OB: Epic shows or Horror movies in the 70s that screwed you up or scared the XXXX out of U

Don’t be Afraid of the Dark-little evil gnomes drag lady to hell through her fireplace. ABC movie of the week

Trilogy of Terror-little evil African doll that comes alive when chain falls off it and consumes lady. I can still see he smile with those pointy teeth. CBS special

Gargoyles-a fricking secret army of flying monsters comes back to take over the world. We were seeking them in the trees around BR for months. Another network winner.

BUG
The 1975 film Bug is a horror movie from the 70s about smart, mutant cockroaches that can start fires and overwhelm a small town. It follows an entomologist who crossbreeds different insect species, creating a sentient, fiery hybrid species of cockroaches. Created my phobia of roaches.

Daughters of Satan

This one wasn’t my parents fault some older kids were supposed to take us to some Disney shite and then said do you want to see a really scary movie and snuck us into the drive in. I think they had naked girls too which is what they wanted. I can still see that satanic ritual sacrifice fuuck..

In Manila, Philippines, the dominatrix leader of a coven of Satanic witches tortures a member who has strayed from them. Meanwhile, American museum curator James Robertson visits Carlos Ching's antiques store under the pretext of purchasing a painting for a museum. While in the shop, James encounters a painting from 1592 depicting conquistadors burning three women and a dog at the stake—he is taken aback when he notices that one of the women bears a striking resemblance to his wife, Chris. James purchases the painting, and finds Chris highly disturbed by it. She remarks the name of the coven depicted in it—the Duarte coven—and also knows the year the executions took place, but cannot recall where she learned of it…. And then it got scary

Not 70s but 80s. Sleepaway Camp always tweeked me out when it was a troon killer

Those were specific to me and my crew and seriously caused me to be scared of rats roaches and us to see little creatures and gargoyles everywhere. And demons

But then you had these:

The Exorcist (1973): Widely regarded as one of the scariest films ever made, its depiction of demonic possession and graphic special effects were shocking and deeply disturbing to audiences.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): This low-budget film created a raw and visceral sense of dread and terror that felt intensely real and disturbing, establishing a new standard for slasher films.
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Jaws (1975): Steven Spielberg's classic created a primal fear of the unknown lurking beneath the water, terrifying a generation of moviegoers and making them afraid to go in the ocean.

Alien (1979): The suspense and body horror of this sci-fi classic were groundbreaking, featuring a terrifying creature and claustrophobic atmosphere that was deeply unsettling.

Halloween (1978): John Carpenter's film created the template for the modern slasher, with the relentless and emotionless killer Michael Myers making it a terrifying and influential film.

Carrie (1976): A psychologically intense and disturbing film that combined telekinetic horror with a painful story of bullying, leaving a lasting impression on audiences.

The Omen (1976): This supernatural thriller about the antichrist terrified viewers with its disturbing imagery and unsettling build-up of dread.

Black Christmas (1974): Considered a precursor to the modern slasher genre, its unsettling atmosphere and sense of dread made it a truly frightening holiday-themed horror film.

The Wicker Man (1973): A unique and chilling folk horror film with a deeply unsettling and shocking conclusion that left a lasting impact.

Don't Look Now (1973): This atmospheric and psychological horror film uses grief and a haunting sense of foreboding to create a deeply unnerving and terrifying experience.

The Last House on the Left (1972): Wes Craven's brutal and shocking debut is an extremely difficult and unpleasant watch, known for its graphic depiction of violence and terror.

Dawn of the Dead- corpses come to life and eat people, graphic as hell

Salem's Lot (also known as Salem's Lot: The Movie, Salem's Lot: The Miniseries and Blood Thirst) is a 1979 American two-part vampire miniseries based on the 1975 horror novel 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, the plot concerns a writer who returns to his hometown and discovers that its citizens are turning into vampires. Another TV winner.

Phantasm is a 1979 American supernatural horror film[5] directed, written, photographed, and edited by Don Coscarelli, and stars A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester, and Angus Scrimm. The first installment of the Phantasm franchise, the film follows Mike, a teenager in a small Oregon town who, along with his older brother Jody and family friend Reggie, investigates strange goings-on at the local funeral home, which is operated by a mysterious mortician known as "the Tall Man". Those fricking little squashed troll things

My experience is from ‘85 when I was 10. My grandparents bought us our first vcr and with it 4 movies in 1985; Laurel and Hardy, Shirley Temple, Beverly Hills cop, and the black and white Night of the Living Dead and not one adult batted an eye when the Axel Foley came in hot with the f bombs or my 6 yo sister covering her face and crying when the zombies came.

shite, we’d rent movies every Friday night(who didn’t) and get one of those giant 2” thick crappy pizzas from DelChamps for dinner. We’d watch Caddy shack, Conan the Barbarian, or worst of all, Faces of Death 1 & 2 and mom never said a thing…as long as we were quiet while she gossiped on the phone.

I try like hell not to be a helicopter parent but there’s no way I’m letting my 10 yo ride his bike all over town all day, and I mean all day. It’s a miracle I lived. I’ve swung out on a rope swing trying to hit the Teche Queen paddle wheel boat(several times). Accidentally, falling off a bridge into Bayou Teche. Had my first, and only, asthma attack a mile or so from home (thought I was a goner). Built and tested numerous Tom Sawyer rafts in the bayou (none ever worked). Hunted opossum in cane fields with glorified broom sticks at night. Tie fishing line across the sidewalk to see a buddy get knocked off his bike and leave one hell of a cut across his throat. Jousted with trash can lids and broom sticks(that was especially brutal bc no one really won. Both would end up on the ground in pain. But I’ll be damned if we didn’t get up and do it all over again.

Yeah people now have no idea what it was like then when everyone watched the same shite

80s but The Thing
That movie i saw as a really little kid. Like pre-k and it messed me up. I had the worst nightmares for years.

But 80s we're different as kids we watched Tales from the Crypt and all the Friday night horror shows and saturday night horror movies.

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But 80s we're different as kids we watched Tales from the Crypt and all the Friday night horror shows and saturday night horror movies.

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Svengoolie!