Cool 70s Horror TV Movies
There were a lot of fantastically creepy US made horror / thriller tv movies in the 70s. It now seems to have been something of a golden age for them. They always had a creepy, unsettling tone to make up for the lack of gore or grand effects and there was never an ounce of fat on them, they were usually between 70 and 75 minutes long, so you can't really go wrong. Here's the good ones I've seen, got a bunch more to go...
First a few honourable mentions:
Fear No Evil (1969) - a cool 60's one that has the same vibe as the others and had a 1970 follow up - Ritual of Evil
The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) - I assumed this was one of the bunch when i watched it coz it sure feels like one, turns out it was released it theatres though, great movie regardless worth seeking out
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) - An 80's one but this needs talking about as often as possible, really wonderful flick
First a few honourable mentions:
Fear No Evil (1969) - a cool 60's one that has the same vibe as the others and had a 1970 follow up - Ritual of Evil
The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) - I assumed this was one of the bunch when i watched it coz it sure feels like one, turns out it was released it theatres though, great movie regardless worth seeking out
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) - An 80's one but this needs talking about as often as possible, really wonderful flick
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- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsAnthony PerkinsJulie HarrisJoan HackettAfter an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister, but a mysterious boarder might be trying to kill him.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsLouis JourdanAnne BaxterDiana HylandA psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie FirestoneA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsBarbara StanwyckBarbara ParkinsRoddy McDowallOn her way home to California from a stay at a Swiss mental institution after a traumatic rape seven years earlier, twenty-year-old Susan Wilcox realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane. Written by Jimmy Sangster.
- DirectorJohn NewlandBuzz KulikStarsArthur KennedyTeresa WrightTom HapperA childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.
- DirectorBill NortonStarsCornel WildeJennifer SaltGrayson HallAn anthropologist/paleontologist and his daughter, while travelling through the southwestern U.S., stumble upon a colony of living, breathing gargoyles.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsSally FieldJill HaworthJulie HarrisAn ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsDavid JanssenBarbara RushBradford DillmanAfter several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDarren McGavinCarol LynleySimon OaklandAn abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsPatty DukeDavid McCallumDorothy McGuireA murdered woman possesses her husband's new wife to seek revenge.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDarren McGavinSandy DennisRalph BellamyA young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsBen GazzaraElizabeth AshleyMichael DouglasA woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
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- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsShelley WintersBelinda MontgomeryRobert FoxworthA young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.
- DirectorJohn NewlandStarsKim DarbyJim HuttonBarbara AndersonA young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsCloris LeachmanRoss MartinNed BeattyStranded at a roadside diner in the desert, Jean Mitchell searches for her husband Bob who has mysteriously disappeared from the property while she was in the ladies' restroom.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsDarren McGavinJo Ann PflugSimon OaklandA reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsRoy ThinnesDon PorterAngie DickinsonAn investigative reporter stumbles onto an artist that has made a pact to come back after his death to sculpt a statue of a demon using human blood and clay. Once the demon is awakened he will be granted immortality.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsPamela FranklinKate JacksonLloyd BochnerA young woman investigating her sister's suicide at a private girls' school finds herself battling a Satanic cult.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsTed BessellBette DavisSian Barbara AllenA sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsScott JacobyPippa ScottJohn LarchA perverted teenage boy who lives in the walls of a house finds the house sold to a family after his mother dies, then he falls for one of the new residents.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsJack PalanceSimon WardNigel DavenportDracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsPeter GravesClint WalkerJo Ann PflugA big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take human form.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsRobert StackVera MilesL.Q. JonesA family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
