70s horror?? how to get into it?!

[MindFlyer]

Hi, im new in the forum... first of all sorry for my very bad english, im from brazil and never had money to pay an english class :) my name is Gabriel by the way...

Hey, i love horror movies...but im not an expert i think, and with such new movies like "cabin fever" and "wrong turn" on the way, im wondering whats this "70s-style horror" everyone talks about? :D i mean... i want a list so i can get into it , ill start with the only ones i know that i think fits the category... Last House on the left, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, Deliverance (not horror...but..)...

Cmon guys, i want to catch this cabin fever thing from the 70s! help me up :D its very expensive to get import dvds from here :(, so ill pretty much try getting the rips from the internet...and just buy the best ones!

Cheers from brazil, and feels very good to step aboard wink (have no idea if its right or mean anything hehe hope u get the idea)

[WGON]

Greetings, your english is fine, don't worry. You're very welcome to the board!

You've listed some great movies... some of my all time favorites and Deliverance is a classic. Here are some 70s gems I suggest

DAWN OF THE DEAD
MARTIN
SUSPRIA
DEEP RED
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (I thought this sucked!)
HALLOWEEN (I'm sure you already know)
ALIEN

I'll let others add to the list... I also suggest, non horror but still good 70s MAD MAX, sorry, I know that seems random but I watched it a few nights ago and it reminded me how much I love that movie.

[bunnymud wants tacos]

The Beyond

The Fog

sorry....almost the end of the work day and I am zapped of all mental processing

-End of Line-

[TravisDearly]

MindFlyer:
Hi, im new in the forum... first of all sorry for my very bad english, im from brazil and never had money to pay an english class :) my name is Gabriel by the way...

Hey, i love horror movies...but im not an expert i think, and with such new movies like "cabin fever" and "wrong turn" on the way, im wondering whats this "70s-style horror" everyone talks about? :D i mean... i want a list so i can get into it , ill start with the only ones i know that i think fits the category... Last House on the left, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills Have Eyes, Deliverance (not horror...but..)...

Cmon guys, i want to catch this cabin fever thing from the 70s! help me up :D its very expensive to get import dvds from here :( , so ill pretty much try getting the rips from the internet...and just buy the best ones!

Cheers from brazil, and feels very good to step aboard wink (have no idea if its right or mean anything hehe hope u get the idea)Don't see I Spit on your Grave and Last House on the Left (only good thing aboutt hat flick is the music and title) and you'll be good. anything anyone else here mentions, watch.

[BruceL]

That's Suspiria, not Suspria. Normally wouldn't nitpick, but it might complicate things for this guy.

[Wound]

Welcome...

The Exorcist
The Omen
Asphyx

[soultaker]

Black Christmas
When A Stranger Calls
The Tourist Trap
Alice, Sweet Alice

[MindFlyer]

Thanks a lot for the replies folks

Well most the movies listed i know already, some of them i really like (dawn, the fog, suspiria...) , what i really trying to know is: How can i get in the mood to see cabin fever and wrong turn... since the only movie i know from the 70s that i can relate to them is "texas chainsaw massacre" i mean, is that all? the other one is evil dead (80s) with the cabin and isolation thing etc ... so i dont know where this 70s horror style thing came from :) just because of "texas..."? so theres no other example? thats my point wink i want some examples of that same atmosphere from texas and evil dead, i think thats what they mean by "70s style" in cabin fever and wrong turn, am i right?

Well and im already downloading black christmas now cause of u :p and have cancelled my spit on your grave hehe

See ya

[Gruber]

THE DUNWICH HORROR!

[Boys #22: elmie]

Hey Gabriel, welcome ...

The decade of the 70's is by far my favorite for horror, so I'll start with some of the more low budget faves of mine:

BEYOND THE DOOR
DERANGED
THREE ON A MEATHOOK
HOUSE OF WHIPCORD ( a must see ) TOURIST TRAP

... and soultaker mentioned ALICE SWEET ALICE which is a great film ...

[shootitinthehead]

These are frightening and excellent films...
THE SENTINEL
BURNT OFFERINGS
TRILOGY OF TERROR (an anthology with one excellent vignette called "Prey")

and btw THE BEYOND is not a 70s film...

[RikGrif]

My list (Sorry if for repeats)
(Some of these are very early 80s.... but still have that 70s feel)

Last House on the Left
Dawn of the Dead
Death Ship
Zombie
Phantasm
Carrie
Maniac
Shivers (aka: They Came from Within)
Rabid
Mansion of the Doomed
Touch of Satan
Tales that Witness Madness
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Alice, Sweet Alice
Massacre at Central High (A must-see!)
Tourist Trap

[bunnymud V2]

What a Girl Wants

[MindFlyer]

thanks alot guys :) ive got 17movies in my list now, taking of the ones i know or have seen already... i think thats a lot of 70s horror, pretty cool

By the way, someone mentioned The Omen, couple of weeks ago i got a cheap deal in a dvd version, and last night i watched the movie again since a looong time... dammit thats scary as hell! at least it has the creepiest "cemetery scene" ive ever seen

thanks again for the lists so far :)
see ya

[Sleeplesslumber]

You've probably seen it but I'll list it anyway:

Jaws

[Geoff Foster]

Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Says more about the seventies than most films of that era.

[Geoff Foster]

Ooops and don't forget The Wicker Man and Don't Look Now.

Superior.

[Zeroillusion]

I've only seen bits and pieces, but Charles Kaufman's Mother's Day.