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| 1 |  | Jaws (1975) |  3.9366 201 reviews | PG | Adventure, Thriller, Horror |
$7.17
| After a teenager and a child are attacked by a Great White shark in a quiet beach community, the ...more about Jaws starring Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw |
| 2 |  | Alien (1979) |  3.6601 312 reviews | R | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.50
| Space vehicle Nostromo discovers a strange pod. The creature in the pod infects a member of the ...more about Alien starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver |
| 3 |  | Exorcist, The (1973) | 3.6087 162 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$5.24
| The Exorcist is based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty and considered one of the scariest ...more about Exorcist starring Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow |
| 4 |  | Halloween (1978) | 3.4886 195 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror |
$9.10
| From the age of six Michael Myers was institutionalized for killing his older sister. After 15 ...more about Halloween starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 5 |  | Eraserhead (1977) | 3.2961 81 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror |
$16.55
| Henry is forced into a live-in relationship with his girlfriend when they discover she is pregnant. ...more about Eraserhead starring Jack Nance and Charlotte Stewart |
| 6 |  | Dawn of the Dead (1978) |  3.2429 187 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Horror |
$5.07
| A group of four people are forced to live in an abandoned shopping mall after leagues of zombies ...more about Dawn of the Dead starring David Emge and Ken Foree |
| 7 |  | Wicker Man, The (1973) | 3.1354 90 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$5.99
| Sgt. Howie travels to Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He discovers ...more about Wicker Man starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee |
| 8 |  | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) | 3.1073 46 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$3.91
| Strange underground alien spores are planted in the earth and eventually begin to flower. As people ...more about Invasion of the Body Snatchers starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams |
| 9 |  | Martin (1977) | 3.0694 47 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror |
$9.99
| A young teenager is compulsively drawn to killing women with razor blades and drinking their blood. ...more about Martin starring John Amplas and Lincoln Maazel |
| 10 |  | Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971) | 3.0574 60 reviews | PG-13 | Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$8.70
| When his wife dies on the operating table, the vengeful Dr. Phibes begins killing her doctors ...more about Abominable Dr. Phibes starring Vincent Price and Virginia North |
| 11 |  | Legend of Hell House, The (1973) | 3.0227 21 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$4.11
| A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the ...more about Legend of Hell House starring Pamela Franklin and Clive Revill |
| 12 |  | Hills Have Eyes, The (1977) | 3.0143 54 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$8.11
| Driving through the barren desert to California the family's car breaks down in the middle of an ...more about Hills Have Eyes starring Susan Lanier and Robert Houston |
| 13 |  | Carrie (1976) | 3.0050 108 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$5.69
| Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her class mates taunt her ...more about Carrie starring Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie |
| 14 |  | Soylent Green (1973) | 3.0042 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$7.99
| In the year 2022, earth's face has completely changed. New York's population, for example, has ...more about Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston and Leigh Taylor-Young |
| 15 |  | Day of the Woman (1978) | 2.9958 86 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$13.36
| The film follows Jennifer, a writer who is working on a new novel and needs to get out of the city ...more about Day of the Woman starring Camille Keaton and Eron Tabor |
| 16 |  | Magic (1978) | 2.9952 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance |
$14.25
| Magician's assistant Corky performs disastrously at his first solo appearance. He is given a ...more about Magic starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret |
| 17 |  | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) | 2.9868 29 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Musical, Comedy |
$9.99
| After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the ...more about Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! |
| 18 |  | Phantasm (1979) | 2.9860 39 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.14
| Mike, a young teenage boy who has just lost his parents, is afraid to lose his brother. This fear ...more about Phantasm starring Bill Thornbury and Reggie Bannister |
| 19 |  | Last House on the Left, The (1972) | 2.9689 72 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$5.69
| When two friends go into the city to see their favorite band, they meet a couple of drug dealers ...more about Last House on the Left starring Sandra Cassel and Lucy Grantham |
| 20 |  | Crazies, The (1973) | 2.9653 55 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.95
| A biological weapon gone awry is only the start of problems in the little town of Evan's City, ...more about Crazies starring Lane Carroll and Harold Wayne Jones |
| 21 |  | Black Christmas (1974) | 2.9492 104 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$12.02
| Just before Christmas break a mysterious psychotic killer sneaks into the attic of a sorority house ...more about Black Christmas starring Olivia Hussey and Keir Dullea |
| 22 |  | Theatre of Blood (1973) | 2.9475 33 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$9.99
| Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) stars as an actor overlooked for a critics' acting award, despite ...more about Theatre of Blood starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg |
| 23 |  | Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1974) | 2.9363 26 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$2.95
| In London in the 1970s, Scotland Yard police investigators think they have uncovered a case of ...more about Satanic Rites of Dracula starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing |
| 24 |  | Brood, The (1979) | 2.9293 46 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$9.27
| A man's wife is under the care of an eccentric psychiatrist who uses innovative and theatrical ...more about Brood starring Oliver Reed and Samantha Eggar |
| 25 |  | Jaws 2 (1978) | 2.9238 43 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Horror |
$3.92
| The small island resort town of Amity is trying to bounce back from the financial problems it had ...more about Jaws 2 starring Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary |
| 26 |  | I Drink Your Blood (1970) | 2.9185 33 reviews | NA | Horror |
$15.99
| A band of satanist hippies roll into a town and begin terrorizing the local folk. They rape a local ...more about I Drink Your Blood starring Jadine Wong and Rhonda Fultz |
| 27 |  | Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti (1974) | 2.9175 47 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | A cop chases two young people visiting the English countryside, suspecting them of a local murder; ...more about Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti starring Ray Lovelock and Arthur Kennedy |
| 28 |  | Stepford Wives, The (1975) | 2.8937 52 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$5.56
| Stepford Wives is about a small suburb where the women happily go about their housework - cleaning, ...more about Stepford Wives starring Katharine Ross and Paula Prentiss |
| 29 |  | Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) | 2.8829 25 reviews | R | Horror, Romance |
$6.00
| Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis ...more about Taste the Blood of Dracula starring Christopher Lee and Gwen Watford |
| 30 |  | Creeping Flesh, The (1973) | 2.8811 26 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$19.99
| A Victorian-age scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from ...more about Creeping Flesh starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing |
| 31 |  | Blue Sunshine (1976) | 2.8810 33 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$18.87
| A group of college kids who took some experimental LSD suffer the side effects ten years later. One ...more about Blue Sunshine starring Zalman King and Deborah Winters |
| 32 |  | To the Devil a Daughter (1976) | 2.8674 22 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$6.97
| An excommunicated priest sets up a satanic cult that only looks Catholic on the outside. He ...more about To the Devil a Daughter starring Richard Widmark and Christopher Lee |
| 33 |  | Schock (1977) | 2.8605 24 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | ...more about Schock starring Daria Nicolodi and John Steiner |
| 34 |  | Swarm, The (1978) | 2.8579 17 reviews | NA | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.98
| Killer bees from South America have been breeding with the gentler bees of more northern climes, ...more about Swarm starring Michael Caine and Katharine Ross |
| 35 |  | Car, The (1977) | 2.8546 20 reviews | NA | Horror | N/A | ...more about Car starring James Brolin and Kathleen Lloyd |
| 36 |  | King Kong (1976) | 2.8520 50 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Romance |
$3.42
| An expedition of the "Petrox" company, is exploring in search of petrol. A strange island where ...more about King Kong starring Jeff Bridges and Charles Grodin |
| 37 |  | Scars of Dracula (1970) | 2.8407 22 reviews | NA | Horror |
$16.26
| A young man, Paul Carlson, is on a trip and spends the night on count Dracula's castle. Needless to ...more about Scars of Dracula starring Christopher Lee and Dennis Waterman |
| 38 |  | Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) | 2.8354 35 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Romance, Comedy |
$6.62
| The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping Dr. Phibes three years later. To his ...more about Dr. Phibes Rises Again starring Vincent Price and Robert Quarry |
| 39 |  | Other, The (1972) | 2.8287 23 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Mystery |
$5.99
| In the summer of 1935, 9-year-old twins Niles and Holland Perry live with their family on a ...more about Other starring Uta Hagen and Diana Muldaur |
| 40 | | Asylum (1972) | 2.8202 39 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$15.24
| A young psychiatrist interviews four inmates in a mental asylum to satisfy a requirement for ...more about Asylum starring Peter Cushing and Britt Ekland |
| 41 |  | Dead of Night (1974) | 2.8182 39 reviews | NA | War, Horror |
$12.95
| A young Soldier is killed in the line of duty in Vietnam. That same night, the soldier returns ...more about Dead of Night starring Lynn Carlin and Richard Backus |
| 42 |  | Phantom of the Paradise (1974) | 2.8060 32 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Musical, Comedy |
$6.33
| Rock Opera version of Phantom Of The Opera with elements of Faust. Record producer Swan steals both ...more about Phantom of the Paradise starring Archie Hahn and Jeffrey Comanor |
| 43 |  | Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974) | 2.8053 35 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror |
$6.13
| Vampire hunter and expert swordsman Kronos finds himself in a small village where several of the ...more about Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter starring Horst Janson and John Carson |
| 44 |  | Shivers (1975) | 2.8051 45 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | A scientist living in an apartment complex kills a girl and uses acid to destroy her internal ...more about Shivers starring Paul Hampton and Joe Silver |
| 45 |  | Sentinel, The (1977) | 2.8039 22 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$5.95
| A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. She begins ...more about Sentinel starring Cristina Raines and Martin Balsam |
| 46 |  | Asphyx, The (1973) | 2.7985 19 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist-loved and respected by his family and friends, ...more about Asphyx starring Robert Stephens and Robert Powell |
| 47 |  | Omen, The (1976) | 2.7972 37 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$7.76
| Rome, 6juin, 6heures du matin. Katherine Thorn, l'épouse d'un diplomate américain de renom, est ...more about Omen starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick |
| 48 |  | Driller Killer, The (1979) | 2.7954 40 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$18.95
| An artist slowly loses his mind as he and his two female friends scrape to pay the bills. The punk ...more about Driller Killer starring Carolyn Marz and Baybi Day |
| 49 |  | Cat and the Canary, The (1979) | 2.7938 21 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$7.99
| When an elderly man dies, some of his relatives gather to hear the reading of the will. When it is ...more about Cat and the Canary starring Honor Blackman and Michael Callan |
| 50 |  | Last Wave, The (1977) | 2.7868 18 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery |
$21.95
| A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to ...more about Last Wave starring Richard Chamberlain and Olivia Hamnett |
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