Shadows in an Empty Room (Some Bizarre and Obscure cinema)
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1. Sweet Kill (1972)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
Horror and suspense in the story of a psychotic maniac who literally "loves" women to death.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Tab Hunter, Cherie Latimer, Nadyne Turney, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 456
2. The Hunter Will Get You (1976)
110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Labro | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bruno Cremer, Jean Négroni, Patrick Fierry
Votes: 2,457
3. Straight on Till Morning (1972)
R | 96 min | Thriller
A timid, withdrawn woman meets a man she believes is finally the love of her life, unaware that he is a vicious serial killer.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, James Bolam, Katya Wyeth
Votes: 1,425
4. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The story of a hooded, berserk killer who terrorized the border town of Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946--leaving no fewer than five murder victims in his wake. He was never caught. Based on one of America's most baffling murder cases.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem
Votes: 9,793
5. Night of 1000 Cats (1972)
R | 63 min | Horror
A wealthy playboy kidnaps and murders young women, feeding their corpses to his horde of felines.
Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Hugo Stiglitz, Zulma Faiad, Christa Linder
Votes: 874
6. L'assassino è costretto ad uccidere ancora (1975)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Giorgio is a greedy adulterer who makes a deal with a serial killer to dispose of his wealthy wife, Nora. Unfortunately, a thrill-seeking young couple steal the killer's car with Nora's ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: George Hilton, Antoine Saint-John, Femi Benussi, Cristina Galbó
Votes: 1,357
7. When Michael Calls (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Douglas, Al Waxman
Votes: 1,003
8. A Scream in the Streets (1973)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Two Los Angeles detectives are assigned to track down and arrest a brutal rapist-murderer terrorizing the city. Their job is complicated by the fact that the killer is able to avoid capture because he can pose as a woman.
Directors: Carl Monson, Dwayne Avery, Bethel Buckalew, Harry H. Novak | Stars: Joshua Bryant, Frank Bannon, Rosie Stone, Linda York
Votes: 439
9. Carnival of Blood (1970)
GP | 87 min | Horror
A psychopathic killer uses the carousel ride at a carnival to pick his victims, who he then murders and dismembers.
Director: Leonard Kirtman | Stars: Earle Edgerton, Judith Resnick, Martin Barolsky, Kaly Mills
Votes: 639
10. The French Sex Murders (1972)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man is accused of killing his favorite prostitute in a French brothel. He's tried and sentenced to death. He tries to escape but dies during pursuit. Soon, people connected to the case are killed one by one.
Director: Ferdinando Merighi | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Rosalba Neri, Evelyne Kraft, Howard Vernon
Votes: 1,113
11. Drive in Massacre (1976)
R | 74 min | Horror, Mystery
Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.
Director: Stu Segall | Stars: John F. Goff, Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye, Verkina Flower
Votes: 2,150
12. Hotel Fear (1978)
92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mother and her daughter run a hotel during the late stages of WWII. The mother suddenly dies, and the daughter finds herself alone with her sleazy guests.
Director: Francesco Barilli | Stars: Luc Merenda, Leonora Fani, Francisco Rabal, Jole Fierro
Votes: 923
13. Delirium (1972)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A respected psychologist who regularly works with the police becomes a suspect in a series of gruesome murders of young women.
Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Raul Lovecchio, Carmen Young
Votes: 1,226
14. The Get-Man (1974)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
A police officer becomes greatly obsessed with a sadistic serial killer/rapist called "The Zebra Killer" after his girlfriend is kidnapped, and discovers a string of many brutal murders along the way while tracking him down.
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Juanita Moore, Austin Stoker, Hugh Smith, James Carroll Pickett
Votes: 178
15. Without Apparent Motive (1971)
PG | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A strange series of murders are being committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissionaire Carella is in charge and tries desperately to find a missing link between all of these ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Labro | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dominique Sanda, Sacha Distel, Carla Gravina
Votes: 949
16. Deep Red (1975)
R | 127 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril
Votes: 42,661
17. The Beast in the Cellar (1971)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two sisters living nearby realize they might understand what's happening.
Director: James Kelley | Stars: Beryl Reid, Flora Robson, John Hamill, Tessa Wyatt
Votes: 1,109
18. Red Rings of Fear (1978)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl begins to focus his suspicions on the three girlfriends of the victim, who call themselves "The Inseparables."
Director: Alberto Negrin | Stars: Fabio Testi, Christine Kaufmann, Ivan Desny, Jack Taylor
Votes: 822
19. Stone Cold Dead (1979)
R | 108 min | Crime, Thriller
Sergeant Boyd's police search to find a sniper who has been shooting hookers.
Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Richard Crenna, Paul Williams, Linda Sorensen, Belinda Montgomery
Votes: 617
20. A Knife for the Ladies (1974)
R | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A private detective travels out west to investigate the murders of several prostitutes, facing off against the reluctance of the town's grizzled sheriff, and several suspicious characters, each with something to hide.
Director: Larry G. Spangler | Stars: Jack Elam, Ruth Roman, Jeff Cooper, John Kellogg
Votes: 401
21. Criminally Insane (1975)
R | 61 min | Horror, Thriller
An obese woman recently released from an insane asylum kills anyone who attempts to get her to stop eating.
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Priscilla Alden, Michael Flood, Jane Lambert, Robert Copple
Votes: 1,128
22. The Confessional (1976)
R | 104 min | Horror
The story follows a young woman, who seeks out his church. There, she is manipulated into giving confession to Father Xavier Meldrum. Meldrum uses his status and crazed persistence to work his way into Jenny's life by any means necessary.
Director: Pete Walker | Stars: Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley
Votes: 1,240
23. Haunts (1976)
PG | 97 min | Horror
May Britt plays a seemingly innocent farm girl convinced that her slovenly uncle (Cameron Mitchell) is the man responsible for the bloody scissor-murders of several local girls.
Director: Herb Freed | Stars: May Britt, Cameron Mitchell, Aldo Ray, William Gray Espy
Votes: 708
24. The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)
Not Rated | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller
A popular television presenter is accused of killing a teenage girl in a park, who happens to be his daughter's best friend.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli, Silvano Tranquilli
Votes: 2,066
25. Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
R | 104 min | Mystery, Thriller
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois
Votes: 12,090 | Gross: $20.00M
26. The Swinging Barmaids (1975)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama
A deranged serial killer infiltrates a popular club and slowly starts killing cocktail waitresses.
Director: Gus Trikonis | Stars: Bruce Watson, Laura Hippe, Katie Saylor, Renie Radich
Votes: 314
27. Puzzle (1974)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
An amnesiac man and his estranged wife restart their romance, only to find themselves hounded by unscrupulous figures from his past life.
Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Senta Berger, Luc Merenda, Umberto Orsini, Anita Strindberg
Votes: 1,199
28. Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror
Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Director: Jack Weis | Stars: Curt Dawson, Gwen Arment, William Metzo, Laura Misch Owens
Votes: 1,018
29. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In 1961, a divorced Catholic couple's life is turned upside-down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of subsequent stabbings.
Director: Alfred Sole | Stars: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Niles McMaster
Votes: 12,961
30. Welcome to Arrow Beach (1973)
R | 85 min | Horror
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.
Director: Laurence Harvey | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Joanna Pettet, Stuart Whitman, John Ireland
Votes: 429
31. Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1974)
R | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Aured | Stars: Paul Naschy, Diana Lorys, Eduardo Calvo, Eva León
Votes: 1,186
32. Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A pharmacist is murdered, and a woman happens to see the culprit leave the scene. She soon finds herself being stalked by the killer, and when her boyfriend tries to discover who the ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Bido | Stars: Corrado Pani, Paola Tedesco, Franco Citti, Fernando Cerulli
Votes: 1,413
33. Three on a Meathook (1972)
R | 80 min | Horror
Four girls go on a romping weekend at a lake, and have car problems on the way home. A nice local boy takes them back to his farm, where he lives with his father. Something ghastly happens,... See full summary »
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Charles Kissinger, James Carroll Pickett, Sherry Steiner, Madelyn Buzzard
Votes: 863
34. The Night Digger (1971)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye.
Director: Alastair Reid | Stars: Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay, Jean Anderson
Votes: 1,162
35. The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer. A former detective is hired to investigate.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Arthur O'Sullivan
Votes: 1,029
36. The Todd Killings (1971)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An overgrown adolescent lives off his mother and leads small-town California teens astray.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas, Belinda Montgomery, Sherry E. DeBoer
Votes: 429
37. The Headless Eyes (1971)
X | 78 min | Horror
Poor artist gets eye gouged out while committing a robbery. When his eye heals, he goes on a killing spree and cuts out women's eyes with a spoon.
Director: Kent Bateman | Stars: Bo Brundin, Ramon Gordon, Kelly Swartz, Ann Wells
Votes: 541
38. The Girl in Room 2A (1974)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A sadistic killer cult kidnaps and sacrifices beautiful women. A young girl, just paroled from prison, moves into a strange house and appears to be the cult's next victim.
Directors: William Rose, Dick Randall | Stars: Daniela Giordano, Angelo Infanti, John Scanlon, Rosalba Neri
Votes: 906
39. Kill Me If You Can (1977 TV Movie)
100 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Caryl Chessman, a convicted California rapist who spent 12 years on death row before finally being executed.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: Alan Alda, Talia Shire, John Hillerman, Barnard Hughes
Votes: 253
40. Murder in a Blue World (1973)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A nurse tries to bring her own style of relief to miserable people, or ones condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery, and she may not be quite what she seems.
Director: Eloy de la Iglesia | Stars: Sue Lyon, Christopher Mitchum, Jean Sorel, Ramón Pons
Votes: 537
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