Horror Movies of 1978
Magic
Anthony Hopkins is a ventriloquist ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Killer Nun
Giulio Berruti's unusual cult horror film casts former sex symbol Anita Ekberg as Sister Gertrude, a nun working in a mental institution. Gertrude is clearly insane, and takes a ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
The Manitou
Low-budget horror director William Girdler's last film stars ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Piranha
The sophomore effort for director Joe Dante, a future protégé of Steven ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Damien: Omen II
Satan's son comes of age in this horror sequel. Shortly after the events of The Omen, a pair of anthropologists uncovers an ancient crypt that depicts the face of the Antichrist -- that of Damien Thorn (Jonathan ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Halloween
It was "The Night HE Came Home," warned the posters for John Carpenter's ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Summer of Fear
Notable as an early effort from renowned horror filmmaker Wes Craven, this made-for-TV occult thriller was loosely adapted from a ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Jaws 2
Despite being a less well-regarded virtual remake of the original film, Jaws 2 earned a tidy sum at the box office by combining its predecessor's winning formula with ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
The Bermuda Triangle
This 1978 horror-lite opus was the work of René Cardona Jr., who was a creative force behind other tabloid-inspired efforts like Survive! ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
The Legacy
Richard Marquand directed this second-rate retread of Haunted House ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Dawn of the Dead
Director George A. Romero's epic sequel to his legendary Night of the Living Dead has firmly established itself as the equal of its ground-breaking ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Martin
Nearly a decade after George A. Romero changed the face of modern horror films with Night of the Living Dead -- and following the less successful projects ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
The Comeback
British sado-exploitation guru Pete Walker directed this mundane horror-mystery ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Though not actually a film addressing the evil lure of cream-filled chocolate cakes, this amusingly cheesy made-for-TV opus from director Curtis Harrington pits a relatively normal suburban family against a slavering, demonically-possessed German ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
The Eerie Midnight Horror Show
This twisted Italian oddity, originally titled L'Odessa, is ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Monster
A delightfully horribly sci-fi horror outing, Monster is the story of young people whose lives are placed in ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Patrick
In Australian director Richard Franklin's Patrick, the subject of psychokinesis is used, not for the creation of De Palma-like bloodbath special effects as in ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
The Grapes of Death
This gory zombie film was directed by cult filmmaker Jean Rollin. The plot concerns a dangerous pesticide which is applied to grapes in a wine-producing ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
Voodoo Nightmare
A two-day trip into the jungles of Southeast Asia turns into a struggle against a powerful supernatural force in filmmaker Djinn's dark tale of a beautiful demon ... [ Horror movie - 1978 ]
