10 Best Horror Films of 1972
Very much the companion to 1971, giving it a serious run for its money in terms of sheer volume of good horror. This also seems to be a year of many great TV movies, an art that seems to have fallen by the wayside. Another fantastic year all around in a fantastic horror decade.
Notable Films sometimes labelled as horror:
Frenzy, Deliverance, Solaris, Sleuth
Notable Films that didn't make the cut:
Vampire Circus, The Last House on the Left, Horror Express, All the Colors of the Dark, The Case of the Bloody Iris, Who Saw Her Die?, Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, My Dear Killer, The Woman Who Powders Herself, Fear in the Night, Demons of the Mind, Straight on Till Morning, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Tombs of the Blind Dead, The Blood Spattered Bride, Endless Night, Red Queen Kills 7 Times, The Stone Tape, Crawlspace, Home for the Holidays, The Screaming Woman, Dracula A.D. 1972, Baron Blood, Silent Night Bloody Night, Blacula, Death Walks at Midnight, The Devil, You'll Like My Mother, Night of the Devils, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, When Michael Calls, Diabel, Hungry Wives, Ben, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Godzilla vs. Gigan, The Gore Gore Girls, Private Parts, Pink Flamingos, The Man from the Deep River, Something Evil, So Sweet So Dead, Night of Fear, Frogs, Night of the Lepus, Beware! The Blob, The Legend of Boggy Creek
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Notable Films sometimes labelled as horror:
Frenzy, Deliverance, Solaris, Sleuth
Notable Films that didn't make the cut:
Vampire Circus, The Last House on the Left, Horror Express, All the Colors of the Dark, The Case of the Bloody Iris, Who Saw Her Die?, Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, My Dear Killer, The Woman Who Powders Herself, Fear in the Night, Demons of the Mind, Straight on Till Morning, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Tombs of the Blind Dead, The Blood Spattered Bride, Endless Night, Red Queen Kills 7 Times, The Stone Tape, Crawlspace, Home for the Holidays, The Screaming Woman, Dracula A.D. 1972, Baron Blood, Silent Night Bloody Night, Blacula, Death Walks at Midnight, The Devil, You'll Like My Mother, Night of the Devils, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, When Michael Calls, Diabel, Hungry Wives, Ben, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Godzilla vs. Gigan, The Gore Gore Girls, Private Parts, Pink Flamingos, The Man from the Deep River, Something Evil, So Sweet So Dead, Night of Fear, Frogs, Night of the Lepus, Beware! The Blob, The Legend of Boggy Creek
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