Best 21 Horror Movies Fan Favorites from 1974

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw. More about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre / IMDB / YouTube

A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed. Read about The Wicker Man / IMDB / YouTube

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger. Look into Black Christmas / IMDB / YouTube

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise. Details on Phantom of the Paradise / IMDB / YouTube

While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form. Get info on Horror Express / IMDB / YouTube

Suddenly, desert ants form a group intelligence and wage war on the humans. It's up to a couple of scientists and a girl to stop them Learn about Phase IV / IMDB / YouTube

The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever it is scared. And it is easily scared. See more about It's Alive / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, undertakes training in firearms, martial arts and driving to wreak vengeance upon those who have forced her into prostitution. Details on Thriller: A Cruel Picture / IMDB / YouTube

In 1974, Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing investigates a satanic cult on behalf of Scotland Yard, only to discover a plot by Count Dracula to commit global genocide. Find out about The Satanic Rites of Dracula / IMDB / YouTube

Baron Frankenstein creates two zombies - one male, one female - planning to mate them in order to create a master race. Details on Flesh for Frankenstein / IMDB / YouTube

An ailing vampire count travels to Italy with his servant to find a bride. Get info on Blood for Dracula / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult. Details on Messiah of Evil / IMDB / YouTube

A young soldier killed in the Vietnam War inexplicably shows up at his family home on the night of his death. Explore Dead of Night / IMDB / YouTube

A master swordsman and former soldier and his hunchbacked assistant hunt vampires. See more about Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter / IMDB / YouTube

A deranged rural farmer becomes a grave robber and murderer after the death of his possessive mother, whose corpse he keeps, among others, as his companion in a decaying farmhouse. Look into Deranged / IMDB / YouTube

In China, Professor Van Helsing helps eight kung fu-trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of undead slaves. Get info on The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires / IMDB / YouTube

A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will. Look into Madhouse / IMDB / YouTube

A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma. Info on Hatchet for the Honeymoon / IMDB / YouTube

A pair of women lure passers-by to their countryside mansion to feed on them to satisfy their need for blood. Explore Vampyres / IMDB / YouTube

Eight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one? Info on The Beast Must Die / IMDB / YouTube

Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer? See more about Ten Little Indians / IMDB / YouTube