We’ve got some classic and, perhaps, not-so-classic films for you to choose from for the next Decades of Horror: The 1970s. There are two different anthology films from noted genre authors (Richard Matheson and Robert Bloch), a couple of low-budget monster flicks, werewolf bikers, and Chuck Connors, himself. Which film shall your intrepid hosts watch and comment upon? Well, if you’re a Gruesome Magazine Patreon patron for as low as $1 a month, you can vote for one of these choices here. The poll closes December 22, 2018, so get your vote in while you can.
Tourist Trap (1979)
A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction’s mannequins.
Slithis (1978)
A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Three bizarre horror stories all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing tormented women.
Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
A documentary-style drama about the “Fouke Monster”, a Bigfoot-type creature that has been sighted in and around Fouke, Arkansas since the 1950s.
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the UK.
Werewolves On Wheels (1971)
A biker gang visits a monastery where they encounter black-robed monks engaged in worshipping Satan. When the monks try to persuade one of the female bikers, Helen, to become a satanic sacrifice the bikers smash up the monastery and leave. Helen, as a result of the satanic rituals, is now a werewolf, with dire results for the biker gang.
Doc a lifelong fan of horror films, sci-fi flicks and monster movies first discovering Universal Monsters and Planet of the Apes as a young child in the 1970's searching out every issue of Famous Monster of Filmland (and, later, Fangoria). Favorite films include Jaws, The Car, The Birds, The Tingler, Vampire Circus and The Exorcist. Still a huge fan of horror films from the 70s, Doc continues consuming horror films to this day for the site, for the podcasts and for the fun of it all.
