List of horror films of 1972
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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] | |
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] | |
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 | 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 | Marland Proctor, Claudia Reame | United States | [24] | ||
Unknown | Adam West, Sherry Jackson, Jeremy Slate | United States | [25] | ||
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 | show
Alternative title(s) |
[30] |
Ray Danton | Robert Quarry, Bill Ewing, Brenda Dickson | United States | [31] | ||
Deliverance | John Boorman | Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty | United States | [32] | |
Demons of the Mind | Peter Sykes | Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills | United Kingdom | [33] | |
Don't Torture a Duckling | Lucio Fulci | Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian | Italy | [34] | |
Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo | León Klimovsky | Paul Naschy | Spain | [35] | |
Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Robert Fuest | Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Jeffrey | United Kingdom United States |
[36] | |
Dracula AD 1972 | Alan Gibson | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham | United Kingdom | [37] | |
Jesús Franco | Howard Vernon, Dennis Price, Fernando Bilbao | Spain France |
[38] | ||
Endless Night | Sidney Gilliat | Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland | United Kingdom | [39] | |
Jesús Franco | Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Anne Libert | France | [40] | ||
El monte de las brujas | Raúl Artigot | Patty Shepard, Cihangir Ghaffari, Mónica Randall, Guillermo Bredeston | Spain | [41] | |
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 | show
Alternative title(s) |
[42] |
The Flesh and Blood Show | Pete Walker | Jenny Hanley, Ray Brooks, Luan Peters | United Kingdom | [43] | |
Frenzy | Alfred Hitchcock | Jon Finch, Alec McCowen | United Kingdom | [44] | |
Frogs | George McCowan | Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark | United States | [45] | |
The Fury of the Wolfman | José María Zabalza | Paul Naschy | Spain | [46] | |
Garden of the Dead | John Hayes | Philip Kenneally, Susan Charney, Lee Frost | United States | [47] | |
The Gore Gore Girls | Herschell Gordon Lewis | Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin | United States | [48] | |
Grave of the Vampire | John Hayes | Kitty Vallacher, William Smith | United States | show
Alternative title(s) |
[49] |
Home for the Holidays | John Llewellyn Moxey | Sally Field, Jessica Walter, Julie Harris | United States | Television film | [50] |
Horror Express | Eugenio Martín | Telly Savalas, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing | Spain United Kingdom |
[51] | |
Horror Rises from the Tomb | Carlos Aured | Paul Naschy | Spain United States |
[52] | |
Hunchback of the Morgue | Javier Aguirre | Albeto Dalbes, Antonio Pica, María Elena Arpón | Spain | [53] | |
I Dismember Mama | Paul Leder | Zooey Hall, Geri Reischl | United States | [54] | |
Images | Robert Altman | Susannah York, René Auberjonois | United States United Kingdom |
[55] | |
Invasion of the Blood Farmers | Ed Adlum | Tanna Hunter, Jack Neubeck, Allan Charlet | United States | [56] | |
The Last House on the Left | Wes Craven | Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess | United States | [57] | |
The Legend of Boggy Creek | Charles B. Pierce | William Stumpp, Chuck Pierce, Jr., Vern Stierman | United States | [58] | |
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 | [59] | |
Moon of the Wolf | Daniel Petrie | David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Bradford Dillman | United States | [60] | |
Necromancy | Bert I. Gordon | Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell | United States | re-released in 1983 as The Witching | [61][62] |
Night of the Cobra Woman | Andrew Meyer | Joy Bang, Logan Clarke, Carmen Argenziano | Philippines United States |
[63] | |
Night of the Devils | Giorgio Ferroni | Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Maria Monti | Italy | [64] | |
Night of the Lepus | William F. Claxton | Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun | United States | [65] | |
The Night Stalker (1972 film) | John Llewellyn Moxey | Darren McGavin, Barry Atwater, Carol Lynley | United States | Television film | [66] |
La noche de los mil gatos (Night of 1000 Cats) | René Cardona Jr. | Hugo Stiglitz, Anjanette Comer | Mexico | aka Blood Feast (1972 film) | [67] |
The Other | Robert Mulligan | Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur | United States | [68] | |
The Possession of Joel Delaney | Waris Hussein | Shirley MacLaine, Michael Hordern, Perry King | United States | [69] | |
(Muneca reina) | Sergio Olhovich | Ofelia Medina, Enrique Rocha, Helena Rojo | Mexico | [70] | |
The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! | Andy Milligan | Noel Collins, Bernard Kaler, Joan Ogden | United States | [71] | |
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times | Emilio P. Miraglia | Barbara Bouchet, Sybil Danning | Italy West Germany |
[72] | |
A Reflection of Fear | William A. Fraker | Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure | United States | [73] | |
She Waits | Delbert Mann | Patty Duke, David McCallum, Dorothy McGuire | United States | Television film | [74] |
Silent Night, Bloody Night | Theodore Gershuny | Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov | United States | show
Alternative title(s) |
[75] |
Sisters | Brian De Palma | Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning | United States | [76] | |
Something Evil | Steven Spielberg | Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, Ralph Bellamy | United States | Television film | [77] |
William Grefé | Chris Robinson, Alex Rocco | United States | [78] | ||
Superbeast | George Schenck | John Garwood, Antoinette Bower, Craig Littler | United States | [79] | |
Tales from the Crypt | Freddie Francis | Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson | United Kingdom | [80] | |
Terror at Red Wolf Inn | Bud Townsend | Linda Gillen, John Neilson, Arthur Space | United States | show
Alternative title(s) |
[81] |
The Thing with Two Heads | Lee Frost | Chelsea Brown, Kathrine Baumann, Roger Gentry | United States | [82] | |
Three on a Meathook | William Girdler | Madelyn Buzzard, Charles Kissinger, James Pickett | United States | [83] | |
Tombs of the Blind Dead | Amando de Ossorio | Lone Fleming, César Burner | Spain Portugal |
[84] | |
Tower of Evil | Jim O'Connolly | Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth | United Kingdom | show
Alternative title(s) |
[85] |
Tragic Ceremony | Riccardo Freda | Camille Keaton, Máximo Valverde, Tony Isbert | Italy Spain |
[86] | |
Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche | Tulsi Ramsay | Surendra Kumar, Helen Jairag, Satyendra Kapoor | India | [87] | |
Vampire Circus | Robert Young | Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins | United Kingdom | [88] | |
What Have You Done to Solange? | Massimo Dallamano | Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Joachim Fuchsberger | Italy | [89] | |
You'll Like My Mother | Lamont Johnson | Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Sian Barbara Allen | United States | [90] |
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- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Hunchback of the Morgue". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
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- ^ Muir 2007, p. 278.
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- ^ Bush, John. "Moon of the Wolf". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
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- ^ 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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- ^ 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.
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