# List of horror films of 1972

A list of horror films released in 1972.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. |
| The Adult Version of Jekyll and Hide | Lee Raymond | Rene Bond, Laurie Rose, Jane Tsentas | United States | aka The Adult Version of Jekyll and Hyde | |
| All the Colors of the Dark | Sergio Martino | George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov | Italy Spain | aka They're Coming to Get You!; Day of the Maniac | |
| The Asphyx | Peter Newbrook | Robert Stephens, Fiona Walker, Jane Lapotaire | United Kingdom | aka Spirit of the Dead | |
| Asylum | Roy Ward Baker | Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom | United Kingdom | | |
| Asylum of Satan | William Girdler | Charles Kissinger, Nick Jolley, Carla Borelli | United States | | |
| Baron Blood | Mario Bava | Elke Sommer, Umberto Raho, Massimo Girotti | Italy West Germany | aka Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga | |
| Ben | Phil Karlson | Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell | United States | | |
| Beware! The Blob | Larry Hagman | Robert Walker, Gwynne Gilford, Richard Stahl | United States | aka Son of the Blob | |
| Blacula | William Crain | William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas | United States | | |
| Blood Freak | Steve Hawkes, Brad F. Grinter | Anne Shearin, Randy Grinter, Linda Past | United States | | |
| Blood Orgy of the She-Devils | Ted V. Mikels | Lila Zaborin, Tom Pace, Leslie McRae | United States | | |
| The Blood Spattered Bride | Vicente Aranda | Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, Alexandra Bastedo | Spain | | |
| Burke and Hare | Vernon Sewell | Harry Andrews, Stewart Bevan, Brian Croucher | United Kingdom | | [14][15] [16] |
| The Cannibal Man | Eloy de la Iglesia | Vicente Parra, Eusebio Poncela, Emma Cohen | Spain | | |
| Carnival of Blood | Leonard Kirtman | Burt Young, Martin Barolsky | United States | filmed in 1970 | |
| Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things | Bob Clark | Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Jeff Gillen | United States | | |
| The Cult | Kentucky Jones | MaKee Blaisdell, Debbie Osborne | United States | re-released in 1976 as The Manson Massacre | |
| Curse of the Headless Horseman | Leonard Kirtman | Marland Proctor, Claudia Reame | United States | | |
| Curse of the Moon Child | Un­known | Adam West, Sherry Jackson, Jeremy Slate | United States | | |
| The Daughter of Dracula | Jesús Franco | Britt Nichols, Anne Libert, Alberto Dalbés | France Portugal | | |
| Daughters of Satan | Hollingsworth Morse | Tom Selleck, Barra Grant, Tani Guthrie | Philippines United States | | |
| The Dead Are Alive | Armando Crispino | Christiane Von Blank, Ivan Pavicevac, Vladan Milasinovic | Italy | | |
| Dear Dead Delilah | John Farris | Agnes Moorehead, Will Geer, Michael Ansara | United States | | |
| Death Line | Gary Sherman | Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s) Raw Meat | |
| Deathmaster | Ray Danton | Robert Quarry, Bill Ewing, Brenda Dickson | United States | | |
| Demons of the Mind | Peter Sykes | Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills | United Kingdom | | |
| Don't Torture a Duckling | Lucio Fulci | Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian | Italy | | |
| Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo | León Klimovsky | Paul Naschy | Spain | | |
| Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Robert Fuest | Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Jeffrey | United Kingdom United States | | |
| Dracula AD 1972 | Alan Gibson | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham | United Kingdom | | |
| Dracula Against Frankenstein | Jesús Franco | Howard Vernon, Dennis Price, Fernando Bilbao | Spain France | | |
| Endless Night | Sidney Gilliat | Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland | United Kingdom | | |
| The Erotic Experiences of Frankenstein | Jesús Franco | Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Anne Libert | France | | |
| El monte de las brujas | Raúl Artigot | Patty Shepard, Cihangir Ghaffari, Mónica Randall | Spain | | |
| Fear in the Night | Jimmy Sangster | Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing | United Kingdom | | |
| The Fiend | Robert Hartford-Davis | Patrick Magee, Madeleine Hinde, Percy Herbert | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s) Beware My Brethren | |
| The Flesh and Blood Show | Pete Walker | Jenny Hanley, Ray Brooks, Luan Peters | United Kingdom | | |
| Frogs | George McCowan | Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark | United States | | |
| The Fury of the Wolfman | José María Zabalza | Paul Naschy | Spain | | |
| Garden of the Dead | John Hayes | Philip Kenneally, Susan Charney, Lee Frost | United States | | |
| The Gore Gore Girls | Herschell Gordon Lewis | Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin | United States | | |
| Grave of the Vampire | John Hayes | Kitty Vallacher, William Smith | United States | Alternative title(s) Seed of Terror | |
| Haunts of the Very Rich | Paul Wendkos | Lloyd Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Edward Asner, Anne Francis, Tony Bill, Donna Mills, Robert Reed, Moses Gunn | United States | Television film | |
| Home for the Holidays | John Llewellyn Moxey | Sally Field, Jessica Walter, Julie Harris | United States | Television film | |
| Horror Express | Eugenio Martín | Telly Savalas, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing | Spain United Kingdom | | |
| Horror Rises from the Tomb | Carlos Aured | Paul Naschy | Spain United States | | |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Barry Crane | Stewart Granger, Bernard Fox, William Shatner | United States | Television film | |
| Hunchback of the Morgue | Javier Aguirre | Albeto Dalbes, Antonio Pica, María Elena Arpón | Spain | | |
| I Dismember Mama | Paul Leder | Zooey Hall, Geri Reischl | United States | | |
| Images | Robert Altman | Susannah York, René Auberjonois | United States United Kingdom | | |
| Invasion of the Blood Farmers | Ed Adlum | Tanna Hunter, Jack Neubeck, Allan Charlet | United States | | |
| The Last House on the Left | Wes Craven | Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess | United States | | |
| The Legend of Boggy Creek | Charles B. Pierce | William Stumpp, Chuck Pierce, Jr., Vern Stierman | United States | | |
| Love Me Deadly | Jacques Lacerte | Mary Charlotte Wilcox, Lyle Waggoner | United States | | |
| The Man from the Deep River | Umberto Lenzi | Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov | Italy | | |
| Moon of the Wolf | Daniel Petrie | David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Bradford Dillman | United States | | |
| Necromancy | Bert I. Gordon | Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell | United States | re-released in 1983 as The Witching | |
| Night of Terror | Jeannot Szwarc | Martin Balsam, Catherine Burns, Chuck Connors, Donna Mills, Agnes Moorehead | United States | Television film | |
| Night of the Cobra Woman | Andrew Meyer | Joy Bang, Logan Clarke, Carmen Argenziano | Philippines United States | | |
| Night of the Devils | Giorgio Ferroni | Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Maria Monti | Italy | | |
| Night of the Lepus | William F. Claxton | Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun | United States | | |
| The Night Stalker (1972 film) | John Llewellyn Moxey | Darren McGavin, Barry Atwater, Carol Lynley | United States | Television film | |
| La noche de los mil gatos (Night of 1000 Cats) | René Cardona Jr. | Hugo Stiglitz, Anjanette Comer | Mexico | aka Blood Feast (1972 film) | |
| The Other | Robert Mulligan | Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur | United States | | |
| The Possession of Joel Delaney | Waris Hussein | Shirley MacLaine, Michael Hordern, Perry King | United States | | |
| Queen Doll (Muneca reina) | Sergio Olhovich | Ofelia Medina, Enrique Rocha, Helena Rojo | Mexico | | |
| The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! | Andy Milligan | Noel Collins, Bernard Kaler, Joan Ogden | United States | | |
| The Red Queen Kills Seven Times | Emilio P. Miraglia | Barbara Bouchet, Sybil Danning | Italy West Germany | | |
| A Reflection of Fear | William A. Fraker | Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure | United States | | |
| She Waits | Delbert Mann | Patty Duke, David McCallum, Dorothy McGuire | United States | Television film | |
| Silent Night, Bloody Night | Theodore Gershuny | Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov | United States | Alternative title(s) Death HouseNight of the Dark Full Moon | |
| Sisters | Brian De Palma | Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning | United States | | |
| Something Evil | Steven Spielberg | Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin, Ralph Bellamy | United States | Television film | |
| The Screaming Woman | Jack Smight | Olivia de Havilland, Ed Nelson, Laraine Stephens, Joseph Cotten | United States | Television film | |
| Stanley | William Grefé | Chris Robinson, Alex Rocco | United States | | |
| Superbeast | George Schenck | John Garwood, Antoinette Bower, Craig Littler | United States | | |
| Tales from the Crypt | Freddie Francis | Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson | United Kingdom | | |
| Terror at Red Wolf Inn | Bud Townsend | Linda Gillen, John Neilson, Arthur Space | United States | Alternative title(s) Terror HouseFolks at Red Wolf Inn | |
| Three on a Meathook | William Girdler | Madelyn Buzzard, Charles Kissinger, James Pickett | United States | | |
| Tombs of the Blind Dead | Amando de Ossorio | Lone Fleming, César Burner | Spain Portugal | | |
| Tower of Evil | Jim O'Connolly | Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s) Horror of Snape IslandBeyond the FogHorror on Snape Island | |
| Tragic Ceremony | Riccardo Freda | Camille Keaton, Máximo Valverde, Tony Isbert | Italy Spain | | |
| Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche | Tulsi Ramsay | Surendra Kumar, Helen Jairag, Satyendra Kapoor | India | | |
| Vampire Circus | Robert Young | Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins | United Kingdom | | |
| The Victim | Herschel Daugherty | Elizabeth Montgomery, Eileen Heckart, Sue Ane Langdon, George Maharis | United States | Television film | |
| What Have You Done to Solange? | Massimo Dallamano | Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Joachim Fuchsberger | Italy | | |
| When Michael Calls | Philip Leacock | Ben Gazzara, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Douglas | United States | Television film | |
| You'll Like My Mother | Lamont Johnson | Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Sian Barbara Allen | United States | | |