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A list of
horror films released in
1979 .
Title
Director(s)
Cast
Country
Notes
Ref.
Alien
Ridley Scott
Sigourney Weaver ,
Tom Skerritt ,
Veronica Cartwright
United Kingdom United States
The Amityville Horror
Stuart Rosenberg
James Brolin ,
Margot Kidder ,
Rod Steiger
United States
Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Chūsei Sone
Japan
[3]
Beyond the Darkness
Joe D'Amato
Cinzia Monreale
Italy
Bloodrage
Joseph Zito
Ian Scott,
Judith-Marie Bergan
United States
[4]
Bog
Don Keeslar
Gloria DeHaven ,
Aldo Ray
United States
The Brood
David Cronenberg
Oliver Reed ,
Samantha Eggar
Canada
The Butterfly Murders
Tsui Hark
Lau Siu-Ming,
Eddy Ko
Hong Kong
[6]
Dominique
Michael Anderson
Cliff Robertson ,
Jean Simmons ,
Jenny Agutter
United Kingdom
Dracula
John Badham
Frank Langella ,
Laurence Olivier ,
Donald Pleasence
United Kingdom United States
The Driller Killer
Abel Ferrara
Jimmy Laine , Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day
United States
The Evictors
Charles B. Pierce
Vic Morrow ,
Michael Parks ,
Jessica Harper
United States
Fascination
Jean Rollin
Muriel Montossé, Franca Mai, Jean-Marie Lemaire
France
[11]
Human Experiments
Gregory Goodell
Ellen Travolta ,
Linda Haynes
United States
Beyond The Gate Women In Prison
[12]
Killer Fish
Antonio Margheriti
Lee Majors ,
Marisa Berenson ,
Karen Black
Brazil Italy United Kingdom United States
[13]
Murder by Decree
Bob Clark
Christopher Plummer ,
Donald Sutherland ,
John Gielgud
United Kingdom
Nightwing
Arthur Hiller
Nick Mancuso ,
David Warner ,
Kathryn Harrold
United States
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Werner Herzog
Klaus Kinski ,
Isabelle Adjani
West Germany France
Phantasm
Don Coscarelli
A. Michael Baldwin , Bill Thornbury,
Reggie Bannister
United States
Prophecy
John Frankenheimer
Talia Shire ,
Robert Foxworth ,
Armand Assante
United States
Screams of a Winter Night
James L. Wilson
Matt Borel, Gil Glasgow, Patrick Byers
United States
The Silent Scream
Denny Harris
Rebecca Balding ,
Barbara Steele ,
Yvonne De Carlo
United States
Thirst
Rod Hardy
Chantal Contouri ,
David Hemmings ,
Henry Silva
Australia
[21]
Tourist Trap
David Schmoeller
Chuck Connors , Jocelyn Jones,
Tanya Roberts
United States
Up From the Depths
Charles B. Griffith
Sam Bottoms , Susanne Reed,
Virgil Frye
Philippines United States
[23]
The Visitor
Giulio Paradisi
Paige Conner,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ,
Franco Nero
Italy United States
When a Stranger Calls
Fred Walton
Carol Kane ,
Colleen Dewhurst ,
Charles Durning
United States
Wolfman
Worth Keeter
Earl Owensby ,
Kristina Reynolds , Julian Morton
United States
Zombi 2
Lucio Fulci
Tisa Farrow ,
Ian McCulloch ,
Richard Johnson
Italy
Zombie Island of the Living Dead Zombie 2: The Dead Are Among Us Zombie Flesh Eaters
Zombie Holocaust
Francesco Martino
Ian McCulloch , Alexandra Cole, Sherry Buchanan
Italy
[27]
References
^ Firsching, Robert.
"Tenshi No Harawata Akai Kyoshitsu" .
AllMovie . Retrieved January 24, 2012 .
^
"Never Pick Up a Stranger" .
Rotten Tomatoes .
Archived from the original on January 17, 2020.
^ Fountain, Clarke.
"The Butterfly Murders" .
AllMovie . Retrieved January 24, 2012 .
^ Firsching, Robert.
"Fascination" .
AllMovie . Retrieved January 24, 2012 .
^ Ankeny, Jason.
"Human Experiments" .
AllMovie . Retrieved November 27, 2011 .
^ Blaise, Judd.
"Killer Fish" .
AllMovie . Retrieved January 23, 2012 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor.
"Thirst" .
AllMovie . Retrieved November 27, 2011 .
^ Fountain, Clarke.
"Up From the Depths" .
AllMovie . Retrieved August 7, 2011 .
^ Binion, Cavett.
"Zombie Holocaust" .
AllMovie . Retrieved November 27, 2011 .
Sources
Albright, Brian (2012). Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews . Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland.
ISBN
978-1-476-60042-0 .
Browning, John Edgar (2010).
Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010 .
McFarland .
ISBN
978-0-7864-3365-0 .
Chibnall, Steve; Petley, Julian, eds. (2002). British Horror Cinema . New York City, New York: Routledge.
ISBN
978-0-415-23003-2 .
Deal, David (2007). Television Fright Films of the 1970s . Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland.
ISBN
978-0-786-42929-5 .
Hardy, Phil , ed. (1995).
The Overlook Film Encyclopedia . Vol. 3.
Overlook Press .
ISBN
0-87951-624-0 .
Hirschhorn, Clive (2000).
The Universal Story . London, England: Hamlyn.
ISBN
978-0-600-59736-0 .
Hutchings, Peter (2009). The A to Z of Horror Cinema . Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press.
ISBN
978-0-810-87050-5 .
Meyers, Ric (2011) [1983]. For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films . Guildford, Connecticut: Emery Books.
ISBN
978-0-979-99893-5 .
Muir, John Kenneth (2007). Horror Films of the 1970s . Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland.
ISBN
978-0-786-49156-8 .
Nowell, Richard (2011). Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle . New York City, New York: Continuum.
ISBN
978-1-441-18850-2 .
Stine, Scott Aaron (2015). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960s and 1970s . Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland.
ISBN
978-0-786-49140-7 .
Thrower, Stephen (2007). Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents . London, England: FAB Press.
ISBN
978-1-903-25446-2 .
Young, R. G. (2000).
The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies .
Hal Leonard Corporation .
ISBN
1-55783-269-2 . Retrieved June 29, 2011 .
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