I haven't made a full list yet, and this is my top 49 from the top of my head, I haven't put full thought into it yet, sorry, I think the top 10 are roughly about right but it is hard to choose, there are so many good films from that decade and in general I can't pinpoint my top ten films altogether. Even after typing this I've swapped some stuff around.
- Fright (1971)
- ....And Soon the Darkness (1970)
- Profondo Rosso (1975)
- Psychomania (1973)
- The Vault of Horror (1973)
- Don't Look Now (1973)
- From Beyond the Grave (1974)
- Asylum (1972)
- Suspiria (1977)
- Halloween (1978)
- Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
- Tomb of the Blind Dead (1972)
- Martin (1976)
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- Carrie (1976)
- The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (1974)
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- The Brood (1979)
- Patrick (1978)
- The Wicker Man (1973)
- Nothing But the Night (1973)
- Island of Death (1977)
- What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
- The Asphyx (1973)
- Pink Flamingos (1972)
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
- Frightmare (1974)
- Black Christmas (1974)
- Fear in the Night (1972)
- Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
- Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
- The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
- Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
- Axe (1974)
- The Wizard of Gore (1970)
- Empire of the Ants (1977)
- Don't Go in the House (1979)
- Torso (1973)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Shivers (1975)
- Piranha (1978)
- The Comeback (1978)
- Magic (1978)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- The Gore Gore Girls (1972)
- When a Strangers Calls (1979)
- Death Line (1973)
- The Toolbox Murders (1978)