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My favorite Horror movies - 70s

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

4789

8.1

8.4

Alien (1979)

the giraffe's rating:

1642

7.8

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

the giraffe's rating:

185

7.3

7.1

Theater of Blood

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7.7

7.6

Duel (1971)

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6.6

6.3

Shock (2010)

the giraffe's rating:

524

7.6

7.3

House (1977)

the giraffe's rating:

2498

7.4

7.7

Halloween (1978)

the giraffe's rating:

2760

7.2

7.4

Carrie

the giraffe's rating:

1936

7.4

7.5

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

the giraffe's rating:

618

6.1

6.3

The Amityville Horror (1979)

the giraffe's rating:

4677

7.4

8.1

Jaws

the giraffe's rating:

269

7.4

7.1

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

the giraffe's rating:

1117

7.6

7.5

The Wicker Man (1973)

the giraffe's rating:

415

6.9

6.6

Phantasm (1979)

the giraffe's rating:

577

6.4

6.3

The Hills Have Eyes

the giraffe's rating:

219

6.8

6.7

The Legend of Hell House (1973)

the giraffe's rating:

188

6.6

6.5

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

the giraffe's rating:

426

7.2

6.8

Zombie

the giraffe's rating:

256

6.5

6.1

The Crazies (1973)

the giraffe's rating:

614

7.4

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

the giraffe's rating:

167

6.4

6.3

The Sentinel

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Purely entertaining

None of these are essential, but they're all solidly entertaining...especially if you're into horror.

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Maybe for you, but not for me

These films inevitably pop up on most people's lists for the 70s (horror or not), so I figured I'd mention them in a separate section to avoid a plague of comment-questions. It's been 13 years now since I've seen Eraserhead, but at the time I found it an incomprehensible mess. I assume that its fans mostly love it simply because it can't be understood; I hated it. I'm not even sure if it counts as horror, unless you count the experience of trying to watch it. So it's possible a re-watch now might change my opinion, but I doubt it.

While all the rest are well-made films, I simply couldn't buy into the premise of The Exorcist or The Omen, and therefore found them more laughable than scary. Your results may differ. As for Suspiria I watched it with a group of friends during a horror movie marathon and none of us could get into it despite the fact it looked pretty. That one may require a re-watch.