Horror Movies By Year - 1979
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- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
- DirectorShyam RamsayTulsi RamsayStarsSachin PilgaonkarRajni SharmaPadmini KapilaRaj lives a wealthy lifestyle and is in love with his college sweetheart Kamal he is seduced by and elderly woman Mona who comes to work in his house as a teacher,Mona is soon found dead in Raj's bedroom and her spirit starts to haunt him
- DirectorJoe D'AmatoStarsKieran CanterCinzia MonrealeFranca StoppiA disturbed young taxidermist exhumes his recently deceased girlfriend, brings her body to his family villa and proceeds to embalm her corpse, with help from his strange housekeeper. But his bouts of insanity are just beginning.
- DirectorS.U. SyedStarsMithun ChakrabortyRanjeeta KaurNilu PhulePeople of Mangalpur die in a bizarre pattern. Inspector Vijay is appointed to reveal the truth behind the mystery.
- DirectorSilvio NarizzanoStarsCarroll BakerDennis HopperWin WellsHopeless American expatriates inhabit a small Spanish village where residents are mysteriously dying after the arrival of a religious cult.
- DirectorJoseph ZitoStarsJames JohnsonJudith-Marie BerganJerry McGeeA sexually frustrated young man kills hookers.
- DirectorSompote SandsStarsNard PoowanaiNi TienAngela WellsA giant crocodile is killing and frightening people living nearby rivers. Two men, whose wives and daughter have been killed by the crocodile, decide to chase and eliminate it.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsCliff RobertsonJean SimmonsJenny AgutterA millionaire, who drove his wife to commit suicide, starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.
- DirectorLawrence David FoldesStarsAldo RayMeeno PeluceTammy TaylorTwo siblings cursed in prehistoric times survive for millennia by feasting on the entrails of young people, prowling in what eventually becomes a park in contemporary Los Angeles.
- DirectorJoseph EllisonStarsDan GrimaldiCharles BonetBill RicciA disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower.
- DirectorJames WoodStarsJames MathersJohn F. KearneyDawn Carver KellyDr. Henry Jekyll, the great-grandson and namesake of the original Dr. Henry Jekyll, kidnaps people and experiments on them using the potion created by his dead great-grandfather.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsFrank LangellaLaurence OlivierDonald PleasenceIn 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.
- DirectorPaul NaschyStarsPaul NaschySara LezanaDavid RochaThe devil, following in the footsteps of Christ, decides to become flesh and take a stroll around Earth to see how humans have progressed, and have a little fun creating havoc and mayhem in the process.
- DirectorAlfredo B. CrevennaStarsJuan MirandaNoé MurayamaRubén RojoThe masked hero known as "The Whip" must battle against a satanic cult lead by a demonic entity terrorizing a small town.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsJesús FrancoLina RomayOlivier MathotAn ex-priest escapes from an asylum and kills people in God's name. This is a re-edited Spanish-language version of L'éventreur de Notre-Dame (1975) and XXX version Sexorcismes (1975) with newly shot scenes.
- DirectorJosé Mojica MarinsStarsJosé Mojica MarinsArlete MoreiraRicardo PetrágliaA prominent millionaire gets a woman drunk and rapes her, biting off her nipple in the process. Because of his influence and powerful lawyer, though, he is able to beat the rap, claiming the woman was trying to extort money from him. He continues his life of debauchery, using women and flaunting his power until he meets a new woman, who won't let him have his way with her, but wants to be his friend. Falling madly in love with her, he cleans up his act and devotes his attentions to her, not realizing that she has a hidden agenda.
- DirectorJean RollinStarsFranca MaïBrigitte LahaieJean-Marie LemaireA runaway criminal breaks into an eerie chateau, taking its two frightened chambermaids hostage. As night falls, a group of mysterious aristocratic women arrive and the criminal begins to realize the women are hiding a sinister secret.
- DirectorP.S. PrakashB. VittalacharyaStarsAnitaAnuradhaArunaAbducted, presumed dead, young Pratap survives in an ashram, learns various arts of worship and weaponry, rescues and then falls in love with Kalingnagar's Rajkumari Malti, and wants to wed her. When he visits the region, he finds that many others who had attempted to wed her, had failed due to stringent conditions set forth by her dad, Bhujang Verma, and are languishing in prison. It is then he finds out his parents, who had been duped out of their palace by Bhujang and Rajguru, are alive, blind, imprisoned and tortured regularly, and sets forth to restore their kingdom to them. In order to do this, he must bring back a Mani that is located in a secret cave, guarded by snakes, protect himself from flesh-eating and shape-changing demoness', pygmies, and other challenges, while the wily Rajguru abducts Malti as well as his parents, and intends to hold them hostage until the Mani is turned over to him.
- DirectorMario LandiStarsLeonora FaniJeff BlynnGianni DeiIn Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.
- DirectorCarl SchenkelStarsGianni GarkoBetty VergèsBea FiedlerA descendant of the famous vampire gets a job as a photographer shooting beautiful fashion models at the family estate. Being around so much naked and semi-naked flesh has the expected effect on him.
- DirectorNello RossatiStarsDuilio Del PreteRenzo MontagnaniCochi PonzoniHorror/sex comedy about four zombies who are running a hotel and trying to eat their customers. In the end the quartet ends up in a shopping mall besieged by both the national guard and a horde of hungry zombies.
- DirectorRajkumar KohliStarsSunil DuttSanjeev KumarShatrughan SinhaA remote mountainous region is terrorized by a legendary monster that regularly abducts newlywed brides and kills them.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsLee MajorsKaren BlackMargaux HemingwayJewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsDiana BrachoIsabela CoronaManuel OjedaOld aunt Alejandra goes to live with a Mexican middle-class family; she's bitter and the children tease her and make her life miserable, but the old woman is truly a witch, and takes revenge.
- DirectorKing HuStarsChun ShihFeng HsuSylvia ChangA scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.
- DirectorYunus MalikStarsSultan RahiMustafa QureshiAasiaIn rural Punjab, a lawman enters into a violent feud with a notorious local criminal.
- DirectorSusumu KodamaStarsShin KishidaKoichi KitamiYûsaku MatsudaYusaku Matsuda plays the part of a private detective in this modern day "who dunnit" mystery.
- DirectorJosé Mojica MarinsStarsJosé Mojica MarinsBárbara PradoSatãOn Christmas Eve, Mauro, a reporter, has 24 hours to find a headine.
- DirectorDuraiStarsKamal HaasanSripriyaChandramohanAfter Kamal's friends accidentally kill a female serpent, another female serpent follows them and kills them one-by-one, before disguising herself into a human being to kill Kamal.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsNick MancusoDavid WarnerKathryn HarroldKiller bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.
- DirectorHarry HurwitzStarsNai BonetJohn CarradineYvonne De CarloDracula's granddaughter falls in love with a disco guitarist and runs away to New York City with him.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsChantal ContouriRobert BruningSigrid ThorntonA naive hairdresser is spurred by her vivacious friend into becoming a nude model, but soon discovers that everyone she knows wants a piece of her.
- DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsA. Michael BaldwinBill ThornburyReggie BannisterA teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
- DirectorMario GariazzoStarsRay LovelockAnna Maria RizzoliMario CutiniA reporter and his girlfriend investigate deaths surrounding a hotel where several prominent people go to have sex.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsTalia ShireRobert FoxworthArmand AssanteA government health inspector is dispatched to assess the damage a logging company is causing to a patch of forest claimed by Native Americans, and comes face to face with true terror wreaking havoc in the woods.
- DirectorIván ZuluetaStarsEusebio PoncelaCecilia RothWill MoreA low budget horror filmmaker gets in touch with an eccentric who is trying to film his consciousness during drug abuse.
- DirectorHan Hsiang LiStarsShen ChanHsi ChangWei-Ying ChenThree inmates in an asylum tell their stories. Story 1, a husband and wife discover they should be careful what they wish for. Story 2, a naked female ghost gets revenge from her watery grave. Story 3, a dead prostitute returns as a ghost.
- DirectorPier CarpiStarsAnne HeywoodValentina CorteseFrank FinlayFour women make a pact with the Devil. The 13-year-old daughter of one of them has begun to shown signs of a dark nature which causes preoccupation and somewhat regret on her mother.
- DirectorBart La RueStarsSally SchermerhornJimmy DrankovitchJane AugustUnseen satanic forces terrorize a young married couple in their new home.
- DirectorPaul KienerStarsGil Van WaggonerRon BergerBridget AgnewA group of holidaymakers have booked themselves a dream trip with the Wild West White Water River Boat Company. Their journey will take them along the great Colorado so they can experience first hand the beauty of the Grand Canyon.
- DirectorDavid PaulsenJohn Mason KirbyStarsChristopher AllportJim DoerrDavid GaleSeveral couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask.
- DirectorJames L. WilsonStarsMatt BorelGil GlasgowPatrick ByersAn anthology in which a group of college coeds spending a winter's night in a remote cabin pass time by telling scary stories to each other.
- DirectorNazar KhanStarsRakesh KhannaJyoti MatwankarDev KumarA doctor tries to revive a dead corpse with his experiments. Thanks to his evil assistant, he creates a blood sucking devil. Can the protagonist stop this devil?
- DirectorScott Allen NollenStarsTodd JacobsenTroy JacobsenTyler JacobsenThe late Dr. Frankenstein's son returns to the ancestral estate in Germany, where he revives his father's infamous creation. Mayhem ensues.
- DirectorArizalStarsBarry PrimaEva ArnazW.D. MochtarLarge red pills are obtained from a forest dwelling mystic, which aid in meditation. However, if used by the untrained they cause a huge tree to grow in the stomach and burst its way through the skin.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsShun DomonNatsuko YashiroAsami OgawaSpurred by a fascination with Holocaust atrocities and his rapist biological father, a wealthy student secretly abducts and subjects women to acts of sexual torture.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsJames BrolinMargot KidderRod SteigerNewlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsOliver ReedSamantha EggarArt HindleA man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsSiu-Ming LauMichelle YimShu-Tong WongA journalist attempting to solve a mystery in "Martial World" enlists the aid of a master fighter and a woman named Green Breeze. They go to a mysterious castle where they come across poisonous butterflies and a black-leather-clad killer.
- DirectorBill RebaneStarsJanus RaudkiviRandolph RebaneStafford MorganA series of killings occur, with no suspects, the locals soon decide that Bigfoot is responsible.
- DirectorRobert S. FivesonStarsPeter GravesRick DiAngeloEugene Robert GlazerIn a seemingly perfect society, one member discovers the truth about the outside world, as well as their ultimate purpose.
- DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosTobe HooperStarsWilliam DevaneCathy Lee CrosbyRichard JaeckelSomeone, or something, is on an indiscriminate killing and mutilation spree during night-time. Frustrated by the clueless police, the father of the first victim is looking for answers, no matter how far fetched they are.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsAbel FerraraCarolyn MarzBaybi DayAn artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
- DirectorCharles B. PierceStarsVic MorrowMichael ParksJessica HarperA nice young couple move into an eerie house which is located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history, and soon find themselves tormented by the previous owners.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsBarbara BachClaudio CassinelliMel FerrerTourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.
- DirectorAnna ThomasStarsSheelagh GilbeyNini PittEvie GarrattAn Eastern European family finds itself haunted by the spirit of a dead suitor.
- DirectorRay Dennis StecklerStarsPierre AgostinoCarolyn BrandtChuck AlfordHollywood Strangler ("Johnathan Click") kills young models... Skid Row Slasher kills winos ... What will happen when they meet?
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsPatricia AdrianiLeonora FaniWolfango SoldatiA young woman returns to the country château where her mother drowned years ago. There is something haunting about the place, a supernatural ambiance.
- DirectorTatsumi KumashiroStarsMieko HaradaKyôko KishidaRyûzô HayashiHell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsBarbara BachClaudio CassinelliRichard JohnsonAquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.
- DirectorGiulio BerrutiStarsAnita EkbergAlida ValliMassimo SeratoLegendary Swedish sex bomb Anita Ekberg stars as Sister Gertrude, a cruel nun who discovers depraved pleasure in a frenzy of drug addiction, sexual degradation and sadistic murder.
- DirectorDavid Burton MorrisStarsArch JoboulianDianne DavisPeter SpitzerPsycopathic killer stalks teens at a run down, abandoned movie theatre.
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsOndrej PavelkaAnna MalováJulie JuristováA poor student must rescue an ailing princess from the castle of an evil magician, who's preparing a rejuvenating elixir from the stolen hearts of nine children.
- DirectorJohn BallardStarsPeggy FeuryJoanna MilesDonn WhyteA disturbed young man is plagued by horrific headaches that he believes make him commit murders.
- DirectorJack M. SellStarsPeter SpelsonChris CarbisCurt ColbertA man discovers that he has psychotronic powers--the ability to will people to die. He begins exercising that power.
- DirectorDenny HarrisStarsRebecca BaldingCameron MitchellAvery SchreiberDuring her first semester at college, a co-ed finds housing at a seaside mansion where, following the death of a fellow-student, she becomes entangled in a murder mystery surrounding the property and its secretive tenants.
- DirectorGiulio ParadisiStarsMel FerrerGlenn FordLance HenriksenThe soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers and her mother become the prize in a battle between good ETs and evil ETs.
- DirectorRod HardyStarsChantal ContouriShirley CameronMax PhippsThe descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of blood-drinking, self-proclaimed supermen who want her to join them.
- DirectorDavid SchmoellerStarsChuck ConnorsJocelyn JonesJon Van NessA group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins.
- DirectorBay IsbahiStarsMuni CaderDebbie Cinthya DewiDarto Helm
- DirectorAlfredo SalazarStarsAna Luisa PeluffoAnaís de MeloRicardo CortésTwo sisters buy an old dark house, soon they discover it's haunted.
- DirectorCharles B. GriffithStarsSam BottomsSusanne ReedVirgil FryeA giant shark-like creature preys on a Hawaiian tourist community.
- DirectorNathan SchiffStarsJohn SmihulaFred BorgesFred DabbyReturning from the planet Venus, an errant NASA spacecraft crashes into the ocean, spilling its radioactive cargo. Enveloped by a radioactive mass, a rabid weasel is transformed into a gigantic killer mutant. Prowling the countryside, the huge weasel kills and devours victims. The creature is captured by a disturbed scientist who plans to use its regenerative blood to amass an army of similar monsters, enabling him to conquer the Earth.
- DirectorFred WaltonStarsCarol KaneCharles DurningRutanya AldaA psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
- DirectorWorth KeeterStarsEarl OwensbyKristina ReynoldsSid RancerA man finds out that his family has a werewolf curse put upon them.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsTisa FarrowIan McCullochRichard JohnsonStrangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.
- DirectorKôyû OharaStarsErina MiyaiYuki YoshizawaYôko AzusaA young couple, meeting for a tryst at the site of a brutal rape/murder, witness another murder and have to decide whether to turn the killer in.