Best Psychopath movies of 1970s

Actors : Tom Drake, Joe Turkel, Sean Kenney, Steve Oliver,
Directors : John Lawrence,

A serial killer murders a businessman's wife, then blackmails the man into procuring young girls for him to murder. The businessman hires a gang of renegade motor-cyclists to kidnap girls for him.

Actors : Chris Carbis, Curt Colbert, Peter Spelson, Robin Newton,
Directors : Jack M. Sell,

A man discovers that he has psychotronic powers--the ability to will people to die. He begins exercising that power.

Actors : Klaus Schwarzkopf, Elke Sommer, Ulla Jacobsson, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

What started as a simple blackmail quickly devolves into a downward spiral of psychological and physical violence.

Actors : Perla Cristal, Jean Seberg, Marisol, Barry Stokes,
Directors : Juan Antonio Bardem,

A serial killer uses a scythe to slash his murder victims--or maybe it's *her* murder victims?

Actors : Robert Lansing, Arlen Dean Snyder, David Scarroll, Judith Chapman,
Directors : John Grissmer,

A psychopathic plastic surgeon transforms a young accident victim into the spitting image of his missing daughter.

Actors : Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Pran, Dharmendra,
Directors : Pramod Chakravorty,

A wealthy businessman moonlights as a philanthropist, robbin' the hood as it were.

Actors : Renato Pozzetto, Max von Sydow, Shelley Winters, Alberto Lionello,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

Black Journal (originally titled Gran Bollito) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".

Actors : Pat Hingle, Rebecca Dianna Smith, John Beck, Dack Rambo,
Directors : Elliot Silverstein,

Sadistic low-budget thriller about newlyweds Dack Rambo and Rebecca Danna Smith who are pursued and terrorized by a pair of rural killer rapists. One of the psychos is John Beck from the '...

Actors : Dimitris Bislanis, Lakis Komninos, Vagelis Seilinos, Dorothy Moore,
Directors : Kostas Karagiannis,

Longing to escape his older wife and marry his young lover, peniless playboy Captain Jim pays a psychopathic killer to do the deed so that Jim can inherit her millions. Unwilling to trust ...

Actors : Diane Keller, Michael D. White, Jason Williams, Bill Osco,
Directors : Walter R. Cichy,

Two hippies on their way to a cocaine deal get stopped by the police at a roadblock, resulting in a shootout where they kill the cops. They then go on a crime spree of robbery and murder.

Actors : Cisse Cameron, Toni Crabtree, Ken Miller, Jerry Albert,
Directors : Robert W. Morgan,

A horror movie about two tourists in Florida who is attacked by a chilling group of backwoods psychopaths.

Actors : Stefano Patrizi, Benjamin Lev, Tomas Milian, Eleonora Giorgi,
Directors : Romolo Guerrieri,

In this riveting Italian exploitation thriller, three young men embark upon a terrifying series of bloody crimes, engaging in robbery, gunplay, and murder. As the entire police force ...

Actors : Gloria Hendry, Sherry Jackson, Michael Heit, Robert Viharo,
Directors : Don Edmonds,

A bounty hunter in Los Angeles sets out to track down and stop a masked serial killer who murders women by using kung-fu moves.

Actors : Nadyne Turney, Isabel Jewell, Cherie Latimer, Tab Hunter,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

Horror and suspense in the story of a psychotic maniac who literally "loves" women to death.

Actors : Stavros Kalaroglou, Nikos Bousdoukos, Zorz Sarri, Giorgos Moshidis,
Directors : Pantelis Voulgaris,

A concentration camp on a barren island is hell for the exiled prisoners. The everyday life of the people who live there consists of interrogations, psychological and physical violence, ...

Actors : Kathryn Walker, William Prince, Jon Cypher, John Marley,
Directors : Ernest Pintoff,

A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.

Actors : Lotte Hermann, Bodil Kjer, Jens Okking, Birgit Sadolin,
Directors : Anders Refn,

The righteous cop Karl Jørgensen has recently been released from psychological treatment and suffer from stress and a dedicated temper to solve crimes. The Ex-wife has a new man in her life...

Actors : John Considine, Stewart Moss, Cheryl Miller, Barry Coe,
Directors : Eddie Saeta,

An evil immortal magician on a killing spree targets one specific couple in an attempt to prolong his life through soul transference.

Actors : Jeremiah Beecher, Richard Kennedy, James Lemp, Kay Neer,

The twisted tale of Caleb, and his alter ego Lester. After being pushed around too far, Caleb transforms into Lester and returns to those who have wronged him.

Actors : Patricia Loran, Orchidea de Santis, Paul Naschy, Renzo Marignano,
Directors : José Luis Madrid,

In this version of the famous story of the London serial killer, Jack not only likes to kill prostitutes but he is a cannibal as well.