Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Salem's Lot (1979)
- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin - Creepy Stephen King story made for TV, but no less scary for it. The town of Salem don't take kindly to nosy strangers!
Thirst (1979)- Dir. Rod Hardy
Feat. Henry Silva, David Hemmings - Stylish, if slight horror–thriller in which a Satanic cult kidnap a woman to convert her into a vampire of royal stock. Eerie atmosphere now…
Tourist Trap (1979)- Dir. David Schmoeller
Feat. Chuck Connors, Tanya Roberts, Jocelyn Jones - Claustrophobic horror with four friends pursued through a ghostly museum by mannequins under the control of an old man with telekinetic powers.…
When a Stranger Calls (1979)- Dir. Fred Walton
Feat. Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst… - "Have you checked the children?". This line and the opening twenty minutes of this film (later parodied in SCREAM) preyed on babysitters' fears the…
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson - The Italian goremeister's answer to DAWN OF THE DEAD (and originally marketed as a sequel to it) sees zombies making grisly mincemeat of various poor…
Zombie Holocaust (1979)- Dir. Marino Girolami
Feat. Donald O'Brien, Ian McCulloch - One of the more successful Italian gore–films, this strange blend of NYC policier, DAWN OF THE DEAD and ISLAND OF LOST SOULS is entertaining in…
Bloodsucking Freaks (1978)- Dir. Joel Reed
Feat. Seamus O'Brien, Viju Krem - Repugnant exploitation fare set in a New York theatre of sleaze, promises gross, delivers the insufferable. A film to truly absolve one's morbid…
Cyclone (1978)- Dir. René Cardona Jr.
Feat. Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Lionel Stander - Mexican survival horror with a brutal cyclone pummeling the first 20 minutes of the film, resulting in an airplane crash, and a group of survivors…
Damien: The Omen II (Omen 2) (1978)- Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Jonathan Scott-Taylor, William Holden, Lee Grant - Effective continuation of the story with Damien (chillingly understated by Jonathan Scott–Taylor) now grappling with teenage problems on top of…
Grapes of Death, The (Les Raisins de la Mort) (1978)- Dir. Jean Rollin
- Eco–thriller set in the French countryside where a dangerous pesticide used in a local vineyard has turned residents into the walking dead.…
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