Best Horror movies of 1978

Actors : Lorraine Gary, Roy Scheider, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo,
Directors : Jeannot Szwarc,

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes,
Directors : John Carpenter,

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.

Actors : David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross,
Directors : George A. Romero,

Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Actors : John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Elyane Nadeau,
Directors : George A. Romero,

A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.

Actors : Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn, Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Michael Crichton,

When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital she uncovers a horrible conspiracy.

Actors : William Holden, Lee Grant, Robert Foxworth, Jonathan Scott-Taylor,

Damien the Antichrist, now thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.

Actors : Anthony Nichols, Eron Tabor, Camille Keaton, Richard Pace,
Directors : Meir Zarchi,

An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.

Actors : Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, Brooke Adams, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion.

Actors : Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Michael Caine, Katharine Ross,
Directors : Irwin Allen,

A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.

Actors : Burgess Meredith, Anthony Hopkins, Ed Lauter, Ann-Margret,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.

Actors : George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, David Miller, J. Stephen Peace,
Directors : John De Bello,

A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated killer tomatoes.

Actors : Kevin McCarthy, Bradford Dillman, Keenan Wynn, Heather Menzies-Urich,
Directors : Joe Dante,

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

Actors : Carrie Snodgress, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, John Cassavetes,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue when a sinister official kidnaps him to harbor his extremely powerful psychic abilities.

Actors : Alan Bates, John Hurt, Robert Stephens, Susannah York,
Directors : Jerzy Skolimowski,

A traveler by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley, John P. Ryan,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

An epidemic of mutant monster babies sweeps America.

Actors : Cheryl Smith, Kim Milford, Ron Masak, Gianni Russo,
Directors : Michael Rae,

A teenager stumbles upon an alien weapon, which transforms him into a grotesque killer.

Actors : Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Harry Andrews, Lee Remick,
Directors : Jack Gold,

Psychological thriller about a novelist, a telekinetic, who causes disasters simply by thinking about them.

Actors : Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day, John Hargreaves,
Directors : Colin Eggleston,

When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.

Actors : Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Antonio Marsina, Claudio Cassinelli,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

A girl and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the great jungle.

Actors : Takahiro Tamura, Takuzô Kawatani, Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger.