Horror Movies By Year - 1972
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- DirectorRida MyassarStarsNadia ArslanTawfik El DekenHani FawziStylized horror melodrama about a man who has his wife murdered so he can be with his lover only to have her ghost return to haunt him.
- DirectorWilliam A. FrakerStarsRobert ShawSally KellermanMary UreA disturbed young girl starts believing that there is something very sinister at work after her estranged father visits her at her mother and grandmother's house with the woman he plans to marry.
- DirectorDonald W. ThompsonStarsPatty DunningMike NidayColleen NidayThe story of Patty, a young woman living for the present with little concern for the future. She meets and marries a young man and her life seems great, until one morning she awakens to find her husband gone and the radio reporting that millions of people have mysteriously disappeared. As dramatic, earth-shaking events unfold around her, Patty realizes that she is living in the end times spoken of in biblical prophecy. Adventure and suspense build to a though-provoking climax in this powerfully gripping film.
- DirectorRomano ScavoliniStarsIda GalliLuigi PistilliIvan RassimovA woman, who witnessed her father kill himself as a child, invites several friends to her husband's secluded castle. Unbeknownst to them, she has a sinister motive for the invitation.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsGeorge HiltonEdwige FenechIvan RassimovA woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers.
- DirectorGiulio QuestiStarsLucia BosèMaurizio Degli EspostiTina AumontA Sicilian widow earns her living as a clairvoyant, in Milan, but she hasn't got any power at all. Her son instead holds supernatural powers and with the help of his mother he becomes a strong sorcerer. But he fails perhaps to understand the real strength he possesses inside and unbinds uncontrolled forces that lead people that surround him to go mad.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsBarbara ParkinsRichard ToddSylvia SymsIn order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsCharles KissingerCarla BorelliNick JolleyA young woman is brought to an asylum to receive special treatment from a mysterious doctor. Dr. Spector does more than just run the hospital -- he offers his patients as sacrifices to Satan.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsJoseph CottenElke SommerMassimo GirottiA young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsLee MontgomeryJoseph CampanellaArthur O'ConnellA lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.
- DirectorAwaludinAli ShahabStarsSofia AmangRobby HartBaron HermantoThe story of two sisters, one evil, one good. The evil sister will go to any lengths to inherit the family wealth.
- DirectorRobert Hartford-DavisStarsAnn ToddPatrick MageeTony BeckleyA religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to murder and chaos.
- DirectorLarry HagmanStarsRobert Walker Jr.Gwynne GilfordRichard StahlA technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers.
- DirectorWilliam CrainStarsWilliam MarshallVonetta McGeeDenise NicholasAn 18th-century African prince, turned into a vampire by Dracula, finds himself in modern-day Los Angeles.
- DirectorBrad F. GrinterSteve HawkesStarsSteve HawkesDana CullivanRandy GrinterA biker gets a job at a turkey farm and agrees to act as guinea pig for some chemicals that need tested, failing to anticipate the murderous side effects.
- DirectorBrianne MurphyStarsAnthony GearySusan DamanteSam GilmanA coven of witches captures a young man traveling through the woods. He gets involved in a power struggle between a beautiful witch and the evil queen who heads the coven.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsPaul LutyRoy MacreadyDerren NesbittTwo men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
- DirectorLeopoldo SavonaStarsMark DamonClaudia GravyAldo Bufi LandiA man who's been in love with his sister since childhood returns after a year's absence to find she has married. Soon, several women in the area start turning up dead with strange wounds on their necks.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsJames MasonRobert PrestonBeau BridgesAt an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.
- DirectorGilberto Martínez SolaresStarsGermán ValdésGregorio CasalLina MarínChanoc must defeat an evil vampire known as Count Frankenhausen.
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsWon NamkungYoun Yuh-jungGye-hyeon JeonA schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his concubine. His entrepreneurial wife is initially shocked but soon accepts the arrangement and even gives the girl and allowance.
- DirectorJohn KirklandStarsUltra VioletMarland ProctorClaudia ReameA phantom horseman who appears every night with a human head tucked under his arm lets it be known that he is searching for eight gunfighters.
- StarsAdam WestSherry JacksonJeremy SlateA man gets caught up in a cult that demands human sacrifice.
- DirectorHollingsworth MorseStarsTom SelleckBarra GrantTani GuthrieAn antique dealer living in the Philippines buys an ancient painting of witches burning because one witch looks identical to his Wife.
- DirectorJohn FarrisStarsAgnes MooreheadWill GeerMichael AnsaraA sickly matriarch of a dysfunctional family living in an old Southern mansion teases her siblings about finding a long lost treasure hidden in the premises, little did she know that there is someone ready to kill to get their hands on it.
- DirectorRay DantonStarsRobert QuarryBill EwingBrenda DicksonQuarry is a mysterious, articulate stranger who draws a cult like following of local hippies. Rather than showing them peace and love, he has more sinister plans for them, as he is a vampire.
- DirectorPeter SykesStarsRobert HardyShane BriantGillian HillsA physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest, and Satanic possession.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsHorst TappertFred WilliamsBarbara RüttingA London slasher pack the suitcases of his victims before stabbing them to death in this adaptation of Edgar Wallace's 'Secret of the Black Suitcases.'
- DirectorTom ParkinsonStarsMike RavenRonald LaceyStephen BradleyA henchman of Satan poses as a priest in order to get closer to young virgins he needs for human sacrifice.
- DirectorTulsi RamsayStarsSurendra KumarPoojaImtiaz KhanEerie things start happening after a disloyal wife kills her handicapped husband with the help of her lover.
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsPaul NaschyShirley CorriganJack TaylorPaul Naschy returns as El Hombre Lobo for the sixth time as he searches for a cure to his full moon madness by visiting the grandson of the infamous Dr. Jekyll.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFlorinda BolkanBarbara BouchetTomas MilianWhen a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsFred WilliamsJack TaylorEwa StrömbergDr. Mabuse and his accomplices steal all kinds of attributes from a National Research Institute in order to complete his own evil mind-control ray.
- DirectorRobert FuestStarsVincent PriceRobert QuarryValli KempThe vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingStephanie BeachamIn 1972 London - a century after his final battle with Professor Van Helsing - Count Dracula is resurrected by occultist Johnny Alucard, and goes after his archenemy's descendants.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsDennis PriceHoward VernonPaca GabaldónDracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he arrives at Castle Dracula and duly dispatches the vampire Count. Next day, however, Dr. Frankenstein arrives with his assistant, Morpho, and a large crate containing the monster. Using the blood of a pub singer who has been abducted by his creation, the doctor brings Dracula back to life and uses him for his own ends. The Count and a female vampire continue to terrorise the town, so Dr Seward once again sets out for Castle Dracula. Unfortunately, he is attacked by the Frankenstein monster and left for dead. Amira, a gypsy, rescues him and summons up a werewolf to do battle with the forces of evil...
- DirectorRené CardonaStarsZovekTere VelázquezGermán ValdésA plane carrying 26 famed scientists blows up, but only 25 bodies are accounted for. Professor Zovek (in real-life, a famed mentalist/magician/athlete) must determine who the 26th person was, as he deduces he may not only still be alive, but also responsible for the explosion. What he discovers involves mind control experiments, as well as Island of Dr. Moreau-like mutations.
- DirectorRaúl ArtigotStarsPatty ShepardCihangir GaffariMónica RandallA photojournalist traveling through the Pyrenees on assignment with a beautiful writer stays overnight at an ancient Spanish castle and hears that the adjoining mountain is occupied by a coven of witches.
- DirectorSidney GilliatStarsHayley MillsHywel BennettBritt EklandA working-class young Englishman marries an affable American heiress, but their marital bliss is soon interrupted when they begin constructing a home on land alleged to be cursed.
- DirectorFrank Q. DobbsStarsJoshua BryantIrene KellyDavid S. Cass Sr.Somewhere in south west Texas, where a christian cult is said to have resided in the past, a deputy sheriff investigates a number of suspicious deaths.
- DirectorMario MercierBepi FontanaStarsHervé HendrickxCésar TorresAnne VarèzeAxel, the magician, raises a boy into adulthood. When Axel dies, it's the young man - son of a murderer, and well tutored by a magician - to keep on the tradition of guarding the Daughter of the Golem.
- DirectorWalt DavisStarsCleo O'HaraSandra HendersonJane TsentasA religious fanatic murders people who are engaging in sex.
- DirectorJimmy SangsterStarsJudy GeesonJoan CollinsRalph BatesA young woman recovering from a nervous breakdown moves with her husband to a boys' school, and finds herself being terrorized by a mysterious one-armed man, but nobody believes her.
- DirectorMario ManciniStarsJohn RichardsonGordon MitchellRenato RomanoA mad scientist creates a monster called "Mosaico," who breaks out of the laboratory to hunt down and kill beautiful women.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsRay MillandSam ElliottJoan Van ArkA group of helpless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians, birds, insects, and reptiles.
- DirectorJohn HayesStarsPhilip KenneallyDuncan McLeodJohn DullaghanConvicts on a chain gang sniff experimental formaldehyde fumes to get high. They attempt a prison break, are shot down by the guards and buried in the prison garden. Soon, they rise from the dead, using shovels and hoes to kill all who get in their way on their quest to get high once more.
- DirectorJun FukudaYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi IshikawaYuriko HishimiMinoru TakashimaAfter a manga artist and his friends uncover a plot by his employers at an amusement park to lure aliens Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, Godzilla and Anguirus set out to defeat them.
- DirectorJohn HayesStarsWilliam SmithMichael PatakiLyn PetersA young man, born of a rape committed by a legendary vampire against a living woman, vows to locate and vanquish his undead father.
- DirectorJose Flores SibalStarsVic VargasAlona AlegreEddie Garcia
- DirectorChûsei SoneStarsSetsuko OgawaHidemi HaraHajime TanimotoBased on a traditional Japanese ghost story, the movie follows a man who falls deeply in love with a mysterious woman, only to find she belongs to the world of the dead.
- DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsBryant HalidayJill HaworthMark EdwardsA group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJan WhiteRaymond LaineAnn MufflyA neglected, unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft with unexpected consequences.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsSusannah YorkRene AuberjonoisMarcel BozzuffiWhilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be real
- DirectorYu-seob LeeStarsYeong-ok LeeJang-kang HeoIn-ja YunSisters Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon are murdered by their step-brother under orders from his mother so the two of them can inherit the property belonging to the girl's father. But the sister's come back as ghosts seeking justice
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsHans Hass Jr.Eva GardenIngeborg SteinbachPart documentary, part mockumentary, part sexploitation, all Franco. Starting in the Garden of Eden we are taken on a voyage around the world that covers various rites of passage and cultures deflowering of the virgin.
- DirectorErtem GöreçStarsEmel ÖzdenYalçin GülhanAyfer FerayWhilst on a picnic a teacher and her young student accidentally stumble across a murder victim and unwittingly become the target of the murderer.
- DirectorAlberto De MartinoStarsTelly SavalasAnne HeywoodOsvaldo RuggieriWhen a beautiful actress returns from a short trip to London, a mysterious man begins to stalk her. As she slowly turns the corner, she sees him and faints. Hours later she awakens, unable to recognize her own husband and friends.
- DirectorAlfonso BalcázarStarsJosé Antonio AmorDaniela GiordanoNuria TorrayA young widower with his new wife returns to the mansion in which his first wife died under strange and unexplained circumstances.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsCarmen YazaldeAnne LibertAlberto DalbésLuisa visits her dying mother at Karlstein Castle. Before she dies, she tells Luisa that the Karlsteins are a family of vampires and that her ancestor, the original Count Karlstein, lies buried in the crypt.
- DirectorJosé María ZabalzaStarsPaul NaschyPerla CristalMiguel de la RivaA man has had a werewolf curse cast upon him. If he doesn't get rid of it, he turns into a killer werewolf when the moon is full.
- DirectorJosé María ElorrietaStarsDiana SorelNicholas NeyInés MoralesA small rural Spanish village of the present is haunted by vampires. Dr.Dora Maeterlick is called to a nearby castle to cure the father of Baron Carl von Rysselbert who suffers from a strange blood disease. Erika, assistant to Doctor, falls in love with Carl. But Carl is a vampire and pretty soon he makes Erika his vampire bride. From now on Dr.Maeterlick plunges into a nightmarish whirl of dark happenings...
- DirectorRenato PolselliStarsRita CalderoniIsarco RavaioliMarie-Paule BastinA man wants to commit suicide due the coldheartness and egoism of his fiancee.
- DirectorAdonis KyrouStarsFranco NeroNathalie DelonNicol WilliamsonAmbrosio is a monk who is sexually tempted by an emissary of the Devil, a young girl in monk's robes.
- DirectorBill DaviesStarsBen DanielsNarciso Ibáñez SerradorWayne LundyTwo men escape from prison and one starts a murder spree.
- DirectorBoris SzulzingerStarsGeorges AminelGeorges AubertMarc AudierTwo young delinquents decide to take up arms to kill any individual wandering their way. In wanton and in an immoral libertarian quest, Dominique and Roland flee their boredom perpetrating murders between impromptu meetings with needy citizens.
- DirectorTony CayadoStarsGloria RomeroJay IlaganAurora Salve
- DirectorFrancisco Lara PolopStarsAnalía GadéIda GalliAndrés ResinoA couple lost in thick fog, take refuge in an old mansion next to a cemetery, and strange things start to happen.
- DirectorB.R. IsharaStarsShatrughan SinhaReena RoyDanny DenzongpaIt was inspirated by American black and white film-Cult of Cobra which was produced under the banndr Unviveral International Picture and produced by Howard Pine and directed by Francis D. Lyon.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsIva JanzurováJosef AbrhámNina DivískováKlara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. When Klara becomes involved with a man that her sister loves, Viktoria begins to plot her murder.
- DirectorChiquitoStarsChiquitoEva DarrenNympha Bonifacio
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsOrson WellesPamela FranklinLee PurcellMr. Cato is the head of a witches' coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Lori Brandon to raise his son from the dead.
- DirectorTerry BourkeStarsNorman YemmCarla HoogeveenMike DorseyInsane sadistic hermit stalks and captures those who get lost in his part of the woods. A young woman whose car broke down is about to find out what he does with them next.
- DirectorAndrew MeyerStarsJoy BangMarlene ClarkRoger GarrettAfter being bitten by a cobra in the Philippines, Lena can turn herself into a snake and she stops aging. The curse comes with a price. The priestess Lena must consume cobra venom and vital young men to stay young.
- DirectorGiorgio FerroniStarsGianni GarkoAgostina BelliRoberto MalderaThe patriarch of a wealthy family fears that he will show up one day in vampire form. Should this happen, he warns his family to not let him back into his house, no matter how much he begs them.
- DirectorWilliam F. ClaxtonStarsStuart WhitmanJanet LeighRory CalhounGiant mutant rabbits terrorize the south-west.
- DirectorRobert Hartford-DavisStarsIngrid PittJudy HuxtableJohn RonaneAn aging actress is shafted by a producer who wants to fire her from his movie in order to cast his young girlfriend. The older actress does not take it well.
- DirectorRogelio A. GonzálezStarsWanda HendrixBarry CoeGisele MacKenzieA plot to murder a rich woman results in her ending up in a catatonic state and buried alive.
- DirectorEugenio MartínStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingAlberto de MendozaWhile on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form.
- DirectorMarc LawrenceStarsToni LawrenceJesse VintCatherine RossThe owner of a roadside diner, and his new helper, kill people and feed them to pigs.
- DirectorJohn WatersStarsDivineDavid LocharyMary Vivian PearceNotorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".
- DirectorPaul LederStarsZooey HallGeri ReischlJoanne Moore JordanAlbert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will torture and kill anything that lays in the way...
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsCarl CrowTimothy RayWinfrey Hester HillRed flowers cause three college students to have deadly premonitions.
- DirectorPaul BartelStarsAyn RuymenLucille BensonJohn VentantonioYoung 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.
- DirectorSergio OlhovichStarsEnrique RochaOfelia MedinaHelena RojoA man grows obssessed with his erstwhile childhood sweetheart and it leads to a haunting encounter with horror.
- DirectorAlfonso BresciaStarsRobert HoffmannIrina DemickPilar VelázquezAn investigator is assigned to investigate a man's family after he is found dead only hours after taking out a million dollar insurance policy.
- DirectorMuk KimStarsKim Jin-kyuJi-yeong ParkA villager dies after informing the new village chief that he has seen a ghost. The chief, Jo-ryang, offers his daughter's hand in marriage as a reward to anyone who can drive the spirit off. This results in many more deaths until it is learned that the ghost can only be appeased if a virgin is left in the woods as a sacrifice
- DirectorTito NovaroStarsMil MáscarasBlue AngelJulio César AgrasánchezCount Cagliostro and a scientist bring the mummies of Guanajuato back to life, they must now be stopped by wrestlers Mil máscaras, Blue Demon, Blue Angel and El Rayo de Jalisco.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsSantoGina RomandAnelA mad female scientist needs Santo's blood for a youth serum; and she has Frankenstein's reliable old monster to help her get it.
- DirectorTheodore GershunyStarsPatrick O'NealJames PattersonMary WoronovA man inherits a mansion which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
- DirectorJean BeaudinStarsLouise MarleauDaniel PilonDanielle OuimetThe story of a man, 2 women and an inescapable pact made with the Devil. Following a friend's apparent suicide, Paul (Pilon) begins to believe that something strange is going on. Following a series of harrowing events, Paul finds himself at a Black Mass where the truth will finally be discovered.
- DirectorSilvio AmadioStarsJenny TamburiSilvano TranquilliRosalba NeriAfter the death of her mother, which was ruled as suicide, a teenage girl comes back home to find her mother's husband, and a female photographer, occupying the house. But nothing is as it seems.
- DirectorRoberto Bianchi MonteroStarsFarley GrangerSylva KoscinaSilvano TranquilliA serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.
- DirectorWilliam GreféStarsChris RobinsonAlex RoccoSteve AlaimoA young Seminole Indian uses his rattlesnake to take revenge on all those he believes have wronged him.
- DirectorGeorge SchenckStarsAntoinette BowerCraig LittlerHarry LauterA doctor finds a jungle laboratory, complete with mad scientist and genetic engineering experiments.
- DirectorEd AdlumStarsNorman KelleyTanna HunterBruce DetrickSomewhere in upstate New York, a secretive group of farmers are harvesting human blood for a mysterious purpose.