In the 1970s, horror underwent significant changes.
With that in mind, here is Screen Rant’s list of theBest Horror Movies of the 1970s.
And yet the scares are some of the most awe-inspiring in all of cinema.
Every single citizen belongs to a cult-like pagan group that deeply upsets Howie.
In it, he picked up a chainsaw and cleared the crowds away instantly.
Do you know anyone who doesnt on some level know whatThe Texas Chain Saw Massacreis?
Even if youve never seen it, youve heard those words.
Five hippie teens traveling through Texas make the mistake of detouring at a rickety old house one afternoon.
Something sinister awaits them inside and it hasn’t released its grip on the horror genre since.
A perfect horror movie.
Who Can Kill A Child?
The place is mobbed with unruly children, none of whom are old enough to have hit puberty.
A walk to the interior clarifies things.
Filmmakers today could only dream of having had this idea when Serrador stumbled upon it.
The slow descent of any moral objection to horror films has rendered most button-pushing irrelevant.
What can you show us now that you cant see on TV every night?
It broke boundaries when those they still meant something.
It was the ultimate kiss-off to dying fascist dictator Francisco Franco, who had held Spain hostage for decade.
The queen of all of these baroque visions isSuspiriaby Dario Argento.
That flaw, however, explains why the film has unqualified staying power.
George A. Romeros masterpiece works on you slowly over its run time.
No one can give up their old obsessions, even when they lose all but sentimental currency.
He who has the most stuff when he dies wins, to paraphrase Lewis Black.
The bad dreams will hit you without warning.
It came in the form ofHalloween, John Carpenters first horror offering and his breakthrough.
We feared the unknown.
The monster created in our imagination is worse than anything Spielberg and co./ could have up on screen.
And thats before the monster shows up.
They bring something back on board with them that makes short work of most of the crew.
The production design, not to mention the gorgeous, unsettling creature itself are magnificently photographed.
Nosferatu (1979)
