# List of horror films of 1971

A list of horror films released in 1971.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. |
| The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Robert Fuest | Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North | United Kingdom | | |
| A Bay of Blood | Mario Bava | Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso | Italy | Alternative title(s) Twitch of the Death NerveCarnageBlood Bath | |
| Beast of the Yellow Night | Eddie Romero | John Ashley | Philippines United States | | |
| The Black Belly of the Tarantula | Paolo Cavara | Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Barbara Bouchet | Italy | | |
| Black Noon | Bernard L. Kowalski | Roy Thinnes, Yvette Mimieux, Ray Milland | United States | | |
| Blood and Lace | Philip S. Gilbert | Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Len Lesser | United States | | |
| Blood from the Mummy's Tomb | Seth Holt | Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers | United Kingdom | | |
| Blood of Ghastly Horror | Al Adamson | Regina Carrol, John Carradine, Anne Warde | United States | Re-edited version of Psycho A-Go-Go (1965) | |
| The Blood on Satan's Claw | Piers Haggard | Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews | United Kingdom | | |
| Blood Thirst | Newt Arnold | Robert Winston, Vic Diaz, Max Roio | Philippines United States | | |
| Brain of Blood | Al Adamson | Grant Williams, Kent Taylor | United States | | |
| The Brotherhood of Satan | Bernard McEveety | Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, Charles Bateman | United States | | |
| The Cat o' Nine Tales | Dario Argento | James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Horst Frank | Italy France | | |
| Cauldron of Blood | Edward Mann | Boris Karloff, Viveca Lindfors | Spain | Filmed in 1967 | |
| The Corpse Grinders | Ted V. Mikels | Sean Kenney, Monika Kelly, Vincent Barbi | United States | | |
| Countess Dracula | Peter Sasdy | Ingrid Pitt, Nigel Green, Sandor Elès | United Kingdom | | |
| Creatures the World Forgot | Don Chaffey | Julie Ege, Tony Bonner | United Kingdom | | |
| Crucible of Horror | Viktors Ritelis | Michael Gough | United Kingdom | Filmed in 1969 Alternative title(s) The CorpseThe Velvet House | |
| Crucible of Terror | Ted Hooker | Mike Raven, Mary Maude, James Bolam | United Kingdom | | |
| The Curse of the Vampyr | José Maria Elorietta | Beatriz Lacy, Nicholas Ney, Ines Skorpio | Spain | Alternative title(s) La Llamada del Vampiro | [20] [21] |
| Daughters of Darkness | Harry Kümel | John Karlen, Delphine Seyrig, Danielle Ouimet | Belgium France West Germany | | |
| The Devil's Nightmare | Jean Brismée | Erika Blanc, Jean Servais, Jacques Monseau | Belgium Italy | | |
| The Devils | Ken Russell | Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave | United Kingdom United States | | |
| Die Screaming, Marianne | Pete Walker | Susan George, Barry Evans, Leo Genn | United Kingdom | | |
| Don't Deliver Us from Evil | Joël Séria | Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener, Bernard Dhéran | France | | |
| Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde | Roy Ward Baker | Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim | United Kingdom | | |
| Dracula vs. Frankenstein | Al Adamson | J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Eisley | Spain United States | | |
| Exorcism's Daughter | Rafael Moreno Alba | Analía Gadé, Francisco Rabal, Espartaco Santoni | Spain | Alternative title(s) Las melancólicasWomen of Doom | |
| Feast of Satan | José María Elorrieta | Krista Nell, Espartaco Santoni, Teresa Gimpera | Spain Italy | Alternative title(s) Las Amantes del Diablo | |
| Fright | Peter Collinson | Ian Bannen, Susan George, Honor Blackman | United Kingdom | | |
| Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay | Bruno Gantillon | Dominique Delpierre, Mireille Saunin | France | | |
| Hands of the Ripper | Peter Sasdy | Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow | United Kingdom | | |
| The Headless Eyes | Kent Bateman | Bo Brundin | United States | | |
| The House That Dripped Blood | Peter Duffell | John Bennett, John Bryans, John Malcolm | United Kingdom | | |
| I Eat Your Skin | Del Tenney | William Joyce, Heather Hewitt, Betty Hyatt Linton | United States | | |
| I, Monster | Stephen Weeks | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven | United Kingdom | | |
| Iguana With the Tongue of Fire | Riccardo Freda | Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander | Italy | | |
| Incense for the Damned | Robert Hartford-Davis | Patrick Macnee, Peter Cushing, Edward Woodward | United Kingdom | | |
| The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant | Anthony M. Lanza | Casey Kasem, Pat Priest, Darlene Duralia | United States | | |
| Isle of the Snake People | Juan Ibañez, Jack Hill | Boris Karloff, Yolanda Montes, Julia Marichal | Mexico | filmed in 1968 | |
| Lake of Dracula | Michio Yamamoto | Mori Kishida, Midori Fujita, Osahide Takahashi | Japan | | |
| Let's Scare Jessica to Death | John D. Hancock | Zohra Lampert, Mariclare Costello | United States | | |
| Lust for a Vampire | Jimmy Sangster | Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh | United Kingdom | | |
| Mephisto Waltz | Paul Wendkos | Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins | United States | | |
| Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love | Ed Wood | Rene Bond, Maria Arnold | United States | | |
| Necrophagus | Miguel Madrid | Bill Curran, Beatriz Lacy, Víctor Israel | Spain | Alternative title(s) Graveyard of HorrorThe Butcher of Binbrook | |
| The Night of the Damned | Filippo Ratti | Pierre Brice, Patrizia Viotti, Angelo de Leo | Italy | | |
| Night of Dark Shadows | Dan Curtis | David Selby, Grayson Hall, Kate Jackson | United States | | |
| The Night Digger | Alastair Reid | Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown | United Kingdom | | |
| The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave | Emilio Miraglia | Anthony Steffen, Marina Malfatti, Erika Blanc | Italy | | |
| The Night God Screamed | Lee Madden | Jeanne Crain, Alex Nicol | United States | | |
| The Nightcomers | Michael Winner | Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird | United States | | |
| Octaman | Harry Essex | Pier Angeli, Wally Rose, Kerwin Mathews | United States Mexico | | |
| Paper Man | Walter Grauman | Dean Stockwell, Stefanie Powers, James Stacy | United States | Television film | |
| Play Misty for Me | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch | United States | | |
| Queens of Evil | Tonino Cervi | Haydée Politoff, Ray Lovelock, Ida Galli | Italy France | | |
| Requiem for a Vampire | Jean Rollin | Marie-Pierre Castel, Mireille Dargent, Philippe Gasté | France | Alternative title(s) Caged Virgins | |
| The Return of Count Yorga | Bob Kelljan | Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry | United States | | |
| The Sadist with Red Teeth | Jean-Louis van Belle | Albert Simono | France | | |
| See No Evil | Richard Fleischer | Mia Farrow, Dorothy Allison | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s) Blind Terror | |
| Seven Murders for Scotland Yard | José Luis Madrid | Paul Naschy, Patricia Loran, Renzo Marignano | Spain Italy | Alternative title(s) Jack the Ripper of London | |
| She Killed in Ecstasy | Jesús Franco | Soledad Miranda, Fred Williams, Howard Vernon | West Germany Spain | | |
| The Shiver of the Vampires | Jean Rollin | Sandra Julien, Jean-Marie Durand, Marie-Pierre Castel | France | | |
| Short Night of Glass Dolls | Aldo Lado | Ingrid Thulin, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach | Italy | | |
| Simon, King of the Witches | Bruce Kessler | Andrew Prine, Brenda Scott | United States | | |
| Slaughter Hotel | Fernando Di Leo | Klaus Kinski | Italy | Alternative title(s) The Beast Kills in Cold Blood | |
| Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things | Thomas Casey | Abe Zwick, Wayne Crawford | United States | | |
| They Have Changed Their Face | Corrado Farina | Adolfo Celi, Geraldine Hooper, Giuliano Disperati | Italy | | |
| Tombs of the Blind Dead | Amando de Ossorio | Lone Fleming, César Burner, María Elena Arpón | Spain Portugal | | |
| The Touch of Satan | Bruce Kessler | Michael Berry, Emby Mellay | United States | | |
| Twins of Evil | John Hough | Peter Cushing, Harvey Hall, Luan Peters | United Kingdom | | |
| The Vampire Happening | Freddie Francis | Pia Degermark, Thomas Hunter, Yvor Murillo | West Germany | | |
| Vampyros Lesbos | Jesús Franco | Ewa Strömberg, Soledad Miranda, Andrés Monales | West Germany Spain | | |
| The Velvet Vampire | Stephanie Rothman | Celeste Yarnall, Michael Blodgett, Sherry Miles | United States | | |
| Venom | Peter Sykes | Simon Brent, Neda Arnerić, Derek Newar | United States | | |
| Virgin Witch | Ray Austin | Ann Michelle, Vicki Michelle | United Kingdom | | |
| Web of the Spider | Antonio Margheriti | Anthony Franciosa, Michèle Mercier, Klaus Kinski | Italy West Germany France | | |
| Werewolves on Wheels | Michel Levesque | Stephen Oliver, D. J. Anderson, Gene Shane | United States | | |
| What the Peeper Saw | James Kelley | Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s) Night Hair Child | |
| What's the Matter with Helen? | Curtis Harrington | Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver | United States | | |
| Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? | Curtis Harrington | Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Ralph Richardson | United Kingdom United States | | |
| Willard | Daniel Mann | Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Elsa Lanchester | United States | | |
| Zaat | Don Barton, Arnold Stevens | Marshall Grauer, Sanna Ringhaver, Wade Popwell | United States | Alternative title(s) Blood Waters of Dr. Z | |