The '70s brought fresh giallo and slasher tropes to the horror pantheon, along with blockbuster scares unmatched today. These ...

it's not only one of the scariest 1970s horror movies, but maybe the scariest of all horror movies — especially if you grew ...

The 1970s are considered one of the greatest decades for horror movies. During this time, filmmakers pushed boundaries and challenged audiences with darker themes, in-your-face violence, and stories ...

American horror films changed significantly in the ‘70s. That is the decade when the idea of what we still think of as the horror genre really started. That left us with plenty of options for the best ...

While Ridley Scott’s Alien kicked off a franchise that’s going strong to this day it works just as well as a one-off as it does the beginning of something much larger. It’s one of the ultimate single ...

Jump scares can be gimmicks, but there are plenty of classic horror films from the 1970s that used the technique effectively.

The 1970s was a great decade for horror. For a long time, the film industry had been governed by the so-called Hays Code, a system of censorship in place that controlled what could be shown on screen.

But what about the ’70s horrors that have not received a reboot, sequel, or rebootquel in quite some time? Those are the movies that follow. So, naturally, no major classics here, because they’ve ...

Rachael Severino is a writer from New York. She was awarded her Bachelor's in Classical Archaeology and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing her MFA at Columbia ...