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A list of horror films released in 1978.
Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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Are You in the House Alone? | Walter Grauman | Dennis Quaid, Blythe Danner, Alan Fudge | United States | Television film | [1] |
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! | John de Bello | David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor | United States | [2] | |
The Bees | Alfredo Zacarías | John Saxon, John Carradine, Angel Tompkins | Mexico | ||
The Bermuda Triangle | René Cardona, Jr. | John Huston, Andrés García, Gloria Guida | Mexico | [3] | |
Blue Sunshine | Jeff Lieberman | Zalman King, Robert Walden, Mark Goddard | United States | [4] | |
Coma | Michael Crichton | Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley | United States | [5] | |
The Comeback | Pete Walker | Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David F. Doyle | United Kingdom | [6] | |
Damien: Omen II | Don Taylor | William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor | United States | [7] | |
Dawn of the Dead | George A. Romero | David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross | Italy United States |
[8] | |
Deathmoon | Bruce Kessler | Joe Penny, Barbara Trentham, Branscombe Richmond | United Kingdom United States |
Television film | [9] |
The Evil | Gus Trikonis | Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine | United States | [10] | |
Eyes of Laura Mars | Irvin Kershner | Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones | United States | [11] | |
The Fury | Brian DePalma | Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, Andrew Stevens, John Cassavetes, Daryl Hannah | United States | [12] | |
The Grapes of Death | Jean Rollin | Marie-Georges Pascal, Serge Marquand, Felix Marten | France Cameroon |
[13] | |
Halloween | John Carpenter | Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, Nancy Kyes | United States | [14] | |
I Spit on Your Grave | Meir Zarchi | Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace | United States | [15] | |
The Initiation of Sarah | Robert Day | Shelley Winters, Talia Balsam, Morgan Brittany | United States | [16] | |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Philip Kaufman | Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy, Art Hindle | United States | [17] | |
It Lives Again | Larry Cohen | Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd | United States | [18] | |
Jaws 2 | Jeannot Szwarc | Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton | United States | [19] | |
Jennifer | Brice Mack | Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Nina Foch, John Gavin | United States | [20] | |
The Last House on the Beach | Franco Prosperi | Florinda Bolkan, Ray Lovelock, Sherry Buchanan | Italy | [21] | |
The Legacy | Richard Marquand | Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Hildegarde Neil | United States United Kingdom |
[22] | |
Long Weekend | Colin Eggleston | John Hargreaves, Briony Behets | Australia | [23] | |
Magic | Richard Attenborough | Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith | United States | [24] | |
The Manitou | William Girdler | Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg | United States | [25] | |
Mardi Gras Massacre | Jack Weis | Curt Dawson, Gwen Arment, William Metzo | United States | [26] | |
Martin | George A. Romero | John Amplas, Tom Savini, Elyane Nadeau | United States | [27] | |
Mirrors | Noel Black | Kitty Winn, Peter Donat, William Swetland | United States | Alternative title(s)
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[28] |
Nurse Sherri | Al Adamson | Geoffrey Land, Jill Jacobson, Marilyn Joi | United States | Alternative title(s)
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[29] |
Patrick | Richard Franklin | Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann | Australia | [30] | |
Piranha | Joe Dante | Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Belinda Balaski | United States | [31] | |
The Redeemer: Son of Satan | Constantine S. Gochis | T.G. Finkbinder, Jeanetta Arnette | United States | Alternative title(s)
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[32] |
The Shout | Jerzy Skolimowski | Susannah York, Alan Bates, John Hurt | United Kingdom | [22] | |
Someone's Watching Me! | John Carpenter | Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau | United States | Television film | [33] |
Spawn of the Slithis | Stephen Traxler | Judy Motulsky, J.C. Claire, Mello Alexandria | United States | Alternative title(s)
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[34] |
Stranger in Our House | Wes Craven | Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate | United States | Television film Alternative title(s)
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[35] |
The Swarm | Irwin Allen | Michael Caine, Katherine Ross, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Patty Duke, Lee Grant | United States | [36] | |
Terror | Norman J. Warren | Tricia Walsh, Sarah Keller, Glynis Barber | United Kingdom | [37] | |
The Toolbox Murders | Dennis Donnelly | Cameron Mitchell, Tim Donnelly, Pamelyn Ferdin | United States | [37] |