20 Best Horror Movies of the 70's

(IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND NO COMMENT)

 

VAMPIRE LOVERS

 

Released in October 4, 1970

Directed by Roy Ward Baker

Written by Tudor Gates, Harry Fine and Michael Style

Music by Harry Robertson

Based on novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheriden Le Fanu

Starring: Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, Madeline Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DUEL 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in November 13, 1971

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Written by Richard Matheson

Music by Billy Goldenberg

Based on short story by Richard Matheson

Starring: Dennis Weaver

 

 

STRAW DOGS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in November 1971

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

Written by Sam Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman

Music by Jerry Fielding

Based on novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm by Gordon M. William

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DELIVERANCE

Released in July 30, 1972

Directed by John Boorman

Written by James Dickey

Music by Eric Weissberg

Based on book by James Dickey

Starring: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox

 

 

THE WICKER MAN

 

Released in December 6, 1973

Directed by Robin Hardy

Written by Anthony Shaffer

Music by Paul Giovanni

Starring: Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE EXORCIST 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in December 26, 1973

Directed by William Friedkin

Written by William Peter Blatty

Based on book by William Peter Blatty

Music by Jack Nitzsche

Starring: Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn

 

 

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE

Released in October 11, 1974

Directed by Tobe Hooper

Written by Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel

Music by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell

Starring: Marylin Burns, Teri McMinn, Gunnar Hansen, Paul A. Partain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JAWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in June 20, 1975

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb

Music by John Williams

Based on book by Peter Benchley

Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

Released in August 8, 1975

Directed by Peter Weir

Written by Cliff Green

Music by Bruce Smeaton

Based on book by Joan Lindsay

Starring: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Jacki Weaver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 THE OMEN

 

 

Released in June 6, 1976

Directed by Richard Donner

Written by David Seltzer

Music by Jerry Goldsmith

Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Stephens

 

 

 

 

 

 

CARRIE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in November 3, 1976

Directed by Brian De Palma

Written by Lawrence D. Kohen

Music by Pino Donaggio

Based on book by Stephen King

Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUSPIRIA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in January 29, 1977

Directed by Dario Argento

Written by Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi

Music by Dario Argento and Goblin

Based on essay from Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas De Quincey

Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett, Udo Kier

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

THE SENTINEL

 

Released in February 11, 1977

Directed by Michael Winner

Written by Jeffrey Konvitz and Michael Winner

Music by Gil Mellé

Based on book by Jeffrey Konvitz

Starring: Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam,

John Carradine, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach,

Christopher Walken, Beverly D'Angelo, Jeff Goldblum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RABID

 

Released in April 8, 1977

Written and directed by David Cronenberg

Music by Brian Bennett

Starring: Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARTIN

 

Released in May 10, 1978

Written and directed by George A. Romero

Music by Donald Rubinstein

Starring: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest

 

 

DAWN OF THE DEAD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in September 1, 1978

Written and directed by George A. Romero

Music by Dario Argento and Goblins

Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HALLOWEEN

Released in October 25, 1978

Directed by John Carpenter

Written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill

Music by John Carpenter

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nick Castle

 

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in December 22, 1978

Directed by Philip Kaufman

Written by W. D. Richter

Music by Denny Zeitlin

Based on book The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney

Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, 

Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALIEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in May 25, 1979

Directed by Ridley Scott

Written by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett

Music by Jerry Goldsmith

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt,

Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BROOD

 

Released in June 1, 1979

Written and directed by David Cronenberg

Music by Howard Shore

Starring: Oliver Reed, Art Hindle, Samantha Eggar

 

 

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