Subgenre Sampler
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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.…
Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, The (1979)
- Dir. Frank De Felitta
Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Linda Gray…
- An enchanting made–for–television drama starring Lindsay Wagner as Jennie Logan, a woman finds an antique dress in her attic that…
Unidentified Flying Oddball (The Spaceman and King Arthur) (1979)
- Dir. Russ Mayberry
Feat. Dennis Dugan, Kenneth More, Jim Dale…
- A lighthearted and updated Disney version of Mark Twain's comic novel 'Connecticut Yankee'. Here an astronaut and his robot pal do the timewarp and…
Valentine's Day - Liberace (1979)
- The flamboyant ivory–tinkler shows us around his personal museum, hot air ballon, super–yacht and wardrobe, performing some piano ditties…
Victor Borge - In Concert and Encore (1979)
- Humorist and piano recitalist Victor Borge demonstrates his indelible musical wit in this 1979 concert recorded live in London with accompanying…
Visitor, The (Stridulum) (1979)
- Dir. Giulio Paradisi
Feat. Joanne Nail, Lance Henriksen, Paige Conner…
- A young girl cursed with an inhuman, malevolent power is central to a cosmic battle between forces of good and evil in this ambitious and at times…
Wanderers, The (1979)
- Dir. Philip Kaufman
Feat. Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Linda Manz
- Bittersweet throw back to life in a Bronx high school in 1963, focused on Italian gang 'The Wanderers', who fumble their way through romance and…
Warriors, The (1979)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Michael Beck, James Remar
- NY street–gang Warriors, stranded far from their home–turf, must risk crossing the territory of a dozen other hostile gangs. Sleek yet…
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…
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
- Dir. Milton Katselas
Feat. Candy Clark, Marjoe Gortner
- A confrontational yet riveting psychodrama centering on a Vietnam vet–turned–drug dealer who terrorizes the patrons of a diner in a small…