Brief overview of some of the most extreme horror movies released during the 1960s & 1970s.
Blood Shack: H.G. Lewis invented the gore/splatter film with this 1963 $26,000 horror film. A madman is hired to cater a wedding, but in reality he’s preparing a cannibal feast in honor of the pagan goddess he worships.
Bloody Pit of Horror: A group of tourists in Europe make the mistake of stopping for the night at a castle in Europe owned by a madman who enjoys trying out the castle’s torture devices.
Night of the Living Dead: This film has influenced modern horror in countless ways. Besides creating the basic template for the modern zombie it also pushed the limits of onscreen violence.
Man From Deep River: The first Italian Cannibal film. This film created the template for these movies.
The Last House On The Left:Rape/Revenge became the focus of a number of influential movies released during the early 70s. Deliverance and Straw Dogs were mainstream films that used this basic theme, but neither film was willing to go as far as Last House does in showing the true horror of it.
I Drink Your Blood: A Hippie Devil cult becomes infected with rabies and go on a killing spree. An effective variant on Night of the Living Dead.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Tobe Hooper created one of the most effective horror films ever made. Leatherface is the first modern icon of the Horror Genre.
Thriller: A Cruel Picture: A young girl is molested in a park and becomes mute. Years later she becomes the captive of a pimp who hooks her on heroin and forces her to be a hooker. The pimp gouges out her eye with a scalpel and she decides to get her revenge. This film influence the look of The Bride in Quentin Tarantino Kill Bill films.
Bloodsucking Freaks: This is one of the most over the top films released during the 1970s. An insane theatre owner tortures and murders people onstage in front of audiences who believe it is all just an act. Influenced by the works of H.G. Lewis (Wizard of Gore shares a similar basic premise, but isn’t as effective).
I Sit On Your Grave: A woman is raped by four men in the woods and gets her revenge.
Ilsa She Wolf of the SS: Ilsa is head of a Nazi POW camp during WW2 and performs medical experiments on her prisoners.
Source: http://cinemaroll.com/horror/extreme-horror-films-of-the-60s-70s/
