List of horror films of 1979 explained

A list of horror films released in 1979.

Title	Director(s)	Cast	Country	Notes
	Alien			United States
data-sort-value="Amityville"	The Amityville Horror		James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger	United States
	Angel Guts: Red Classroom			Japan		^[1]
	Beyond the Darkness			Italy
	Bloodrage		Ian Scott, Judith-Marie Bergan	United States		^[2]
	Bog		Gloria DeHaven, Aldo Ray	United States
data-sort-value="Brood"	The Brood			Canada
data-sort-value="Butterfly"	The Butterfly Murders			Hong Kong		^[3]
	The Dark	John Cardos	William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel	United States		^[4]
	Dominique		Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter	United Kingdom
	Dracula			United Kingdom United States
data-sort-value="Driller"	The Driller Killer		Jimmy Laine, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day	United States
data-sort-value="Evictors"	The Evictors		Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper	United States
	Fascination		Franca Mai, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire	France		^[5]
	Human Experiments			United States		^[6]
	Killer Fish			Brazil Italy United Kingdom United States		^[7]
	Murder by Decree			United Kingdom
	Nightwing			United States
	Nosferatu the Vampyre			West Germany France
	Phantasm			United States
	Prophecy			United States
	Screams of a Winter Night		Matt Borel, Gil Glasgow, Patrick Byers	United States
data-sort-value="Silent Scream"	The Silent Scream			United States
	Thirst			Australia		^[8]
	Tourist Trap		Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Tanya Roberts	United States
	Up From the Depths			Philippines United States		^[9]
data-sort-value="Visitor"	The Visitor			Italy United States
	When a Stranger Calls			United States
	Wolfman		Earl Owensby, Kristina Reynolds, Julian Morton	United States
	Zombi 2			Italy
	Zombie Holocaust		Ian McCulloch, Alexandra Cole, Sherry Buchanan	Italy		^[10]

Sources

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• Book: Browning, John Edgar . 2010 . Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921–2010 . . 978-0-7864-3365-0 .
• Book: Chibnall. Steve. Petley. Julian. 2002. British Horror Cinema. Routledge. 978-0-415-23003-2. New York City, New York.
• Book: Deal, David. McFarland. Jefferson, North Carolina. Television Fright Films of the 1970s. 2007. 978-0-786-42929-5.
• Book: Hardy . Phil . Phil Hardy (journalist) . 1995 . The Overlook Film Encyclopedia . 3 . . 0-87951-624-0 .
• Book: Hirschhorn, Clive. Hamlyn. London, England. 2000. The Universal Story. 978-0-600-59736-0. registration.
• Book: Hutchings, Peter. 2009. The A to Z of Horror Cinema. Scarecrow Press. Lanham, Maryland. 978-0-810-87050-5.
• Book: Meyers, Ric. 2011. For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films. Emery Books. Guildford, Connecticut. 1983. 978-0-979-99893-5.
• Book: Muir, John Kenneth. John Kenneth Muir. 2007. Horror Films of the 1970s. McFarland. Jefferson, North Carolina. 978-0-786-49156-8.
• Book: Nowell, Richard. Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle. 2011. Continuum. New York City, New York. 978-1-441-18850-2.
• Book: Stine, Scott Aaron. 2015. The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960s and 1970s. McFarland. Jefferson, North Carolina. 978-0-786-49140-7.
• Book: Thrower, Stephen. 2007. Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents. FAB Press. London, England. 978-1-903-25446-2 .
• Book: Young, R. G. . 2000 . The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies . June 29, 2011 . . 1-55783-269-2 .

External links

• Horror films of 1979 on Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tenshi No Harawata Akai Kyoshitsu. AllMovie. January 24, 2012. Firsching, Robert.
2. Web site: Never Pick Up a Stranger. Rotten Tomatoes. live. https://archive.today/20200117091413/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/never_pick_up_a_stranger. January 17, 2020.
3. Web site: The Butterfly Murders. AllMovie. January 24, 2012. Fountain, Clarke.
4. Web site: The Dark (1979) . AllMovie.
5. Web site: Fascination. AllMovie. January 24, 2012. Firsching, Robert.
6. Web site: Human Experiments. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Ankeny, Jason.
7. Web site: Killer Fish. AllMovie. January 23, 2012. Blaise, Judd.
8. Web site: Thirst. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Mannikka, Eleanor.
9. Web site: Up From the Depths. AllMovie. August 7, 2011. Fountain, Clarke.
10. Web site: Zombie Holocaust. AllMovie. November 27, 2011. Binion, Cavett.