The 1970s was a great decade for horror. For a long time, the film industry had been governed by the so-called Hays Code, a system of censorship in place that controlled what could be shown on screen.

With the horror movies of 1976 turning 50 this year, which of the classic fright flicks is the best of the best? Horror was in an interesting place in the 1970s, and it was a genre on the cusp of a ...