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List of horror movies released in 1978 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 1978.
Plot / Synopsis: Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell destroyed, a deep sea monster attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet the inhabitants of the...
Director: Kevin Connor Stars: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie, Michael Gothard
Plot / Synopsis: A teenage girl's life is turned upside down after her cousin moves into her house, and as time goes by, she begins to suspect that she may be a practitioner of witchcraft.
Tagline: Julia came to live with the Bryants. She claimed to be their cousin ...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate, Jeff McCracken, Jeff East
Plot / Synopsis: A detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl begins to focus his suspicions on the three girlfriends of the victim, who call themselves "The Inseparables."
Tagline: Sweet sixteen ... they'll lose more than just their lives...
Director: Alberto Negrin Stars: Fabio Testi, Christine Kaufmann, Ivan Desny, Jack Taylor, Bruno Alessandro
Plot / Synopsis: A chilling tale of suspense and survival. When a doctor rents a haunted house to use as a clinic, he and his associates are victimized by supernatural powers within.
Tagline: Escape is just a nerve-shredding scream for salvation!...
Director: Gus Trikonis Stars: Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine, Cassie Yates, George O''Hanlon Jr.
Plot / Synopsis: A millionaire, a million-dollar prostitute, a star-maker, a nation-killer, a woman whose lusts are as cold as graveyard snow...Tagline: It is a birthright of living death...
Director: Richard Marquand Stars: Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, John Standing, Ian Hogg, Margaret Tyzack
Plot / Synopsis: An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Tagline: After it was all over... she waited... then she struck back in a way only a woman can!...
Director: Meir Zarchi Stars: Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace, Anthony Nichols, Gunter Kleemann
Plot / Synopsis: Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.Tagline: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
Director: Jeannot Szwarc Stars: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer
Plot / Synopsis: When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Tagline: A hideous death lurked unseen in the river...
Director: Joe Dante Stars: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller
Plot / Synopsis: A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills though his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
Tagline: Patrick is Nearly Dead ... And Still He Kills!...
Director: Richard Franklin Stars: Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Bruce Barry, Julia Blake
Plot / Synopsis: Damien the Antichrist, now thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.Tagline: The first time was only a warning...
Directors: Don Taylor, Mike Hodges Stars: William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Nicholas Pryor
Plot / Synopsis: The body of a schoolgirl is found in a meadow. The murderer is never caught, and years later; a young man named Stefano returns to the island and is reunited with his brother, the local priest...
Director: Antonio Bido Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill, Massimo Serato, Juliette Mayniel
Plot / Synopsis: A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue when a sinister official kidnaps him to harbor his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
Tagline: An experience in terror and suspense...
Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving
Plot / Synopsis: A traveler by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Tagline: A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind...
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski Stars: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry
Plot / Synopsis: When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.
Tagline: They are trespassers. Will they survive their LONG WEEKEND [Australia Theatrical]...
Director: Colin Eggleston Stars: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day, Michael Aitkens
Plot / Synopsis: A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
Tagline: The Lost John Carpenter Suspense Classic - Never Before On Video Or DVD!...
Director: John Carpenter Stars: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Cyphers, Grainger Hines
Plot / Synopsis: A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
Tagline: A Terrifying Love Story...
Director: Richard Attenborough Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter, E.J. André
Plot / Synopsis: Psychological thriller about a novelist, a telekinetic, who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
Tagline: Richard Burton is the man with the medusa touch ... he has the power to create catastrophe...
Director: Jack Gold Stars: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel
Plot / Synopsis: In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion.Tagline: Get some sleep...
Director: Philip Kaufman Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy
Plot / Synopsis: Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.
Tagline: The trick was to stay alive...
Director: John Carpenter Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
Plot / Synopsis: Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.Tagline: George A. Romero's classic 1978 gore-fest, Dawn of the Dead, is back...
Director: George A. Romero Stars: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Crawford
Plot / Synopsis: Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.
Tagline: The trick was to stay alive...
Director: John Carpenter Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
Plot / Synopsis: In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion.Tagline: Get some sleep...
Director: Philip Kaufman Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy
Plot / Synopsis: Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.Tagline: George A. Romero's classic 1978 gore-fest, Dawn of the Dead, is back...
Director: George A. Romero Stars: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Crawford
Plot / Synopsis: A woman is being watched in her apartment by a stranger, who also calls and torments her. A cat-and-mouse game begins.
Tagline: The Lost John Carpenter Suspense Classic - Never Before On Video Or DVD!...
Director: John Carpenter Stars: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Cyphers, Grainger Hines
Plot / Synopsis: A traveler by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Tagline: A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind...
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski Stars: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Tim Curry
Plot / Synopsis: When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.
Tagline: They are trespassers. Will they survive their LONG WEEKEND [Australia Theatrical]...
Director: Colin Eggleston Stars: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day, Michael Aitkens
Plot / Synopsis: A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue when a sinister official kidnaps him to harbor his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
Tagline: An experience in terror and suspense...
Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving
Plot / Synopsis: A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
Tagline: A Terrifying Love Story...
Director: Richard Attenborough Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter, E.J. André
Plot / Synopsis: When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
Tagline: A hideous death lurked unseen in the river...
Director: Joe Dante Stars: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies-Urich, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller
Plot / Synopsis: Psychological thriller about a novelist, a telekinetic, who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.
Tagline: Richard Burton is the man with the medusa touch ... he has the power to create catastrophe...
Director: Jack Gold Stars: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel
Plot / Synopsis: Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.Tagline: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
Director: Jeannot Szwarc Stars: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer
Plot / Synopsis: Damien the Antichrist, now thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.Tagline: The first time was only a warning...
Directors: Don Taylor, Mike Hodges Stars: William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Nicholas Pryor
Plot / Synopsis: A detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl begins to focus his suspicions on the three girlfriends of the victim, who call themselves "The Inseparables."
Tagline: Sweet sixteen ... they'll lose more than just their lives...
Director: Alberto Negrin Stars: Fabio Testi, Christine Kaufmann, Ivan Desny, Jack Taylor, Bruno Alessandro
Plot / Synopsis: The body of a schoolgirl is found in a meadow. The murderer is never caught, and years later; a young man named Stefano returns to the island and is reunited with his brother, the local priest...
Director: Antonio Bido Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini, Craig Hill, Massimo Serato, Juliette Mayniel
Plot / Synopsis: Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her rural, poor background, a scholarship student is...
Tagline: She's got the power... and you haven't got a prayer!...
Director: Brice Mack Stars: Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Nina Foch, Amy Johnston, John Gavin
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24 List of 1978 Horror Films Worth Watching!
Looking for the best 1978 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 1978 list are "Halloween (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Someone's Watching Me! (1978), and The Shout (1978)." 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 1978 is Halloween (1978) scoring 9.22/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 326,280 votes for this movie. Starring in Halloween (1978) is Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, and Charles Cyphers. Director John Carpenter did a phenomenal job treating us with this 1978 best horror film which was remarkable.Halloween (1978) is in Horror, and Thriller movie genres.
The next best 1978 horror movie is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) with a score of 8.04/10 stars.
Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, and Leonard Nimoy star in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)". Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) is directed by Philip Kaufman and has over 76,690 IMDB votes. You can find Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) in Horror, and Sci-Fi movie genres.
These are the best horror films of 1978, and we hope you enjoy the 33 movies on our list of good 1978 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 1978 horror movie is Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) with a score of 8.04/10 stars.
Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, and Leonard Nimoy star in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)". Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) is directed by Philip Kaufman and has over 76,690 IMDB votes. You can find Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) in Horror, and Sci-Fi movie genres.