Best Horror Films of 1979

Prophecy

This schlock horror classic ... has taken one of the creature's cubs back to camp, leading an angry mother bear to his tent flap. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

The Brood

Canadian director David Cronenberg ... remains the most subtle of Cronenberg's early horror projects, with a strong subtext about the devastating effects of divorce. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Parts: The Clonus Horror

This routine, relatively low-budget ... powerful forces in control. What happens after that is about as hard to believe as what has happened before. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Thirst

This cold-blooded, thinly wrought ... kind coming from any direction, might have balanced the weak plot and one-dimensional characters by covertly acknowledging their limitations. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Tourist Trap

In this horror outing, ... come to life when visitors come to call. The ill-fated "guests" are lured in by a strange siren's song. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Zombie

This audaciously disgusting spectacle ... shocker was enormously popular worldwide and led to the zombie-gore film becoming the dominant motif of 1980s Italian horror. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Beyond the Darkness

Joe D'Amato, notorious director ... Viewers who might consider the devouring of a human heart in poor taste are advised to avoid this film. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Phantasm

Phantasm is a surprisingly ... is the highly stylized direction; the result is a memorable chiller with more than its share of genuine shocks. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Skullduggery

As five eager gamers ... move, one of the gamers - a fantasy-prone costume clerk - suddenly sets out on a blood-soaked killing spree. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Effects

This low-budget, Pittsburgh-lensed thriller ... who also appears in a small cameo-- although Romero himself was not involved. Released to video as The Manipulator. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Fascination

This erotic horror film ... of sex, violence, and hallucinatory visuals, Fascination may be the most accessible introduction to his unique body of work. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Zombie Holocaust

A team of scientists ... result is completely senseless, but fun for gore-hounds, who are treated to impromptu surgical tortures, zombie gut-munching and death-by-outboard-motor. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Terror Out of the Sky

This made-for-TV thriller is ... time around, a scientist and his cohorts set out to protect some innocent school kids from the attacking insects. [ best horror films - 1979 ]

Weasels Rip My Flesh

The debut feature from ... the resulting bloodthirsty army to carry out his plan for world domination. Fred Borges and Jody Kadish also star. [ best horror films - 1979 ]