71. Horror High
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Larry N. Stouffer
Actors: Pat Cardi, Austin Stoker, Rosie Holotik, John Niland, Joye Hash, Jeff Alexander
Plot: Forced to drink one of his one of his own laboratory concoctions by one of
his tormentors, Vernon Potts has been transformed into a modern day Jekyll
& Hyde. Vernon has been pushed around and abused by almost everyone around
him his entire life and he's definitely done taking crap. Now Vernon's
tormentors are about to learn a valuable lesson at school, don't mess with
a mad chemistry student.
72. The Odessa File
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ronald Neame
Actors: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Mary Tamm, Derek Jacobi, Peter Jeffrey
Plot: A journalist investigating the suicide of an elderly Jewish man uncovers a conspiracy involving former SS officers named ODESSA that leads back to his own family.
73. Seduction of Mimi, The ( Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Actors: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Turi Ferro, Agostina Belli, Luigi Diberti, Elena Fiore
74. Juggernaut
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Lester
Actors: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Ian Holm
75. Night Porter, The ( portiere di notte, Il )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Liliana Cavani
Actors: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Addobbati, Isa Miranda
Plot: Years after surviving a sadomasochistic relationship at a concentration
camp, a woman happens upon the former SS officer working as a night porter
in a Vienna hotel. As they begin their tortured relationship once again, a
group of former SS officers seeks to stop them before they are all
exposed.
76. Phantom of the Paradise
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Gerrit Graham, George Memmoli, Archie Hahn
Plot: Brian de Palma's wild "rock opera" (with songs by Paul Williams) combining elements of "The Phantom of the Opera" with "Faust" and satirical attacks on the glam rock era. Struggling songwriter Winslow Leach (William Finley) is plagiarized by producer-tycoon Swann (Williams), and survives an attempted murder in order to seek revenge as a phantom stalking Swann's rock palace -- the Paradise.
77. Deranged ( Confessions of a Necrophile )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeff Gillen, Alan Ormsby
Actors: Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson, Robert Warner, Marcia Diamond, Brian Smeagle
78. Foxy Brown
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jack Hill
Actors: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Sid Haig, Terry Carter, Bob Minor
79. The Little Prince
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Gene Wilder, Steven Warner, Joss Ackland, Bob Fosse, Clive Revill, Richard Kiley
80. Mother and the Whore, The ( maman et la putain, La )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Eustache
Actors: Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten, Jacques Renard, Jean-Noël Picq
