List of horror films of 1976
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A list of horror films released in 1976.
Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes | Ref. |
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A*P*E | Paul Leder | Rod Arrants, Joanna Kerns | United States South Korea | [1] | |
Alice, Sweet Alice | Alfred Sole | Linda Miller, Paula Sheppard, Brooke Shields, Mildred Clinton | United States | Alternative titles
| [2] |
Blood Bath | Joel Reed | Harve Presnell, Doris Roberts, P. J. Soles | United States | [3] | |
Blood Sucking Freaks | Joel Reed | Ernie Pysher, Viju Krem, Seamus O'Brien | United States | [4] | |
Bloodlust | Marijan David Vajda | Werner Pochath | Switzerland | [5] | |
Born for Hell | Denis Héroux | Mathieu Carrière, Debra Berger, Eva Mattes | Canada, West Germany, Italy, France | Alternative titles
| [6] |
Burnt Offerings | Dan Curtis | Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith | United States | [7] | |
Carrie | Brian De Palma | Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving | United States | [8] | |
The Clown Murders | Martyn Burke | Stephen Young, Lawrence Dane, John Candy | Canada | [9] | |
Dark August | Martin Goldman | Kim Hunter, J. J. Barry | United States | [10] | |
Death at Love House | E. W. Swackhamer | Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson | United States | Television film Alternative title(s)
| [11] |
Death Machines | Paul Kyriazi | Mari Honjo, Ronald L. Marchini, Philip DeAngelo | United States | [12] | |
Death Weekend | William Fruet | Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata | Canada | Alternative title(s)
| [13] |
Dogs | Burt Brinckerhoff | David McCallum, Sandra McCabe, George Wyner | United States | [14] | |
Dracula and Son, aka Dracula père et fils | Édouard Molinaro | Christopher Lee | France | horror-comedy | |
Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde | William Crain | Bernie Casey, Rosalind Cash, Marie O'Henry | United States | Alternative title(s)
| [15] |
Drive-In Massacre | Stu Segall | John F. Goff, Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye | United States | [16] | |
Eaten Alive | Tobe Hooper | Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Marilyn Burns | United States | Alternative title(s)
| [17] |
Embryo | Ralph Nelson | Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd | United States | [18] | |
The Food of the Gods | Bert I. Gordon | Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino | United States | [19] | |
God Told Me To | Larry Cohen | Sylvia Sidney, Richard Lynch, Tony Lo Bianco | United States | Alternative title(s)
| [20] |
Grizzly | William Girdler | Mary Ann Hearn, Charles Kissinger, Joan McCall | United States | [21] | |
Haunts | Herb Freed | May Britt, Cameron Mitchell | United States | [22] | |
The House with Laughing Windows | Pupi Avati | Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano | Italy | [23] | |
Inquisition | Jacinto Molina | Juan Gallardo, Daniela Giordano | Spain | [24] | |
Island of Death | Nico Mastorakis | Gerard Gonalons, Jessica Dublin, Nikos Tsachiridis | Greece | Alternative title(s)
| [25] |
J. D.'s Revenge | Arthur Marks | Glynn E. Turman, Joan Pringle, Carl Crudup | United States | [26] | |
Jack the Ripper | Jesús Franco | Lina Romay, Klaus Kinski, Herbert Fux | Switzerland West Germany | [27] | |
The Keeper | T. Y. Drake | Christopher Lee, Tell Schreiber | Canada | [28] | |
Land of the Minotaur | Kostas Karagiannis | Donald Pleasence, Jessica Dublin, Peter Cushing | Greece United Kingdom United States | [29] | |
The Legend of the Wolf Woman | Rino Di Silvestro | Dagmar Lassander, Annik Borel, Tino Carraro | Italy | [30] | |
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Nicolas Gessner | Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Scott Jacoby | Canada France | [31] | |
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby | Sam O'Steen | Stephen McHattie, Patty Duke, Ruth Gordon | United States | Television film | [32] |
Mansion of the Doomed | Michael Pataki | Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame, Lance Henriksen | United States | [33] | |
Massacre at Central High | Rene Daalder | Andrew Stevens, Robert Carradine, Kimberly Beck | United States | [34] | |
Meatcleaver Massacre | Evan Lee | Christopher Lee | United States | [35] | |
Obsession | Brian De Palma | Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow | United States | [36] | |
The Omen | Richard Donner | Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner | United States | [37] | |
The Premonition | Robert Schnitzer | Sharon Farrell, Edward Bell | United States | [38] | |
The Rat Savior | Krsto Papić | Boris Festini, Zdenka Trach, Mirjana Majurec | Yugoslavia | Alternative titles
| [39] |
Rattlers | John McCauley | Elizabeth Guadalupe Chauvet, Sam Chew, Dan Priest | United States | Television film | [40] |
Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot | Ed Ragozzino | George Lauris, Steve Boergadine, Jim Bradford | United States | [41] | |
Satan's Slave | Norman J. Warren | Michael Gough, Martin Potter, Candace Glendenning | United Kingdom | [42] | |
The Savage Bees | Guerdon Trueblood | Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Gretchen Corbett | United States | Television film | [43] |
Savage Weekend | David Paulsen | Christopher Allport, David Gale, William Sanderson | United States | [44] | |
Schizo | Pete Walker | Lynne Frederick, John Leyton | United Kingdom | [45] | |
Shadow of the Hawk | George McCowan | Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George | United States Canada | [46] | |
Shogun's Sadism | Yūji Makiguchi | Yûsuke Kazato, Rena Uchimura | Japan | Alternative titles
| [47] |
Snuff | Michael Findlay, Horacio Fredriksson, Simon Nuchtern | Margarita Amuchástegui, Aldo Mayo | Argentina Canada United States | [48] | |
Squirm | Jeff Lieberman | Jean Sullivan, Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy | United States | [49] | |
The Tenant | Roman Polanski | Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Shelley Winters | France | [50] | |
To the Devil a Daughter | Peter Sykes | Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman | West Germany United Kingdom | [51] | |
The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Charles B. Pierce | Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells | United States | [52] | |
Track of the Moon Beast | Richard Ashe | Chase Cordell, Leigh Drake, Gregorio Sala | United States | [53] | |
Who Can Kill a Child? | Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome | Spain | Alternative title(s)
| [54] |
The Witch Who Came from the Sea | Matt Cimber | Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown | United States | [55] |
References
- ^ Fountain, Clarke. "A*P*E". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Hardy 1995, pp. 310–311.
- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Blood Bath". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 313.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Mosquito der Schaender". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ Lucas, Tim and Donna (1995). "NAKED MASSACRE". Video Watchdog (28–30): 7. ISSN 1070-9991.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 379.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 383.
- ^ "The Clown Murders". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020.
- ^ Stanley 2000, p. 118.
- ^ Deal 2007, p. 34.
- ^ Seibert, Perry. "Death Machines". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Young 2000, pp. 148, 288.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 171.
- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Dr. Black and Mr. White". Allmovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 181.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 391.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 394.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 397.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 398.
- ^ Young 2000, pp. 261–262.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 405.
- ^ Buchanan, Jason. "The House with Laughing Windows". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Inquisition". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ "Island of Death". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 407.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 314.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 331.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 311.
- ^ Hardy 1995, pp. 315–6.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 357.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby". AllMovie. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020.
- ^ Hardy 1995, p. 316.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Massacre at Central High". AllMovie. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020.
- ^ Stine 2015, p. 137.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 421.
- ^ Muir 2007, pp. 429–430.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "The Premonition". AllMovie. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020.
- ^ "Film calendar". Museum of Modern Art. August 27, 2017. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020.
- ^ Blaise, Judd. "Rattlers". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ Albright 2012, p. 285.
- ^ Chibnall & Petley 2002, p. 225.
- ^ Deal 2007, p. 141.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 574.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 431.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 559.
- ^ Murguía 2016, p. 69.
- ^ Hawkins 2000, p. 136.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 433.
- ^ Young 2000, p. 622.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 436.
- ^ Muir 2007, p. 438.
- ^ Young 2000, pp. 650, 923.
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Who Can Kill a Child?". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ Stanley 1988, p. 404.
Sources
- Albright, Brian (2012). Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-476-60042-0.
- Chibnall, Steve; Petley, Julian, eds. (2002). British Horror Cinema. New York City, New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-23003-2.
- Deal, David (2007). Television Fright Films of the 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-42929-5.
- Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995). The Overlook Film Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-624-0.
- Hawkins, Joan (2000). Cutting edge: art-horror and the horrific avant-garde. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-3413-0.
- Muir, John Kenneth (2007). Horror Films of the 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-49156-8.
- Murguía, Salvador Jimenez, ed. (2016). The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-442-26167-9.
- Stanley, John (1988). Revenge of the Creature Features Movie Guide: An A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic, or, Is There a Mad Doctor In the House?. Pacifica, California: Creatures at Large Press. ISBN 0-940064-04-9.
- Stanley, John (2000). Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide. New York: Berkley Boulevard Books. ISBN 978-0-425-17517-0.
- Stine, Scott Aaron (2015). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1960s and 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-49140-7.
- Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. New York City: Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 1-55783-269-2.
External links
- Horror films of 1976 on Internet Movie Database