Nightmare USA: Independent Exploitation Films From 1970 to 1985
This is most of the films in the "An Exploitation Independent Checklist" from Stephen Thrower's amazing book NIGHTMARE USA. These are all independent horror films.
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- DirectorCharles BandStarsRobert GintyLucinda DoolingJohn SanderfordA man seeks revenge on an evil magician who placed a curse on him.
- DirectorDon DohlerStarsDon LeifertTom GriffithRichard DyszelA science ship with three dangerous specimens collected from around the universe crash lands on Earth. A mysterious stranger named "Ben Zachary" shows up claiming to be able to save the day. Can he do what he claims?
- DirectorSharron MillerStarsJohn EricsonIvor FrancisJudith Novgrod"The House of the Dead" is a 1978 horror anthology movie with "The Mortician" introducing each scary tale.
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsRobert ForsterRobin RikerMichael V. GazzoA pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.
- DirectorBill RebaneStarsRalph MeekerStafford MorganJohn F. GoffA microorganism from Mars, brought to Earth by a space probe, terrorizes passengers in a railroad office.
- DirectorGeorg FenadyStarsStella StevensRoddy McDowallElsa LanchesterUpon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsCharles KissingerCarla BorelliNick JolleyA young woman is brought to an asylum to receive special treatment from a mysterious doctor. Dr. Spector does more than just run the hospital -- he offers his patients as sacrifices to Satan.
- DirectorGeorge EdwardsGary GraverStarsCarrie SnodgressRay MillandRuth CoxA librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at the altar. She fantasizes about causing deaths of the men who most wronged her and finds joy only with her pet monkey. Her monkey disappears and a shocking past is revealed.
- DirectorFrederick R. FriedelStarsLeslie LeeJack CanonRay GreenThree criminals on a murder spree arrives at a farmhouse, where a girl is living with her paralyzed grandfather.
- DirectorTed PostStarsAnjanette ComerRuth RomanMarianna HillA social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsAndrew PrineManuela ThiessSherry AlberoniThree showgirls on their way to Las Vegas have stuck all night when their car breaks down. The next morning ,a man offers them help, but, he's really a maniac.
- DirectorHarry KerwinWayne CrawfordStarsWayne CrawfordJason EversRoberta LeightonLittle coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.
- DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsKevin VanHentenryckTerri Susan SmithBeverly BonnerA young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
- DirectorJackie KongStarsMartin LandauMarianne GordonBill OscoA mutated creature is wreaking havoc in a small town in Idaho. A police chief and a government scientist team up to save their rural town from its menace.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsLee MontgomeryJoseph CampanellaArthur O'ConnellA lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.
- DirectorHerb FreedStarsJohn SaxonLynda Day GeorgeMichael DanteAn architect and his wife move into a colonial mansion, where the demonic presence of the original owner's wife takes residence.
- DirectorElly KennerNorman Thaddeus VaneStarsStephen KnightCassandra GavaJimmy StathisA serially unfaithful businessman rents a spare room from two siblings to use for his sexual conquests, unaware that they're serial killers who murder every woman he brings there.
- DirectorWilliam A. LeveyStarsJohn HartIvory StoneJoe De SueEddie is a Vietnam war veteran who loses both his arms and his legs when he steps on a land mine. A brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs, but his assistant switches the DNA injections, transforming him into a huge hulking monster.
- DirectorJoel M. ReedStarsHarve PresnellJack SomackCurt DawsonThe cast of a horror film go out for dinner with their director one night and they all exchange horror stories.
- DirectorRobert J. AvrechStarsEllen BarberPhilip EnglishSam GrayA beautiful and charming betrothed is promised to a beautiful woman. But he is a completely insane killer and she will be his next victim. Everything that follows the wedding will be a carnival of wickedness, sadism and brutality.
- DirectorChristopher LewisStarsJuli AndelmanCharles EllisJames VanceFemale students on a college campus are being killed and their body parts used for blood sacrifices.
- DirectorBrad F. GrinterSteve HawkesStarsSteve HawkesDana CullivanRandy GrinterA biker gets a job at a turkey farm and agrees to act as guinea pig for some chemicals that need tested, failing to anticipate the murderous side effects.
- DirectorRobert Vincent O'NeilStarsPeter CarpenterMaria De AragonVicki PetersA sex-crazed nympho helps speed along her father's death so she can use the inheritance to help out her depraved boyfriend.
- DirectorAl AdamsonStarsJohn CarradineKent TaylorTommy KirkA mad scientist implants an electronic device into the brain of an injured soldier, which turns him into a psychotic killer.
- DirectorTed V. MikelsStarsLila ZaborinVictor IzayTom PaceLorraine and Mark enter the world of witchcraft where Mara foretells the future and helps them remember their past lives. When a series of mysterious murders begin to occur, they turn to Dr. Helsford for advice.