12 Most Underrated Horror Movies Of The 1970s

10. Tourist Trap (1979)

Just nipping in before the end of the decade is this supernatural slasher that follows a group of ill-fated young people who happen upon a roadside museum filled with killer mannequins.

Surprisingly overlooked, Tourist Trap elevates its by-the-numbers plot by being off the wall insane for the majority of its runtime, while also chilling you to the bone with its superb villains. The masked killer not only sports a deeply unsettling look, but his method of killing is not your typical slasher fare.

The forever-frozen, disturbing faces of the living dummies are guaranteed nightmare fuel, but there are so many things going on at once the film feels more like a crazed fever dream that somehow holds a dreaded atmosphere throughout. It carefully chooses elements from many other horror films of the time, to create a fantastic blend of sub-genres to become something unique.

Often compared to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre for it look and feel, the production design is fantastic and every scene feels purposefully framed to be as suffocating as possible, with any of the hundreds of mannequins ready to pounce at a given moment.

It's an under-rated, anxiety-riddled freakshow that shouldn't be missed.