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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

I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe

★ 5.9
23 4 1979–present
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Horror Theater Unbalance

★ 7.0
22 13 1973–present
Horror

Yôkaiden: Nekome Kozô

★ 6.1
21 1 1976–1976
Animation · Fantasy · Horror

Chiller Theatre

★ 8.5
20 561 1970–1983
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

La trampa

★ 7.5
20 20 1978–present
Drama · Horror · Thriller

The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting

★ 8.3
20 1971–1973
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Dracula's Ring

★ 4.5
20 7 1978–1978
Horror

Shock Theater

★ 8.4
20 198 1979–1985
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Broadway on Showtime

★ 5.4
19 6 1979–1981
Comedy · Drama · Horror

La dama dei veleni

★ 6.5
19 3 1979–present
Crime · Horror · Mystery

Uncle Ted's Ghoul School

★ 6.8
16 1 1974–1982
Comedy · Drama · Horror

Eerie Street

★ 7.9
16 138 1971–1973
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

La loba

★ 5.9
15 3 1973–present
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Late Movie 18

★ 8.4
15 29 1979–1980
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Monster Rally

★ 8.5
15 133 1973–1974
Action · Fantasy · Horror

TJ and the All Night Theatre

★ 8.8
14 247 1977–1989
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Moona Lisa's Creature Features

★ 8.2
14 1973–present
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Morgus Presents

★ 8.7
13 27 1970–1971
Comedy · Fantasy · Horror

Boo! Theatre

★ 8.2
13 1972–1972
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Los bulbos

★ 6.5
12 3 1974–present
Horror · Sci-Fi

Schaurige Geschichten

★ 5.8
11 13 1975–1976
Horror

Moona's Midnight Madness

★ 8.0
10 32 1973–1975
Comedy · Fantasy · Horror

The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting

★ 8.8
10 1970–1971
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Bella y bestia

★ 7.0
10 20 1979–present
Drama · Fantasy · Horror
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