Cult-Labs Forums Top 100 Horror Films of the 70s

[jiraffejustin]

I tried this once before, but I had some other things come up and I never got around to finishing this up. However now I have some free time and we can make this happen. Some of you may remember the list we did for the 80s, well that's the plan here. You PM me a ranked list of your favorite horror films of the 1970s and I will do the rest. Please PM me instead of posting the list in the thread, I'd like the results to be surprising.

I'll give you some a month to watch anything you might have missed. Your votes are due on September 1st.

Lists require a minimum of 10 films with a maximum limit of 100. Points will be given from 100 points for first place down to 1 point for 100th place.

[Buboven]

Would Fulci's Don't Torture A Duckling or Giallo be counted?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Buboven

Would Fulci's Don't Torture A Duckling or Giallo be counted?

If it was me i'd count it. Slashing is slashing isn't it?

I'm up for this JJ.

[Bringer Of Funerals]

Dawn Of The Dead
Zombie Flesh Eaters

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Bringer Of Funerals

Dawn Of The Dead
Zombie Flesh Eaters

I think Justin was hoping for more than two films BoF.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Updated list (not a massive change from my last posted list):

1. The Wicker Man (1973)
2. Alien (1979)
3. Eraserhead (1977)
4. Don't Look Now (1973)
5. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
6. The Devils (1971)
7. Black Christmas (1974)
8. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
9. Hausu (1977)
10. Martin (1977)
11. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
12. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
13. Jaws (1975)
14. The Tenant (1976)
15. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
16. Suspiria (1977)
17. The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
18. Deep Red (1975)
19. Shivers (1975)
20. Halloween (1978)
21. Horror Express (1972)
22. The Legend of Hell House (1973)
23. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
24. Ganja & Hess (1973)
25. Frightmare (1974)
26. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
27. Night of the Seagulls (1975)
28. A Bay of Blood (1971)
29. Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
30. The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)
31. The Iron Rose (1973)
32. The Cars that Ate Paris (1974)
33. I Drink Your Blood (1970)
34. Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971)
35. Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
36. And Soon the Darkness (1970)
37. Duel (1971)
38. The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
39. The Grapes of Death (1978)
40. Pink Flamingos (1972)
41. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
42. Blood for Dracula (1974)
43. Demon Seed (1977)
44. Messiah of Evil (1973)
45. Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1973)
46. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
47. Return of the Blind Dead (1973)
48. Theatre of Blood (1973)
49. Madhouse (1974)
50. Twins of Evil (1971)
51. In The Folds Of The Flesh (1970)
52. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
53. Psychomania (1973)
54. The Brood (1979)
55. Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970)
56. The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
57. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
58. The Last House on Dead End Street (1977)
59. Malpertuis (1971)
60. Delirium (1972)
61. Night Train Murders (1975)
62. The Centerfold Girls (1974)
63. Phantasm (1979)
64. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
65. The Wizard of Gore (1970)
66. Lisa and the Devil (1974)
67. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
68. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
69. Magic (1978)
70. Deliverance (1972)
71. Salò, or The 120 Days Of Sodom (1975)
72. The Exorcist (1973)
73. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
74. Island of Death (1975)
75. The Sentinel (1977)
76. Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)
77. The Red Queen Kills 7 Times (1972)
78. Tourist Trap (1979)
79. The Loreley's Grasp (1974)
80. Neither The Sea Nor The Sand (1972)
81. Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
82. A Woman Possessed (La papesse) (1975)
83. Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971)
84. Deathdream (1974)
85. Assault! Jack the Ripper (1976)
86. A Candle for the Devil (1973)
87. The Shout (1978)
88. God Told Me To (1976)
89. Killer's Moon (1978)
90. Eugenie… the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion (1970)
91. Hitch-Hike (1977)
92. Frenzy (1972)
93. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
94. Private Parts (1972)
95. Burnt Offerings (1976)
96. Rabid (1977)
97. All the Colours of the Dark (1972)
98. Satan's Blood (1978)
99. The Driller Killer (1979)
100. Rituals (1977)

[jiraffejustin]

Originally Posted by Buboven

Would Fulci's Don't Torture A Duckling or Giallo be counted?

I haven't seen it, but judging from it's synopses I would say it's fine. And Giallo definitely counts, I am expecting it to be well represented.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Updated list (not a massive change from my last posted list):


99. The Driller Killer (1979)

That wouldn't even scrape into my top 1000.

Great list B_E.

Nice to see The Shout in there.

Why is it so low down?

[Vampix]

1. Halloween
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3. The Exorcist
4. Alien
5. Dawn of the Dead
6. Jaws
7. Phantasm
8. Zombie Flesh-Eaters
9. The Omen
10. Deranged

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

That wouldn't even scrape into my top 1000.

Great list B_E.

Nice to see The Shout in there.

Why is it so low down?

I'm a big Ferrara fan and have a real soft spot for The Driller Killer; despite it being marred slightly with the overuse of Tony Coca Cola and The Roosters.

The Shout is fantastic, but it has a lot of competition within this particular decade - my favourite where horror (and cinema in general) is concerned. At least it's above The Driller Killer