1970s serial killer 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.

1971 film directed by Don Siegel

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.

Frenzy is a 1972 British neo-noir thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer is based on the 1966 novel Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by Arthur La Bern. The film stars Jon Finch, Alec McCowen and Barry Foster and features Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Bernard Cribbins and Vivien Merchant. The original music score was composed by Ron Goodwin.

1973 film by Nicolas Roeg

Klute is a 1971 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alan J. Pakula and starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Nathan George, Dorothy Tristan, Roy Scheider and Rita Gam. Its plot follows a high-priced New York City call girl who assists a detective from Pennsylvania in solving the missing person case of a john who may be stalking her. It is the first installment of what has informally come to be known as Pakula's "paranoia trilogy", followed by The Parallax View (1974) and ''All the President's Men'' (1976), all films dealing with themes of pa

1974 film directed by Bob Clark

1977 film directed by Wes Craven

1970 film by Dario Argento

1975 French film by Jacques Deray

1976 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier

1970 film by Claude Chabrol

1971 film by Dario Argento

1978 film by Irvin Kershner

1971 film by Robert Fuest

1972 film directed by Lucio Fulci

1971 film by Dario Argento

1971 film by Richard Fleischer

1973 film by Douglas Hickox

1971 Hammer horror film directed by Peter Sasdy

1976 film by Tobe Hooper

1979 film by Bob Clark

1979 film by Abel Ferrara

1978 film directed by George A. Romero

1972 film by Aldo Lado

1971 film by Sergio Martino

1978 film by Ted Kotcheff

1971 film by Paolo Cavara

1971 film by Roger Vadim

1976 film by Charles B. Pierce

1975 film by Umberto Lenzi

1977 film by Mauro Bolognini

1974 film directed by Alan Ormsby

1976 film by Michael Findlay

1970 film by Leonard Kastle

1974 film by Massimo Dallamano

1973 film by Ulli Lommel

1974 Italian film directed by Umberto Lenzi

1976 film by Joe Dante, Allan Arkush

1979 horror film by Joseph Ellison

1970 film by Pedro Olea

1978 Tamil film directed by Bharathiraja

1972 film by René Cardona Jr.

1972 film by Damiano Damiani

1972 film by Paul Bartel

1971 film by Herschell Gordon Lewis

1975 Film directed by Dan Curtis

1971 film directed by Tom Hanson

1976 film by Nico Mastorakis