10 Best Horror Films of 1971
This is horror firing on all cylinders. In terms of quantity of horror, this may take the cake. In fact, it's one of the best years for horror period despite few iconic staples. This list could have been expanded to 30 films and still have notable choices left over. The year is dominated by numerous Italian giallos and a significant amount of British horror as well.
Notable Films sometimes labelled as horror:
A Clockwork Orange, Straw Dogs, Play Misty for Me, Wake in Fright
Notable Films that didn't make the cut:
The Blood on Satan's Claw, The House That Dripped Blood, Short Night of the Glass Dolls, The Case of the Scorpion's Tail, Don't Deliver Us from Evil, Daughters of Darkness, The Omega Man, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Malpertuis, Blind Terror, Hands of the Ripper, The Fifth Cord, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Willard, Countess Dracula, Lust for a Vampire, Death Walks on High Heels, I Monster, What's the Matter with Helen?, The Mephisto Waltz, A Taste of Evil, The Night Visitor, The Black Belly of the Tarantula, The Night Digger, The Nightcomers, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, The Bloodstained Butterfly, Vampyros Lesbos, The Iguana with the Tongue on Fire, The Brotherhood of Satan, The Shiver of the Vampires, Requiem for a Vampire, She Killed in Ecstasy, The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes, The Devil's Nightmare, The Third Part of the Night, Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, Lady Frankenstein, Night Legs, Night of Dark Shadows, The Return of Count Yorga, What the Peeper Saw
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Notable Films sometimes labelled as horror:
A Clockwork Orange, Straw Dogs, Play Misty for Me, Wake in Fright
Notable Films that didn't make the cut:
The Blood on Satan's Claw, The House That Dripped Blood, Short Night of the Glass Dolls, The Case of the Scorpion's Tail, Don't Deliver Us from Evil, Daughters of Darkness, The Omega Man, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Malpertuis, Blind Terror, Hands of the Ripper, The Fifth Cord, Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Willard, Countess Dracula, Lust for a Vampire, Death Walks on High Heels, I Monster, What's the Matter with Helen?, The Mephisto Waltz, A Taste of Evil, The Night Visitor, The Black Belly of the Tarantula, The Night Digger, The Nightcomers, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, The Bloodstained Butterfly, Vampyros Lesbos, The Iguana with the Tongue on Fire, The Brotherhood of Satan, The Shiver of the Vampires, Requiem for a Vampire, She Killed in Ecstasy, The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes, The Devil's Nightmare, The Third Part of the Night, Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, Lady Frankenstein, Night Legs, Night of Dark Shadows, The Return of Count Yorga, What the Peeper Saw
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