 | Complete John Silence Stories (Dover Horror Classics) by Algernon Blackwood
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $4.05 The father of the occult investigator archetype. Without John Silence, there is so much horror that we would never have had.
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 | The Casebook of Carnacki the Ghost Finder (Wordsworth Mystery & Supernatural) by William Hope Hodgson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.50 While not from the '70s, these stories no doubt had quite an impact by refining and developing the archetype of the occult investigator.
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 | To the Devil a Daughter (Wordsworth Mystery & Supernatural) by Dennis Wheatley
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.99 From the Master of British Satanic spy novels comes this tidbit.
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 | The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley
Buy used from: $4.99 Satanism was never so sweet as when written by Dennis Wheatley. The whole Satanic exploitation wave of '70s horror would have been nothing without him.
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 | Essential Tomb of Dracula, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 1) by Marv Wolfman
Buy used from: $24.57 With art by Gene Colan and writing by Marv Wolfman, The Tomb of Dracula (more than any other Marvel Horror comic) ushered in the new age of horror in the comic books. Groundbreaking in many ways, from artistic to the revision of the Comics Code that would allow supernatural creatures back into comic books, this book was a hallmark of comic book writing and art throughout the '70s.
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 | Essential Marvel Horror, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 1) by Gary Friedrich
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $6.90 To Satan a Son! And a Daughter! Spun out of the popular Ghost Rider comic, the Son of Satan joins Marvel Comics' foray into the world of horror exploitation. Some drek, some well written pieces, but all with more than a dollop of that angst that Marvel was so well known for.
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 | Horror Classics Collection (The Curse of Frankenstein / Dracula Has Risen from the Grave / Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed / Horror of Dracula / The Mummy / Taste the Blood of Dracula)
Buy new: $60.49 / Used from: $58.00 For many, the Hammer Horror films were the face of horror in the '70s. While they could be very uneven, this collection highlights some of the best (and worst) put out by the studio.
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 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.99 Nothing typifies '70s horror quite like the combination of Dracula and Satanism.
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 | Lady Frankenstein
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $1.58 Exploitation, baby.
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 | The Complete Omen Collection (The Omen - 1976/ The Omen - 2006/ Damien: The Omen II/ The Omen III: The Final Conflict/ The Omen IV: The Awakening)
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $19.17 Satan's son is born and brought into the world...and from there conquest!
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 | The Amityville Horror
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.04 There at beginning, one of the classics of exploitation horror.
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 | The Monk (Dover Thrift Editions) by Matthew Gregory Lewis
Buy new: $3.50 / Used from: $0.99 One of the greats of Gothic Literature. This should have been made into a movie by Hammer.
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 | Great Weird Tales: 14 Stories by Lovecraft, Blackwood, Machen and Others
Buy used from: $1.74 Great Weird Tales. The title says it all. These are the foundations upon which horror is built.
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