Comedy Horror Movies of the 1970s
Comedy horror mixes scares and laughs, from splatter slapstick to dark satire. Grimy, daring and fearless, the decade of The Exorcist, Halloween and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Standouts from the 1970s include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, House and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Rated 7.4 on TMDB
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric…
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Rated 7.3 on TMDB
Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside.
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 streamingThe Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Rated 6.9 on TMDB
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
See where it’s streamingPrivate Parts (1972)
Rated 5.6 on TMDB
In the sleaziest corner of Los Angeles, the King Edward Hotel has a new arrival in the form of Cheryl, a runaway teen.
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Rated 6.8 on TMDB
A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
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Rated 6.5 on TMDB
Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T.
See where it’s streamingLove at First Bite (1979)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
Dracula and Renfield relocate to '70s era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker.
See where it’s streamingDr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.
See where it’s streamingMultiple Maniacs (1970)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
The Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak show, acts as a front for Divine, who is out for blood after discovering her lover's affair.
See where it’s streamingThe Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
Rated 5.6 on TMDB
After surviving a car accident, a young man finds himself trapped in the isolated town of Paris, where the local economy depends on deliberately causing crashes and salvaging the wreckage.
See where it’s streamingDracula and Son (1976)
Rated 5.7 on TMDB
With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Dracula and his son Ferdinand head abroad.
See where it’s streamingHalloween with the New Addams Family (1977)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
The original TV Addams Family members prepare for Halloween.
See where it’s streamingBlood Sucking Freaks (1976)
Rated 4.9 on TMDB
Sardu, master of the Theatre of the Macabre, and his assistant Ralphus run a show in which, under the guise of 'magic', they torture and murder people in front of their audience.
See where it’s streamingTales That Witness Madness (1973)
Rated 5.5 on TMDB
Enigmatic asylum owner Dr Tremayne houses four very special cases. Visited by his colleague Nicholas, Tremayne explains his amazing and controversial theories as to why each patient went mad, be they…
See where it’s streamingChildren Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
Rated 5.3 on TMDB
Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ceremony works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.
See where it’s streamingMumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970)
Rated 6.0 on TMDB
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnap bums and hippies, forcing them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape…
See where it’s streamingVampire Hookers (1978)
Rated 3.7 on TMDB
A sinister vampire sends out a horde of undead beauties to bring back victims for his dinner.
See where it’s streamingThe Cat and the Canary (1978)
Rated 5.7 on TMDB
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
See where it’s streamingThe House in Nightmare Park (1973)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s.
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