1970s slasher 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.

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.

1974 film directed by Bob Clark

1975 film directed by Dario Argento

1970 film by Dario Argento

1971 film by Mario Bava

1973 film by Brian De Palma

1971 film by Dario Argento

1978 film by Irvin Kershner

1972 film directed by Lucio Fulci

1971 film by Dario Argento

1976 film by Tobe Hooper

1978 film directed by Richard Attenborough

1973 film by Sergio Martino

1976 film by Alfred Sole

1979 film by Abel Ferrara

1978 film directed by George A. Romero

1972 film by Sergio Martino

1972 film by Giuliano Carnimeo

1972 film by Aldo Lado

1972 film by Sergio Martino

1979 film by David Schmoeller

1972 film by Emilio Miraglia

1976 film by Charles B. Pierce

1971 film by Paolo Cavara

1975 film by Andrea Bianchi

1972 horror film directed by Eloy de la Iglesia

1974 film by Giuseppe Bennati

1975 film by Umberto Lenzi

1971 film by Sergio Martino

1972 film by Umberto Lenzi

1972 film

1971 film by Fernando Di Leo

1972 film by Gary Sherman

1978 slasher film by Dennis Donnelly

1972 film by Tonino Valerii

1973 film by Joe D'Amato

1978 film by Francesco Prosperi

1976 film by Joe Dante, Allan Arkush

1972 film by Roberto Bianchi Montero

1973 film by Maurizio Pradeaux

1971 film by Luigi Bazzoni

1977 film

1977 film by Antonio Bido

1972 film by Jim O'Connolly

1976 film by Joel M. Reed

1979 Italian film directed by Mario Landi

1979 film

1973 film directed by Carlos Aured

1976 film by Pete Walker

1972 film by Paul Bartel

1971 film by Herschell Gordon Lewis

1972 film by Luciano Ercoli

1978 film by Antonio Bido

1972 film by José Luis Madrid

1971 film by Philip Gilbert

1978 film by Pete Walker

1971 film directed by Tom Hanson

1972 film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey