Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1654 Films to Buy & Rent
It Lives Again (It's Alive 2) (1978)
- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd
- Three mutant babies embark on a murderous rampage in this schlocky sequel to Larry Cohen's cult hit, with fangs and claws care of effects supremo…
Magic (1978)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
- Anthony Hopkins is tormented by his evil ventriloquist dummy in an off–kilter thriller, that misses a little screen magic. Scripted by William…
Piranha (1978)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy
- A gag–filled spoof of JAWS and B–Movies from the 1950s. Premium schlock from the pen of John Sayles.
Shout, The (1978)
- Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York…
- An intelligent, enigmatic chiller about an asylum inmate with mystical powers who upsets the lives of an avant garde music composer and his wife in…
Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)
- Dir. Sergio Martino
Feat. Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Helmut Berger
- A star–studded, big–budget entry in the Italian 'cannibal movie' cycle, with Andress and Keach off to the wilds of New Guinea and the…
Summer of Fear (Stranger in the House) (1978)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate…
- One of dir. Wes Craven's early commercial successes (initially a telemovie), sees teenager Linda Blair suffer the perils of occult forces in suburban…
Swarm, The (1978)
- Dir. Irwin Allen
Feat. Michael Caine, Katherine Ross, Henry Fonda…
- The 70s Disaster Movie rarely got this far–out, with Michael Caine trying to swat a cloud of killer bumble–bees. Many other…
Audrey Rose (1977)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck…
- Soberly told thriller which has a seemingly happy couple disturbed by a stranger's (Hopkins) claim that their child is his daughter, in reincarnated…
Blood On Satan's Claw (Satan's Skin) (1977)
- Dir. Piers Haggard
Feat. Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Barry Andrews
- An admirable horror set in 17th century England, in which a decaying, dismembered demon is unearthed in a field, unleashing a cult of human…
Car, The (1977)
- Dir. Elliot Silverstein
Feat. James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley…
- A mysterious black sedan goes on a murderous rampage, terrorizing the residents of a small town in this cheap and cheerful thriller firmly indebted…