Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

Craze

1974

English

5.2

♡ 10

23%

Freddie Francis Director

Michael Jayston as Detective Sgt. Wall

Diana Dors as Dolly Newman

Jack Palance as Neal Mottram

Trevor Howard as Supt. Bellamy

A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimaginable wealth and power if he merely offers up human sacrifice.

It's Alive

1974

English

5.8

♡ 24

65%

Larry Cohen Director

John P. Ryan as

William Wellman Jr. as Charley

Michael Ansara as The Captain

Robert Emhardt as The Executive

Lenore and Frank Davis are about to have their second child. As Lenore gives birth, the newborn vanishes and leaves behind five dead bodies. It's up to the police and Frank to figure out where their mutated child has gone.

Going Places

1974

French

7.1

♡ 18

71%

Bertrand Blier Director

Isabelle Huppert as Jacqueline

Gérard Depardieu as Jean-Claude

Patrick Dewaere as Pierrot

Thierry Lhermitte as Warden with Jacques

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

The Demoniacs

1974

French

5.0

♡ 25

31%

Jean Rollin Director

John Rico as Le Capitaine

Paul Bisciglia as Paul - un naugrageur

Jean Rollin as Petit rôle

Monica Swinn as Une fille dans la taverne

A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge against the pirates.

The Destructors

1974

English

5.9

♡ 11

47%

Robert Parrish Director

James Mason as Jacques Brizard

Michael Caine as John Deray

Vernon Dobtcheff as Lazar

Anthony Quinn as Steve Ventura

An important drug lord settled in Marseille is suspected of having ordered the killing of an American agent, but it is impossible to impute him due to his political influences, so the dead agent's boss decides to hire the services of a hitman to kill him.

Coonskin

1974

English

6.4

♡ 11

79%

Ralph Bakshi Director

Frank DeKova as Mannigan / Ruby

Scatman Crothers as Pappy / Old Man Bone

Philip Michael Thomas as Randy / Brother Rabbit

Richard Paul as Sonny

Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine

1974

Italian

4.7

♡ 5

10%

Sergio Grieco Director

Paolo Malco as Esteban Albornos

Pier Giovanni Anchisi as Isidro

Bruna Beani as Josefa de Olmeda

Anna Manduchi as Nun

Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is accused of heresy before Lucita can escape. Hiding in the convent, Esteban discovers the horrifying depravity of the covent's abbess, Sister Incarnation. Can Esteban rescue his love from this madhouse before the inquisitor discovers what is going on and has everyone executed?

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974

English

7.4

♡ 27

77%

Sam Peckinpah Director

Warren Oates as Bennie

Jorge Russek as Cueto

Isela Vega as Elita

Helmut Dantine as Max

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Truck Turner

1974

English

6.9

♡ 10

60%

72%

Action

blaxploitation

blaxploitation cinema

bounty hunter

boyfriend girlfriend relationship

Crime

organized crime

Thriller

Jonathan Kaplan Director

John Dennis as Desmond's Guard

Charles Cyphers as Drunk

Stan Shaw as Fontana

Isaac Hayes as Mac 'Truck' Turner

Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.

Foxy Brown

1974

English

6.4

♡ 14

59%

66%

Action

blaxploitation

blaxploitation cinema

Jack Hill Director

Fred Lerner as Bunyon

Pam Grier as Foxy Brown

Harry Holcombe as Judge Fenton

Bob Minor as Oscar

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

Cockfighter

1974

English

6.9

♡ 5

100%

Monte Hellman Director

Millie Perkins as Frances Mansfield

Warren Oates as Frank Mansfield

Harry Dean Stanton as Jack Burke

Richard B. Shull as Omar Baradansky

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Keep It Up, Jack

1974

English

3.8

♡ 7

Derek Ford Director

Queenie Watts as Char lady

Jan Foster as Jan

Paul Whitsun-Jones as Mr. Fairbrother

Jack Le White as Stagehand

Failed music hall performer Jack James inherits a brothel when his ancient Aunt dies. He takes over the running of the business and falls in love with its star attraction, beautiful prostitute Virginia.

The Year Without a Santa Claus

1974

English

7.7

♡ 15

90%

83%

Action

Animation

based on novel or book

Jules Bass Director

George S. Irving as Heat Miser

Shirley Booth as Mrs. Santa

Mickey Rooney as Santa Claus

Dick Shawn as Snow Miser

Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the season's cheer has disappeared. Aided by a magical snowfall, they reawaken the spirit of Christmas in children's hearts and put Santa back in action.

Female Trouble

1974

English

7.1

♡ 23

90%

parent child relationship

rape

run away

John Waters Director Divine

Divine as Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson

David Lochary as Donald Dasher

Mink Stole as Taffy Davenport

Susan Lowe as Vikki

Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.

Young Frankenstein

1974

English

8.0

♡ 67

95%

Mel Brooks Director

Monte Landis as Gravedigger

John Dennis as Orderly in Frankenstein's Class

Ian Abercrombie as Second Villager

Ethelreda Leopold as Theatre Goer

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

The Rapacious Jailbreaker

1974

Japanese

7.0

♡ 5

Sadao Nakajima Director

Reiichi Hatanaka as

Takuzô Kawatani as

Hiroki Matsukata as

Tomisaburô Wakayama as Okamoto Seijiro

Convicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But for a man like him, breaking out of prison is easy.

Bad Men of the West

1974

English

4.2

♡ 9

Drama

edited from tv series

half-brother

Western

Samuel Fuller Director

Michael T. Mikler as Cord

Charles Bronson as Harge Talbot Jr.

Lee Marvin as Kalig Talbot

Warren J. Kemmerling as Sharkey

Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them just how mean the other can be. "The Meanest Men in the West" is actually an amalgam of two episodes of the hit 1960's TV series, "The Virginian." In one installment, a wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped by a nasty gunslinger. But the crime is only just a means for the ruffian to draw the tough title character into a blood- thirsty revenge scheme. In the second, a drifter burglarizes the Shiloh ranch. Then an unhinged girl relies on the man to aid in her flight from home.

Final Episode

1974

Japanese

7.3

♡ 7

Kinji Fukasaku Director

Yumiko Nogawa as

Hiroko Fuji as

Kunie Tanaka as Makihara Masakichi

Nobuo Kaneko as Yamamori

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.