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List of horror movies released in 1972 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1972.
Plot / Synopsis: A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
Tagline: She's Taking A STAB At Motherhood!...
Director: Curtis Harrington Stars: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries
Plot / Synopsis: In the 13th century there existed a legion of evil knights known as the Templars, who quested for eternal life by drinking human blood and committing sacrifices. Executed for their unholy deeds, the Templars bodies were left out for the crows to peck out their eyes. Now, in modern day Portugal, a group of people stumble on the Templars...
Director: Amando de Ossorio Stars: Lone Fleming, César Burner, María Elena Arpón, José Thelman, Rufino Inglés
Plot / Synopsis: An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
Tagline: There's nothing more chilling... Than a warm family gathering!...
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey Stars: Jessica Walter, Sally Field, Eleanor Parker, Julie Harris, Walter Brennan
Plot / Synopsis: A young husband's s**ual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces her to commit gory acts of mutilation.
Tagline: The revenge of a young bride on her wedding night!...
Director: Vicente Aranda Stars: Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, Alexandra Bastedo, Dean Selmier, Ángel Lombarte
Plot / Synopsis: English country squire Sir Hugo Cunningham searches for immortality by literally 'bottling up' the Spirit of the Dead, or Asphyx.
Tagline: Immortality ... what would you sacrifice for it?...
Director: Peter Newbrook Stars: Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire, Alex Scott, Ralph Arliss
Plot / Synopsis: A young man, Marco, working as a butcher, accidentally kills a taxi driver. His girlfriend Paula wants to go to the police so he has to kill her too...
Tagline: When the butcher goes berserk...
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia Stars: Vicente Parra, Emma Cohen, Eusebio Poncela, Charly Bravo, Fernando Sánchez Polack
Plot / Synopsis: A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by a person dubbed "The Half-Moon Killer" by the police, and her husband must find the connecting thread between herself, six other women, and...
Director: Umberto Lenzi Stars: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk, Marina Malfatti
Plot / Synopsis: A village in Nineteenth Century Europe is at first relieved when a circus breaks through the quarantine to take the local's minds off the plague...
Tagline: Human fangs ripping throats - no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood!...
Director: Robert Young Stars: Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins, John Moulder-Brown, Laurence Payne
Plot / Synopsis: The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
Tagline: Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!...
Director: Robert Fuest Stars: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Hugh Griffith, John Thaw
Plot / Synopsis: Young Cheryl moves into her estranged aunt Martha's rundown King Edward Hotel. One of its offbeat residents, disturbed photographer George, takes special interest in her. Cheryl begins suspecting that a resident was murdered.Tagline: A most bizarre voyage into the psycho s**ual!...
Director: Paul Bartel Stars: Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio, Laurie Main, Stanley Livingston
Plot / Synopsis: The patriarch of a wealthy family fears that he will show up one day in vampire form. Should this happen, he warns his family not to let him back in his house, no matter how much he begs them...
Director: Giorgio Ferroni Stars: Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Roberto Maldera, Cinzia De Carolis, Teresa Gimpera
Plot / Synopsis: When two sisters inherit their family castle, a string of murders committed by a mysterious dark haired...
Tagline: The Corpse That Didn't Want to Die!...
Director: Emilio Miraglia Stars: Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti, Marino Masé, Pia Giancaro
Plot / Synopsis: In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.
Tagline: See what the author of "Psycho" is up to now!...
Director: Roy Ward Baker Stars: Barbara Parkins, Richard Todd, Sylvia Syms, Peter Cushing, Barry Morse
Plot / Synopsis: In 1906, in China, a British anthropologist discovers a frozen prehistoric creature and must transport it to Europe by train.
Tagline: Can it be stopped?...
Director: Eugenio Martín Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa, Julio Peña
Plot / Synopsis: Jane lives in London with Richard, her boyfriend. When she was five, her mother was murdered, and she recently lost a baby in a car crash. She's plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding, blue-eyed man. Richard, a pharmaceutical salesman, thinks the cure is vitamins; Jane's sister Barbara, who works for a psychiatrist, recommends analysis; a neighbor Jane's just met...
Director: Sergio Martino Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov, Julián Ugarte, George Rigaud
Plot / Synopsis: A journalist witnesses a brutal murder in a neighboring apartment, but the police do not believe that the crime took place. With the help of a private detective, she seeks out the truth.
Tagline: No one will be seated during SHOCK RECOVERY PERIOD!...
Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson
Plot / Synopsis: Like Polanski's heroine in Repulsion, Susannah York's character is one that is seemingly haunted by memories of undisclosed magnitude. These memories are perhaps rooted in some sort of past s**ual turmoil that causes York's character to see men as inherently the same.
Tagline: A motion picture of the extra senses...
Director: Robert Altman Stars: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison
Plot / Synopsis: There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square...
Tagline: Beneath Modern London Lives a Tribe of Once Humans. Neither Men Nor Women...They Are the Raw Meat Of The Human Race!
On September 30th, Blue Underground proudly presents the world premiere of the British cannibal classic Raw Meat (AKA Death Line)...
Director: Gary Sherman Stars: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, Hugh Armstrong
Plot / Synopsis: A journalist witnesses a brutal murder in a neighboring apartment, but the police do not believe that the crime took place. With the help of a private detective, she seeks out the truth.
Tagline: No one will be seated during SHOCK RECOVERY PERIOD!...
Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson
Plot / Synopsis: A village in Nineteenth Century Europe is at first relieved when a circus breaks through the quarantine to take the local's minds off the plague...
Tagline: Human fangs ripping throats - no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood!...
Director: Robert Young Stars: Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins, John Moulder-Brown, Laurence Payne
Plot / Synopsis: In 1906, in China, a British anthropologist discovers a frozen prehistoric creature and must transport it to Europe by train.
Tagline: Can it be stopped?...
Director: Eugenio Martín Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa, Julio Peña
Plot / Synopsis: Like Polanski's heroine in Repulsion, Susannah York's character is one that is seemingly haunted by memories of undisclosed magnitude. These memories are perhaps rooted in some sort of past s**ual turmoil that causes York's character to see men as inherently the same.
Tagline: A motion picture of the extra senses...
Director: Robert Altman Stars: Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison
Plot / Synopsis: In the 13th century there existed a legion of evil knights known as the Templars, who quested for eternal life by drinking human blood and committing sacrifices. Executed for their unholy deeds, the Templars bodies were left out for the crows to peck out their eyes. Now, in modern day Portugal, a group of people stumble on the Templars...
Director: Amando de Ossorio Stars: Lone Fleming, César Burner, María Elena Arpón, José Thelman, Rufino Inglés
Plot / Synopsis: English country squire Sir Hugo Cunningham searches for immortality by literally 'bottling up' the Spirit of the Dead, or Asphyx.
Tagline: Immortality ... what would you sacrifice for it?...
Director: Peter Newbrook Stars: Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire, Alex Scott, Ralph Arliss
Plot / Synopsis: Young Cheryl moves into her estranged aunt Martha's rundown King Edward Hotel. One of its offbeat residents, disturbed photographer George, takes special interest in her. Cheryl begins suspecting that a resident was murdered.Tagline: A most bizarre voyage into the psycho s**ual!...
Director: Paul Bartel Stars: Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio, Laurie Main, Stanley Livingston
Plot / Synopsis: Two teenage girls head to a rock concert for one's birthday. While trying to score marijuana in the city, they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychotic convicts.
Tagline: WARNING: Not Recommended for Persons Over 30!...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain
Plot / Synopsis: A man begins to suspect that something is wrong about his employers; meanwhile, Godzilla and Anguirus are alerted to something strange going on.
Tagline: Space Monsters War With Godzilla For The Earth!...
Plot / Synopsis: The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
Tagline: Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!...
Director: Robert Fuest Stars: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Hugh Griffith, John Thaw
Plot / Synopsis: A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
Tagline: She's Taking A STAB At Motherhood!...
Director: Curtis Harrington Stars: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries
Plot / Synopsis: Egyptian gods summons the angel Lucifer - in order to usher in a new occult age...
Director: Kenneth Anger Stars: Kenneth Anger, Bobby Beausoleil, Donald Cammell, Haydn Couts, Marianne Faithfull
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24 List of 1972 Horror Films Worth Watching!
Looking for the best 1972 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1972 list are "The Night Stalker (1972), Death Line (1972), Sisters (1972), Vampire Circus (1972), and Horror Express (1972)." Our top list is an average of our review scores, our movie fans and movie viewers like you, and a few other sources.
The best horror film of 1972 is The Night Stalker (1972) scoring 8.1/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 7,910 votes for this movie. Starring in The Night Stalker (1972) is Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, and Claude Akins. Director John Llewellyn Moxey did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1972 best horror film which was remarkable.The Night Stalker (1972) is in Horror, and Mystery movie genres.
The next best 1972 horror movie is Death Line (1972) with a score of 7.55/10 stars.
Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, and Hugh Armstrong star in "Death Line (1972)". Death Line (1972) is directed by Gary Sherman and has over 5,790 IMDB votes. You can find Death Line (1972) in Horror, and Mystery movie genres.
These are the best horror films of 1972, and we hope you enjoy the 59 movies on our list of good 1972 horror movies sorted best to worst.
Please let us know if there is a movie that you think belongs on our list that we missed.
The next best 1972 horror movie is Death Line (1972) with a score of 7.55/10 stars.
Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, and Hugh Armstrong star in "Death Line (1972)". Death Line (1972) is directed by Gary Sherman and has over 5,790 IMDB votes. You can find Death Line (1972) in Horror, and Mystery movie genres.