A comprehensive list of the 70 scariest horror movies from 1960 till today—the scariest film of each year plus honorable mentions.
—1970—
House Of Dark Shadows
1970 ONORABLE MENTIONS:
House of Dark Shadows
Vampire Lovers
The Vampire Doll
—1971—
The House That Dripped Blood
1971 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
Daughters of Darkness
Black Belly of the Tarantula
—1972—
The Last House on the Left
1972 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Asylum
Images
Horror Express
—1973—
The Exorcist
1973 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Wickerman
Don’t Look Now
The Legend of Hell House
—1974—
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
1974 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
It’s Alive
Black Christmas
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
—1975—
Jaws
1975 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Deep Red
Criminally Insane
Picnic at Hanging Rock
—1976—
Carrie
1976 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Omen
Burnt Offering
Alice, Sweet Alice
—1977—
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Audrey Rose
The Sentinel
The Hills Have Eyes
—1978—
Halloween
1978 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Magic
Krabat
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
—1979—
Alien
1979 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Phantasm
Salem’s Lot
The Amityville Horror
Horror Revival 