The 1970s marks what is unquestionably the single greatest decade for cinematic horror in the history of the medium.

The demonic classic transpires as a young girl begins exhibiting strange and disturbing behavioral patterns.

Teenager Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) becomes one of the maniacal murderers main targets.

The Best Horror Movie of Every Year in the 1970s

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This ferocious response many have to the movie is a testament to both Scotts astute direction andH.

R. Gigers breathtaking and nightmarish creature design.

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A man standing on a shadowy street at night in The Exorcist

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Leatherface holds a chainsaw in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).

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Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss sitting on a boat and smiling on the set of Jaws

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Sissy Spacek holding flowers and smiling as prom queen in Carrie

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Suzy (Jessica Harper) holding a knife while standing in front of curtains in ‘Suspiria’

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Michael Myers holding a knife in ‘Halloween’ (1978)

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