British Horror Films of the 1970s

Poster of The Wicker Man

A selection of British Horror Films of the 1970s

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Title Year IMDb Rating
*** And Soon the Darkness 1970 And Soon the Darkness (1970) on IMDb
*** The Ballad of Tam Lin 1970 The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970) on IMDb
* The Body Beneath 1970 The Body Beneath (1970) on IMDb
** Crescendo 1970 Crescendo (1970) on IMDb
*** Cry of the Banshee 1970 Cry of the Banshee (1970) on IMDb
*** Entertaining Mr. Sloane 1970 Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970) on IMDb
*** Fragment of Fear 1970 Fragment of Fear (1970) on IMDb
*** Goodbye Gemini 1970 Goodbye Gemini (1970) on IMDb
*** The Horror of Frankenstein 1970 The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) on IMDb
*** I Start Counting 1970 I Start Counting (1970) on IMDb
*** Legend of the Witches 1970 Legend of the Witches (1970) on IMDb
*** The Man Who Haunted Himself 1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) on IMDb
*** The Mind of Mr. Soames 1970 The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970) on IMDb
*** Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly 1970 Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970) on IMDb
** No Blade of Grass 1970 No Blade of Grass (1970) on IMDb
*** Scars of Dracula 1970 Scars of Dracula (1970) on IMDb
*** Scream and Scream Again 1970 Scream and Scream Again (1970) on IMDb
** Secrets of Sex 1970 Secrets of Sex (1970) on IMDb
*** Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970 Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) on IMDb
** Trog 1970 Trog (1970) on IMDb
*** The Vampire Lovers 1970 The Vampire Lovers (1970) on IMDb
*** When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth 1970 When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) on IMDb
*** 10 Rillington Place 1971 10 Rillington Place (1971) on IMDb
*** The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) on IMDb
*** Assault 1971 Assault (1971) on IMDb
*** The Beast in the Cellar 1971 The Beast in the Cellar (1971) on IMDb
*** Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb 1971 Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971) on IMDb
*** The Blood on Satan’s Claw 1971 The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) on IMDb
*** Countess Dracula 1971 Countess Dracula (1971) on IMDb
*** Creatures the World Forgot 1971 Creatures the World Forgot (1971) on IMDb
*** Crucible of Horror 1971 Crucible of Horror (1971) on IMDb
** Crucible of Terror 1971 Crucible of Terror (1971) on IMDb
* The Devils 1971 The Devils (1971) on IMDb
*** Die Screaming Marianne 1971 Die Screaming Marianne (1971) on IMDb
*** Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde 1971 Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971) on IMDb
*** Fright 1971 Fright (1971) on IMDb
*** Hands of the Ripper 1971 Hands of the Ripper (1971) on IMDb
*** The House That Dripped Blood 1971 The House That Dripped Blood (1971) on IMDb
*** I, Monster 1971 I, Monster (1971) on IMDb
** Incense for the Damned 1971 Incense for the Damned (1971) on IMDb
*** Lust for a Vampire 1971 Lust for a Vampire (1971) on IMDb
*** Macbeth 1971 Macbeth (1971) on IMDb
*** Murders in the Rue Morgue 1971 Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) on IMDb
** The Night Digger 1971 The Night Digger (1971) on IMDb
*** The Nightcomers 1971 The Nightcomers (1971) on IMDb
*** Revenge 1971 Revenge (1971) on IMDb
*** See No Evil 1971 See No Evil (1971) on IMDb
*** Straw Dogs 1971 Straw Dogs (1971) on IMDb
*** Twins of Evil 1971 Twins of Evil (1971) on IMDb
** Venom 1971 Venom (1971) on IMDb
*** The Asphyx 1972 The Asphyx (1972) on IMDb
*** Asylum 1972 Asylum (1972) on IMDb
*** Burke & Hare 1972 Burke & Hare (1972) on IMDb
*** Death Line 1972 Death Line (1972) on IMDb
*** Demons of the Mind 1972 Demons of the Mind (1972) on IMDb
* Disciple of Death 1972 Disciple of Death (1972) on IMDb
*** Doomwatch 1972 Doomwatch (1972) on IMDb
*** Dr. Phibes Rises Again 1972 Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) on IMDb
*** Dracula A.D. 1972 1972 Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) on IMDb
*** Endless Night 1972 Endless Night (1972) on IMDb
*** Fear in the Night 1972 Fear in the Night (1972) on IMDb
*** The Fiend 1972 The Fiend (1972) on IMDb
*** The Flesh and Blood Show 1972 The Flesh and Blood Show (1972) on IMDb
*** Horror Express 1972 Horror Express (1972) on IMDb
*** Images 1972 Images (1972) on IMDb
** Neither the Sea Nor the Sand 1972 Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972) on IMDb
* Nobody Ordered Love 1972 Nobody Ordered Love (1972) on IMDb
* Something Wicked This Way Comes 1972 Something Wicked This Way Comes (1972) on IMDb
** The Stone Tape 1972 The Stone Tape (1972) on IMDb
*** Straight on Till Morning 1972 Straight on Till Morning (1972) on IMDb
*** Tales from the Crypt 1972 Tales from the Crypt (1972) on IMDb
*** Tower of Evil 1972 Tower of Evil (1972) on IMDb
*** Vampire Circus 1972 Vampire Circus (1972) on IMDb
*** Virgin Witch 1972 Virgin Witch (1972) on IMDb
* What Became of Jack and Jill? 1972 What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972) on IMDb
*** What the Peeper Saw 1972 What the Peeper Saw (1972) on IMDb
*** Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? 1972 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) on IMDb
*** And Now the Screaming Starts! 1973 And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) on IMDb
*** The Creeping Flesh 1973 The Creeping Flesh (1973) on IMDb
* Dark Places 1973 Dark Places (1973) on IMDb
**** Don’t Look Now 1973 Don’t Look Now (1973) on IMDb
*** Frankenstein: The True Story 1973 Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) on IMDb
*** Horror Hospital 1973 Horror Hospital (1973) on IMDb
*** The House in Nightmare Park 1973 The House in Nightmare Park (1973) on IMDb
*** The House That Vanished 1973 The House That Vanished (1973) on IMDb
*** The Legend of Hell House 1973 The Legend of Hell House (1973) on IMDb
** Night Watch 1973 Night Watch (1973) on IMDb
** Nothing But the Night 1973 Nothing But the Night (1973) on IMDb
*** Psychomania 1973 Psychomania (1973) on IMDb
*** The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) on IMDb
*** The Sinful Dwarf 1973 The Sinful Dwarf (1973) on IMDb
*** Tales That Witness Madness 1973 Tales That Witness Madness (1973) on IMDb
*** Theatre of Blood 1973 Theatre of Blood (1973) on IMDb
*** Vault of Horror 1973 Vault of Horror (1973) on IMDb
* Voices 1973 Voices (1973) on IMDb
*** The Wicker Man 1973 The Wicker Man (1973) on IMDb
*** The Beast Must Die 1974 The Beast Must Die (1974) on IMDb
** Blue Blood 1974 Blue Blood (1974) on IMDb
*** Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter 1974 Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974) on IMDb
** Craze 1974 Craze (1974) on IMDb
*** Dracula 1974 Dracula (1974) on IMDb
*** Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell 1974 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) on IMDb
*** The Freakmaker 1974 The Freakmaker (1974) on IMDb
*** Frightmare 1974 Frightmare (1974) on IMDb
*** From Beyond the Grave 1974 From Beyond the Grave (1974) on IMDb
*** Ghost Story 1974 Ghost Story (1974) on IMDb
*** House of Whipcord 1974 House of Whipcord (1974) on IMDb
*** The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires 1974 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) on IMDb
*** Madhouse 1974 Madhouse (1974) on IMDb
*** Old Dracula 1974 Old Dracula (1974) on IMDb
* Persecution 1974 Persecution (1974) on IMDb
*** Phase IV 1974 Phase IV (1974) on IMDb
* Son of Dracula 1974 Son of Dracula (1974) on IMDb
*** Symptoms 1974 Symptoms (1974) on IMDb
*** Vampyres 1974 Vampyres (1974) on IMDb
* Deadly Strangers 1975 Deadly Strangers (1975) on IMDb
*** The Devil Within Her 1975 The Devil Within Her (1975) on IMDb
* The Ghoul 1975 The Ghoul (1975) on IMDb
* Legend of the Werewolf 1975 Legend of the Werewolf (1975) on IMDb
* The Lifetaker 1975 The Lifetaker (1975) on IMDb
* The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) on IMDb
** The Spiral Staircase 1975 The Spiral Staircase (1975) on IMDb
** The Devil’s Men 1976 The Devil’s Men (1976) on IMDb
* Diversions 1976 Diversions (1976) on IMDb
*** Exposé 1976 Exposé (1976) on IMDb
* Face of Darkness 1976 Face of Darkness (1976) on IMDb
*** House of Mortal Sin 1976 House of Mortal Sin (1976) on IMDb
*** The Omen 1976 The Omen (1976) on IMDb
** Queen Kong 1976 Queen Kong (1976) on IMDb
*** Satan’s Slave 1976 Satan’s Slave (1976) on IMDb
*** Schizo 1976 Schizo (1976) on IMDb
*** To the Devil a Daughter 1976 To the Devil a Daughter (1976) on IMDb
* Whispers of Fear 1976 Whispers of Fear (1976) on IMDb
*** The Black Panther 1977 The Black Panther (1977) on IMDb
* The Brute 1977 The Brute (1977) on IMDb
** Count Dracula 1977 Count Dracula (1977) on IMDb
* The Haunting of Julia 1977 The Haunting of Julia (1977) on IMDb
** Holocaust 2000 1977 Holocaust 2000 (1977) on IMDb
*** Prey 1977 Prey (1977) on IMDb
*** The Uncanny 1977 The Uncanny (1977) on IMDb
*** Absolution 1978 Absolution (1978) on IMDb
** The Cat and the Canary 1978 The Cat and the Canary (1978) on IMDb
*** The Comeback 1978 The Comeback (1978) on IMDb
** The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) on IMDb
*** Killer’s Moon 1978 Killer’s Moon (1978) on IMDb
*** The Legacy 1978 The Legacy (1978) on IMDb
*** The Medusa Touch 1978 The Medusa Touch (1978) on IMDb
** The Playbirds 1978 The Playbirds (1978) on IMDb
* The Shout 1978 The Shout (1978) on IMDb
*** Terror 1978 Terror (1978) on IMDb
* Alien 1979 Alien (1979) on IMDb
*** Dominique 1979 Dominique (1979) on IMDb
*** Dracula 1979 Dracula (1979) on IMDb
*** Murder by Decree 1979 Murder by Decree (1979) on IMDb
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Book recommendations

  • Amicus: The Friendly Face of Fear

    Allan Bryce
    Amazon

  • Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Allan Bryce
    Amazon

  • The Art of Hammer: Posters from the Archive of Hammer Films

    Marcus Hearn
    Amazon

  • Beasts in the Cellar: The Exploitation Film Career of Tony Tenser

    John Hamilton
    Amazon

  • Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies

    Adrian Luther-Smith
    Amazon

  • British Horror Films: Beyond Hammer & Amicus...

    Allan Bryce
    Amazon

  • Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History

    Jonathan Rigby
    Amazon

  • English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897-2015

    Jonathan Rigby
    Amazon

  • Fragments of Fear: An Illustrated History of British Horror Films

    Andy Boot
    Amazon

  • Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company

    Howard Maxford
    Amazon

  • Hammer Films: A Life In Pictures

    Wayne Kinsey
    Amazon

  • Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography

    Tom Johnson, Deborah Del Vecchio
    Amazon

  • Hammer Films: The Bray Studio Years

    Wayne Kinsey
    Amazon

  • Hammer Films: The Elstree Studios Years

    Wayne Kinsey
    Amazon

  • Hammer Films: The Unsung Heroes

    Wayne Kinsey
    Amazon

  • Hammer Glamour: Classic Images from the Archive of Hammer Films

    Marcus Hearn
    Amazon

  • The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films

    Marcus Hearn, Alan Barnes
    Amazon

  • The Hammer Vault: Treasures from the Archive of Hammer Films

    Marcus Hearn
    Amazon

  • Hammer: The Haunted House of Horror

    Denis Meikle
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  • A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer

    Denis Meikle
    Amazon

  • Immoral Tales: European Sex and Horror Movies, 1956-1984

    Cathal Tohill, Pete Tombs
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  • The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror

    Phil Hardy
    Amazon

  • Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960-1980

    Danny Shipka
    Amazon

  • Poe Pictures: The Film Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe

    Bruce G. Hallenbeck
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  • Raising Hell: Ken Russell and the Unmaking of The Devils

    Richard Crouse
    Amazon

  • The Shrieking Sixties: British Horror Films 1960-1969

    Darrell Buxton
    Amazon

  • So Deadly, So Perverse: Giallo-Style Films From Around the World, Volume Three

    Troy Howarth
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  • Ten Years of Terror: British Horror Films of the 1970s

    Harvey Fenton, David Flint
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  • They Came From Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema

    Caelum Vatnsdal
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  • Tigon: Blood on a Budget

    John Hamilton
    Amazon

  • Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976

    Gary A. Smith
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  • A Vault of Horror

    Keith Topping
    Amazon

  • Vincent Price: The Art of Fear

    Denis Meikle
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Music recommendations

  • The Best of Hammer Horror

    Various
    Amazon
    Discogs

  • Dracula A.D. 1972 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Mike Vickers
    Amazon
    Discogs

  • Hammer Horror: Classic Themes 1958-1974 (Original Soundtrack Recordings)

    Various
    Amazon
    Discogs

  • The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    James Bernard
    Amazon
    Discogs

  • The Satanic Rites of Dracula (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    John Cacavas
    Amazon
    Discogs

  • Vault of Horror: The Italian Connection

    Various
    Amazon
    Discogs