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List of horror movies released in 1976 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1976.
Plot / Synopsis: Some fishermen are attacked in the Louisiana swamps. When the word gets out of a mysterious Bigfoot-type creature, two researchers come to a small town to study and hopefully discover what the beast is. Their research from some farmers help the two men to learn that the creature may be a very angry and murderous missing link...
Director: Joy N. Houck Jr. Stars: Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson, Bill Thurman
Plot / Synopsis: An eighteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area.
Tagline: 18 FEET OF TOWERING FURY!!...
Director: William Girdler Stars: Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall, Joe Dorsey
Plot / Synopsis: A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.
Tagline: Close your eyes and whisper his name...
Director: Jesús Franco Stars: Klaus Kinski, Josephine Chaplin, Herbert F*x, Lina Romay, Nikola Weisse
Plot / Synopsis: A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people she thought were dead comes back to haunt her.
Tagline: It's Catherine's birthday. You're invited to her torture party...
Director: Norman J. Warren Stars: Michael Gough, Martin Potter, Candace Glendenning, Barbara Kellerman, Michael Craze
Plot / Synopsis: Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet!Tagline: An Extraordinary Adventure into the Unknown...
Directors: George McCowan, Daryl Duke Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George, Pia Shandel, Marianne Jones
Plot / Synopsis: Son grows up with father, leaves to go to big city in 1979. Father follows and tries to survive as a vampire in a modern world. Son finds girl, decides not to be a vampire anymore. Great ending!
Tagline: From the man who brought you "La Cage aux Folles" - Edward Molinaro - comes another very funny movie...
Director: Édouard Molinaro Stars: Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Hélène Breillat, Catherine Breillat, Mustapha Dali
Plot / Synopsis: A psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.
Tagline: He's out there and he's got murder on his mind!...
Director: Tobe Hooper Stars: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns, William Finley
Plot / Synopsis: A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.
Tagline: Schizophrenia... When the left hand doesn't know who the right hand is killing!!...
Director: Pete Walker Stars: Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, John Fraser, Jack Watson
Plot / Synopsis: A disturbed woman is haunted by memories of childhood abuse, which culminates in a murder spree.
Tagline: Molly really knows how to cut men down to size!!...
Director: Matt Cimber Stars: Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown, Peggy Feury, Jean Pierre Camps
Plot / Synopsis: An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
Tagline: Warning! This Motion Picture Contains The Most Shocking Scenes This Side Of Hell!...
Director: Peter Sykes Stars: Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott, Michael Goodliffe
Plot / Synopsis: A docile black law student is possessed by a 1940's mobster in mid-70's New Orleans. The mobster seeks...
Tagline: A Story of Possession and Diabolical Reincarnation!...
Director: Arthur Marks Stars: Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Carl W. Crudup, Julian Christopher
Plot / Synopsis: A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.
Tagline: The most exciting original motion picture event of all time...
Director: John Guillermin Stars: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois
Plot / Synopsis: A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Tagline: Don't let it control you!...
Director: Larry Cohen Stars: Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney, Sam Levene
Plot / Synopsis: After a young girl is brutally murdered during her first communion, her strange and withdrawn older sister becomes the main suspect.
Tagline: A story of unnatural love...and unnatural death...
Director: Alfred Sole Stars: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Jane Lowry
Plot / Synopsis: A family moves into an old, haunted house that regenerates itself by feeding off of the life forces of its injured occupants.
Tagline: Up the ancient stairs, behind the locked door, something lives, something evil, from which no one has ever returned. [UK]...
Director: Dan Curtis Stars: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Lee Montgomery
Plot / Synopsis: The restorer Stefano is hired by the Mayor Solmi of a small village nearby Ferrara to restore a painting of St. Sebastian, made by the mentally disturbed painter Buono Legnani in the local church. Stefano was recommended by his friend, Dr. Antonio Mazza, and he learns that Legnani was known as "The Painter of the Agony", since he used...
Director: Pupi Avati Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani, Bob Tonelli
Plot / Synopsis: A couple of English tourists rent a boat to visit the fictitious island of Almanzora, just off the southern Spanish coast. When they arrive, they find the town deserted of adults, there's only children who don't speak but stare at them with eerie smiles. They soon discover that all the children of the island have been posessed by a...
Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador Stars: Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome, Antonio Iranzo, Miguel Narros, María Luisa Arias
Plot / Synopsis: Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
Tagline: You were warned never to push Carrie to the limits. Now you must face the evil consequences...
Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta
Plot / Synopsis: Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?Tagline: OUR FINAL WARNING...
Director: Richard Donner Stars: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Harvey Stephens
Plot / Synopsis: Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
Tagline: You were warned never to push Carrie to the limits. Now you must face the evil consequences...
Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta
Plot / Synopsis: Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?Tagline: OUR FINAL WARNING...
Director: Richard Donner Stars: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Harvey Stephens
Plot / Synopsis: A disturbed woman is haunted by memories of childhood abuse, which culminates in a murder spree.
Tagline: Molly really knows how to cut men down to size!!...
Director: Matt Cimber Stars: Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown, Peggy Feury, Jean Pierre Camps
Plot / Synopsis: A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Tagline: Don't let it control you!...
Director: Larry Cohen Stars: Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney, Sam Levene
Plot / Synopsis: After a young girl is brutally murdered during her first communion, her strange and withdrawn older sister becomes the main suspect.
Tagline: A story of unnatural love...and unnatural death...
Director: Alfred Sole Stars: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Niles McMaster, Jane Lowry
Plot / Synopsis: A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.
Tagline: The most exciting original motion picture event of all time...
Director: John Guillermin Stars: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois
Plot / Synopsis: A couple of English tourists rent a boat to visit the fictitious island of Almanzora, just off the southern Spanish coast. When they arrive, they find the town deserted of adults, there's only children who don't speak but stare at them with eerie smiles. They soon discover that all the children of the island have been posessed by a...
Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador Stars: Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome, Antonio Iranzo, Miguel Narros, María Luisa Arias
Plot / Synopsis: The restorer Stefano is hired by the Mayor Solmi of a small village nearby Ferrara to restore a painting of St. Sebastian, made by the mentally disturbed painter Buono Legnani in the local church. Stefano was recommended by his friend, Dr. Antonio Mazza, and he learns that Legnani was known as "The Painter of the Agony", since he used...
Director: Pupi Avati Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani, Bob Tonelli
Plot / Synopsis: A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.
Tagline: Close your eyes and whisper his name...
Director: Jesús Franco Stars: Klaus Kinski, Josephine Chaplin, Herbert F*x, Lina Romay, Nikola Weisse
Plot / Synopsis: A docile black law student is possessed by a 1940's mobster in mid-70's New Orleans. The mobster seeks...
Tagline: A Story of Possession and Diabolical Reincarnation!...
Director: Arthur Marks Stars: Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Carl W. Crudup, Julian Christopher
Plot / Synopsis: A family moves into an old, haunted house that regenerates itself by feeding off of the life forces of its injured occupants.
Tagline: Up the ancient stairs, behind the locked door, something lives, something evil, from which no one has ever returned. [UK]...
Director: Dan Curtis Stars: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Lee Montgomery
Plot / Synopsis: Son grows up with father, leaves to go to big city in 1979. Father follows and tries to survive as a vampire in a modern world. Son finds girl, decides not to be a vampire anymore. Great ending!
Tagline: From the man who brought you "La Cage aux Folles" - Edward Molinaro - comes another very funny movie...
Director: Édouard Molinaro Stars: Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Hélène Breillat, Catherine Breillat, Mustapha Dali
Plot / Synopsis: Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet!Tagline: An Extraordinary Adventure into the Unknown...
Directors: George McCowan, Daryl Duke Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George, Pia Shandel, Marianne Jones
Plot / Synopsis: A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.
Tagline: Schizophrenia... When the left hand doesn't know who the right hand is killing!!...
Director: Pete Walker Stars: Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, John Fraser, Jack Watson
Plot / Synopsis: Donna and Joel Gregory are researching a book about long dead Hollywood goddess Lorna Love. They are staying at Lorna's estate while interviewing old "friends" of Lorna. Joel, whose father had a passionate affair with Lorna, becomes obsessed with Lorna. Donna must try to break the spell that has her marriage in trouble and their very lives in jeopardy...
Director: E.W. Swackhamer Stars: Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson, Sylvia Sidney, Marianna Hill, Joan Blondell
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24 List of 1976 Horror Films Worth Watching!
Looking for the best 1976 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1976 list are "Carrie (1976), The Omen (1976), The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976), God Told Me To (1976), and Alice Sweet Alice (1976)." Our top list is an average of our review scores, our movie fans and movie viewers like you, and a few other sources.
The best horror film of 1976 is Carrie (1976) scoring 7.95/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 218,390 votes for this movie. Starring in Carrie (1976) is Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, and John Travolta. Director Brian De Palma did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1976 best horror film which was remarkable.Carrie (1976) is in Horror, and Mystery movie genres.
The next best 1976 horror movie is The Omen (1976) with a score of 7.61/10 stars.
Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, and Harvey Stephens star in "The Omen (1976)". The Omen (1976) is directed by Richard Donner and has over 143,010 IMDB votes. You can find The Omen (1976) in Horror, Drama, and Mystery movie genres.
These are the best horror films of 1976, and we hope you enjoy the 26 movies on our list of good 1976 horror movies sorted best to worst.
Please let us know if there is a movie that you think belongs on our list that we missed.
The next best 1976 horror movie is The Omen (1976) with a score of 7.61/10 stars.
Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, and Harvey Stephens star in "The Omen (1976)". The Omen (1976) is directed by Richard Donner and has over 143,010 IMDB votes. You can find The Omen (1976) in Horror, Drama, and Mystery movie genres.