Even Michael Jackson got him to do a voice over on his Thriller album. With is creepy voice and penetrating stare, he has become an icon of past creepy films.
Some consider him to be the grandfather of horror movies. Vampire Circus (1972) – When a vampire count is killed, a traveling circus led by the count’s vampire cousin shows up and takes his vengeance out on the town.Turns out ol’ Uncle belongs to a secret brotherhood that hunts down witches and satanists. Twins of Evil (1972) – Twins sisters, one good and one evil, are sent to live with their puritanical aunt and uncle after the death of their parents.After a man disappears near the count’s castle, his brother and fiancée come looking for him. When the bats drip the villager’s blood on his remains, Dracula is (again) brought back to life. Scars of Dracula (1970) – A swarm of bats kill all the women and children in a village.With the help an accomplice, they try to create another monster who wreaks havoc on the inmates. Frankenstein is the resident surgeon of an insane asylum. Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1974) – The now insane Dr.To hide her secret she takes the role of her own daughter which works fine until her actual daughter shows up. Countess Dracula (1972) – A Countess in Hungary kills young women and bathes in their blood to keep her eternal beauty.But she is secretly a vampire and does her best to finish him off. Lust for a Vampire (1971) – A writer falls in love with a young woman at a finishing school.Later his daughter grows up to bear a striking resemblance to the Egyptian queen in the sarcophagus. Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1972) – Originally a support movie for another production, this flick has an explorer venturing out to discover the cursed tomb of the mummy and bring it back to London.
100 years later, Dracula is resurrected, and it’s up to the descendants of Van Helsing to stop him.
Follows the story of the arrogant Baron Von Frankenstein, a descendant of the original Baron. The Horror of Frankenstein (1971) – This film parodies the Frankenstein story.Produced by Hammer Films in Britain, they were low budget but used quality British acting talent. These British horror films are a favorite of any horror fan. If you missed out on that classic decade, here is a list of 100 horror films from the 70’s. They created the clichés, the atmosphere, and the buckets of blood that were splashed around haphazardly across the screen. These early films really pushed the envelope as far as setting up the foundation for the horror movies today. They were groundbreaking in terms of terror, gore, and (in some cases) outright corniness. If you are old enough, you might remember growing up and watching some of the old horror movies from the 1970’s.
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