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Theme: Films of 1974

Abby (1974)

11 April 202327 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Blaxploitation Exorcism Film

Director: William Girdler
Actors: William Marshall, Carol Speed, Terry Carter, Austin Stoker, …
Category: Horror

And Then There Were None (1974)

29 July 200225 April 2021

Rating: ★

Agatha Christie Murder Mystery

Director: Peter Collinson
Actors: Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Richard Attenborough, Gert Froebe, …
Category: Horror

The Antichrist (1974)

20 August 201426 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Possession and Exorcism Film

Director: Alberto de Martino
Actors: Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Alida Valli, …
Category: Horror

Arabian Nights (1974)

15 December 200727 November 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Tales of Arabian Nights

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Ines Pellegrini, Franco Merli
Category: Fantasy

Bad Ronald (1974)

22 April 202122 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Disturbed Teen Hides in the Wall of His House

Director: Buzz Kulik
Actors: Scott Jacoby, Kim Hunter, John Larch, Cindy Eilbacher, …
Category: Horror

The Bat People (1974)

26 February 200230 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Man Becomes a Bat Creature

Director: Jerry Jameson
Actors: Stewart Moss, Michael Pataki, Marianne McAndrew, Paul Carr
Category: Horror

The Beast Must Die (1974)

28 November 200419 December 2021

Rating: ★★½

Werewolf Whodunnit

Director: Paul Annett
Actors: Peter Cushing, Anton Diffring, Calvin Lockhart, Michael Gambon, …
Category: Horror

Beyond the Door (1974)

25 March 201211 June 2025

Rating: ½

Demonic Possession

Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Actors: Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, David Colin Jr
Category: Horror

Black Christmas (1974)

3 June 200014 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Girl’s Dormitory Slasher

Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, …
Category: Horror

The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)

14 November 200924 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Strange Town Based Around Car Crashes

Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Terry Camilleri, John Meillon, Melissa Jaffer, Chris Haywood, …
Category: Science Fiction

Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)

17 July 20109 April 2020

Rating: ★★

French New Wave/Mysterious House

Director: Jacques Rivette
Actors: Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier, Marie-France Pisier, …
Category: Fantasy

Chosen Survivors (1974)

18 December 201520 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Vampire Bats Invade a Nuclear Fallout Shelter

Director: Sutton Roley
Actors: Bradford Dillman, Jackie Cooper, Richard Jaeckel, Alex Cord, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dark Star (1974)

9 June 200023 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Space Mission Gone Wrong Comedy

Director: John Carpenter
Category: Science Fiction

Dead of Night (1974)

6 April 200129 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Return from the Dead

Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Richard Backus, Lynn Carlin, John Marley, Anya Ormsby
Category: Horror

Death Wish (1974)

15 June 20083 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Vigilante Film

Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Charles Bronson, Vincent Gardenia, Hope Lange, Steven Keats, …
Category: Horror

Deranged (1974)

11 April 20051 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

True Life Necrophile Ed Gein Biopic

Director: Jeff Gillen, Alan Ormsby
Actors: Roberts Blossom, Leslie Carlson
Category: Horror

Devil Times Five (1974)

15 April 19999 June 2023

Rating: ★★★

Malevolent Children

Director: Sean MacGregor
Actors: Gene Evans, Sorrell Booke, Leif Garrett, Joan McCall, …
Category: Horror

Dracula (1974)

30 January 200129 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Dracula Adaptation

Director: Dan Curtis
Actors: Jack Palance, Nigel Davenport, Simon Ward, Fiona Lewis
Category: Horror

Earthquake (1974)

10 June 200230 September 2020

Rating: ★½

L.A. Devastated/Disaster Movie

Director: Mark Robson
Actors: Charlton Heston, Victoria Principal, Genevieve Bujold, Lorne Greene, …
Category: Science Fiction

Evil of Dracula (1974)

5 July 200427 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Vampire

Director: Michio Yamamoto
Actors: Toshio Kurosawa, Moriko Mochizuki, Mori Kishida, Katsuhiko Sasaki, …
Category: Horror

Fangs (1974)

17 November 200420 March 2024

Rating: ★★★

Man Takes Revenge Using Snakes

Director: Arthur A. Names
Actors: Les Tremayne, Richard Kennedy, Alice Nunn, Marvin Kaplan
Category: Horror

The Final Programme (1974)

23 September 200023 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Spy Capers in an Entropic Future/Michael Moorcock Adaptation

Director: Robert Fuest
Actors: Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Derrick O'Connor, Graham Crowden, …
Category: Science Fiction

Flesh Gordon (1974)

9 May 200011 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Softcore Flash Gordon Parody

Director: Michael Benveniste, Walter R. Cichy, Howard Ziehm
Actors: Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields, William Hunt
Category: Science Fiction

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

1 December 201426 June 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Hammer Frankenstein Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse, …
Category: Horror

Frankenstein: The True Story (1974)

5 September 200222 April 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Frankenstein Adaptation

Director: Jack Smight
Actors: Leonard Whiting, Michael Sarrazin, Jane Seymour, James Mason, …
Category: Horror

Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks (1974)

23 October 201923 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Frankenstein Film

Director: Robert H. Oliver [Dick Randall]
Actors: Rosanno Brazzi, Michael Dunn, Christiane Royce, Edmund Purdom, …
Category: Horror

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

14 September 200217 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Peter Cushing, David Warner, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, …
Category: Horror

The Ghost Galleon (1974)

29 March 202314 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Blind Knights Templar Zombies

Director: Amando de Ossorio
Actors: Maria Perschy, Jack Taylor, Blanca Estrada, Manuel De Blas
Category: Horror

Godzilla vs the Cosmic Monster (1974)

16 April 19997 April 2021

Rating: 0­

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Jun Fukuda
Actors: Akihiko Hirata, Hiroshi Koizumi
Category: Science Fiction

The Green Hornet (1974)

14 June 201030 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Masked Superhero

Director: William Beaudine, Darrell Hallenbeck, Norman Foster
Actors: Van Williams, Bruce Lee, Wende Wagner, Walter Brooke, …
Category: Science Fiction

Herbie Rides Again (1974)

11 January 20027 July 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Cute Car/Disney Comedy

Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Helen Hayes, Stefanie Powers, Keenan Wynn, Ken Berry
Category: Fantasy

Homebodies (1974)

19 February 202519 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Seniors vs Real Estate Developers

Director: Larry Yust
Actors: Paula Trueman, Ian Wolfe, William Hansen, Peter Brocco, …
Category: Horror

Horror High (1974)

21 December 200912 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Teenage Dr Jekyll

Director: Larry N. Stouffer
Actors: Pat Cardi, Austin Stoker, Rosie Holotik, Jeff Alexander
Category: Horror

House of Whipcord (1974)

3 February 200713 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Imprisonment and Torture

Director: Pete Walker
Actors: Penny Irving, Sheila Keith, Ann Michelle, Patrick Barr, …
Category: Horror

The House on Skull Mountain (1974)

19 July 201013 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Blaxploitation/Voodoo Killings

Director: Ron Honthaner
Actors: Victor French, Janee Michelle, Jean Durand
Category: Horror

Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1974)

29 November 20005 February 2024

Rating: ★

Sadistic Nazi Woman Commandant

Director: Don Edmonds
Actors: Dyanne Thorne, Wolfgang Roehm
Category: Horror

Immoral Tales (1974)

1 June 20044 November 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Erotic Anthology/Countess Bathory Story

Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Actors: Paloma Picasso, Charlotte Alexandra, Fabrice Luchini, Lise Danvers, …
Category: Horror

The Island at the Top of the World (1974)

11 September 200320 July 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Lost World

Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin, David Gwillim, Mako
Category: Science Fiction

It’s Alive (1974)

9 June 20034 July 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Killer Mutant Baby

Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell
Category: Horror

Killdozer (1974)

30 March 20162 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Alien-Possessed Bulldozer

Director: Jerry London
Actors: Clint Walker, Neville Brand, Robert Urich, James Wainwright
Category: Science Fiction

Killer Bees (1974)

7 March 201321 March 2024

Rating: ★

Killer Bee Attacks

Director: Curtis Harrington
Actors: Kate Jackson, Gloria Swanson, Edward Albert, Roger Davis, …
Category: Horror

Lancelot du Lac (1974)

27 May 201215 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends

Director: Robert Bresson
Category: Fantasy

The Land That Time Forgot (1974)

6 May 200023 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Doug McClure, Susan Penhaligon, John McEnery, Anthony Ainley
Category: Science Fiction

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

3 January 20052 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Hammer Dracula/Kung Fu Vampires

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Peter Cushing, Julie Ege, Robin Stewart, John Forbes-Robertson
Category: Horror

Legend of the Werewolf (1974)

17 August 200227 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Werewolf

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, David Rintoul, Ron Moody, Hugh Griffith, …
Category: Horror

The Little Prince (1974)

22 May 200524 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Musical Fable/Young Boy Alien Visitor

Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Richard Kiley, Gene Wilder, Stephen Warner, Bob Fosse, …
Category: Fantasy

The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (1974)

21 August 199917 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Zombies

Director: Jorge Grau
Actors: Arthur Kennedy, Ray Lovelock, Cristina Galbo
Category: Horror

Madhouse (1974)

7 July 20048 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Mad Horror Actor

Director: Jim Clark
Actors: Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, …
Category: Horror

Man on a Swing (1974)

2 December 20009 June 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Ambiguous Clairvoyant

Director: Frank Perry
Actors: Joel Grey, Cliff Robertson, Peter Masterson, George Voskovec, …
Category: Fantasy

The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

28 June 20025 January 2025

Rating: ★

James Bond Film

Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mutations (1974)

24 December 200221 April 2020

Rating: ½

Mad Scientist

Director: Jack Cardiff
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris, Michael Dunn, …
Category: Horror

Penda’s Fen (1974)

4 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Coming of Age/Folk Religion

Director: Alan Clarke
Actors: Spencer Banks, John Atkinson, Ian Hogg, Ron Smerczak
Category: Fantasy

Percy’s Progress (1974)

26 February 200721 November 2019

Rating: ★½

Last Fertile Man on Earth Comedy

Director: Ralph Thomas
Actors: Leigh Lawson, Denholm Elliott, Vincent Price, Harry H. Corbett, …
Category: Science Fiction

Persecution (1974)

29 July 20022 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Ralph Bates, Lana Turner, Olga Georges-Picot, Suzan Farmer, …
Category: Horror

The Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

9 March 200120 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Phantom of the Opera Rock Musical Parody

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham, …
Category: Horror

The Questor Tapes (1974)

25 February 20146 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Android’s Quest

Director: Richard A. Colla
Actors: Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon, Dana Wynter, …
Category: Science Fiction

Reflections of Murder (1974)

26 September 201325 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Les Diaboliques Remake

Director: John Badham
Actors: Joan Hackett, Sam Waterston, Tuesday Weld, Lance Kerwin, …
Category: Horror

Seizure (1974)

22 December 199910 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Deathdream

Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Jonathan Frid, Martine Beswick, Mary Woronov, Christina Pickles, …
Category: Horror

Sexcula (1974)

5 November 201325 March 2024

Rating: ★

X-Rated Frankenstein Spoof

Director: Bob Hollowich
Actors: Debbie Collins, John Alexander (ii)
Category: Horror

Shanks (1974)

13 October 202113 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Puppeteer Resurrects the Dead

Director: William Castle
Actors: Marcel Marceau, Cindy Eilbacher, Larry Bishop, Don Calfa, …
Category: Horror

Son of Dracula (1974)

21 October 201312 August 2019

Rating: ½

Musical Monster Bash

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Freddie Jones, Suzanna Leigh, …
Category: Horror

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe (1974)

23 January 201921 April 2023

Rating: ★

Edgar Allan Poe Investigates a Sinister Asylum

Director: Mohy Quandour
Actors: Robert Walker Jr, Cesar Romero, Tom Drake, Carol Ohmart
Category: Horror

The Spirit of the Beehive (1974)

17 February 200325 April 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Spanish Childhood/Ghost of the Frankenstein Monster

Director: Victor Erice
Actors: Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria, Fernan Gomez, Tersea Gimpera
Category: Fantasy

The Stranger Within (1974)

7 November 20197 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Alien Impregnation

Director: Lee Philips
Actors: Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, David Doyle, Nehemiah Persoff, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

Symptoms (1974)

24 November 200218 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Joseph Larraz
Actors: Angela Pleasence, Lorna Heilbron, Peter Vaughan
Category: Horror

Tender Dracula (1974)

10 September 201921 February 2024

Rating: 0­

Comedy About a Horror Actor

Director: Pierre Grunstein
Actors: Peter Cushing, Bernard Menez, Alida Valli, Miou-Miou
Category: Horror

The Terminal Man (1974)

5 July 200119 November 2022

Rating: ★★★

Neurosurgical Experiment Amok/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: Mike Hodges
Actors: George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard A. Dysart, Donald Moffatt, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

1 April 200314 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Backwoods Brutality

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Jim Siedow, Paul A. Partain, …
Category: Horror

UFO: Target Earth (1974)

5 April 201626 June 2022

Rating: ★

Investigation Into UFO Phenomena

Director: Michael A. De Gaetano
Category: Science Fiction

Vampira (1974)

14 November 200927 May 2025

Rating: ★

Vampire Comedy

Director: Clive Donner
Actors: David Niven, Teresa Graves, Nicky Henson, Peter Bayliss, …
Category: Horror

The Vampire’s Night Orgy (1974)

5 May 201519 December 2023

Rating: ½

Town of Vampires

Director: Leon Klimovsky
Actors: Jack Taylor, Manuel De Blas, Helga Line
Category: Horror

Voodoo Black Exorcist (1974)

13 June 20175 July 2024

Rating: ★

Resurrected Voodoo Priest

Director: Miguel CaƱo
Actors: Aldo Sambrell, Eva Leon, Alfred May
Category: Horror

W (1974)

30 August 200912 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Richard Quine
Actors: Twiggy, Dirk Benedict, John Vernon, Eugene Roche, …
Category: Horror

Where Have All the People Gone (1974)

9 June 20168 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Catastrophe/Last People on Earth

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Actors: Peter Graves, Kathleen Quinlan, George O'Hanlon Jr, Verna Bloom, …
Category: Science Fiction

Young Frankenstein (1974)

25 January 200317 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Universal Frankenstein Spoof

Director: Mel Brooks
Actors: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr, Marty Feldman, …
Category: Horror

Zardoz (1974)

26 January 201118 June 2025

Rating: ★

Barbarian Disrupts Utopia of Immortals

Director: John Boorman
Actors: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton, …
Category: Science Fiction

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  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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