List of horror films of 1978 explained

A list of horror films released in 1978.

Title	Director(s)	Cast	Country	Notes
	Are You in the House Alone?			United States	Television film	^[1]
	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!		David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor	United States		^[2]
data-sort-value="Bees"	The Bees			Mexico
data-sort-value="Bermuda"	The Bermuda Triangle			Mexico		^[3]
	Blue Sunshine			United States		^[4]
	Coma		Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley	United States
data-sort-value="Comeback"	The Comeback		Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David F. Doyle			^[5]
				United States
	Dawn of the Dead			Italy United States
	Deathmoon			United Kingdom United States	Television film
data-sort-value="Evil"	The Evil			United States		^[6]
	Eyes of Laura Mars		Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones	United States
	The Fury		Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, Andrew Stevens, John Cassavetes, Daryl Hannah	United States		^[7]
data-sort-value="Grapes"	The Grapes of Death		Marie-Georges Pascal, Serge Marquand, Felix Marten	France Cameroon		^[8]
	Halloween			United States
	I Spit on Your Grave		Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace	United States
data-sort-value="Initiation"	The Initiation of Sarah			United States		^[9]
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers			United States
	It Lives Again			United States
	Jaws 2			United States
	Jennifer		Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Nina Foch, John Gavin	United States
data-sort-value="Last"	The Last House on the Beach		Florinda Bolkan, Ray Lovelock, Sherry Buchanan	Italy		^[10]
data-sort-value="Legacy"	The Legacy			United States United Kingdom
	Long Weekend			Australia		^[11]
	Magic			United States
data-sort-value="Manitou"	The Manitou		Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg	United States
	Mardi Gras Massacre		Curt Dawson, Gwen Arment, William Metzo	United States
	Martin		John Amplas, Tom Savini, Elyane Nadeau	United States		^[12]
	Mirrors		Kitty Winn, Peter Donat, William Swetland	United States		^[13]
	Nurse Sherri		Geoffrey Land, Jill Jacobson, Marilyn Joi	United States		^[14]
	Patrick			Australia
	Piranha			United States
data-sort-value="Redeemer:"			T.G. Finkbinder, Jeanetta Arnette	United States
data-sort-value="Shout"	The Shout		Susannah York, Alan Bates, John Hurt	United Kingdom
	Someone's Watching Me!		Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau	United States	Television film
	Spawn of the Slithis		Judy Motulsky, J.C. Claire, Mello Alexandria	United States		^[15]
	Stranger in Our House		Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate	United States	Television film
	The Swarm		Michael Caine, Katherine Ross, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Patty Duke, Lee Grant	United States		^[16]
	Terror			United Kingdom
data-sort-value="Toolbox"	The Toolbox Murders			United States

Sources

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• Book: Meyers, Ric. 2011. For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films. Emery Books. Guildford, Connecticut. 1983. 978-0-979-99893-5.
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• Book: Rockoff, Adam. Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986. 2002. McFarland. 978-0-7864-9192-6. Jefferson, North Carolina.
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External links

• Horror films of 1978 on Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Are You in the House Alone?. AllMovie. January 17, 2020.
2. Web site: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Firsching, Robert.
3. Web site: The Bermuda Triangle. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Guarisco, Donald.
4. Web site: Blue Sunshine. Allmovie. November 27, 2011. Deming, Mark.
5. Web site: The Comeback. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
6. Web site: The Evil. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
7. Web site: The Fury. Allmovie. May 22, 2023. Bozzola, Lucia.
8. Web site: The Grapes of Death. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Firsching, Robert.
9. Web site: The Initiation of Sarah. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Ankeny, Jason.
10. Web site: La Settima donna. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Firsching, Robert.
11. Web site: Long Weekend. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Armstrong, Derek.
12. Web site: Martin. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Binion, Cavett.
13. Web site: Mirrors. Buchanan. Jason. AllMovie. August 7, 2011.
14. Web site: Beyond the Living (1978). Binion. Cavett. AllMovie. January 19, 2020.
15. Web site: Spawn of the Slithis. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Erlewine, Iotis.
16. Web site: The Swarm. Allmovie. May 22, 2022. Dillard, Brian.