Fright (1972)

Directed by cult British filmmaker Peter Collinson (The Italian Job, Open Season) and written by Tudor Gates, Fright has been cited as one of the earliest examples of what would become notoriously known as the “slasher movie”. Starring Susan George, Dennis Waterman and Honor Blackman, Fright remains one of the most hauntingly atmospheric, genuinely creepy and fundamentally disturbing horror films of the early seventies. Amanda is the young, attractive babysitter hired by the Lloyd family to look after their son one fateful evening. It isn’t long before Amanda realizes she is being watched. As the night progresses, Amanda is gradually subjected to a brutal ordeal of unhinged terror that she may not survive.