List of horror films of 1974 explained

A list of horror films released in 1974.

Title	Director(s)	Cast	Country	Notes
	Abby			United States
data-sort-value="Antichrist"	The Antichrist			Italy		[1]
	Bad Ronald		Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman, Kim Hunter	United States	Television film
data-sort-value="Bat"	The Bat People			United States		[2]
data-sort-value="Beast"	The Beast Must Die
	Beyond the Door			Italy
	Black Christmas			Canada
	Blood for Dracula			United States
data-sort-value="Bloody"	The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe		José Mojica Marins	Brazil
	Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll		Paul Naschy, Diana Lorys, Maria Perschy	Spain		[3]
	Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter			United Kingdom		[4]
data-sort-value="Cars That Ate Paris"	The Cars That Ate Paris		John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Chris Haywood	Australia
	Chosen Survivors		Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel	United States Mexico
	Count Dracula's Great Love		Paul Naschy, Rosanna Yanni	Spain
	Craze		Jack Palance	United Kingdom
	Deathdream		Richard Backus, John Marley, Lynn Carlin	United States
	The Demoniacs			France		[5]
	Deranged	,	Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee	United States		[6]
data-sort-value="Devil's Plaything"	The Devil's Plaything		Marie Forså, Nadia Henkowa, Flavia Keyt	Sweden Switzerland West Germany	Alternate title: Vampire Ecstasy	[7]
	Don't Open the Door!			United States
data-sort-value="Eerie"	The Eerie Midnight Horror Show		Stella Carnacina, Chris Avram, Ivan Rassimov	Italy
	Exorcismo			Spain		[8]
	Flavia: Heretic Priestess		Anthony Higgins, Florinda Bolkan, Claudio Cassinelli	France Italy		[9]
	Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell			United Kingdom		[10]
	Frightmare		Kim Butcher, Fiona Curzon	United Kingdom		[11]
	From Beyond the Grave			United Kingdom		[12]
data-sort-value="Gardener"	The Gardener		Joe Dallesandro, Katharine Houghton	United States
data-sort-value="Ghost"	The Ghost Galleon		Manuel de Blas, Blanca Estrada	Spain		[13]
data-sort-value="Hand that Feeds"	The Hand That Feeds the Dead	,		Italy		[14]
	Horror High		Austin Stoker, Rosie Holotik, Pat Cardi	United States		[15]
data-sort-value="House Seven"	The House of Seven Corpses			United States
data-sort-value="House Skull"	The House on Skull Mountain		Mary J. Todd McKenzie, Ella Woods	United States		[16]
	House of Whipcord			United Kingdom		[17]
	Impulse		William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Harold Sakata	United States		[18]
	The Infernal Trio		Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Mascha Gonska, Philippe Brizard	France Italy West Germany		[19]
	It's Alive!			United States		[20]
	Killdozer!			United States	Television film
data-sort-value="Legend"	The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires			United Kingdom Hong Kong
	Let Sleeping Corpses Lie		Cristina Galbó, José Lifante, Fernando Hilbeck	Italy Spain		[21]
	Lisa and the Devil			Italy Spain West Germany		[22]
	Lisa, Lisa		Leslie Lee, Jack Canon, Ray Green	United States		[23]
	Lorna the Exorcist		Pamela Stanford, Guy Delorme, Lina Romay	France
	Lucifer's Women		Larry Hankin, Jane Brunel-Cohen, Norman Pierce	United States		[24]
			Camille Keaton, Riccardo Salvino	Italy
	Madhouse			United Kingdom
	Moonchild			United States		[25]
	Night of the Sorcerers		Simón Andreu, Kali Hansa	Spain		[26]
	Nude for Satan		Rita Calderoni, Renato Lupi, Barbara Lay	Italy		[27]
	People Toys			United States		[28]
data-sort-value="Graveyard"	Persecution			United Kingdom
	Seizure		Roger DeKoven	United States		[29]
	Shanks		Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay	United States
	Sugar Hill			United States
	Symptoms		Angela Pleasence, Lorna Heilbron, Peter Vaughan	United Kingdom
data-sort-value="Texas"	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre			United States
data-sort-value="Thirsty"	The Thirsty Dead		Judith McConnell, Vic Diaz, Jennifer Billingsley	Philippines United States		[30]
	Vampyres			United Kingdom
	Voodoo Black Exorcist			Spain		[31]

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External links

• Horror films of 1974 on Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Antichrist. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Fountain, Clarke.
2. Web site: The Bat People. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
3. Web site: House of Psychotic Women. AllMovie. live. https://archive.today/20200117100422/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/house-of-psychotic-women-v23359. January 17, 2020. Brennan, Sandra.
4. Web site: Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter. Allmovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
5. Web site: The Devil's Plaything. Allmovie. November 27, 2011. Seibert, Perry.
6. Web site: Demoniacs. DVD Verdict. September 17, 2011. Loomis, Daryl.
7. Web site: The Devil's Plaything. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Seibert, Perry.
8. Web site: Exorcismo. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
9. Web site: Flavia the Heretic. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Erlewine, Iotis.
10. Web site: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Erickson, Hal.
11. Web site: Frightmare. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Firsching, Robert.
12. Web site: From Beyond the Grave. AllMovie. Erickson, Hal. August 7, 2011.
13. Web site: The Ghost Galleon. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
14. Web site: Evil Face. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Buchanan, Jason.
15. Web site: Twisted Brain. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Erickson, Hal.
16. Web site: The House on Skull Mountain. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
17. Web site: House of Whipcord. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Ankeny, Jason.
18. Web site: Rotten Tomatoes. Impulse (1974). live. https://archive.today/20200117103607/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/impulse_1974. January 17, 2020.
19. Web site: Le Trio infernal. AllMovie. February 2, 2023.
20. Web site: It's Alive!. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
21. Web site: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. Allmovie. November 27, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
22. Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. .
23. Web site: Axe. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Erickson, Hal.
24. Web site: British Film Institute. Lucifer's Women (1974). November 6, 2020. https://archive.today/20201106055447/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8c3f078c. dead.
25. Web site: Moonchild. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles. American Film Institute. August 25, 2011.
26. Web site: Night of the Sorcerers. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Brennan, Sandra.
27. Web site: Nude for Satan. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Deming, Mark.
28. Web site: Devil Times Five. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
29. Web site: Seizure. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Erlewine, Phillip.
30. Web site: The Thirsty Dead. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Hassen, Kristie.
31. Web site: Voodoo Black Exorcist. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Erickson, Hal.