Best Thriller Films of 1978
Target of an Assassin
African Rage is a ... release for nearly nine years. Other alternate titles include Target of an Assassin, The Long Shot, and Fatal Assassin. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
The Fury
Brian De Palma returns ... not about to let Peter's paternal quest get in the way of his plans for harnessing their psychic power. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Coma
A feisty, feminist intern ... who would star in Crichton's Runaway several years later, appears briefly in Coma as another victim of lethal anesthesia. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
The Boys From Brazil
This film of Ira ... sons who were identical -- the results of a cloning experiment, designed to create a race of incipient Hitlers. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Magic
Anthony Hopkins is a ... a love triangle between the woman and her husband, where his schizophrenic personality manifests itself and additional murders occur. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
This remake of the ... and director of the original film, have small roles in the new version, as does an unbilled Robert Duvall. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Eyes of Laura Mars
A shutterbug is haunted ... Co-written by Halloween director John Carpenter, Eyes of Laura Mars also features character actors Brad Dourif and René Auberjonois. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
The Big Sleep
Robert Mitchum reprises his ... the nude for pornographer Arthur Geiger (John Justin). When Geiger turns up dead, Camilla becomes implicated in Geiger's murder. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Capricorn One
Astronauts Charles Brubaker, John ... along, races against time to prevent NASA from "terminating" the hapless astronauts in order to cover up the conspiracy. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
The Cat and the Canary
Frank Willard's 1927 stage ... an anxious, unpleasant lot, and at least one of them is not above committing murder to have his way. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Foul Play
As he did in ... memorable "throwaway" gag involving a profane Scrabble game played by sweet little old ladies Queenie Smith and Hope Summers. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
The Silent Partner
The Canadian "sleeper" The ... Candy. Future L.A. Confidential scribe Curtis Hanson loosely adapted the Danish novel Think of a Number, by Anders Bodelsen. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Summer of Fear
Notable as an early ... limitations of television, his talent at generating high-intensity suspense is still evident, making this a modestly entertaining horror item. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Blackout
In this above-average, exciting ... and predictable, this film is well worth watching if only to see James Mitchum give an unusually strong performance. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
The Blood Stained Shadow
This well-handled giallo thriller ... in Italian genre film, the question of derivative plotlines becomes almost superficial. It works, and should please Euro-thriller fans. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Sette Notte in Nero
In this Italian thriller, ... she not only sees her own upcoming death, she also gains insight into the truth about her mother's demise. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Long Weekend
An Australian couple sets ... doggedly remain camped, despite mounting evidence that they don't understand the feral Australian woods as well as they think. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Blue Fin
Based on a novel ... it would have fared better had it been released after the internationally popular Aussie film Man From Snowy River. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Cat in the Cage
A recently released mental ... is a full-blown witch, the cat has disappeared and finally the chauffeur is busily chasing after his newest mistress. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
The Enforcer from Death Row
In this exciting actioner, ... his execution when an international peacekeeping organization frees him and assigns him to bust up a deadly spy ring. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Patrick
In Australian director Richard ... is on the verge of death, he then wants Kathy to kill herself to join him when he dies. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Teen Alien
Inspired by a series ... proof that extraterrestrials exist, the frightened teens must fight for their lives against a force far beyond their comprehension. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
Shalimar: The Deadly Thief
Deadly Thief is the ... Hindi-language version of Shalimar did OK in Indian theatres, but the English-language version never received British or American release. [ best thriller films - 1978 ]
