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1970s Horror Movies
When we think of 1970s horror movies, Horror Stew automatically thinks of the Hammer Horror films. Who can forget the Technicolor blood,
ample breasts of vampire chicks, and the bloodshot eyes of Christopher Lee?!? Hammer brought a fresh look to Dracula, and Frankenstein, with a
bloody British angle on it, bad teeth and all.
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Artwork from The Horror Of Frankenstein
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Here's a small list of Hammer films from the 70's:
| The Horror Of Frankenstein (1971) |
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) |
| Taste The Blood Of Dracula (1970) |
Scars Of Dracula (1970) |
| Dracula AD 1972 (1972) |
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) |
| Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1972) |
The Vampire Lovers (1970) |
| Lust for a Vampire (1971) |
Twins Of Evil (1972) |
| Hands of the Ripper (1971) |
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1972) |
| Countess Dracula (1972) |
Vampire Circus (1972) |
One of the great early 1970s horror movies was the 1973 film, The Exorcist! A twelve year old girl is possessed by the devil. This movie is memorable because of its dead on scenes of pure blasphemy against God by the possessed girl, Regan. The swearing, violence; the freezing bedroom where she lay, and green puke really makes you believe that Satan has taken up shop in that little girl. The struggling, courageous, all too human priests really make this movie. It's Good vs. Evil! This movie will raise the hair on your head.
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In 1974, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre came out, and people thought differently about chain-saw use. Here was the plot: teenagers,
graveyards, evil hitchhikers, and a disturbed family that harbors a chainsaw welding fanatic bent on slicing up the newly arrived company to make
human jerky. 1970s horror movies would never be the same after this one!
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In 1974, Black Christmas was released. It is very simple plot about a group of sorority girls on Christmas break getting sick phone
calls. Soon, girls are getting picked off left and right by the killer. A killer score and well directed by Bob Clark; it starred the ultra hot
Olivia Hussey and Amityville Horror's Margot Kidder. It was a great film long before Scream copied it.
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Jaws Does anybody need an explanation when they hear that word?!?!? Directed by the amazing Steven Spielberg in 1975 from the
novel by Peter Benchley, Jaws made people afraid to go into the water. An island resort town in New England is losing people in the water by a
great white shark. The five main characters are the shark, the police chief, a mayor that thrives on tourist money, a shark hunter, and a shark
expert. The movies revolves around the deaths of tourists in the water, the sliminess of local office, frustration at not being able to get the
shark, and finally, obsession!
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In 1976, Carrie (see the trailer), sizzled the screen with newcomer Sissy Spacek(hey, that girl can act!). The story is
about a telekinetic girl who's picked on, loathed, and generally overlooked as a nobody at school. Unfortunately for Carrie's classmates,
Carrie's got special powers that can move things! When Tommy Ross invites her to the prom, she's suspicious, but decides to go, to the whole
school's eventual misery. Behind the scenes, she has to deal with a mother that's a borderline schizophrenic with religious paranoia. A great addition to 1970s horror movies!
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1970s horror movies were honored with this next film.
In 1976, The Omen, with Gregory Peck, instilled movie-goers with the fear of the antichrist! Peck plays an Ambassador who adopts a child
and eventually finds out that the child is the spawn of Satan after a rash of murders.
At right, Peck discovers the awful truth of what really happened to his son at birth!
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The great Anthony Hopkins played in the 1977 movie Audrey Rose. The movie plot is basically about reincarnation. A man (Hopkins) that at
first seems to be terrorizing a nice family and their daughter, finally worms his way into their lives to try and convince them that their
daughter is actually HIS daughter that died in 1964. They don't want to believe it but their girl Ivy is projecting behavior that seems like the
strangers daughter, Audrey.
Audrey Rose: Born 1959 - Died 1964 - Born 1964
One of the all time "thinker" 1970s horror movies!
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Dawn Of The Dead provided one of the goriest 1970s horror movies in 1978!! Set in a world where zombies walk in the daylight above ground, a group of
survivors take refuge in a shopping mall. Holing up there where goods are plentiful and guns are dirt cheap, they find out that cleaning the
mall of zombies is hard work as well as keeping out the living riff-raff.
Here, some bikers have some fun with a stumbling zombie!
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In 1978, John Carpenter's Halloween set the stage for horror clichés to come with his story of Michael Myers, an institutionalized
killer. Michael murdered his sister while young, and now he escaped from the mental hospital. His Doctor, Dr. Loomis, goes back to Myer's hometown in the
chance that he may show up there. Sure enough, he does, terrorizing Laurie Strode and her pals. The chilling score is classic!
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Anthony Hopkins does horror again in 1978's Magic. A ventriloquist (Hopkins) is a bad performer, but his salvation is a dummy called
"Fats". Hopkins’s character, Corky becomes a sensation but the price of that success is the fact that Fats is alive (or is he?), and wants to
control Corky. As usual, Hopkins makes the role.
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Time For "Your Reviews"!
Can You Recommend Or Comment On A 1970 Horror Movie?
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Suggest a 1970's top ten list of your own, comment on the ones listed above, or slash and burn them if ya' hated em'! Tell Horror Stew all about it! What's YOUR favorite 70's horror film?
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1970's Horror Comments From Others
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Black Christmas
That is the scariest movie ever, and I've seen a LOT of horror movies. I hope to buy it soon, great movie!
ChainSaw Massacre
Not rated yet
It's a terrible movie. Movies like it make our young people violent and mentally unstable. It's no surprise that shootings happen in schools.
Not only ...
Halloween
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The best, the scariest, an atmosphere that was done maybe very simple but never again was reached even closely, in my opinion that is.
Even today it's ...
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