With an average IMDb score of 5.8 from over 10 horror movies released in 1978 it was a pretty average year for horror movies overall. We got some great ones (Dawn of the Dead and Halloween) but we also got some serious crap too - just look (or maybe don't) at Nurse Sherri (1978) and Dracula's Dog (1978) for example. It's duds like these that give the horror genre a bad name. But fear not, we've sorted the cream from the crap for you.So grab some snacks and a drink (and maybe something to hide behind) and check out reviews, ratings and trailers for the 1978 - Top 20 Horror Movies ranked by Amazon.
1978 - Top 20 Horror Movies
1
Halloween
Year: 1978
Released: 25 Oct 1978 |
Director: John Carpenter
The plot
On Halloween night of 1963, 6-year old Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death. After sitting in a mental hospital for 15... [read more]
4.5
2
Dawn of the Dead
Year: 1978
Released: 24 May 1979 |
Director: George A. Romero
The plot
Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a... [read more]
4.4
3
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Year: 1978
Released: 20 Dec 1978 |
Director: Philip Kaufman
The plot
In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion.
4.4
4
I Spit on Your Grave
Year: 1978
Released: 22 Nov 1978 |
Director: Meir Zarchi
The plot
An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to... [read more]
3.5
5
The Toolbox Murders
Year: 1978
Released: 03 Mar 1978 |
Director: Dennis Donnelly
The plot
A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.
3.5
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