1973 - All the Disability Horror!

 Last week, we finished watching our list of 1973 horror films. Surprisingly, they seemed to focus a lot on mental disability. Predictably, they were a bit ableist. But not all of them! And some were actually entertaining. So here's our review of what we watched in 1973.

The Exorcist: Easily the most overrated horror film of all time. I got so bored watching this. Even the famous vulgar scenes are so short and censored, I don't get why it had any hype whatsoever. Can't believe I've been lied to for like twenty years about this film. It was mostly just super boring. Regan barely is even on screen.

The Wicker Man: I actually loved this! It was easily Christopher Lee's best film role so far, and the plot actually surprised me! I had no idea it was going to go the direction that it did. I'd watch it again.

Blackenstein: Well...they did a lot right. I appreciated the use of old horror movie music and old horror movie props...but the plot was just bad. And the special effects were bad. And so was the script. I wanted to like this though, especially since I loved Blacula.

Ssssss: Okay...hear me out. This movie fucking rocks. Despite the cheesy title, it's actually a pretty serious snake movie. It has some weird plot issues, but it's really entertaining and surprising, and it calls back to Black Zoo a good bit.

A Virgin Among the Living Dead: Eh, this sucked despite the fun title. Not even good as a B-film.

Godzilla vs. Megalon: It was okay. I feel like the Godzilla sequels are finally becoming more and more uninteresting sadly.

The Satanic Rites of Dracula: Another modern Dracula film. But this one is a weird spy thriller? It's weird seeing how...campy Lee's Dracula became. I didn't see him going that kind of direction. He seems too pretentious for that, yet, lo and behold.

Female Vampire: Another Franco film like Virgin. Mediocre. Mostly just a slog.

Horror High: It had a similar plot to Willard, but I loved the slasher execution of it. It was fun seeing all the creative ways people died in this. I'd watch Horror High again easily.

The Baby: This was such a disturbing film. It had so many twists in it and mysteries, and I'm here for it!

Scream Blacula Scream: As a sequel, it was pretty cool. It was interesting seeing how Mamuwalde interacted with modern voodoo practices and how he responded to that. It was pretty different from the original film, so that was cool, too.

Legend of Hell House: Easily my favorite haunted house film so far. It just had a cool mystery to it, and the ghost actually did shit, and I was genuinely concerned if there would be any survivors!

The Boy who Cried Werewolf: As a werewolf film, it was okay. Had a good snout on him. But the plot was just out there and a bit slow.

Messiah of Evil: Such a unique zombie/vampire film. I could see it actually inspiring Romero with his upcoming sequels. It's really a cool idea despite its slow pace.

Don't Look Now: This was a fun thriller a la du Maurier. Didn't see the ending coming and was constantly wondering what would happen next! Plus, I loved the gender play in this. Rather groundbreaking for horror film.

Ganja & Hess: I liked that we had star actor of Living Dead here, but as a vampire film, it was just too experimental, and Sin and I both got confused and lost. We ended up not being able to finish it really.

As for favorites, mine were definitely The Baby, Horror High, and The Wicker Man. They were just very entertaining films.

Sin's response: I wasn't really a fan of most of these films. For me, Ssss was good. It was just hilarious. The Baby was completely fucked up. And I've completely and utterly changed my mind about the Wicker Man, and it will forever be a good movie. It's the one movie I like of Christopher Lee's.