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Best Horror Films of 1973


Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride

The final installment in ... horror heyday. Also known as Satanic Rites of Dracula and Dracula is Dead and Well and Living in London. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

The Killing Kind

This genuinely perverse horror ... Savage in a crib on the beach surrounded by laughing neighbors. The ubiquitous Gary Graver did 2nd unit photography. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

The Legend of Hell House

Richard Matheson adapted the ... exists, she will be able to communicate with them; and Gayle Hunnicutt plays Revill's young wife, ripe for "possession." [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Blood for Dracula

The second of two ... "R" ten years later), this outrageous catalogue of depravity features wildly campy performances, inane dialogue and an outrageous climax. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Frankenstein

Produced by Dan "Dark ... Frankenstein debuted January 16 and 17, 1973. It was later pared down to a traditional two-hour, single-part TV movie. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Satan's School for Girls

One of the most ... in 2000, with Kate Jackson assaying the role of the school's sinister headmistress (originally played by Jo Van Fleet). [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Sisters

A reporter gets more ... eye (Charles Durning), and becomes more involved in the relationships among Danielle, Dominique, and Emil than she ever expected. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Horror Hospital

This gory British horror ... here is far less intelligent. The biggest laughs are provided by the badly dated, ultra-mod '60s clothing and dialogue. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Scream, Blacula, Scream!

In this horror sequel ... still find it mildly amusing, however, and Shakespearean actor Marshall is a lot of fun as the obsessive vampire. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Baba Yaga

This weird, psycho-sexual horror ... get lost in the sensual ambiance which only vaguely manages to re-create the dark, hedonistic fantasy-land of Crepax's works. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Flesh for Frankenstein

Incest, necrophilia, and Joe ... a second chance at life when it was screened at the 2002 Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Curse of the Devil

Spain's leading horror star, ... Silva, and Eduardo Calvo co-star. Molina returned as the werewolf in the delirious La Maldicion de la Bestia (1975). [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Female Vampire

This erotic vampire film ... version, La Comtesse Noire is erotic, melancholy, and benefits from a haunting performance by Romay as the cursed vampire. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Sieben Tote in den Augen der Katze

In this horror movie, ... of a remote Scottish town fight a strange and terrifying beast that has been gobbling them all up. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

Pretty Christina (Christina von ... Paul Muller, Howard Vernon, and Anne Libert co-star, and Franco appears in a cameo role excised from some prints. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

The Iron Rose

Cult director Jean Rollin's ... it on a par with the original Carnival of Souls as among the simplest and creepiest of macabre films. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

A Bell from Hell

As the French-Spanish Bell ... finish the picture. Originally La Campana del Infierno, Bell From Hell was also released as The Bell of Hell. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Blackenstein

Brilliant surgeon Dr. Frank ... the previous year), this film emphasizes crude exploitation at the expense of creativity, leaving only a gory, misogynist mess. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Crimson

In this Spanish horror/crime ... rival gangster known as "The Sadist" and the doctor transplants his brain into the head of the wounded robber. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Crypt of the Living Dead

This meandering, low-budget horror ... the threadbare production values make for tedious viewing. Also known as Hannah, Queen of the Vampires and Vampire Woman. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Il Plenilunio delle vergini

Low budget blood and ... not return, the other brother follows and discovers that she has turned the first brother into a fearsome vampire. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Don't Look In The Basement!

One of the first ... Mario Bava's Bay of Blood. Some video versions are missing most of the graphic violence from the original cut. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll

Sometimes its okay to ... title Los Ojos Azules de la Muņeca Rota, "The Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll" is far more intriguing. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural

Lila Lee (B-movie starlet ... has become a minor cult item, bolstered by tales of disappearing prints and a ban by the Catholic Church. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

The Man from Deep River

While on an expedition ... several violent adventures. The film was originally an Italian release, and its even more violent version is rarely seen. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

The Vampires' Night Orgy

This Spanish horror film ... by Leon Klimovsky, who also helmed several of Paul Naschy's werewolf outings, with Jack Taylor in the leading role. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Pigs

An escaped mental hospital ... The pigs provide a perfect means of disposing with the ensuing bodies. This story is both gory and violent. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Poor Pretty Eddie

In this low-budget, violent ... and forced to endure all sorts of torments and indignities at the hands of a white, psycho Southern family. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Silent Night, Bloody Night

The secrets of a ... in the cast of this eerie thriller, which also includes cameos from Warhol Factory legends Candy Darling and Ondine. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Voodoo Black Exorcist

Voodoo Black Exorcist stars ... corpse revives, killing everyone who crosses his path. It's up to the title character to stop all this nonsense. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Warlock Moon

College student Jenny (Laurie ... enough evidence to prove without doubt that Jenny is intended to be the focus of a hideous Satanic rite. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Las Garras de Lorelei

Spanish horror director Amando ... virile guard in tight pants, who falls in love with the Lorelei long enough to visit her underwater cave. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

The Crazies

George Romero's The Crazies ... (Shivers), who gives the film's best performance as an innocent waif who mourns the passing of her own sanity. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Ganja and Hess

A scientist stricken with ... under six different titles on home video before Bill Gunn's original version was restored for DVD release in 1998. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Raw Meat

Gary Sherman's Death Line ... houses under the title Raw Meat. It was shown in Britain in its original form, under its original title. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Sssssss

In this spooky horror ... a crazed doctor is able to transform a man into a giant cobra. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Clive Barker's Salome & The Forbidden

Filmed long before his ... Doug Bradley as a precursor to Barker's famous Pinhead character. This edition was prepared with Barker's cooperation and participation. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

The Sinful Nuns of St. Valentine

In this classic of ... at the time of the Inquisition, with terrifying consequences when the Inquisitors arrives to see what they've been doing. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Godmonster of Indian Flats

Virginia City, NV, is ... a gas station before a group of cowboys on horseback locate it and attempt to rope the beast rodeo-style. [ best horror films - 1973 ]

Walk of the Dead

Spanish horror legend Paul ... female zombies, the powerful madman sends them out into the streets to seek vengeance against those who wronged him. [ best horror films - 1973 ]




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