Best Psychopath movies of 1979

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Henry Beckman, Art Hindle, Oliver Reed,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.

Actors : David Warner, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi,
Directors : Nicholas Meyer,

H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.

Actors : James Woods, John Savage, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson,
Directors : Harold Becker,

Greg Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Smith (aka Jimmy Youngblood), a petty thief, as his partner in crime. Powell panics one night when the two of them are pulled over by a ...

Actors : Carol Kane, Carmen Argenziano, Rutanya Alda, Charles Durning,
Directors : Fred Walton,

A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

Actors : Chris Carbis, Curt Colbert, Peter Spelson, Robin Newton,
Directors : Jack M. Sell,

A man discovers that he has psychotronic powers--the ability to will people to die. He begins exercising that power.

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".