Best Horror movies of 1979

Actors : Barbara Bach, Beryl Cunningham, Claudio Cassinelli, Richard Johnson,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.

Actors : Marisa Berenson, Margaux Hemingway, Lee Majors, Karen Black,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.

Actors : David Gale, Jim Doerr, Devin Goldenberg, Christopher Allport,

Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask.

Actors : Shirley Cameron, Max Phipps, Chantal Contouri, Henry Silva,
Directors : Rod Hardy,

The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the "blood cows" (read: people) kept at the "dairy farm", and they try to get her to join them.

Actors : Cathy Lee Crosby, Keenan Wynn, Richard Jaeckel, William Devane,

An alien mutilator stalks and kills human prey during the night.

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Craig Gardner, Jennifer Holmes, Zoli Marki,
Directors : Percival Rubens,

Random people are terrorized by a malevolent man who brings their worst fears to life.

Actors : Natsuko Yashiro, Shun Domon, Asami Ogawa, Hiromi Namino,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

One dark and stormy night, a middle age prison escapee haphazardly breaks into the luxurious mason of a wealthy and privileged family and rapes the young wife in front of her bound husband....

Actors : Barbara Bach, Mel Ferrer, Romano Puppo, Claudio Cassinelli,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

Tourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.

Actors : Sue Ane Langdon, Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper,
Directors : Charles B. Pierce,

A young couple, just married, rents a house in a village in Louisiana. But they are not welcome because the inhabitants of the village look upon them with distrust. Meanwhile, in the house ...

Actors : Meeno Peluce, Barbara Monker, Aldo Ray, Tammy Taylor,
Directors : Lawrence David Foldes,

Runaways are attacked by evil beings from the far past.

Actors : Marcy Lafferty, Dorothy Malone, Jim Davis, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : John 'Bud' Cardos,

Aliens visit the solar-powered house of a middle-class family, and the house is suddenly sucked into a time warp that transports it back to prehistoric times.

Actors : Michelle Yim, Siu-Ming Lau, Kuo-Chu Chang, Shu Tong Wong,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

A journalist attempting to solve a mystery in "Martial World" enlists the aid of a master fighter and a woman named Green Breeze. They go to a mysterious castle where they come across poisonous butterflies and a black-leather-clad killer.

Actors : Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei, Michele Renzullo,
Directors : Mario Landi,

In Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.

Actors : Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Kedric Wolfe, Virgil Frye,
Directors : Charles B. Griffith,

A giant shark-like creature preys on a Hawaiian tourist community.

Actors : Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter, Cliff Robertson, Simon Ward,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

A millionaire who has recently lost his wife starts believing that he is being haunted by her spirit.

Actors : Randolph Rebane, Katie Hopkins Zerby, Janus Raudkivi, Stafford Morgan,
Directors : Bill Rebane,

A series of killings occur, with no suspects, the locals soon decide that Bigfoot is responsible.

Actors : Brother Theodore, Nai Bonet, Yvonne De Carlo, John Carradine,
Directors : Harry Hurwitz,

Dracula's granddaughter falls in love with a disco guitarist and runs away to New York City with him.

Actors : Renato Pozzetto, Max von Sydow, Shelley Winters, Alberto Lionello,
Directors : Mauro Bolognini,

Black Journal (originally titled Gran Bollito) is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is based on the real life events of Leonarda Cianciulli, the Italian serial killer best known as the "Soap-Maker of Correggio".

Actors : Josef Kemr, Ondrej Pavelka, Julie Juristová, Anna Malová,
Directors : Juraj Herz,

Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is ...

Actors : Isabela Corona, María Rebeca, Manuel Ojeda, Diana Bracho,
Directors : Arturo Ripstein,

Old aunt Alejandra goes to live with a Mexican middle-class family; she's bitter and the children tease her and make her life miserable, but the old woman is truly a witch, and takes revenge.