Best Creature movies of 1970s

Actors : Michael Dunn, Rossano Brazzi, Gordon Mitchell, Edmund Purdom,
Directors : Dick Randall,

Brazzi plays mad Dr. Frankenstein, Dunn is an evil dwarf and Lugosi (no relation to Bela) is a Neanderthal man. Add a monster named Hulk, and some nude women for sexploitation value.

Actors : Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson,
Directors : Joy N. Houck Jr.,

Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps encounter a Bigfoot-type creature.

Actors : Peter Cushing, Roland Culver, Joan Greenwood, Ray Milland,
Directors : Denis Héroux,

Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.

Actors : Don Leifert, Mary Mertens, Tom Griffith, Richard Dyszel,
Directors : Don Dohler,

A spaceship containing specimens for an intergalactic zoo crashes on Earth near a small back woods town. The specimens escape, and soon town folk are turning up mutilated. Very low budget ...

Actors : Dennis Falt, Judy Motulsky, J.C. Claire, Alan Blanchard,
Directors : Stephen Traxler,

A nuclear leak creates a mutant Slithis sea monster, which terrorizes the variety of pets, winos, and hippies who hang around Venice, California.

Actors : Lawrence O'Neill, Al Ricketts, Tota Kondo, James Craig,
Directors : Norman Earl Thomson,

A mad scientist uses thunder and lightning to turn carnivorous plants into man-eating creatures.

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux, Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon,
Directors : Daniel Petrie,

When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.

Actors : Patty Shepard, Mark Damon, Andrew Prine, Teresa Gimpera,

Two archaeologists on a scientific dig come across a vampire burial ground and discover that the creatures are about to awaken and attack a nearby village.

Actors : Beatriz Savón, Howard Vernon, Alberto Dalbés, Dennis Price,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Dr. Frankenstein and his assistant Morpho are killed just as they bring their creation to life. The monster is taken by Cagliostro and he now controls the monster and plans to have it mate and create the perfect master race.

Actors : Helga Liné, Josefina Jartin, Silvia Tortosa, Tony Kendall,
Directors : Amando de Ossorio,

The legendary Loreley has been living for centuries in a grotto beneath the river Rhein in Germany. Every night when the moon is full, she turns into a reptile-like creature craving for ...

Actors : Victor French, Jean Durand, Mike Evans, Janee Michelle,
Directors : Ron Honthaner,

Murders occur at the southern estate of a voodoo priestess when four relatives gather to hear her will.

Actors : George Lauris, Steve Boergadine, Jim Bradford, Ken Kenzle,
Directors : Ed Ragozzino,

Scientists mount an expedition to find a Bigfoot-type creature.

Actors : Ronald Gold, Sam Chew Jr., Elisabeth Chauvet, Dan Priest,
Directors : John McCauley,

A herpetologist investigating a series of fatal rattlesnake attacks discovers that the creatures have been infected by a mysterious nerve gas disposed of in the desert by the military.

Actors : Lun Hua, Danny Lee, Lily Li, Ping Chen,
Directors : Meng Hua Ho,

A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.

Actors : David Sobiesk, Marcus Claudel, Dawn Wells, Dana Plato,
Directors : Tom Moore,

Two men travel deep into the woods to search for a Bigfoot-like creature called "Big Bay-Ty" which has recently been sighted near Boggy Creek. Three children secretly follow. Little do they know a hurricane is about to commence.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Shôtarô Hayashi, Nobiko Sawa, Tomoko Kiyoshima,
Directors : Junji Kurata,

A Japanese village is menaced by a plesiosaur from the depths of the sea. Meanwhile, deep in a cave of ice, a prehistoric egg begins to hatch. The plesiosaur and the mystery creature ...

Actors : Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Kedric Wolfe, Virgil Frye,
Directors : Charles B. Griffith,

A giant shark-like creature preys on a Hawaiian tourist community.

Actors : Mach Fumiake, Yoko Komatsu, Keiko Kudo, Yaeko Kojima,
Directors : Noriaki Yuasa,

Using several clips from previous Gamera entries, this film deals with alien forces sending all the monsters Gamera has faced in one final battle to rid the planet of its last hope.

Actors : John Ashley, Liza Belmonte, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie Garcia,
Directors : Eddie Romero,

A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.

Actors : Carlos Ancira, Blue Demon, Ivan J. Rado, Santo,
Directors : Gilberto Martínez Solares,

To foil his plan for world domination, wrestling superheroes El Santo and Blue Demon battle the mad Dr. Halder and his army of reanimated monsters.