My only real issue with this channel is they straight up tell you the plot of every movie. To the point that you don't need to watch the movies after watching his videos.
IDK where you're from, but where I grew up there was a restaurant called Shoney's, known for having decent food. What I mean is, nothing was particularly good, nothing was particularly bad, and it was always predictable. Going there, you knew you'd have a pleasant, satisfying meal, even if it wasn't the greatest, so it became common among my friends to call certain things "the Shoney's of..." and Hammer films is the Shoney's of horror. Nothing very outstanding, but nothing very disappointing. You know when you see Hammer Films in the intro, you will have a good time.
Their main horror work was in the 60’s whilst I enjoy their Hammer Horror films and they’ve aged badly. I mean when an X rated movie in the 60’s is now rated P.G you know tastes have changed. I was a 70’s kid and Lee was my hero and when I saw him in LOTR he was still magnificent in his 90’s. Fangs for the memories Mr Cushing and Mr Lee but now I’m well over middle aged I see the movies as museum pieces just like myself
@@CashelOConnolly lol, I’m 57! Yeah they’ve aged but they’re still such fun. And the Hammer girls were really stylish. Big breasted but stylish! I still get spooked by some of the films, but I find their underlying themes are the creepiest…real folk horror in much of it :)
The Manitou is simply one of the most bonkers movie ever! I love that it just tries everything to tell its story. Floating old ladies, seances, grotesque births, earthquakes, frozen hospitals, and a final manitou vs. computer-lasers showdown that is jaw-dropping.
I adored Bruce Davison in "Willard." He absolutely nailed that quirky character, whose loneliness and innocence made him so empathetic. Elsa Lanchester perfected the role of a cloying, annoying mother. Thank you for compiling these classic, forgotten 70s horror films!
The Legend of Hell House is still one of my favorite movies of all time. I sometimes like to make it a pop corn and Pepsi night and double bill this one with 63's The Haunting.
To all the folks talking about how House of Wax (2005) is a remake of House of Wax (1953) - the 1953 film is itself a remake of the Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) with Fay Wray. The original is less horrific, but it's great fun and very 30s in tone. Plus strong female lead!
@Danny Oz do you think you can guess I have the movies that I am asking about to Marvel's videos above from the 1970s would love to know the title of the one with the ghost cannibalism one.
There was never a better movie combo for horror than Cushing and Lee. Genius. Hammer Films (and others) were so lucky to get those fine men and wonderful actors over and over!
2:33 The Creeping Flesh 6:03 Deranged 9:14 Stranger In Our House 12:33 Sisters 16:10 Willard 19:20 Vampyres 21:52 Fascination 24:06 The Legend Of Hell House 27:22 House 30:02 Tourist Trap 33:06 The Manitou 35:52 The Shout
Thank you, I have been scrolling for a while looking for a list of the films in the video. I stopped the video at 4:30 because it looked like he was just going to go through the whole movie and I don't want to know every twist and turn.
House is totally irrelevant to this list, out of no where a Japanese movie is in this channel. Most of the movies have nothing to censor by the way. Creeping Flesh there's only suspense when the skeleton got in contact with rain water after chariot's accident close to end of the film. Manitou is scary until the red indian wizard combat scene. Willard is most entertaining with Dominic @ Mermaid man great acting but he was killed by rat king Ben. Deranged best part is the mad scientist care of the living severed hand
It's funny that Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee not only worked together in many horror-movies ("The Creeping Flesh" and "Horror Express") but also played big roles in the Star Wars-Saga.
Horror Express recently, since good blu ray copies started being available, is finally getting the love it deserves. Creeping Flesh made around the same time with the same dynamic duo of Cushing and Lee deserves just as much love. Thanks for giving it some here.
These are incredible selections and most I would have added---namely Tourist Trap and The Shout. Tourist Trap is surreal, unrelenting and panic attack inducing horror mixed with unnerving tension.
I agree Tourist Trap had its creepy elements....I watched it when I was 15 and had mixed feelings. I watched it again a year ago and didn't care for it. Too many coincidences and unexplained, convenient plot devices.
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I tried watching that. I wasn’t exactly sure what kind of a movie that was as it felt like a documentary or so,etching. I may try watching it again, but I just remember being bored.
@@frankpetersen6624 it was an interesting one to say the least, next to black Xmas it is considered one of the first modern slashers.. next to psycho of course being the grand daddy of them all. I mention it because it’s one of those obscure films I got it on a blu ray set with another film title that escapes me at the moment and I think I liked that one better actually lol
@@far2d28 yeah I’m going to take another stab at it. I forget what made me grow bored of it, because it wasn’t what I expected but sometimes I need to give these movies a chance
Amen, Tourist Trap was utterly terrifying and the lack of blood and gore oddly made it even scarier. The part where the one character is being suffocated to death as they're being turned into a "puppet"... Ugh... And it had that really weird theme music that sounded like some kind of off-kilter circus music. Years after I first saw the movie, we were watching a how-to video in my high school shop class and the video was using the same music from Tourist Trap! That was pretty damn disconcerting!
Along with Street Trash, The Deadly Spawn, and Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Tourist Trap is a movie I saw as a kid that warped my fragile little mind in the '80s. And just like those other three, I still love it.
Great selection, I’ve seen all of these films over the decades. Agreed each is worthwhile, unique & surreal in their own way. Go in open minded when viewing, but recommended for horror fans . Thank you...this is a great channel.
Until the last five minutes or so *The Blood on Satan's Claw* (1971) is, perhaps inadvertently, one of the most genuinely unsettling movies I've ever seen. There's a distinct sense that no two people were working from the same draft of the script at any given point and that the result was subsequently cut to near-incoherence either for time or by demand of the censors, and that's exactly what makes it so damn effective: what they ended up with was an array of imagery that gets into your head and sticks there, strung together with sheer off-kilter dream logic. Outside of David Lynch I've rarely seen anything that felt so much like watching one of my own nightmares play out on film. They really, really shouldn't have shown that demon suit at the end, though. I am also extremely fond of *The Mephisto Waltz* less for any actual scare potential than for sheer off-the-chain Gothic bonkers and some really beautiful camerawork.
My list would include Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Messiah of Evil, Symptoms and The Night of the Devils. My favorite decade for horror movies easily.
1:41 Ha! Peter Vronsky was my university professor when I attended Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada and he was teaching the History of the Third Reich and working on his PhD in criminal justice at the time. He had also written books about serial killers, unsolved murders, and had provided investigative news stories for CNN, 'The Fifth Estate', CTV, etc.
I just seen the poster has timestamped the vid with the film titles. THANK YOU! Now I can watch the films in full beforehand- much appreciated! Subscribed!👍
I must say, your picks are superb! I have seen most and know of the rest of these movies and I totally agree! Look forward to seeing other choices and opinions of yours! TYVM!
One of the scariest movies I have ever seen from the 70s is a TV movie called The Spell. It’s about a girl that gets picked on by everyone in some every day kind of surprisingly cruel ways, even her own family, including a very young Helen Hunt. There is one scene that is so terrifying it makes me ill. I do find the twists and turns are extremely interesting. Do not think Carrie, because it goes around in far different ways.
I watch it every time it comes on one of the movie channels on my cable system; it's an excellent horror/psychological thriller film. And I've seen Clive Revill several times in recent years as a guest star in a few of the major television programs from the 70's/80's era that still air in syndication.
Some lesser-know 70's horror I loved: Theatre of Blood (1973) - Brilliant satire starring Vincent Price about a theatre actors who kills off his critics in ways that characters were killed in Shakespeare's plays. Zombie Flesh Eaters (AKA Zombie, AKA Zombi 2)(1979) - Notorious video nasty and one of the OG hardcore Zombie movies. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) Don't Look Now (1973) - Mostly a slow-burning drama that leaves you totally unprepared for one of the most chilling endings in cinematic history Deep Red (AKA Profundo Rosso) (1975) - Perhaps the exact turning point between the Giallo and Slasher genres. Still very much a classic Italian Giallo murder-mystery but with gory/brutal/memorable deaths that would soon become slasher staples. A Bay of Blood (AKA Twitch of the Death Nerve) (1971) - the very first ever slasher movie. Has a very high body count (13), the first to have violent and gory but unique and creative deaths and the effects are incredibly for 1971. They still stand up today. Many of the kills in this movie were copied (but actually made tamer) in several of the Friday the 13th movies. The Last House on the Left (1972) - Wes Cravens first movie. One of the first exploitation horror movies and the movie that kicked off the rape-and-revenge sub-genre that gained popularity throughout the 1970's and inspired movies like I Spit on Your Grave (AKA The Day of the Woman) Phantasm (1979) - great classic horror series that not that many horror fans have heard of Sacrifice! (AKA Il paese del sesso selvaggio AKA Deep River Savages AKA Man From Deep River) (1972) - The first cannibals-in-the-jungle movie that set off the craze that lasted throughout the 70s and into the 80s and was the starting point that gave us cannibal horror classics such as Cannibal Holocaust and Cannibal Ferox (AKA Make Them Die Slowly).
Great list. Ive seen all but two of these. Most horror fans have heard of Phantasm, though not many are into the series, which is a shame. Truly unique movie of the 70s, and part 2 is one of the best horror sequels of the 80s.
"Theater Of Blood"-- Vincent Price in his greatest role!! 3 years before "Phantasm", "Burnt Offerings" was the first film to use Dunsmuir House & Gardens (in Oakland, Ca.) as a movie set-- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Oo_6Fb5k2lo.html
I've seen Phantasm before. It scared the shit outta me when I was a teenager. I was scared after seeing it to walk home from the theater in the daytime!!
It's definitely not a horror movie (although Richard O'Brien described it as a "comedy-horror-sciencefiction-muscial") but The Rocky Horror Picture Show is EVERYTHING. And watching it as a play live is an unforgettable experience. The level of audience participation is magnificent.
When I was 5 or 6, Elvira showed me a movie about a giant bleeding skull in the rain. It stuck with me for decades, but I had no idea what movie it was. I was elated when I stumbled upon The Creeping Flesh a few months ago.
Some fun facts about "The Legend of Hellhouse"; the singular evil entity that haunts the mansion was played by Michael Gough best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman movies. Plus the screenplay was written by Richard Matheson based on his novella "Hellhouse".
I am glad you started your list with that good movie with the great Peter Cushing. One of the best horror actors that ever lived. I grew up with many of his horror flicks, namely Hammer productions. The Creeping Flesh still creeps me out. It remains unsettling. Also, not horror but even though he was just in one film, he gave us one of the best and unforgettable Star Wars villains. Last but not least, he's the BEST Van Helsing.
House is one of my favorite horror films. We had to watch it in a Japanese horror film class I took and I loved it. The week after we watched X-Cross which is also a gem lol
I can't thank you enough for recommending The Shout. It immediately became one of my favorite horror films of the 70s (which is really saying something). The original short story by Robert Graves is great too.
The 70s were a great decade for horror. I turned 13 in 1980 so I was well aware of the movies of the times. American horror of the 70s was good but the Italians were putting out GREAT stuff. Jose Larraz put out a handful of gems in the UK. I'd say horror worldwide was leaking in the 70s.
I always loved Richard Matheson’s novel The Legend of Hell House which the movie was based on, Probably the only other haunted house horror story with a similar impact was Shirley Jackson’s story The Haunting of Hill House.
You folks always do amazing lists and thank you again for the content. Keep up the amazing work and ty for letting me suggest some videos. I said it before but the Batman Beyond one you did was exceptionally fantastic and if I could, I’d like to suggest top 10 or 20 Kids’ WB! series. There were so many great shows from the network and i think you all would do an incredible job with that. Also, maybe top 10 episodes of Smallville because the 20th anniversary of the series debut is just around the corner and thank you very much once again!
I don't know if it was Bette Davis' last movie but she was brilliant in it. Burgess Meredith was creepy as all hell, too. lol Karen Black became another Queen of Scream. Watching the house renew itself was pretty cool special effects. I think the hearse driver was James Woods but don't quote me. It's one of my fave's, too.
Let's Scare Hessica To Death is another underrated 70s horror that has such an eerie dreamlike atmosphere I also remember a film from the same era about a female serial killer who imagines that she's talking on the phone to her dead father
The Legend of Hell House has always been one of my favorite horror flicks from the 70's and I like the idea suggested of a prequel rather than a sequel.
I remember seeing Legend of hell house in a double feature with Race with the devil at the drive in when I was a kid. Also saw Willard , Sisters, Tourist Trap, Summer of Fear, The Manitou when I was a kid.
They definitely had trouble matching blood color. Orange paint seemed to be a favorite. I’m not sure if they were just bad at getting blood color to develop right on color film (which was still fairly new and technicolor processing was still early) or if the censors just wouldn’t let them make blood look too realistic?
This is a great video. Everyone you picked is interesting and quite a few of these I have not paid much attention to... specifically the shout and the Manitou,
Saw "The creeping flesh" in the theatre...i was 13 and loved it...the one scene when Cushing sees the monster standing there in the rain was very intense ! 😮
Jennifer Salt was the face of 70s American horror. I think I might have to watch Gargoyles tonight. Tv horror would start on Friday night run all day Saturday and stop at dawn Sunday.
I had to get The Manitou as a Spanish version with an English soundtrack on DVD as it was impossible to get in the UK. One of my favourite horror films of all times. Also I've met Felix Silla who played Misquemakus (excuse if I've spelt that wrong 🙂), he's a lovely fella.
The Creeping Flesh also seem reminiscent of Cabinet of dr Caligari, seeing how in that movie, the story is also told by a mental patient and the villain is the hospital doctor. Well, minust the twisted angle and surreal imagery.
The Manitou is the most unintentionally funny horror film you'll ever see. When the woman reveals her "bump" on the back of her neck the size of a softball..OMG! ...maybe the funniest scene I've ever seen.
agreed and indeed whatculture is flat out generic since blampied split the content is painfully pc and predictable its their whole brand be it horror or wrestling ...simon wilborn is a toolbox and borderline smarmy i wish the whole fatu angle was a shoot id have loved to see the tribe take a few trophies off that pack of wastes of testosterone...can ya tell i kinda dont like their tripe...watched enough to have an informed opinion...not just talkin shit im talking informed shit
I was friends with the nan who owned and trained the rats for willard. The rat al killed is irl named goldie and i used to play with her. Kids would lay on the ground in his living room in palm springs and he would open the cage , blow a whistle and say swarm and they would climb all over you lol.
@@Parker8752 I know rats have a bunch of virtues, such as empathy, an important role in the ecosystem and the ability to laugh tbh. But anything with human-like problem solving brains and teeth too big by half for their heads isn't cute to me. No judgement towards people who like them, but I'm afraid you'll never be able to convince me they're anything but disease vectoring, foul vermin I don't want around me. You'd have as much chance of convincing me mosquitoes are cute tbh.
Deranged is "loosely" based on Ed Gein? I would say that pretty much told the story of Ed Gein. The mother/son relationship in Psycho is also based on Ed Gein. And Leatherface wearing human skin as masks, also Ed Gein.
@@UpsonPrattJr. It was. Nobody was convicted of the arson, but one suspects the cops didn't try too hard. Nobody in the area wanted it made into some kind of museum or tourist attraction.
Hi Thanks for uploading this video. It's really interesting to be introduced to some horror films that I wasn't aware of. Will be checking some of these out for sure!
Legend of Hell House is NOT a remake of the William Katt movie "House." Legend was toned WAAAAYYY down in order to get a PG-13 rating. The book is absolutely savage!
You may be underselling WILLARD. It is still well regarded (or at least it was in the 90s), and not just by horror fans. It even had a remake, which wasn't great, but at least it kept the story in the public conscious.
Bravo! Another great list! I remember the 1970 was the beginning of the most violent movies and tv shows. It was getting shockingly violent to a point where all of Hollywood were ready to strike if the violence did not stop....
