Starting right before the decade with Rosemary's Baby, the 1970s had some of the best horror films of all time. Besides the hundreds of Dracula/Monster movies that came out, there were some great stories - a young author from Maine named Stephen King was becoming popular, and Vincent Price was still raising hell. What was the best horror film of the seventies?

I really love all the movies that I can think of from this genre in this time:

Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Excorcist (1973)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Omen (1976)
Carrie (1976)
Halloween (1978)
The Shining (1980)

and I'm sure there's a bunch more that I'm missing. I think I'm gonna go with the Omen. Just an old favorite of mine.

I'm not a horror buff, but I do like the movie Alien (1979)

Alien is great, I haven't seen it for years, though.

Jaws was great, too.

Jaws and The Exorcist

Dawn Of The Dead 1977.
Then Dawn Of The Dead 2004.

The Texas Chain Saw MassaCRE 1973.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Best horror films of the 1970's:

The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Exorcist (1973)
Sisters (1973)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Carrie (1976)
The Fury (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1979)
Alien (1979)
The Fog (1979)
Salem's Lot (1979)

Halloween and Carrie.

Halloween and Alien

never seen the original Dawn Of The Dead or Texas Chainsaw Massacre but wanted to

Halloween
Carrie
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Fury
The Exorcist
Sisters
Jaws
The Omen
The Fog
Salem's Lot
Rosemary's Baby
The Stepford Wives
Black Christmas
Alice, Sweet Alice
Dracula (with Frank Langella)
Burnt Offerings
The Legend of Hell House
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Magic

The Exorcist

Though I don't really care for this genre, Steven Spielberg's Jaws is by far my favourite 70s horror flick.

The Stepford Wives
Carrie
Halloween


Rosemary's Baby is a fantastic film. Very few special effects- it's more psychological horror. Just got it on DVD- the book is brilliant (as is Ira Levin's other book, The Stepford Wives).

Halloween

The Amityville Horror
Halloween
Carrie

Halloween. I even have an old Michael Meyers mask from way back then.

Rosemary's Baby (if you count it), The Omen, The Exorcist, Let's Scare Jessica To Death, Halloween, I'd say Texas Chainsaw Massacre but I've never seen it but I heard it's good and scary!

Let's Scare Jessica to Death
:D :D :D Someone else besides me has seen it!!! :D

Originally posted by Caffeine King
:D :D :D Someone else besides me has seen it!!! :D

I know the feeling! :lol:

I think the best horror film in the 70s are:

Halloween
Alien
Dawn of The Dead:D