a Stranger Calls (1979) The Brood (1979) Tales from the Crypt (1972) Shivers (1975) Deathdream (1974) Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1975) The Last House on Dead End Street (1977) Alice, Sweet Alice (1978) Burnt Offerings (1976) Tourist Trap (1979) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Duel (1971) I Spit on Your Grave (1978) Straw Dogs (1971) Play Misty for Me (1971) Shock Waves (1977) __________________ My Updated DVD/Blu-Ray Collection My Horror/Movie Reference Books Last edited by Ash28M; 03-27-2005 at 06:28 AM.

03-22-2005, 03:55 PM	#3
SaviniFan I Have A Fetish Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: On the cutting room floor. Posts: 5,446	I gotta agree with betterdan, best decade for horror. I chose Dawn of the Dead. Not a bad one in that list though. __________________ Exercise. Eat right. Die anyway. PS3 Gamer Tag: SaviniFan Steam Gamer Tag: ToastyBuffoon My DVD Profiler

03-22-2005, 03:59 PM	#5
Ash28M HackMaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada Posts: 5,640	I mistakenly marked down Cannibal Holocaust as 1980 as i copied it off of the IMDB but I’m pretty positive it's 1979. Agreed though best decade for horror. __________________ My Updated DVD/Blu-Ray Collection My Horror/Movie Reference Books

03-22-2005, 04:14 PM	#6
BloodMan Kill Time B4 It Kills You Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 4,432	lotsa good stuff in them 70's... but went with the homegrown Black Christmas. __________________ We Are Never Very Far From Those We Hate, For This Very Reason, We Shall Never Be Truly Close To Those We Love If I Don't Have The Right To Torture You, Why Then Do You Have The Right To Torture Me By Taking Away The Pleasure That I Could Get From Torturing You? Remember, one cannot make footprints in the sands of time by sitting on their butt, and who wants to leave butt prints in the sands of time?

03-22-2005, 03:51 PM	#2
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	Best decade for horror in my opinion. I love tons of movies from this decade but I have to go with my top favorite horror movie and my favorite movie period, The Exorcist.

03-22-2005, 04:17 PM	#7
fceurich39 HackMaster Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ira's Toys store Posts: 7,598	1970's was the best i went with 1.dawn of the dead 2.halloween 3.texas chainsaw massacre 4.phantasm 5.hills have eyes

03-22-2005, 04:18 PM	#8
thrashard76 Guest Posts: n/a	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Exorcist Dawn Of The Dead

03-22-2005, 04:41 PM	#9
Katatonia Hellbound Heart Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 15,905	I love most of the movies on that list, but I went with Halloween. __________________ "The machines are faster and the bombs are worse, as we're all sucked into this unholy curse." - Saint Vitus - War Is Our Destiny DVD Profiler Collection

03-22-2005, 04:46 PM	#10
Silent Noize Maniac Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 849	01.Dawn 02.Chainsaw 03.zombi 2 04.phantasm 05.Exorcist __________________ My DVD's / My Music

03-22-2005, 05:11 PM	#11
hell ya! ~Go ahead, make my day~ Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ontario, CANADA Posts: 3,568	Dawn of the Dead __________________ ~MY DVD COLLECTION~ "Devil on the left An angel on the right There's no mistake Who I'll be with tonight" DANZIG

03-22-2005, 05:37 PM	#12
Ash28M HackMaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada Posts: 5,640	Hard to pick a top five but i'll go with. 1.Carrie 2.The Exorcist 3.The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 4.Suspiria 5.Black Christmas __________________ My Updated DVD/Blu-Ray Collection My Horror/Movie Reference Books

03-22-2005, 05:45 PM	#13
Ash28M HackMaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada Posts: 5,640	Even though I think the films of today are pretty good and I think horror is making a come back. They just don't hold a candle to allot of these films. These are just mammoth legendary films. There almost more then films, there like the Gods of Horror films __________________ My Updated DVD/Blu-Ray Collection My Horror/Movie Reference Books

03-22-2005, 06:01 PM	#15
Paff Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,538	I would have thought the 80s was the best decade for horror, but looking at that list, it's clearly the 70s. Heck, even the "Other" films listed make for a classic decade. Since I feel Carrie is the best horror film of all time, I guess it's gotta be the best of it's decade, too. Still, there are at least a half dozen films on that list I wouldn't be upset if it "lost" to. __________________ CINEMA PAFF - Your BB-Movie Showcase * * - The extra B is for BYOBB Paff's Laserdiscs

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