Decades of Horror | Movie Reviews of 1970s Classic Horror Films

Doc Rotten and The Black Saint

Doc Rotten and The Black Saint recap and review The best and worst horror movies from the 1970s. Grindhouse. Blacksploitation. Hollywood Blockbusters. B Movies. Films like Exorcist | The Car | Phantasm | Halloween | The Incredible Melting Man | The Manitou | Jaws| Vampire Circus | Dawn of the Dead | The Omen

  • 1 hour 40 minutes
    AUDREY ROSE (1977) – Episode 255 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “Daddy! Daddy! Daddy, Daddy!” “Audrey Rose! Audrey Rose! Audrey Rose!! Good. Now, repeat… Ad infinitum. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in yet another 70s horror flick about a family with a teenage girl troubled by supernatural events. Maybe not so obviously, […]
    3 December 2025, 1:24 am
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    THE BLACK HOLE (1979) – Episode 254 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “A wolf remains a wolf, even if it has not eaten your sheep.” Hmm. What if it has not eaten a cow? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they take to space via Disney’s The Black Hole (1979). Decades of Horror 1970sEpisode 254 – […]
    19 November 2025, 12:19 am
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970) – Episode 253 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “What is real? Are you certain you know what reality is? How do you know that at this second you aren’t asleep in your beds dreaming that you are here in this theater? Ah, yes… it all seems too real.” Are you sure this guy is a wizard? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc […]
    5 November 2025, 1:24 am
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    DEAD OF NIGHT (1977) – Episode 252 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “The dead of night exists in all of us, and no one knows at what strange, unexpected moment it will make itself known. And so tonight, for your entertainment, three tales: one of mystery, one of imagination, and one of terror.” Yay! Break out the popcorn! Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill […]
    22 October 2025, 3:08 pm
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME! (1978) – Episode 251 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “I’ll find you. I don’t give up. Sweet dreams, Elizabeth.” Somehow, it doesn’t seem like Elizabeth’s sweet dreams are his goal. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they take in another classy TV movie from the 1970s, John Carpenter’s Someone’s Watching Me! (1978). Decades […]
    7 October 2025, 7:52 pm
  • 2 hours 21 minutes
    GRUE CREW FAVORITES BY YEAR (1970-1979) – Episode 250 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “Remember what I’ve always told you: The wages of sin is gonorrhea, syphilis, and death.” – Ma Cobb, Deranged. It’s hard to argue with that. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they have a bit of fun creating their own top 10s from this […]
    24 September 2025, 12:32 am
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    TIME AFTER TIME (1979) – Episode 249 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “The world has caught up with me and surpassed me. It’s drivel. 90 years ago, I was a freak. Today, I’m an amateur.” If you work at it, you can still regain your “freak” status. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – in 1979 San Francisco […]
    10 September 2025, 12:34 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    DARK AUGUST (1976) – Episode 248 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “Can I be the butter on your pumpernickel bread?” Oh, dear. What does that even mean? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr – as they check out Dark August (1976) while pondering on which side their pumpernickel is buttered. Decades of Horror 1970sEpisode 248 – Dark […]
    26 August 2025, 6:37 pm
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    CRASH! (1976) – Episode 247 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “This piece is actually an ideal marriage. Iron, the strongest metal then known to man, and the color red, the color of the planet Mars, the planet of vitality, passion, and sexual vigor.” So iron plus red equals sexual vigor. Got it! Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, Jeff […]
    12 August 2025, 9:41 pm
  • 1 hour 32 minutes
    SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD (1978) – Episode 246 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “That’s right! You don’t forget the taste of human flesh!” Umm… taking your word for that one. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, and Jeff Mohr– as they take a jungle safari with Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach in Sergio Martino’s Slave of the Cannibal God (1978). Decades of […]
    29 July 2025, 7:19 pm
  • 1 hour 34 minutes
    ZARDOZ (1974) – Episode 245 – Decades of Horror 1970s
    “The penis is evil!!” No argument here. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Jeff Mohr, and guest Gregory Crosby – as they try to decipher the complex social structure, not to mention the entire story, depicted in John Boorman’s Zardoz (1974). And what the heck is Sean Connery wearing? Decades of […]
    15 July 2025, 7:16 pm
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