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A list of horror films released in 1972.
Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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The Adult Version of Jekyll and Hide | Lee Raymond | Rene Bond, Laurie Rose, Jane Tsentas | United States | aka The Adult Version of Jekyll and Hyde | [1][2] |
All the Colors of the Dark | Sergio Martino | George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov | Italy Spain | aka They're Coming to Get You!; Day of the Maniac | [3] |
The Asphyx | Peter Newbrook | Robert Stephens, Fiona Walker, Jane Lapotaire | United Kingdom | aka Spirit of the Dead | [4] |
Asylum | Roy Ward Baker | Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom | United Kingdom | [5] | |
Asylum of Satan | William Girdler | Charles Kissinger, Nick Jolley, Carla Borelli | United States | [6] | |
Baron Blood | Mario Bava | Elke Sommer, Umberto Raho, Massimo Girotti | Italy West Germany | aka Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga | [7] |
Ben | Phil Karlson | Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell | United States | [8] | |
Beware! The Blob | Larry Hagman | Robert Walker, Gwynne Gilford, Richard Stahl | United States | aka Son of the Blob | [9] |
Blacula | William Crain | William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas | United States | [10] | |
Blood Freak | Steve Hawkes, Brad F. Grinter | Anne Shearin, Randy Grinter, Linda Past | United States | [11] | |
Blood Orgy of the She-Devils | Ted V. Mikels | Lila Zaborin, Tom Pace, Leslie McRae | United States | [12] | |
The Blood Spattered Bride | Vicente Aranda | Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, Alexandra Bastedo | Spain | [13] | |
Burke and Hare | Vernon Sewell | Harry Andrews, Stewart Bevan, Brian Croucher | United Kingdom | [14][15] [16] | |
The Cannibal Man | Eloy de la Iglesia | Vicente Parra, Eusebio Poncela, Emma Cohen | Spain | [17] | |
Carnival of Blood | Leonard Kirtman | Burt Young, Martin Barolsky | United States | filmed in 1970 | [18][19][20] |
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things | Bob Clark | Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Jeff Gillen | United States | [21] | |
The Cult | Kentucky Jones | MaKee Blaisdell, Debbie Osborne | United States | re-released in 1976 as The Manson Massacre | [22][23] |
Curse of the Headless Horseman | Leonard Kirtman | Marland Proctor, Claudia Reame | United States | [24] | |
Curse of the Moon Child | Unknown | Adam West, Sherry Jackson, Jeremy Slate | United States | [25] | |
The Daughter of Dracula | Jesús Franco | Britt Nichols, Anne Libert, Alberto Dalbés | France Portugal | [26] | |
Daughters of Satan | Hollingsworth Morse | Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie | Philippines United States | [27] | |
The Dead Are Alive | Armando Crispino | Christiane Von Blank, Ivan Pavicevac, Vladan Milasinovic | Italy | [28] | |
Dear Dead Delilah | John Farris | Agnes Moorehead, Will Geer, Michael Ansara | United States | [29] | |
Death Line | Gary Sherman | Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s)
| [30] |
Deathmaster | Ray Danton | Robert Quarry, Bill Ewing, Brenda Dickson | United States | [31] | |
Demons of the Mind | Peter Sykes | Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills | United Kingdom | [32] | |
Don't Torture a Duckling | Lucio Fulci | Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian | Italy | [33] | |
Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo | León Klimovsky | Paul Naschy | Spain | [34] | |
Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Robert Fuest | Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Jeffrey | United Kingdom United States | [35] | |
Dracula AD 1972 | Alan Gibson | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham | United Kingdom | [36] | |
Dracula Against Frankenstein | Jesús Franco | Howard Vernon, Dennis Price, Fernando Bilbao | Spain France | [37] | |
Endless Night | Sidney Gilliat | Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland | United Kingdom | [38] | |
The Erotic Experiences of Frankenstein | Jesús Franco | Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Anne Libert | France | [39] | |
El monte de las brujas | Raúl Artigot | Patty Shepard, Cihangir Ghaffari, Mónica Randall | Spain | [40] | |
Fear in the Night | Jimmy Sangster | Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing | United Kingdom | [26] | |
The Fiend | Robert Hartford-Davis | Patrick Magee, Madeleine Hinde, Percy Herbert | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s)
| [41] |
The Flesh and Blood Show | Pete Walker | Jenny Hanley, Ray Brooks, Luan Peters | United Kingdom | [42] | |
Frogs | George McCowan | Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark | United States | [43] | |
The Fury of the Wolfman | José María Zabalza | Paul Naschy | Spain | [44] | |
Garden of the Dead | John Hayes | Philip Kenneally, Susan Charney, Lee Frost | United States | [45] | |
The Gore Gore Girls | Herschell Gordon Lewis | Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin | United States | [46] | |
Grave of the Vampire | John Hayes | Kitty Vallacher, William Smith | United States | Alternative title(s)
| [47] |
Home for the Holidays | John Llewellyn Moxey | Sally Field, Jessica Walter, Julie Harris | United States | Television film | [48] |
Horror Express | Eugenio Martín | Telly Savalas, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing | Spain United Kingdom | [49] | |
Horror Rises from the Tomb | Carlos Aured | Paul Naschy | Spain United States | [50] | |
Hunchback of the Morgue | Javier Aguirre | Albeto Dalbes, Antonio Pica, María Elena Arpón | Spain | [51] | |
I Dismember Mama | Paul Leder | Zooey Hall, Geri Reischl | United States | [52] | |
Images | Robert Altman | Susannah York, René Auberjonois | United States United Kingdom | [53] | |
Invasion of the Blood Farmers | Ed Adlum | Tanna Hunter, Jack Neubeck, Allan Charlet | United States | [54] | |
The Last House on the Left | Wes Craven | Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess | United States | [55] | |
The Legend of Boggy Creek | Charles B. Pierce | William Stumpp, Chuck Pierce, Jr., Vern Stierman | United States | [56] | |
Love Me Deadly | Jacques Lacerte | Mary Charlotte Wilcox, Lyle Waggoner | United States | ||
The Man from the Deep River | Umberto Lenzi | Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov | Italy | [57] | |
Moon of the Wolf | Daniel Petrie | David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Bradford Dillman | United States | [58] | |
Necromancy | Bert I. Gordon | Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell | United States | re-released in 1983 as The Witching | [59][60] |
Night of the Cobra Woman | Andrew Meyer | Joy Bang, Logan Clarke, Carmen Argenziano | Philippines United States | [61] | |
Night of the Devils | Giorgio Ferroni | Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Maria Monti | Italy | [62] | |
Night of the Lepus | William F. Claxton | Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun | United States | [63] | |
The Night Stalker (1972 film) | John Llewellyn Moxey | Darren McGavin, Barry Atwater, Carol Lynley | United States | Television film | [64] |
La noche de los mil gatos (Night of 1000 Cats) | René Cardona Jr. | Hugo Stiglitz, Anjanette Comer | Mexico | aka Blood Feast (1972 film) | [65] |
The Other | Robert Mulligan | Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur | United States | [66] | |
The Possession of Joel Delaney | Waris Hussein | Shirley MacLaine, Michael Hordern, Perry King | United States | [67] | |
Queen Doll (Muneca reina) | Sergio Olhovich | Ofelia Medina, Enrique Rocha, Helena Rojo | Mexico | [68] | |
The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! | Andy Milligan | Noel Collins, Bernard Kaler, Joan Ogden | United States | [69] | |
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times | Emilio P. Miraglia | Barbara Bouchet, Sybil Danning | Italy West Germany | [70] | |
A Reflection of Fear | William A. Fraker | Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure | United States | [71] | |
She Waits | Delbert Mann | Patty Duke, David McCallum, Dorothy McGuire | United States | Television film | [72] |
Silent Night, Bloody Night | Theodore Gershuny | Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov | United States | Alternative title(s)
| [73] |
Sisters | Brian De Palma | Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning | United States | [74] | |
Something Evil | Steven Spielberg | Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, Ralph Bellamy | United States | Television film | [75] |
Stanley | William Grefé | Chris Robinson, Alex Rocco | United States | [76] | |
Superbeast | George Schenck | John Garwood, Antoinette Bower, Craig Littler | United States | [77] | |
Tales from the Crypt | Freddie Francis | Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson | United Kingdom | [78] | |
Terror at Red Wolf Inn | Bud Townsend | Linda Gillen, John Neilson, Arthur Space | United States | Alternative title(s)
| [79] |
Three on a Meathook | William Girdler | Madelyn Buzzard, Charles Kissinger, James Pickett | United States | [80] | |
Tombs of the Blind Dead | Amando de Ossorio | Lone Fleming, César Burner | Spain Portugal | [81] | |
Tower of Evil | Jim O'Connolly | Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s)
| [82] |
Tragic Ceremony | Riccardo Freda | Camille Keaton, Máximo Valverde, Tony Isbert | Italy Spain | [83] | |
Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche | Tulsi Ramsay | Surendra Kumar, Helen Jairag, Satyendra Kapoor | India | [84] | |
Vampire Circus | Robert Young | Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins | United Kingdom | [85] | |
What Have You Done to Solange? | Massimo Dallamano | Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Joachim Fuchsberger | Italy | [86] | |
You'll Like My Mother | Lamont Johnson | Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Sian Barbara Allen | United States | [87] |
References
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- ^ Brenner, Paul. "All the Colors of the Dark". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 164.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 162.
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- ^ Muir 2007, p. 169.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 171.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 172.
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- ^ Firsching, Robert. "The Blood Spattered Bride". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "Burke & Hare". February 3, 1972 – via IMDb.
- ^ "Burke & Hare (1972)". Archived from the original on 24 September 2016.
- ^ Chibnall & Petley 2002, p. 67.
- ^ Hardy 1995, pp. 266–7.
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- ^ Senn, Bryan (February 28, 2019). "Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills!": Horror and Science Fiction Double Features, 1955-1974. ISBN 9781476635712.
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- ^ Muir 2007, p. 190.
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- ^ Chibnall & Petley 2002, p. 77.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "La Maldicion de Frankenstein". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "El monter de las brujas". AllMovie.
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- ^ Chibnall & Petley 2002, pp. 220, 236.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 201.
- ^ Stine 2015, p. 121.
- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Garden of the Dead". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
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- ^ Muir 2007, p. 203.
- ^ Stine 2015, p. 109.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Hunchback of the Morgue". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 206.
- ^ Khan, Imran (March 2, 2019). "In Two Minds: Robert Altman's 'Images' Essays the Terrors of Schizophrenia". PopMatters. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020.
- ^ Stine 2015, p. 220.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 209.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 278.
- ^ Bush, John. "The Man from Deep River". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Bush, John. "Moon of the Wolf". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "Necromancy (1972)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "The Witching". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Night of the Cobra Woman". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Stine 2015, p. 190.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 216.
- ^ Satian, Al, and Heather Johnson, "The Night Stalker Papers," in Monsters of the Movies Vol. 1, No. 1, (June 1974), p. 16
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- ^ Muir 2007, p. 220.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 222.
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- ^ Firsching, Robert. "The Rats Are Coming! the Werewolves Are Here!". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Red Queen Kills Seven Times". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
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- ^ Sherman 2009, p. 159.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 295.
- ^ Muir 2007, pp. 297–298.
- ^ Deal 2007, p. 163.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 227.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 229.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 230.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 233.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 237.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 238.
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- ^ Buchanan, Jason. "Tragic Ceremony". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 254.
- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Vampire Circus". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) - Massimo Dallamano | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ^ Hirschhorn 2000, p. 313.
Sources
- Chibnall, Steve; Petley, Julian, eds. (2002). British Horror Cinema. New York City, New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-23003-2.
- Deal, David (2007). Television Fright Films of the 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-42929-5.
- Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.
- Hirschhorn, Clive (2000). The Universal Story. London, England: Hamlyn. ISBN 978-0-600-59736-0.
- Meyers, Ric (2011) [1983]. For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films. Guildford, Connecticut: Emery Books. ISBN 978-0-979-99893-5.
- Muir, John Kenneth (2007). Horror Films of the 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-49156-8.
- Sherman, Fraser S. (2009). Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-44341-3.
- Stine, Scott Aaron (2015). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960s and 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-49140-7.
External links
- Horror films of 1972 on Internet Movie Database