Best Psychopath movies of 1970s

Actors : John Karlen, Susan Sullivan, Martin Speer, James Luisi,
Directors : Jeremy Hoenack,

A detective tracks a serial killer through San Francisco.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Tanya Roberts, Ron Max, Brian Freilino,
Directors : Jim Sotos,

A serial rapist stalks and murders prostitutes.

Actors : Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas, Jean Gabin, Jacques Richard,
Directors : Denys de La Patellière,

Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.

Actors : Julien Guiomar, Jacques Perrin, Eva Simonet, Paul Barge,
Directors : Paul Vecchiali,

Unhappy women are being murdered by Emile (Jacques Perrin), a psychotic young man suffering from the delusion that his acts are mercy killings. The detective (Julien Guiomar) assigned to ...

Actors : Lotte Hermann, Bodil Kjer, Jens Okking, Birgit Sadolin,
Directors : Anders Refn,

The righteous cop Karl Jørgensen has recently been released from psychological treatment and suffer from stress and a dedicated temper to solve crimes. The Ex-wife has a new man in her life...

Actors : Ligia Diniz, Paulo Gracindo, Paulo Guarnieri, Cristina Aché,
Directors : Bruno Barreto,

Rio de Janeiro police investigator Galvão is pursuing two trails, one professional and one personal. While he tracts a serial killer of taxi-drivers, he also seeks his estranged daughter, ...

Actors : Dimitris Bislanis, Lakis Komninos, Vagelis Seilinos, Dorothy Moore,
Directors : Kostas Karagiannis,

Longing to escape his older wife and marry his young lover, peniless playboy Captain Jim pays a psychopathic killer to do the deed so that Jim can inherit her millions. Unwilling to trust ...

Actors : Ann Todd, Tony Beckley, Madeleine Hinde, Patrick Magee,
Directors : Robert Hartford-Davis,

Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness ...

Actors : Patricia Loran, Orchidea de Santis, Paul Naschy, Renzo Marignano,
Directors : José Luis Madrid,

In this version of the famous story of the London serial killer, Jack not only likes to kill prostitutes but he is a cannibal as well.

Actors : John Harmon, Robert Gribbin, Russell Johnson, Randy Echols,
Directors : Irvin Berwick,

Howard is a mild-mannered young man who drives a truck for a commercial laundry. He's also a mother-obsessed psycho who picks up young female hitchhikers, rapes them and kills them. As the ...

Actors : Diane Keller, Michael D. White, Jason Williams, Bill Osco,
Directors : Walter R. Cichy,

Two hippies on their way to a cocaine deal get stopped by the police at a roadblock, resulting in a shootout where they kill the cops. They then go on a crime spree of robbery and murder.

Actors : Joe Turkel, Tom Drake, Sean Kenney, Steve Oliver,
Directors : John Lawrence,

A serial killer murders a businessman's wife, then blackmails the man into procuring young girls for him to murder. The businessman hires a gang of renegade motor-cyclists to kidnap girls for him.

Actors : Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

Actors : Preston Pierce, Georgina Spelvin, Susie Ewing, Rosalind Miles,
Directors : Al Adamson,

A team of girls go on a killing spree across the country.

Actors : Stefano Patrizi, Benjamin Lev, Tomas Milian, Eleonora Giorgi,
Directors : Romolo Guerrieri,

In this riveting Italian exploitation thriller, three young men embark upon a terrifying series of bloody crimes, engaging in robbery, gunplay, and murder. As the entire police force ...

Actors : Perla Cristal, Jean Seberg, Marisol, Barry Stokes,
Directors : Juan Antonio Bardem,

A serial killer uses a scythe to slash his murder victims--or maybe it's *her* murder victims?

Actors : Klaus Schwarzkopf, Elke Sommer, Ulla Jacobsson, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

What started as a simple blackmail quickly devolves into a downward spiral of psychological and physical violence.

Actors : John Considine, Stewart Moss, Cheryl Miller, Barry Coe,
Directors : Eddie Saeta,

An evil immortal magician on a killing spree targets one specific couple in an attempt to prolong his life through soul transference.

Actors : Ann Wells, Ramon Gordon, Kelley Swartz, Bo Brundin,
Directors : Kent Bateman,

Poor artist gets eye gouged out while committing a robbery. When his eye heals, he goes on a killing spree and cuts out women's eyes with a spoon.

Actors : Daniel Schweitzer, Chris Mulkey, Polly King, Wayne Crawford,
Directors : Harry Kerwin,

When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of ...