20 Movies That Prove That The 1970s Was The Best Decade For Film

13. Suspiria

'The only thing more terrifying than the last 12 minutes of this film are the first 92' Dario Argento's technicolor nightmare is as beautiful as it is scary. Argento is perhaps the most famous and respected of the Italian horror directors that came to prominence in the 1970s and '80s and many often cite Suspiria as his masterpiece. You can see why. It is absolutely gorgeous, filled with lush reds, blues and greens. The murder set-pieces are unlike anything seen in horror cinema in the 1970s, owing a great deal to old masters like Orson Welles and Hitchcock, but with a hyperviolent twist. The film's typically 1970's score by Italian prog-rockers Goblin adds to the surreal nature of the film. While it didn't make a lot of waves in America or the UK in the 1970s, the film has found an audience on VHS and DVD and has since become a cult classic. A rumoured remake has, thankfully, been cancelled.