# List of horror films of 1973

A list of horror films released in 1973.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. |
| A Cold Night's Death | Jerrold Freedman | Robert Culp, Eli Wallach, Michael C. Gwynne | United States | Television film | |
| Alabama's Ghost | Fredric Hobbs | Christopher Brooks | United States | | |
| And Now the Screaming Starts! | Roy Ward Baker | Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee | United Kingdom | aka Fengriffen | |
| At the Meeting with Joyous Death | Juan Buñuel | Jean-Marc Bory, Françoise Fabian, Yasmine Dahm | France Italy | | |
| Baba Yaga | Corrado Farina | Carroll Baker, Isabelle De Funès, George Eastman | France Italy | | |
| The Baby | Ted Post | Marianna Hill, Tod Andrews, Anjanette Comer | United States | | |
| The Bell from Hell | Claudio Guerin Hill | Christine Betzner | Spain | aka La campana del infierno | |
| Blackenstein | William A. Levey | James Cougar, Joe di Sue, John Hart | United States | | |
| Blood Orgy of the She-Devils | Ted V. Mikels | Lila Zaborin, Victor Izay, Tom Pace | United States | | |
| The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | Nathan Juran | Paul R. Baxley, Jr., Dave Cass | United States | | |
| The Bride | Jean-Marie Pélissié | Robin Strasser, Arthur Roberts, John Beal | United States | Alternative title(s) The House That Cried MurderLast House on Massacre Street | |
| A Candle for the Devil | Eugenio Martín | Judy Geeson, Aurora Bautista | Spain | Alternative title(s) It Happened at Nightmare Inn | |
| Cannibal Girls | Ivan Reitman | Bonnie Neilson, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin | Canada | | |
| Case of the Full Moon Murders | Sean S. Cunningham | Sheila Stuart, Fred J. Lincoln | United States | | |
| The Crazies | George A. Romero | Edith Bell, Lane Carroll, Will Disney | United States | | |
| The Creeping Flesh | Freddie Francis | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing | United Kingdom |
| Dark Places | Don Sharp | Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Robert Hardy | United Kingdom | | |
| Death Smiles on a Murderer | Joe D'Amato | Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski | Italy | | |
| The Demons | Jesús Franco | Josiane Gibert, Britt Nichols, Howard Vernon, Cihangir Ghaffari | France Portugal | | |
| The Devil's Wedding Night | Luigi Batzella, Joe D'Amato | Mark Damon, Rosalba Neri, Esmeralda Barros | Italy | | |
| Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls | Eddie Saeta | John Considine, Sivi Aberg, Leon Askin | United States | | |
| Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | John Newland | Kim Darby, Jim Hutton | United States | Television film | |
| Don't Look in the Basement | S. F. Brownrigg | Bill McGhee, Jessie Lee Fulton, Robert Dracup | United States | Alternative title(s) The Forgotten | |
| Don't Look Now | Nicolas Roeg | Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie | United Kingdom Italy | | |
| Dying Room Only | Philip Leacock | Cloris Leachman, Ross Martin, Ned Beatty, Dabney Coleman | United States | Television film | |
| Encounter with the Unknown | Harry Thomason | | United States | | |
| El Retorno de Walpurgis | Carlos Aured | Jacinto Molina, Maritza Olivares | Spain Mexico | Alternative title(s) Curse of the DevilThe Black Harvest of Countess Dracula | |
| The Exorcist | William Friedkin | Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow | United States | | |
| Female Vampire | Jesús Franco | Lina Romay, Monica Swinn, Luis Barboo | Belgium France | aka The Bare-Breasted Countess | |
| Flesh for Frankenstein | Paul Morrissey | Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Monique Van Vooren | Italy France | | |
| Florinda | Armando A. Herrera | Susan Roces, Dante Rivero, Ramil Rodriguez, Rosemarie Gil | Philippines | | |
| Frankenstein | Glenn Jordan | Robert Foxworth, Susan Strasberg, Bo Svenson | United States | | |
| Frankenstein: The True Story | Jack Smight | Leonard Whiting, Jane Seymour | United Kingdom United States | Television film | |
| Ganja & Hess | Bill Gunn | Tara Fields, Enrico Fales | United States | | |
| Godmonster of Indian Flats | Fredric Hobbs | Peggy Browne, Robert Hirschfeld, Karen Ingenthron | United States | | |
| The Hanging Woman | José Luis Merino | Paul Naschy, Stelvio Riso | Italy Spain | aka La orgia de los muertos, Terror of the Living Dead | |
| Hannah, Queen of the Vampires | Julio Salvador | Andrew Prine, Mark Damon, Patty Shepard | Spain United States | Alternative title(s) La tumba de la isla malditaCrypt of the Living DeadYoung Hanna, Queen Of The VampiresVampire Woman | |
| The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow | Lee Jones | David Roster, Paul Lenzi, Harlo Cayse | United States | | |
| Hollywood 90028 | Christina Hornisher | Christopher Augustine, Jeannette Dilge | United States | Alternative title(s) The Hollywood Hillside StranglerTwisted Throats | |
| Horror Hospital | Anthony Balch | Robin Askwith, Ellen Pollock, Martin Grace | United Kingdom | | |
| The House That Vanished | José Ramón Larraz | Andrea Allan, Karl Lanchbury, Judy Matheson | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s) Scream...and Die!Please! Don't Go in the Bedroom | |
| The Iron Rose | Jean Rollin | Françoise Pascal, Hugues Quester, Mireille Dargent | France | | |
| The Legend of Blood Castle | Jorge Grau | Lucia Bosè, Ewa Aulin, Espartaco Santoni | Spain Italy | aka Ceremonia Sangrienta, Female Butcher | [32] [33] |
| The Legend of Hell House | John Hough | Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill | United Kingdom | | |
| Lemora | Richard Blackburn | Cheryl Smith | United States | Alternative title(s) The Legendary Curse of LemoraLemora, Lady Dracula | |
| Leptirica | Đorđe Kadijević | Petar Božović, Mirjana Nikolić, Vasja Stanković | Yugoslavia | | |
| The Loreley's Grasp | Armando de Ossorio | Tony Kendall, Helga Liné | Spain |
| Malatesta's Carnival of Blood | Christopher Speeth | Lenny Baker, Jerome Dempsey | United States | | |
| The Mansion of Madness | Juan López Moctezuma | Claudio Brook, Robert Dumont | Mexico | aka Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon | |
| Mark of the Devil Part II | Adrian Hoven | Erika Blanc, Anton Diffring | Germany | | |
| Messiah of Evil | Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz | Dyanne Asimow, Marianna Hill, Joy Bang | United States | | |
| A Name for Evil | Bernard Girard | Robert Culp, Samantha Eggar | United States | | |
| The Night Strangler | Dan Curtis | Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Richard Anderson | United States | Television film | |
| The Norliss Tapes | Dan Curtis | Roy Thinnes, Angie Dickinson | United States | Television film | |
| Nothing But the Night | Peter Sasdy | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors, Michael Gambon | United Kingdom | | |
| Psychomania | Don Sharp | Nicky Henson, Mary Larkin, Ann Michelle | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s) The Death Wheelers | |
| The Pyx | Harvey Hart | Karen Black, Christopher Plummer | Canada | Alternative title(s) The Hooker Cult Murders | |
| Reincarnation of Isabel | Renato Polselli | Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Christa Barrymore | Italy | aka Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel trecento | |
| Return of the Blind Dead | Amando De Ossorio | Frank Blake, José Canalejas | Spain Portugal | Alternative title(s) Return of the Evil Dead | |
| The Return of Walpurgis | Carlos Aured | Paul Naschy, Eduardo Calvo, Patty Shepard | Spain Mexico | Alternative title(s) Curse of the Devil | |
| The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Alan Gibson | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Joanna Lumley | United Kingdom | | |
| Satan's School for Girls | David Lowell Rich | Pamela Franklin, Gwynne Gilford, Jamie Smith Jackson | United States | | |
| Schlock | John Landis | Joseph Piantadosi, Eliza Roberts, Saul Kahan | United States | | |
| Scream Blacula Scream | Bob Kelljan | William Marshall, Pam Grier | United States | | |
| Scream Bloody Murder | Marc B. Ray | Fred Holbert | United States | | |
| Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye | Anthony M. Dawson (Antonio Margheriti) | Jane Birkin, Françoise Christophe, Venantino Venantini | Italy West Germany | | |
| So Sad About Gloria | Harry Thomason | Lori Saunders, Robert Ginnaven, Dean Jagger | United States | Alternative title(s) Visions of Evil | |
| Sssssss | Bernard Kowalski | Ray Ballard, Rick Beckner | United States | | |
| Tales That Witness Madness | Freddie Francis | Donald Pleasence, Joan Collins, Kim Novak, Jack Hawkins | United Kingdom | | |
| Terror in the Wax Museum | Georg Fenady | Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, Maurice Evans, John Carradine | United States | | |
| Theatre of Blood | Douglas Hickox | Vincent Price, Diana Rigg | United Kingdom | | |
| Torso | Sergio Martino | Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont | Italy | Alternative title(s) The Bodies Bear Traces of Carnal Violence | |
| Vampires Night Orgy | León Klimovsky | Jack Taylor, Dianik Zurakowska | Italy Spain | | |
| Vault of Horror | Roy Ward Baker | Terry-Thomas, Denholm Elliott, Tom Baker | United Kingdom | | |
| Vengeance of the Zombies | León Klimovsky | Mirta Miller, Jacinto Molina, Rommy | Spain | aka La rebelión de las muertas | |
| A Virgin Among the Living Dead | Jesús Franco | Howard Vernon, Paul Müller, Brit Nichols | France Italy Spain Liechtenstein | filmed in 1971 | |
| The Werewolf of Washington | Milton Moses Ginsberg | Nancy Andrews, Dean Stockwell, Despo Diamantidou | United States | | |
| The Wicker Man | Robin Hardy | Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento | United Kingdom | | |