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1970s Horror

Rank Title Author Added

1

by Stephen King

24,316 members

472 reviews

4.1

3 Members: sturlington, Chris.Wolak, ManWithAnAgenda

2

by Stephen King

17,099 members

306 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, Chris.Wolak, ManWithAnAgenda

3

by Stephen King

15,372 members

305 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: sturlington, andomck, Chris.Wolak

4

The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)

by Stephen King

4,981 members

72 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: sturlington, Chris.Wolak, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: sturlington: original edition

5

by Richard Matheson

2,512 members

107 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: sturlington, andomck, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Thomas Tryon

1,199 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Interview with the Vampire

23,595 members

339 reviews

3.8

3 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, Chris.Wolak,ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Stephen King

10,399 members

129 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Peter Benchley

4,236 members

151 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington

10

by Peter Straub

4,032 members

115 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, sturlington

11

The Stepford Wives

3,205 members

98 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

12

by Thomas Tryon

1,429 members

33 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The House Next Door

by Anne Rivers Siddons

1,220 members

48 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, andomck

14

Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

by Grady Hendrix

981 members

52 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, andomck

15

Elizabeth: A Novel of the Unnatural

by Ken Greenhall

143 members

5 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, tetrachromat

16

by Stephen King

9,512 members

119 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

17

by William Peter Blatty

5,810 members

156 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

18

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,793 members

153 reviews

4

Member: sturlington
Explanations: sturlington: fairy tales

19

Burnt Offerings

by Robert Marasco

607 members

28 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

20

478 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington
Explanations: sturlington: Unavailable

21

by Ken Greenhall

152 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: sturlington

22

Sweetheart, Sweetheart

by Bernard Taylor

145 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

23

The Spirit (Paperbacks from Hell)

97 members

6 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: sturlington

24

The Amityville Horror: A True Story

2,797 members

87 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: dara85, Chris.Wolak,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda

25

by James Herbert

1,043 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: KimarieBee,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : Too scary for me.

26

by Marlys Millhiser

531 members

24 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

27

317 members

16 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: KimarieBee,sturlington
Explanations: sturlington : Hoo boy, I tried with this one but it was too schlocky even for me.

28

51 members

½ 4.3

Member: KimarieBee,sturlington

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July 2013
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