Best Horror movies of 1976

Actors : Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye, John F. Goff, Verkina Flower,
Directors : Stu Segall,

Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.

Actors : Andreas Mannkopff, Klaus Kinski, Josephine Chaplin, Herbert Fux,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.

Actors : Paul Muller, Roger Darton, Monica Swinn, Lina Romay,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.

Actors : Vanessa Brown, Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Peggy Feury,
Directors : Matt Cimber,

A disturbed woman is haunted by memories of childhood abuse, which culminates in a murder spree.

Actors : Roddy McDowall, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Rock Hudson,
Directors : Ralph Nelson,

A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days. However, the "adult" fetus turns into a homicidal psycho ...

Actors : Giovanna Mainardi, Mircha Carven, Paola Corazzi, Giorgio Cerioni,
Directors : Sergio Garrone,

Near the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the Arian race.

Actors : Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson,
Directors : Joy N. Houck Jr.,

Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps encounter a Bigfoot-type creature.

Actors : Chuck Shamata, Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Richard Ayres,
Directors : William Fruet,

A rich playboy has a large house in the countryside. One weekend he invites a fashion model. On his way to the house, he drives past a gang of crazy young men. The men find out where the ...

Actors : Annik Borel, Howard Ross, Dagmar Lassander, Tino Carraro,
Directors : Rino Di Silvestro,

A woman has dreams that she is a werewolf so she goes out and finds men. She proceeds to have sex with them and then rip their throats out with her teeth. She eventually falls in love but ...

Actors : Kostas Karagiorgis, Donald Pleasence, Peter Cushing, Luan Peters,
Directors : Kostas Karagiannis,

A satanic cult kidnaps 3 young people and Priest Donald Pleasence and Costas Skouras must save them from the hands of this evil!

Actors : John Fraser, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, Lynne Frederick,
Directors : Pete Walker,

A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.

Actors : David McCallum, Eric Server, Sandra McCabe, George Wyner,
Directors : Burt Brinckerhoff,

A pack of dogs go on a killing spree.

Actors : Marie-Hélène Breillat, Bernard Menez, Christopher Lee, Catherine Breillat,
Directors : Édouard Molinaro,

Son grows up with father, leaves to go to big city in 1979. Father follows and tries to survive as a vampire in a modern world. Son finds girl, decides not to be a vampire anymore. Great ...

Actors : Trish Stewart, Richard Basehart, Lance Henriksen, Gloria Grahame,
Directors : Michael Pataki,

An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of performing transplants on his daughter who ...

Actors : Buffy Dee, Harold Sakata, Jennifer Bishop, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : William Grefé,

A man accidentally learns that he has a mystical connection with sharks, and is given a strange medallion by a shaman. Becoming more and more alienated from normal society, he develops an ability to communicate with sharks telepathically, setting out to destroy anybody who harms sharks. People enter into his strange world to exploit his weird passion, and he uses the animals to gain revenge on ...

Actors : Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley,
Directors : Pete Walker,

A troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl,...

Actors : Ronald Gold, Sam Chew Jr., Elisabeth Chauvet, Dan Priest,
Directors : John McCauley,

A herpetologist investigating a series of fatal rattlesnake attacks discovers that the creatures have been infected by a mysterious nerve gas disposed of in the desert by the military.

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Ellen Barber, Edward Bell, Danielle Brisebois,
Directors : Robert Allen Schnitzer,

This Thriller/horror movie tells the tale of a young girl who is terrified that her insane mother will take her away from her beloved foster mother. One day, the crazed real mother attempts...

Actors : Ernesto Macias, Herman Wallner, Patricia Landon, Suzanna Ling,
Directors : Chris Munger,

A disturbed teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against her "enemies."

Actors : Masataka Iwao, Rena Uchimura, Akira Shioji, Yûsuke Kazato,
Directors : Yûji Makiguchi,

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1. During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are ...