1970s exploitation films

Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. The film follows escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a mental institution for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield; 15 years later, he returns to Haddonfield, where he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis pursues him.

1979 film directed by George Miller

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The film stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen. The plot follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. The film was marketed as being based on true events to attract a wider audience and to act as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate. Although the character of Leatherface and minor story details were inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein, its plot is largely fictional.

Suspiria is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis. The film stars Jessica Harper as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious European dance academy but realizes, after a series of murders, that the academy is a front for a coven of witches. It also features Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, and Joan Bennett, in her final film role.

1972 film directed by Wes Craven

1974 film directed by Bob Clark

1972 film by John Waters

1970 film by Dario Argento

1979 film directed by Don Coscarelli

1972 film by Eugenio Martín

1978 film by Meir Zarchi

1977 film directed by Wes Craven

1979 film directed by Lucio Fulci

1979 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg

1973 film by Brian De Palma

1975 film by Don Edmonds

1970 film directed by Terence Young

1971 film by Robert Fuest

1972 film directed by Lucio Fulci

1973 film directed by George A. Romero

1973 film by Andy Warhol, Paul Morrissey, Antonio Margheriti

1976 film by Enzo G. Castellari

1977 film by Joe D'Amato

1978 film by John Alan Schwartz

1973 film by Douglas Hickox

1976 film by Tobe Hooper

Maladolescenza () is a 1977 erotic drama film directed by Pier Giuseppe Murgia.

1979 film by Abel Ferrara

1973 film directed by Bo Arne Vibenius

1977 film by Ruggero Deodato

1970 film directed by John G. Avildsen

1976 film by Jesús Franco

1971 film by Harry Kümel

1977 film by Jean Lafleur

1971 American film directed by Al Adamson

1972 film by Emilio Miraglia

1976 film by Charles B. Pierce

1971 film

1971 film by Paolo Cavara

1972 film by Amando de Ossorio

1979 film by Joe D'Amato

1976 film by Don Edmonds

1976 film by Michael Findlay

1975 film by Umberto Lenzi

Alucarda (Spanish: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas, or Alucarda, the daughter of darkness) is a 1977 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Juan López Moctezuma, and starring Tina Romero, Claudio Brook, Susana Kamini, and David Silva. A loose adaptation of Carmilla (1872), it revolves around two teenage orphan girls living in a Catholic convent, who unleash a demonic force and become possessed. Since its release, Alucarda has achieved cult status.

Blindman (also known in Italian as Il Pistolero Cieco, lit. "The Blind Gunfighter") is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and co-written and co-produced by Tony Anthony. The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, is an homage to Kan Shimozawa's Zatoichi character: a blind transient who does odd jobs and is actually a high-skilled warrior.

Deathdream (originally released as Dead of Night) is a 1974 horror film directed and produced by Bob Clark, written by Alan Ormsby, and starring Richard Backus, John Marley, and Lynn Carlin. Inspired by the W. W. Jacobs short story "The Monkey's Paw", the film is about young American soldier Andy Brooks (Backus) who returns home after seemingly being killed in Vietnam, only now as an undead, vampiric creature.

1974 film by Gianfranco Mingozzi

1977 film by Luigi Batzella

1976 film by Gianfranco Parolini

1978 slasher film by Dennis Donnelly

1972 film by Bob Clark

1976 film by Michael Miller

1979 film directed by René Cardona Jr.

1973 film by Eloy de la Iglesia

1973 film by Denis Sanders

1972 film directed by Umberto Lenzi

1972 film by Shunya Itō

1979 film by Mark L. Lester

1978 film by Francesco Prosperi