Five friends visiting their grandfather’s house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals in this American horror staple that was banned upon release in some areas for “excessive violence.”

Director/writer Melvin Van Peebles sparked the blaxploitation genre with thisfilm about a orphan who is groomed to be a sex show performer and framed for murder he didn’t commit. Set to a score by Earth, Wind, and Fire, this film devolves into an increasingly hallucinogenic world of violence and bigotry, where no one can be trusted and the possibility of death lurks at every corner.

Charlie Chaplin plays both a persecuted barber and an unhinged tyrant his first true sound film — which he crafted to be a scathing condemnation of fascism. Frequently praised as one of the most important works of satire with the greatest monologue in film history, The Great Dictator was banned in many countries in Europe upon its release in an attempt to appease Nazi Germany.