List of horror films of 1970

A list of horror films released in 1970.

Title	Director(s)	Cast	Country	Notes	Ref.
The Ancines Woods	Pedro Olea	Amparo Soler Leal, Antonio Casas, John Steiner	Spain		^[1]
Assignment Terror	Tulio Demicheli, Hugo Fregonese	Michael Rennie, Karin Dor, Patty Shepard	Spain West Germany Italy		^[2]
The Beast in the Cellar	James Kelly	Beryl Reid, Flora Robson, Tessa Wyatt	United Kingdom		^[3]
Beast of Blood	Eddie Romero	John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie Garcia	Philippines United States		^[4]
Bigfoot	Robert F. Slatzer	John Carradine	United States		^[5]
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage	Dario Argento	Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall	Italy		^[6]
Blind Woman's Curse	Teruo Ishii	Toru Abe, Makoto Satô, Hoki Tokuda	Japan		^[7]
Blood Mania	Robert Vincent O'Neill	Peter Carpenter, Maria De Aragon, Vicki Peters	United States		^[8]
The Blood Rose	Claude Mulot	Anny Duperey, Philippe Lemaire, Howard Vernon	France		^[9]
Bloodthirsty Butchers	Andy Milligan	Annabella Wood, Berwick Kaler, Jane Hilary	United States	Filmed in England	^[10]^[11]
The Bloody Judge	Jesús Franco	Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn	Italy Spain West Germany		^[12]
The Body Beneath	Andy Milligan	Gavin Reed, Jackie Skarvellis	United States	Filmed in England	^[13]^[11]
Count Dracula	Jesús Franco	Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski	Spain West Germany Italy Liechtenstein		^[14]
Count Yorga, Vampire	Bob Kelljan	Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Michael Murphy	United States		^[15]
Crowhaven Farm	Walter Grauman	Hope Lange, Paul Burke, Lloyd Bochner	United States	Television film	^[16]
Cry of the Banshee	Gordon Hessler	Vincent Price, Hilary Dwyer, Carl Rigg	United Kingdom		^[17]
Curse of the Vampires	Gerardo de León	Amalia Fuentes, Eddie Garcia, Romeo Vasques	United States Philippines	aka Creatures of Evil, Blood of the Vampires^[18]^[19]	^[20]
Dream No Evil	John Hayes	Edmond O'Brien, Brooke Mills, Marc Lawrence	United States		^[21]
The Dunwich Horror	Daniel Haller	Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley	United States		^[22]
Equinox	Jack Woods	Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Bonner	United States		^[23]
Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion	Jesús Franco	Marie Liljedahl, Maria Rohm, Christopher Lee	West Germany	aka De Sade 70	^[24]
An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe	Kenneth Johnson	Vincent Price	United States	Television film	^[25]
The Evils of Dorian Gray	Massimo Dallamano	Helmut Berger, Richard Todd, Herbert Lom	West Germany Italy	Alternative title(s) The Secret of Dorian Gray	^[24]
Flesh Feast	Brad F. Grinter	Veronica Lake, Phil Philbin, Heather Hughes	United States		^[24]
Goodbye Gemini	Alan Gibson	Judy Geeson, Michael Redgrave	United Kingdom		^[26]
Guru, the Mad Monk	Andy Milligan	Neil Flanagan, Jaqueline Webb	United States		^[27]^[28]
The Horror of Frankenstein	Jimmy Sangster	Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Veronica Carlson	United Kingdom		^[29]
Horror of the Blood Monsters	Al Adamson	John Carradine, Robert Dix, Vicki Volante	United States		^[30]^[31]
House of Dark Shadows	Dan Curtis	Grayson Hall, Jerry Lacy, Thayer David	United States		^[32]
I Drink Your Blood	David E. Durston	Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Jadine Wong, Rhonda Fultz	United States		^[33]
Jonathan	Hans Geissendorfer	Jürgen Jung, Hans-Dieter Jendreyko	West Germany		^[34]
Lokis	Janusz Majewski	Józef Duriasz, Edmund Fetting, Gustaw Lutkiewicz	Poland		^[35]
Love, Vampire Style	Helmut Förnbacher	Patrick Jordan, Herbert Fux, Eva Renzi	West Germany	aka The Amorous Adventures of a Young Postman	^[36]^[37]
Mark of the Devil	Michael Armstrong	Herbert Lom, Olivera Vuco, Udo Kier	West Germany		^[38]
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny, and Girly	Freddie Francis	Michael Bryant, Ursula Howells, Pat Heywood	United Kingdom	aka Girly (USA)		^[39]
The Revenge of Dr. X	Kenneth G. Crane	James Craig, James Yagi	United States Japan	aka Venus Flytrap^[40]	^[41]
Ritual of Evil	Robert Day	Louis Jourdan	United States	Television film; Sequel to Fear No Evil	^[42]
Scars of Dracula	Roy Ward Baker	Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley	United Kingdom		^[43]
Scream of the Demon Lover	José Luis Merino	Erna Schürer, Carlos Quiney, Agostina Belli	Italy Spain	aka Ivanna	^[44]
Tam-Lin	Roddy McDowall	Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis	United Kingdom	Alternative title(s) The Devil's Widow	^[45]^[46]
Taste the Blood of Dracula	Peter Sasdy	Christopher Lee, Linda Hayden, Martin Jarvis	United Kingdom		^[47]
Trog	Freddie Francis	Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay	United Kingdom		^[48]
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders	Jaromil Jireš	Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýžová, Karel Engel	Czechoslovakia
The Vampire Lovers	Roy Ward Baker	Ingrid Pitt, George Cole, Kate O'Mara	United Kingdom United States		^[49]
La Vampire Nue (aka The Nude Vampire)	Jean Rollin	Caroline Cartier, Olivier Rollin, Maurice Lemaitre	France
El Vampiro de la autopista	José Luis Madrid	Waldemar Wohlfahrt, Patricia Loran, Luis Iduni	Spain		^[50]
The Vampire Doll	Michio Yamamoto	Kayo Matsuo, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoko Minazake	Japan		^[36]
The Werewolf Versus Vampire Women	León Klimovsky	Paul Naschy, Gaby Fuchs, Barbara Capell	Spain West Germany		^[51]
Witchhammer (Kladivo na čarodějnice)	Otakar Vávra	Elo Romančík, Vladimír Šmeral	Czechoslovakia		^[52]
The Wizard of Gore	Herschell Gordon Lewis	Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay	United States		^[53]

References

^ Erlewine, Iotis. "El Bosque De Ancines". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ Binion, Cavett. "Assignment Terror". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ Shelley 2009, p. 161.
^ "Beast of Blood". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
^ "Bigfoot". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
^ Hutchings 2009, pp. 18, 231.
^ Schilling, Mark (March 20, 2014). "Kaidan Nobori Ryu (Blind Woman's Curse)". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020.
^ Albright 2008, p. 129.
^ Blaise, Judd. "La Rose Ecorche". AllMovie. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
^ Binion, Cavett. "Bloodthirsty Butchers". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Jimmy McDonough, The Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Filmmaker Andy Milligan (Chicago Review Press, 2003), ISBN 1-55652-495-1.
^ Firsching, Robert. "The Bloody Judge". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ "The Body Beneath (1970)". www.dvddrive-in.com.
^ Browning & Picart 2010, p. 49.
^ Muir 2007, p. 50.
^ Deal 2007, p. 21.
^ Muir 2007, p. 53.
^ "Severin Films | Shop".
^ "THE CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES aka CREATURES OF EVIL (1966) Reviews and overview". MOVIES and MANIA. February 25, 2019.
^ Hardy 1995, p. 219.
^ Stanley 2000, p. 156.
^ Muir 2007, p. 54.
^ Erickson, Hal. "Equinox". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hardy 1995, p. 220.
^ Weaver, Tom (26 Oct 2004). It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition. McFarland and Company. p. 30.
^ Chibnall & Petley 2002, p. 78.
^ "Guru, the Mad Monk". www.dvddrive-in.com.
^ "GURU THE MAD MONK (1970) Reviews and overview". MOVIES and MANIA. September 3, 2014.
^ Muir 2007, p. 58.
^ "Horror of the Blood Monsters". www.dvddrive-in.com.
^ "Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)". February 19, 2013.
^ Muir 2007, p. 59.
^ Binion, Cavett. "I Drink Your Blood". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ Holte 1997, pp. 70–71.
^ Hardy 1995, p. 223.
^ ^a ^b Hardy 1995, p. 217.
^ "Pin on Movies". Pinterest.
^ Schneider 2007, p. 150.
^ Chibnall & Petley 2002, pp. 79–80.
^ "THE REVENGE OF DR. X aka VENUS FLYTRAP (1967) Reviews and overview". MOVIES and MANIA. November 15, 2017.
^ Beldin, Fred. "The Double Garden". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ "Ritual of Evil". Archived from the original on 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
^ Muir 2007, p. 66.
^ Young 2000, p. 547.
^ "BFI | Sight & Sound | Lost and found: The Ballad of Tam Lin". August 3, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03.
^ Hardy 1995, pp. 231–2.
^ Chibnall & Petley 2002, p. 94.
^ Brennan, Sandra. "Trog". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ Pavlides, Dan. "The Vampire Lovers". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ Hardy 1995, p. 227.
^ Erlewine, Iotis. "The Werewolf Vs. The Vampire Woman". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
^ Hames, Peter (2010). Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition: Theme and Tradition. Edinburgh University Press.
^ Hutchings 2009, p. 199.

Sources

Albright, Brian (2008). Wild Beyond Belief!: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-43689-7.
Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (2010). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3365-0.
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Deal, David (2007). Television Fright Films of the 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-42929-5.
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External links

Horror films of 1970 on Internet Movie Database

[1] Erlewine, Iotis. "El Bosque De Ancines". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[2] Binion, Cavett. "Assignment Terror". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEShelley2009161-3] Shelley 2009, p. 161.

[4] "Beast of Blood". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved November 22, 2014.

[5] "Bigfoot". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved September 4, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHutchings200918,_231-6] Hutchings 2009, pp. 18, 231.

[7] Schilling, Mark (March 20, 2014). "Kaidan Nobori Ryu (Blind Woman's Curse)". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020.

[FOOTNOTEAlbright2008129-8] Albright 2008, p. 129.

[9] Blaise, Judd. "La Rose Ecorche". AllMovie. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

[10] Binion, Cavett. "Bloodthirsty Butchers". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[auto-11] Jimmy McDonough, The Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Filmmaker Andy Milligan (Chicago Review Press, 2003), ISBN 1-55652-495-1.

[12] Firsching, Robert. "The Bloody Judge". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[13] "The Body Beneath (1970)". www.dvddrive-in.com.

[FOOTNOTEBrowningPicart201049-14] Browning & Picart 2010, p. 49.

[FOOTNOTEMuir200750-15] Muir 2007, p. 50.

[FOOTNOTEDeal200721-16] Deal 2007, p. 21.

[FOOTNOTEMuir200753-17] Muir 2007, p. 53.

[18] "Severin Films | Shop".

[19] "THE CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES aka CREATURES OF EVIL (1966) Reviews and overview". MOVIES and MANIA. February 25, 2019.

[FOOTNOTEHardy1995219-20] Hardy 1995, p. 219.

[FOOTNOTEStanley2000156-21] Stanley 2000, p. 156.

[FOOTNOTEMuir200754-22] Muir 2007, p. 54.

[23] Erickson, Hal. "Equinox". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHardy1995220-24] Hardy 1995, p. 220.

[25] Weaver, Tom (26 Oct 2004). It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition. McFarland and Company. p. 30.

[FOOTNOTEChibnallPetley200278-26] Chibnall & Petley 2002, p. 78.

[27] "Guru, the Mad Monk". www.dvddrive-in.com.

[28] "GURU THE MAD MONK (1970) Reviews and overview". MOVIES and MANIA. September 3, 2014.

[FOOTNOTEMuir200758-29] Muir 2007, p. 58.

[30] "Horror of the Blood Monsters". www.dvddrive-in.com.

[31] "Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)". February 19, 2013.

[FOOTNOTEMuir200759-32] Muir 2007, p. 59.

[33] Binion, Cavett. "I Drink Your Blood". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHolte199770–71-34] Holte 1997, pp. 70–71.

[FOOTNOTEHardy1995223-35] Hardy 1995, p. 223.

[FOOTNOTEHardy1995217-36] Hardy 1995, p. 217.

[37] "Pin on Movies". Pinterest.

[FOOTNOTESchneider2007150-38] Schneider 2007, p. 150.

[FOOTNOTEChibnallPetley200279–80-39] Chibnall & Petley 2002, pp. 79–80.

[40] "THE REVENGE OF DR. X aka VENUS FLYTRAP (1967) Reviews and overview". MOVIES and MANIA. November 15, 2017.

[41] Beldin, Fred. "The Double Garden". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[42] "Ritual of Evil". Archived from the original on 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

[FOOTNOTEMuir200766-43] Muir 2007, p. 66.

[FOOTNOTEYoung2000547-44] Young 2000, p. 547.

[45] "BFI | Sight & Sound | Lost and found: The Ballad of Tam Lin". August 3, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03.

[FOOTNOTEHardy1995231–2-46] Hardy 1995, pp. 231–2.

[FOOTNOTEChibnallPetley200294-47] Chibnall & Petley 2002, p. 94.

[48] Brennan, Sandra. "Trog". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[49] Pavlides, Dan. "The Vampire Lovers". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEHardy1995227-50] Hardy 1995, p. 227.

[51] Erlewine, Iotis. "The Werewolf Vs. The Vampire Woman". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.

[52] Hames, Peter (2010). Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition: Theme and Tradition. Edinburgh University Press.

[FOOTNOTEHutchings2009199-53] Hutchings 2009, p. 199.

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