Body Horror Movies of the 1970s
Body horror turns flesh, transformation and decay into the source of dread. Grimy, daring and fearless, the decade of The Exorcist, Halloween and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Standouts from the 1970s include Dawn of the Dead, Eraserhead and The Hills Have Eyes.
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Rated 7.5 on TMDB
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded…
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Rated 7.3 on TMDB
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
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Rated 6.2 on TMDB
Taking an ill-advised detour en-route to California, the Carter family soon run into trouble when their RV breaks down in the middle of the desert.
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Rated 6.7 on TMDB
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
See where it’s streamingAttack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
Rated 5.2 on TMDB
After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the traditionally docile fruit, a special government task force is set up to investigate the violent fruit and…
See where it’s streamingRabid (1977)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into bloodthirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.
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Rated 5.0 on TMDB
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have deadly venom and attack without reason.
See where it’s streamingFaces of Death (1978)
Rated 4.6 on TMDB
A collection of death scenes, ranging from TV material to homemade super 8 movies.
See where it’s streamingA Bay of Blood (1971)
Rated 6.6 on TMDB
An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field,…
See where it’s streamingFlesh for Frankenstein (1973)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
Baron Frankenstein creates two "zombies" - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race.
See where it’s streamingThe Food of the Gods (1976)
Rated 5.0 on TMDB
Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps.
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Rated 5.4 on TMDB
When a dispute occurs between a logging operation and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are sent in to mediate.
See where it’s streamingThe Incredible Melting Man (1977)
Rated 4.6 on TMDB
An astronaut exposed to cosmic rays outside of Saturn's rings returns to Earth and begins to melt away. Escaping from the hospital, he wanders around the backwoods looking for human flesh to eat.
See where it’s streamingMansion of the Doomed (1976)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of performing transplants on his daughter who lost her own…
See where it’s streamingLaserblast (1978)
Rated 3.4 on TMDB
Happy go-lucky teen Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert, making him the target of a pair of aliens who had recently executed its previous owner.
See where it’s streamingDeath Smiles on a Murderer (1973)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
Greta is a beautiful young woman abused by her brother Franz and left to die in childbirth by her illicit lover, the aristocrat Dr. von Ravensbrück.
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Rated 5.3 on TMDB
An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town.
See where it’s streamingDon't Go Near the Park (1979)
Rated 4.2 on TMDB
In the prehistory of man, 12,000 years ago, two members of a superhuman tribe abuse the treasured secret of eternal youth.
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Rated 2.8 on TMDB
A mad scientist unleashes his master plan: to transform himself into a mutated walking catfish, and gain revenge on those who have spurned him.
See where it’s streamingTintorera: Killer Shark (1977)
Rated 3.9 on TMDB
Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.
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