Zombie Movies of the 1970s
Zombie films are about the dead walking, and what the living do about it. 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, Shivers and Zombie Flesh Eaters.
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 6.3 on TMDB
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.
See where it’s streamingZombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
Rated 6.7 on TMDB
After an abandoned boat sails into New York harbor with a zombie aboard, a reporter teams up with the daughter of the boat's missing captain to investigate the island where he was last seen…
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 Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
Rated 6.4 on TMDB
When a series of murders hit the remote English countryside, a detective suspects a pair of travelers when it is actually the work of the undead, jarred back to life by an experimental ultra-sonic…
See where it’s streamingTombs of the Blind Dead (1972)
Rated 6.1 on TMDB
In 13th century Berzano, a legion of knights known as the Templar were executed for conducting black magic rituals and committing human sacrifices in a quest for eternal life.
See where it’s streamingMessiah of Evil (1975)
Rated 6.2 on TMDB
A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.
See where it’s streamingThe Grapes of Death (1978)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.
See where it’s streamingNight of the Seagulls (1975)
Rated 5.5 on TMDB
A bizarre cult that practices a ritual of sacrificing humans terrorizes a young doctor and his wife, who have just moved to the group's village.
See where it’s streamingShock Waves (1977)
Rated 4.8 on TMDB
Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of zombie soldiers.
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.
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 streamingDead of Night (1974)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
A young soldier who was thought to be killed in Vietnam returns home and exhibits disturbing behavior, much to the confusion of his family.
See where it’s streamingThe Ghost Galleon (1974)
Rated 4.9 on TMDB
After a pair of models go missing from a boat, a rescue party discover an empty galleon carrying the coffins of the long dead Knights Templar.
See where it’s streamingVengeance of the Zombies (1973)
Rated 4.4 on TMDB
An Indian mystic uses magical chants to raise women from the dead, then sends them out to perform revenge killings for him.
See where it’s streamingBlack Magic 2 (1976)
Rated 5.4 on TMDB
A doctor suspects black magic on his hospital after experiencing some bizarre incidents and sends for two doctors (who are a couple) from Hong Kong.
See where it’s streamingThe Night of the Devils (1972)
Rated 6.3 on TMDB
In this adaptation of Tolstoy's story the Wurdulak, a mentally ill patient known as Nicola flashes back to horrifying experiences that he encountered while driving through the country.
See where it’s streamingAttack of the Blind Dead (1973)
Rated 5.8 on TMDB
Nearly a half-millenium after they were blinded and executed for committing human sacrifices, a band of Templar knights returns from the grave to terrorize a rural Portuguese village during its…
See where it’s streamingWithin the Woods (1979)
Rated 6.0 on TMDB
While spending a weekend at a remote cabin, Bruce desecrates an Indian burial ground and becomes re-animated, making way to kill his friends.
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Rated 4.3 on TMDB
In early 20th century California, a young woman, Alicianne, takes a job as a nanny to a young girl, Rosalie, whose mother has recently died.
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