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Best Horror TV Series of the 1970s

75 Horror series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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75 series

Salem's Lot

★ 6.8
32K 2 1979–1979
Monster horror · Small town

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

★ 8.4
7K 20 1974–1975
Episodic · Monster horror

Tales of the Unexpected

★ 7.6
3K 112 1979–1988
Comedy · Drama · Horror

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

★ 7.0
2K 2 1978–1978
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Circle of Fear

★ 7.6
653 23 1972–1973
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Sixth Sense

★ 7.1
641 25 1972–1972
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Blindpassasjer

★ 7.0
518 3 1978–1978
Horror · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Play for Today

★ 7.8
496 304 1970–1984
Comedy · Drama · Horror

La porta sul buio

★ 6.4
390 4 1973–1973
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Beasts

★ 7.2
346 6 1976–1976
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Monster Squad

★ 6.7
327 13 1976–1976
Adventure · Family · Horror

Armchair Thriller

★ 7.3
303 55 1978–1981
Crime · Drama · Horror

The Omega Factor

★ 7.2
290 10 1979–1979
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Orson Welles Great Mysteries

★ 7.7
287 26 1973–1974
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Supernatural

★ 6.9
245 8 1977–1977
Horror

A Ghost Story for Christmas

★ 7.7
222 8 1971–1978
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Il segno del comando

★ 8.1
220 5 1971–present
Horror · Mystery

Dead of Night

★ 7.3
215 7 1972–1972
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Curse of Dracula

★ 7.4
202 10 1979–1979
Horror · Romance · Thriller

Escape Into Night

★ 7.2
199 6 1972–1972
Family · Fantasy · Horror

The Wide World of Mystery

★ 6.9
162 265 1973–1976
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Evil Touch

★ 6.9
149 26 1973–1974
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Shadows of Fear

★ 7.2
142 11 1970–1973
Horror · Thriller

Shadows

★ 6.9
135 20 1975–1978
Family · Horror
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