Thriller Movies of 1973
Scorpio
This spy thriller from future Death Wish (1974) director Michael Winner stars Burt Lancaster as the enigmatic Cross, a ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
The Laughing Policeman
Stuart Rosenberg's taut police thriller, based on the Martin Beck novel by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahlöö, concerns a serial killer who is ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Dracula
This TV-movie adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel of the "undead" was adapted by Richard Matheson and photographed by Oswald Morris. As the titular count, ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
The Long Goodbye
"It's OK with me...." Applying his deconstructive eye to the "film noir" tradition, Robert Altman updated Raymond Chandler in his 1973 version of Chandler's novel, The Long Goodbye. Smart-aleck, ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Don't Look Now
A married couple is haunted by a series of mysterious ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
The Day of the Dolphin
Director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry team up again (after collaborating on The Graduate and Catch-22) for this adaptation of Robert Merle's best-selling adventure novel concerning dolphins who become pawns in a plot to kill the ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Frankenstein
Produced by Dan "Dark Shadows" Curtis, this TV adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic spine-chiller Frankenstein remains fairly faithful to its source. Robert Foxworth stars as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, who comes to ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Sisters
A reporter gets more than she bargained for when she tries to prove that a murder has occurred in Brian De Palma's disturbing thriller. Danielle (Margot Kidder) meets Phillip (Lisle Wilson) on a "Peeping Tom"-themed game show and, ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
The Day of the Jackal
In this involving political thriller, a secret French paramilitary organization plans to assassinate French President ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Executive Action
If you think that Oliver Stone invented the "political paranoia" movie, take a glance at Executive Action sometime. Based on Mark Lane's Rush to Judgment, the conspiracy ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Sieben Tote in den Augen der Katze
In this horror movie, residents of a remote ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
A Bell from Hell
As the French-Spanish Bell from Hell gets under way, the hero released from a mental institution in which he was unjustly confined. He returns home to his aunt and his ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Don't Look In The Basement!
One of the first of several horror films with "Don't" ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
The Hooker Cult Murders
Featuring a deft blend of sci-fi, horror and suspense, this Canadian thriller centers on a Montreal police detective's attempts to solve the strange and grisly murder of a young ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Savage Abduction
This is a "hunt & find" film where two girls are kidnapped while on vacation in Los Angeles. An all-out search is conducted, in hopes of locating their crazed abductor ~ All Movie Guide [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Silent Night, Bloody Night
The secrets of a small New England town are violently exposed on Christmas Eve in this proto-slasher shocker. The owner of the long-abandoned Butler estate is desperate to sell, and ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Sam Greenlee's cult favorite novel of political unrest was brought to the screen in this drama, which also earned ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Sugar Cookies
A twisted sexual power-trip game goes too far, and adult film director Max ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Torso
A group of extremely glamourous college coeds (Suzy Kendall among them) are ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Casa d'appuntamento
A lesser-known but memorably bizarre giallo thriller from Italian filmmaker Ferdinando ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Following her successful prison break at the end of Joshu Sasori Dai 41 Zakkyobou, Scorpion (Meiko Kaji) begins this third episode in the series hiding in a brothel. Her prostitute friend tries to keep ... [ Thriller movie - 1973 ]
