Diego's Horror Corner

THE 70s
The 70s is my favourite decade by far, there's a certain dirty gritty gross feeling to the movies that came out.
I love the color of the film, the grain, and the total lack of political correctness in them.
Also, since there are so many of them, i had to add an honorable mention list (more late rental fees for you to pay).
One thing you may have noticed is that more than half of these movies have been remade recently. Don't think for a second you should overlook these originals.



















LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT - 1972
This is Wes Craven's first movie (not including a porn documentary he did with future Friday the 13th dir. Sean S. Cunningham).
Two 17 year-old girls are off to Manhattan for a Bloodlust concert, while trying to score some weed they're kidnapped, tortured, and killed by a group of Mansonesque escaped cons.
This is just the beginning. Last House is very mean spirited, but balanced with the slapstick of two cops, and a semi-controversial pissing on demand scene.



















DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT - 1973
Even my closest friends who love horror movies can't get with this one. It's funny what some people can call cheesy I call genius. Dr. Stephens runs a secluded asylum in the middle of the woods, that gets taken over by its inmates.
And the inmates are the best cast of characters in any movie ever.

Sgt Jaffee - A freak hallucinating vietnam vet who is constantly waging his own private war.
Sam - A big mean looking black dude who acts childlike because of a lobotomy. He likes to play with his boats, suck lollipops and go on missions with Sgt Jaffee.
Harriet - A psychotic girl obsessed with protecting her baby (a scruffy looking doll).
Danny - An annoying ginger perm who races around the place laughing and irritating everyone when hes not trying to steal Harriet's baby.
Allyson - A raging Nymphomaniac who's just looking for love…"Come on! I do taste like strawberries! Taste me"!
Mrs. Callingham - a cackling, poetry spouting, profit of doom old lady who is plagued by hallucinations.
Judge Cameron - Yes, he thinks he's a real judge, and is encouraged by Dr Stephens to beat out his inner conflict by chopping at tree trunks with an axe.

One of my favourite movies of all time.



















DERANGED - 1974
Go figure, two movies that made my top five were inspired by Ed Gein. This one was filmed in Ontario, not Texas, and is a more real life depiction of him.
"Ezra Cobb" is a momma's boy who's left on his own with his beloved mothers passing. So much, he digs her up and brings her home. He then digs up fresh graves and sometimes uses fresh meat to replenish his mothers decaying skin. Ezra then begins to see other uses for whats left over from his dig ups including furnishing and decorations.



















THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE - 1974
Not much to say about this Ed Gein one, it did a lot better for itself that's for sure. Let director Tobe Hooper explain it:
"It's a film about meat, about people who have gone beyond dealing with animal meat and rats and dogs and cats, Crazy retarded people going beyond the line between animal and human."
In my top 3 horor movies of all time (with Don't Look in the Basement and Dawn).



















DAWN OF THE DEAD - 1978
I've fantisized about being stuck in a mall with 3 or 4 friends, breaking into the hunting shops for guns, gathering food, playing at the arcade... This is the sequel to Night of the Living Dead if you didn't know, and my favourite in the Dead Trilogy.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

THE HILLS HAVE EYES , HALLOWEEN, TOOLBOX MURDERS, TOURIST TRAP, THE BROOD.