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1. The Evil Eye (1963)

Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance

A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: John Saxon, Letícia Román, Valentina Cortese, Titti Tomaino

Votes: 5,369

2. Blood and Black Lace (1964)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Arianna Gorini

Votes: 13,005

3. Death on the Fourposter (1964)

90 min | Horror

A party of young people gather in a mansion for an occult experiment in which deaths are predicted by a psychic. Soon it turns into more than an experiment . . .

Directors: Jean Josipovici, Ambrogio Molteni | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Gloria Milland, Luisa Rivelli, Antonella Lualdi

Votes: 195

4. Libido (1965)

TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their respective wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father.

Directors: Ernesto Gastaldi, Vittorio Salerno | Stars: Dominique Boschero, Mara Maryl, Giancarlo Giannini, Luciano Pigozzi

Votes: 584

5. The Embalmer (1965)

PG | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A crazed killer is on the loose in the catacombs of Venice, Italy. He stalks beautiful women, drags them to his underground lair, kills them, then stuffs them and adds them to his "collection."

Director: Dino Tavella | Stars: Maureen Brown, Luigi Martocci, Alcide Gazzotto, Alba Brotto

Votes: 538

6. Night of Violence (1965)

91 min | Thriller

A masked man is hunting down and murdering women throughout the city. The police set out to capture him before he can kill again.

Director: Roberto Mauri | Stars: Alberto Lupo, Marilù Tolo, Lisa Gastoni, Hélène Chanel

Votes: 100

7. I Am What I Am (1967)

X | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Bernard meets Jane in a night club, in London, and he likes her. Her father was killed in a car accident, but she thinks he has been killed because he was blackmailed for a picture of his ... See full summary »

Director: Tinto Brass | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco, Charles Kohler

Votes: 883

8. A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)

R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

While trying to solve a series of murders, a possessive narcotics detective hires a hit-man to kill his unfaithful wife, but the hunter and the hunted soon begin an affair.

Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: John Mills, Luciana Paluzzi, Robert Hoffmann, Renate Kasché

Votes: 683

9. Deadly Inheritance (1968)

81 min | Mystery, Thriller

The death of a surprisingly rich railroad worker leads to mysterious murders within his testamentary heirs.

Director: Vittorio Sindoni | Stars: Tom Drake, Femi Benussi, Virgilio Gazzolo, Ernesto Colli

Votes: 319

10. Plucked (1968)

86 min | Horror, Thriller

The depraved manager of a high-tech poultry factory - which is genetically engineering boneless chickens - is pulled into a love triangle with his domineering wife and her sexually-liberated cousin, leading to double-crosses and murder.

Director: Giulio Questi | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Jean Sobieski

Votes: 1,773

11. Naked You Die (1968)

82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

People start getting killed at a remote and prestigious boarding school for girls. One of the students helps the police and her friends identify the mysterious killer.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Mark Damon, Eleonora Brown, Sally Smith, Patrizia Valturri

Votes: 805

12. The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968)

R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A sexy newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown in Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.

Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli

Votes: 957

13. Paranoia (1969)

X | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A rich, alcoholic widow assuages her loneliness through a ménage à trois with two seductive step-siblings, whose true motives threaten her sanity and life.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Lou Castel, Colette Descombes, Tino Carraro

Votes: 1,627

14. The Doll of Satan (1969)

90 min | Horror

A couple travels to a castle for the reading of the will of the woman's recently deceased wealthy uncle. It turns out that he left her the castle and its grounds. She is persuaded by ... See full summary »

Director: Ferruccio Casapinta | Stars: Erna Schurer, Roland Carey, Aurora Battista, Aurora Bautista

Votes: 502

15. Double Face (1969)

Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

After a businessman's unfaithful wife is seemingly killed in a car accident, he is led by several unscrupulous characters to believe that she is actually alive.

Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger, Günther Stoll, Annabella Incontrera

Votes: 1,014

16. Interrabang (1969)

93 min | Thriller

A photographer is sailing with his wife, her sister and his nympho-maniacal model. He leaves the three women alone to get a part for his boat. A mysterious man shows up, who might be an ... See full summary »

Director: Giuliano Biagetti | Stars: Haydée Politoff, Corrado Pani, Beba Loncar, Umberto Orsini

Votes: 264

17. Naked Violence (1969)

92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Some youngsters kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.

Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Pier Paolo Capponi, Nieves Navarro, Marzio Margine, Renato Lupi

Votes: 852

18. L'isola delle svedesi (1969)

84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Following a row with her fiancé Maurizio, Manuela breaks off with him and decides to go to a Mediterranean island where her friend Eleonora now lives a solitary life. The friendship between... See full summary »

Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Catherine Diamant, Ewa Green, Nino Segurini, Wolfgang Hillinger

Votes: 91

19. One on Top of the Other (1969)

R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An unscrupulous doctor is accused of killing his asthmatic wife as part of an insurance scam, despite discovering that she has a doppelgänger who works as a stripper and call girl.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto de Mendoza

Votes: 2,673

20. Psychout for Murder (1969)

R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Shortly after her release from a mental hospital, a young woman begins a campaign of revenge against those who placed her there.

Director: Rossano Brazzi | Stars: Adrienne Larussa, Rossano Brazzi, Nino Castelnuovo, Paola Pitagora

Votes: 451

21. Top Sensation (1969)

X | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Hoping to sway her unbalanced son into losing his virginity, an oil baroness takes him and several of her decadent friends on a cruise, culminating in an orgy of lust and murder.

Director: Ottavio Alessi | Stars: Maud Belleroche, Maurizio Bonuglia, Edwige Fenech, Ruggero Miti

Votes: 716

22. Una ragazza piuttosto complicata (1969)

100 min | Thriller

A young girl named Claudia, flirts with two men, and at the same time, she is also having an affair with her step-mother who doles out her inheritance money from her dead father. Is she playing all three of them to get what she wants?

Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Catherine Spaak, Jean Sorel, Florinda Bolkan, Gabriella Boccardo

Votes: 222

23. So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)

92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A bored, married Parisian socialite is pulled into a web of lust and deception after he seemingly rescues a woman from her abusive boyfriend.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Erika Blanc, Horst Frank

Votes: 1,238

24. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

GP | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder - and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi

Votes: 24,092 | Gross: $0.42M

25. Death Occurred Last Night (1970)

TV-14 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A compassionate police captain searches for a mentally challenged 25 year old daughter of a widower, who's been kidnapped and forced into prostitution.

Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Raf Vallone, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Tinti, Gillian Bray

Votes: 725

26. Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)

Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An industrialist invites his colleagues to his private island so they can exploit a resin formula invented by one of the guests, but a killer within the group disrupts the proceedings.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edwige Fenech, Howard Ross

Votes: 3,456

27. The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The wife of a struggling businessman is blackmailed by a mysterious man into having a sadistic affair with him, or he will leak evidence implicating her husband of murder.

Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi, Simón Andreu, Osvaldo Genazzani

Votes: 2,138

28. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

GP | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente

Votes: 4,324

29. In the Folds of the Flesh (1970)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Thriller, Horror

The guests of a villa are killed off one by one by their hosts. Incest, decapitations and a cyanide bath feature amongst the other bizarre delights.

Director: Sergio Bergonzelli | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Pier Angeli, Fernando Sancho, Alfredo Mayo

Votes: 771

30. A Quiet Place to Kill (I) (1970)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A troubled race-car driver plots to kill her ex-husband at the behest of his new wife, but their scheme quickly goes awry.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Jean Sorel, Luis Dávila, Alberto Dalbés

Votes: 1,390

31. Il tuo dolce corpo da uccidere (1970)

88 min | Thriller

A man fantasizes about killing his wife. When he receives an anonymous letter with information that his wife is cheating on him, he decides to come up with a plan making his fantasies come true.

Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: George Ardisson, Françoise Prévost, Orchidea De Santis, Eduardo Fajardo

Votes: 196

32. The Weekend Murders (1970)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A family goes to a British estate to hear the reading of a will and while there they are murdered one by one.

Director: Michele Lupo | Stars: Anna Moffo, Ida Galli, Gastone Moschin, Peter Baldwin

Votes: 588

33. Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)

Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A series of victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black wasp. The victims all seem to have a connection with a spa.

Director: Paolo Cavara | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet, Rossella Falk

Votes: 3,628

34. The Bloodstained Butterfly (1971)

Not Rated | 99 min | Mystery, Thriller

A popular television presenter is accused of killing a teenage girl in a park, who happens to be his daughter's best friend.

Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Helmut Berger, Giancarlo Sbragia, Ida Galli, Silvano Tranquilli

Votes: 2,066

35. The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)

R | 81 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An ambassador's wife discovers that one of the men in her life - either her husband, an ex-lover or her current lover - may be a vicious serial killer.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Conchita Airoldi, Manuel Gil

Votes: 5,449

36. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

GP | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

63 Metascore

Two journalists try to solve a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company's secret experiments, becoming targets of the killer themselves.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi

Votes: 13,025

37. Cross Current (1971)

90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A speed-boat racer suffers amnesia after an boating accident and goes to his isolated villa to recuperate. The relationship with his wife is troubled so he starts an affair (sort of) with ... See full summary »

Director: Tonino Ricci | Stars: Philippe Leroy, Elga Andersen, Ivan Rassimov, Rosanna Yanni

Votes: 140

38. Death Walks on High Heels (1971)

Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

After a French stripper is harassed by a man who wants a cache of diamonds stolen by her late father, she flees to England in the company of a doctor, but danger follows.

Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Frank Wolff, Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Carlo Gentili

Votes: 2,271

39. The Designated Victim (1971)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Seeking an escape from his unhappy marriage, a disillusioned advertising executive is lured by a sociopathic Count into a bizarre plot to kill each other's relatives.

Director: Maurizio Lucidi | Stars: Tomas Milian, Pierre Clémenti, Katia Christine, Luigi Casellato

Votes: 863

40. The Double (1971)

88 min | Mystery, Thriller

A man is shot in an underground car-park by a mysterious bearded man. As he dies he recollects the events that led him to this situation, including adulterous liaisons and jealous envy.

Director: Romolo Guerrieri | Stars: Ewa Aulin, Jean Sorel, Lucia Bosè, Silvano Tranquilli

Votes: 295

41. The Fifth Cord (1971)

Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A maverick, heavy-drinking journalist pursues a killer who is targeting acquaintances of his, prompting the police to brand him a suspect in their investigation.

Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira von Fürstenberg

Votes: 2,566

42. Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

PG | 104 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi

Votes: 9,879

43. The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A corpse is found in the trunk of a car that belongs to the Swiss ambassador to the UK. Speculations run wild, as more people around the ambassador keep falling victim to the vicious killer. A former detective is hired to investigate.

Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Anton Diffring, Arthur O'Sullivan

Votes: 1,028

44. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)

Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Thriller

The potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Silvia Monti

Votes: 5,788

45. Madness - Gli occhi della luna (1971)

78 min | Crime, Horror, Music

Three men flee at night from an asylum. One is taken back, another accidentally falls under a car and dies, but the third manages to lose track and takes refuge in a country house. The next... See full summary »

Director: Cesare Rau | Stars: Thomas Hunter, Benjamin Lev, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Merlene Mayer

Votes: 43

46. The Man with Icy Eyes (1971)

95 min | Drama, Thriller

A state senator is murdered outside his home, and the police arrest a strange man described as having "icy eyes" for the crime. An Italian reporter finds a stripper who claims to have been ... See full summary »

Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Barbara Bouchet, Faith Domergue, Corrado Gaipa

Votes: 219

47. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)

R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A rich, mentally-unstable man - with a penchant for playing deadly S&M games with women who resemble his dead wife - sparks off a chain of bizarre events after getting remarried.

Director: Emilio Miraglia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Enzo Tarascio, Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Votes: 2,923

48. Oasis of Fear (1971)

R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Two hippies find themselves on the run from the law and soon end up going undercover in a villa owned by a mysterious woman.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Irene Papas, Ray Lovelock, Ornella Muti, Michel Bardinet

Votes: 1,065

49. Asylum Erotica (1971)

89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.

Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee, Rosalba Neri, Jane Garret

Votes: 1,858

50. The Legacy of Caine (1971)

90 min | Crime, Thriller

The relatives of a young rebellious heir to a fortune, who spends most of his time on a yacht, try to have the kid interned as a madman, but are mysteriously killed one by one, in the family's villa.

Director: Lamberto Benvenuti | Stars: Stefania Careddu, Dean Reed, Gino Lavagetto, Umberto Raho

51. The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An insurance investigator tries to determine any irregularities in the policy of a heiress' dead husband, but soon finds himself suspected of her murder.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Janine Reynaud

Votes: 3,570

52. A Bay of Blood (1971)

R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati

Votes: 12,708

53. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery

An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.

Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach

Votes: 3,669

54. A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... (1972)

85 min | Horror, Thriller

Young Cristina runs away from home to satisfy her desire for independence and money, much to her father's disappointment. She becomes a call girl, but soon after meeting a pimp called Oskar, some of her new clients meet an untimely demise.

Director: Demofilo Fidani | Stars: Paola Senatore, Jerry Colman, Raffaele Curi, Simonetta Vitelli

Votes: 191

55. Amuck! (1972)

R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

The secretary of a writer and his wife investigates the disappearance of her lover - their previous secretary - and finds herself the target of the couple's erotic desires and a murder plot.

Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Farley Granger, Barbara Bouchet, Rosalba Neri, Umberto Raho

Votes: 1,334

56. The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Having recently escaped the clutches of a hippie sex cult, a beautiful model is pursued by a serial killer whose previous victims include former occupants of her new apartment.

Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Edwige Fenech, George Hilton, Paola Quattrini, Giampiero Albertini

Votes: 3,305

57. The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972)

R | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A blind pianist tries to figure out who is responsible for a string of murders using a black cat with its claws dipped in curare.

Director: Sergio Pastore | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Sylva Koscina, Giovanna Lenzi, Renato De Carmine

Votes: 1,044

58. The Dead Are Alive! (1972)

R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.

Director: Armando Crispino | Stars: Alex Cord, Samantha Eggar, John Marley, Nadja Tiller

Votes: 1,059 | Gross: $0.11M

59. La morte scende leggera (1972)

85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A man finds his wife brutally murdered. He has no alibi so is instructed by his lawyer to go into hiding in an abandoned hotel. Strange occurrences start happening immediately.

Director: Leopoldo Savona | Stars: Stelio Candelli, Patrizia Viotti, Veronika Korosec, Rossella Bergamonti

Votes: 167

60. Death Walks at Midnight (1972)

Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

During a drug-fuelled photoshoot, a model witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers, and is forced to become an amateur sleuth to unravel the mystery.

Director: Luciano Ercoli | Stars: Nieves Navarro, Simón Andreu, Peter Martell, Carlo Gentili

Votes: 2,004

61. Delirium (1972)

R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A respected psychologist who regularly works with the police becomes a suspect in a series of gruesome murders of young women.

Director: Renato Polselli | Stars: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Raul Lovecchio, Carmen Young

Votes: 1,227

62. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.

Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas

Votes: 10,693

63. Eye in the Labyrinth (1972)

95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A woman searches for her missing lover, a psychiatrist who has suddenly vanished for no apparent reason. She ends up at a villa populated by a group of eccentric individuals. A string of murders commences immediately.

Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Rosemary Dexter, Adolfo Celi, Horst Frank, Sybil Danning

Votes: 1,071

64. The French Sex Murders (1972)

Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A man is accused of killing his favorite prostitute in a French brothel. He's tried and sentenced to death. He tries to escape but dies during pursuit. Soon, people connected to the case are killed one by one.

Director: Ferdinando Merighi | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Rosalba Neri, Evelyne Kraft, Howard Vernon

Votes: 1,114

65. The Killer Is on the Phone (1972)

R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

When a beautiful actress returns from a short trip to London, a mysterious man begins to stalk her. As she slowly turns the corner, she sees him and faints. Hours later she awakens, unable to recognize her own husband and friends.

Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Telly Savalas, Anne Heywood, Osvaldo Ruggieri, Giorgio Piazza

Votes: 357

66. Knife of Ice (1972)

91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A mute woman finds herself at the center of a series of murders in the mountains of Spain, which police suspect are being committed by a drug-addled Satanist.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Carroll Baker, Alan Scott, Ida Galli, Eduardo Fajardo

Votes: 1,340

67. My Dear Killer (1972)

100 min | Mystery, Thriller

A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit, and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.

Director: Tonino Valerii | Stars: George Hilton, Salvo Randone, William Berger, Manuel Zarzo

Votes: 1,661

68. Naked Girl Murdered in the Park (1972)

Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

An investigator is assigned to investigate a man's family after he is found dead only hours after taking out a million dollar insurance policy.

Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Irina Demick, Pilar Velázquez, Howard Ross

Votes: 525

69. Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972)

Unrated | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by the so-called "Half-Moon Killer", and her husband try to find a connection between herself, six other women, and the killer.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk

Votes: 2,690

70. Smile Before Death (1972)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

After the death of her mother, which was ruled as suicide, a teenage girl comes back home to find her mother's husband, and a female photographer, occupying the house. But nothing is as it seems.

Director: Silvio Amadio | Stars: Jenny Tamburi, Silvano Tranquilli, Rosalba Neri, Hiram Keller

Votes: 757

71. The Slasher ...is the Sex Maniac! (1972)

X | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina, Silvano Tranquilli, Annabella Incontrera

Votes: 1,092

72. A White Dress for Marialé (1972)

92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A woman, who witnessed her father kill himself as a child, invites several friends to her husband's secluded castle. Unbeknownst to them, she has a sinister motive for the invitation.

Director: Romano Scavolini | Stars: Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov, Pilar Velázquez

Votes: 723

73. L'arma l'ora il Movente (1972)

Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A sexually-promiscuous priest is stabbed to death inside a church.

Director: Francesco Mazzei | Stars: Renzo Montagnani, Bedy Moratti, Eva Czemerys, Salvatore Puntillo

Votes: 544

74. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)

R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.

Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger

Votes: 5,923

75. Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are much out of their depth.

Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Dominique Boschero

Votes: 2,916

76. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov

Votes: 4,686

77. Death Carries a Cane (1973)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A photographer witnesses a murder through a telescope but can't identify the killer. She reports it to police, but other witnesses are found murdered. She may be the next target.

Director: Maurizio Pradeaux | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro, Jorge Martín, Anuska Borova

Votes: 790

78. The Flower with the Deadly Sting (1973)

90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A wealthy doctor Andrea Valenti (Gianni Garko) accidentally kills his mistress, then the doctor falls victim of blackmail.

Director: Gianfranco Piccioli | Stars: Gianni Garko, Carroll Baker, Ivano Staccioli, Pilar Velázquez

Votes: 307

79. Torso (1973)

R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A string of appalling lust murders shocks the University of Perugia as a sadistic serial killer strangles to death beautiful college girls with a red and black scarf.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda, John Richardson

Votes: 7,823 | Gross: $0.74M

80. Blackmail (1974)

77 min | Thriller

A spoiled rich girl hatches a plot with her hippie boyfriend and his friends to "kidnap" her so they can get a large ransom from her wealthy father. However, she didn't count on her ... See full summary »

Director: Luigi Batzella | Stars: Brigitte Skay, Benjamin Lev, Claudio Giorgi, Nuccia Cardinali

Votes: 99

81. Ciak si muore (1974)

84 min | Mystery, Thriller

A gloved killer murders women during the shooting of a movie.

Director: Mario Moroni | Stars: George Ardisson, Annabella Incontrera, Ivano Staccioli, Belinda Bron

Votes: 80

82. Death Will Have Your Eyes (1974)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Louisa is a young and attractive woman who wants to make a living for herself in Rome, but soon falls prey to some very shady characters that force her into prostitution.

Director: Giovanni d'Eramo | Stars: Marisa Mell, Farley Granger, Francisco Rabal, Riccardo Salvino

Votes: 134

83. Five Women for the Killer (1974)

100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A reporter comes home from an overseas assignment to find his baby in the hospital and his wife dead.

Director: Stelvio Massi | Stars: Francis Matthews, Pascale Rivault, Giorgio Albertazzi, Howard Ross

Votes: 487

84. The Girl in Room 2A (1974)

R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A sadistic killer cult kidnaps and sacrifices beautiful women. A young girl, just paroled from prison, moves into a strange house and appears to be the cult's next victim.

Directors: William Rose, Dick Randall | Stars: Daniela Giordano, Angelo Infanti, John Scanlon, Rosalba Neri

Votes: 905

85. The Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974)

Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Patrick Davenant invites a group of friends and his daughter to his family-owned theater. Within a short time, the guests realize that they are trapped. A masked killer begins to murder them one by one.

Director: Giuseppe Bennati | Stars: Rosanna Schiaffino, Chris Avram, Eva Czemerys, Lucretia Love

Votes: 1,028

86. Puzzle (1974)

92 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

An amnesiac man and his estranged wife restart their romance, only to find themselves hounded by unscrupulous figures from his past life.

Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Senta Berger, Luc Merenda, Umberto Orsini, Anita Strindberg

Votes: 1,196

87. Spasmo (1974)

R | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Christian (Robert Hoffman) and his girlfriend are taking a walk on a deserted beach when they discover a woman's body lying on the sand; a closer look proves that she's alive. The next day ... See full summary »

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Robert Hoffmann, Suzy Kendall, Ivan Rassimov, Adolfo Lastretti

Votes: 2,100

88. What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Horror

Police investigate apparent suicide of teen girl and uncover details of a teenage prostitution racket. They go on the hunt for a motorcycle riding killer.

Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Giovanna Ralli, Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf, Franco Fabrizi

Votes: 2,395

89. Autopsy (1975)

R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young pathology doctor interning in a morgue tries to cope with a wave of suicides. A woman she just met kills herself, but she suspects someone close to her might have killed her.

Director: Armando Crispino | Stars: Mimsy Farmer, Barry Primus, Ray Lovelock, Carlo Cataneo

Votes: 1,961

90. ...a tutte le auto della polizia... (1975)

95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Story about a young girl, the daughter a prominent doctor. When the girl goes missing her father gets the police to jump into action because of his class status and wealth.

Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Luciana Paluzzi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Enrico Maria Salerno

Votes: 320

91. The Police Are Blundering in the Dark (1975)

Not Rated | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

During an outbreak of violent murders in the area targeting young women, a journalist searching for a female friend gone missing ends up in a villa owned by an eccentric photographer.

Director: Helia Colombo | Stars: Joseph Arkim, Francisco Cortéz, Richard Fielding, Alberto Gasparri

Votes: 539

92. Deep Red (1975)

R | 127 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

89 Metascore

A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril

Votes: 42,636

93. Eyeball (1975)

R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A maniac killer in a red cape and hood is killing off American tourists on a tour bus by gouging out their eyeballs.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Martine Brochard, John Richardson, Ines Pellegrini, Andrés Mejuto

Votes: 1,957

95. L'assassino è costretto ad uccidere ancora (1975)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Giorgio is a greedy adulterer who makes a deal with a serial killer to dispose of his wealthy wife, Nora. Unfortunately, a thrill-seeking young couple steal the killer's car with Nora's ... See full summary »

Director: Luigi Cozzi | Stars: George Hilton, Antoine Saint-John, Femi Benussi, Cristina Galbó

Votes: 1,356

96. Reflections in Black (1975)

90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A number of women are brutally murdered. It quickly becomes apparent that all the victims are connected to a woman who had been having illicit affairs with them.

Director: Tano Cimarosa | Stars: John Richardson, Dagmar Lassander, Ninetto Davoli, Magda Konopka

Votes: 176

97. Istantanea per un delitto (1975)

90 min | Mystery, Thriller

Two women are linked by a morbid passion. Their idyll is shattered by a seemingly inexplicable murder which, after an attempt to blackmail, follows another.

Director: Ezio Alovisi | Stars: Erna Schurer, Monica Strebel, Luis La Torre, Lorenza Guerrieri

Votes: 70

98. Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)

Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When a model dies during an abortion, a series of murders begins, starting with her doctor. The killer wears a suit and a black motorcycle helmet. Will anyone discover the killer's identity before the entire agency dies?

Director: Andrea Bianchi | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Nino Castelnuovo, Femi Benussi, Solvi Stubing

Votes: 3,105

99. The Suspicious Death of a Minor (1975)

Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

While investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute, a detective uncovers a sex-trafficking ring with connections to powerful people.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Lia Tanzi, Gianfranco Barra

Votes: 1,762

100. Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In Canada, a rough Ottawa cop seeks the killer who poisoned his sister.

Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Stuart Whitman, John Saxon, Martin Landau, Tisa Farrow

Votes: 1,048



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