70's Horror Movies
 

Does anyone know any good 70's horror movies other than "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?" I would appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Check the sig...I know theres a few in there

-The Last House on the Left

-Halloween

-Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things

Lemora


(two 70's horror flicks that I think need to be seen by more people, because they're freaking weird, and scary as hell!)

The Omen

What's good about the early to late 1970's and early 80's horror movies, the good guys don't always win or have happy endings. :)

That's true; they're grittier or something...and also I think, there were a lot of "cheap" movies back then that utilized fewer sets, and the sets that were built were sort of cobbled together from existing stuff...and there was a tendency to shoot a lot of films in sunlight, also because it was cheaper. As a result, 70's films have a stronger sense of "reality" and seem to convey things "as they were" then, and not so much as something somebody built. When I pop in a 70's movie, I generally look forward to a "real" experience, sort of, and it's very bracing somehow, like a splash of cold water in the face.

The Exorcist
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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The Exorcist
Carrie
Jaws
Dawn Of The Dead
Halloween
The Omen
The Amittyville Horror
House Of Dark Shadows
Salems Lot
Dracula (With Frank Langella)
The Omega Man
Alien

They do tend to have a much grittier atmosphere to them. But could this also be true in effect.... that perhaps horror movie directors/producers with a lower budget actually try harder to make the best of a (creepy lighting/best camera angles/'horror music' instead of popular soundtracks) film without that big budget? As opposed to having that big budget and hastily whip a film together and hope the cheesy special effects, so-so soundtrack music and a slapped together storyline will be enough?

That's quite a valid point you make there. A friend of mine said once, and I thought it summed it up in a similar way, "One of the things low budget horror films can take advantage of is atmosphere."

I think we were watching and discussing "Phantasm" at the time. And it seems to be true: As much as it might be nice to have budgets out to here and so forth, a skimpy budget not only encourages creativity but forces you to use suggestion to convey, rather than graphicness.

The saying that "What you don't show is always much worse than what you do show" has been dragged out ad infinitum and is certainly a tired old expression, but there's nonetheless a lot of wisdom in it.

Maybe, but it also depends on how it's presented and the creativity of the producer, director, and the special effects crew in regards for what they have. But with today's movies, a lot of that shit is computer generated images which I can't stand because it takes away from the effect. About the only thing that is good is maybe computer enhanced images, and even that depends on how well it's being used. There's no replacement for actual props and good old fashioned puppetteering, but CEI is okay to aid in the effect, but not as a substitute.

almost anything from 78 and 79 are great, my fav movies are from 79

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I actually don't have anything against the medium of CG, because I think it's good--and it's still developing, and will look better as time goes on. I do have a problem with the way this "we can do anything now" opportunity seems to invite people to create all kinds of shots that you KNOW can't be real because you couldn't get a camera to behave like that or because real 2-ton dinosaurs couldn't possibly move at 150 mph.

I'm stating it awkwardly, but here's what I really mean, a little more succinctly: I think the magic of movies works because, in a perfect situation, you have tricked the audience into thinking that whatever it is they're looking at really happened, and someone happened to be there with a camera to photograph it. In other words, I believe it because seeing is believing. If I see something that intrinsically looks "not photographed," I am annoyed because I feel a basic principle of special effects filmmaking.

(This principle is why you see fake lens flares, simulated camera shake, and other false photographic artifacts...they trick you into thinking that someone had a camera and was really there shooting that stuff. Things like that show an awareness of the need for naturalism...not everyone has a high awareness of that need, though.)

So many effects films today, as colorful and dextrous as their effects are, seem to lose sight of this idea, and the effects come off as surprisingly unreal--you don't feel for a second that those actors are really in the room with that monster or that they're in actual physical peril. The effect is spending too much time showing off and not enough time being real.

The Burning
The Prowler
The Legend of Hell House
The Devils Rain
The Shuttered Room--1967
Burnt Offerings

The Legend of Hell House...cool stuff.

The Devil's Rain...fun stuff.

Carol Lynley.......always appreciated. Because she's soooooo cute!

I had a crush on her when i was a wee lad.

we're leaving out a major horror movie from '79...


Alien

ehhh 80's...

OH C'MON.......They were both 81...close enough.

But, Alien wasn't a horror movie. Alien was a comedy.

No, wait--you're right. It was a horror movie.

oh where to start....



1970
blood and lace
cinque bambole per la luna d'agosta
el conde dracula
countess dracula
le frisson des vampires
lust for a vampire
blood on satan's claw
l'uccello dalle piume di cristallo
vampyros lesbos

english......speak english





oooo vampire lesbos.....i understand that:D

"Maniac" "New York Ripper" Tool Box Murders" "Cannibal Holocaust" "Cannibal Ferrox" "Emanuelle in Amercia" "Salo"

70s horror.
 

Grate conversation guys. Speeking of atmosphere, music adds a lot to the finished film and overall mood. Do any of you remeber Goblin? They did some of the soundtracks for Italian films, like Fulcis Zombie.A lot of synthizier.Grate stuff.

Dude! Goblin kicks ass.

Their "Dawn of the Dead" soundtrack is some of the most listenable rock horror music ever.

cannibal ferox - 1981
new york ripper - 1982
maniac - 1980

jeez


coming soon 1971

Thank you.
My request wasn't for myself but for the less sophisticated members,whom aren't as worldly as you and i.

lol...You guys never cease to crack me up :D



@Newb...Your intentional grammatical errors in this statement, make it all the more comical...haha

Panic and the alpha incident

Agreed...

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
Rosemary's Baby
The Unborn
It's Alive
Burnt Offerings
Alice Sweet Alice
Carrie

Not sure if all of those are 70's movies or not

..agree ...and "Dont Look Now" and "Race with the devil"...and even "Omen 2"...

All the films listed are good choices, really....


We got lucky. The 70's were a real good time for movies, and we got a lot of great horror movies then.

That's because everything hadn't already been done, redone, rehashed and replayed....

There just aren't any original ideas anymore....Why do you think we've begun remaking and sequelling all of OUR good movies to death and ripping off and remaking Japanese movies?

The car
 

This movie was on last night. For those of you don't remember The Car was a great little flick about a satanic car from hell.

Intentional......er.....YEAH...thats right....i...um.......i did that on purpose.

1971

the abominable dr phibes
the corpse grinders
the devils
dr jekyll and sister hyde
ecologia del delitto - twitch of the death nerve aka bloodbath aka bay of blood
the gore gore girls
hands of the ripper
i drink your blood
una lucertola con la pelle di donna - a lizard in a woman's skin
murders in the rue morgue
la noche del terror ciego - tombs of the blind dead
la notte che evelyn usci dalla tomba - the night evelyn came out of the grave
quattro mosche di velluto grigio - four flies of grey velvet
requiem pour un vampire - requiem for a vampire
la rouge aux levres - daughters of darkness
la tarantola del ventre nero - the black belly of the tarantula
twins of evil
willard