A young woman stumbles upon a mysterious diary that reveals the secrets of “The Three Mothers” and unleashes a nightmare world of demonic evil. As the unstoppable horror spreads from Rome to New York City, this unholy trinity must be stopped before the world is submerged in the blood of the innocent.
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Horror History: Friday, March 28, 1980: The Changeling was released in theaters
Perhaps the most chilling supernatural thriller of all time. One of the scariest movies ever made. Scott delivers one of the best performances ever. As a Manhattan composer consumed by grief after his wife and daughter are killed in a shocking accident. When he moves to a secluded Victorian mansion he will find himself haunted by a paranormal entity that may unleash an even more disturbing secret.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 28, 1980: The Changeling was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, March 28, 1980: Don’t Go in the House was released in theaters
A disturbed young man who was burned as a child by his sadistic mother stalks women with a flamethrower. Donny Kohler, a young man who was abused as a child, is terribly changed by the death of his mother. A long dormant psychosis is brought to life and he prepares his vengeance for his tormented childhood. One by one he lures beautiful young women into his ancient, house and takes his revenge!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 28, 1980: Don’t Go in the House was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, February 29, 1980: Don’t Answer the Phone! was released in theaters
A chilling and terrifying tale of a homicidal maniac who harasses a radio psychologist.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 29, 1980: Don’t Answer the Phone! was released in theaters”Horror History: Thursday, February 7, 1980: Cannibal Holocaust was released in Italian theaters
A professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area’s cannibal tribes. The brutal deaths of the filmmakers are recorded on the footage, along with their own cruelty towards and manipulation of the native people and each other. After viewing the footage a group of film executives order it destroyed.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, February 7, 1980: Cannibal Holocaust was released in Italian theaters”Horror History: Friday, February 1, 1980: The Fog was released in theaters
Ghosts of shipwrecked sailors return to a seaside village on the 100-year anniversary of their deaths.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 1, 1980: The Fog was released in theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, January 30, 1980: To All a Goodnight was released in theaters
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Santa Claus is stirring, and he’s not bringing gifts. Five young female boarders at the Calvin Finishing School have set their sights on a festive Christmas holiday romp. They have just drugged their housemother and smuggled their boyfriends into the house. But their fun-filled promiscuous frolic will soon turn into a blood-soaked nightmare when a sadistic maniac dressed as Santa Claus arrives to deliver some holiday cheer, or maybe that’s FEAR. The insane Santa Claus starts slashing his way through the house, and the gory body count begins. So you better watch out, as this Santa knows if you ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake! Jennifer Runyon (in her film debut) stars in this 1980 slasher cult-horror favorite, directed by David Hess (Krug in Wes Craven’s Last House On The Left) and written and prodcued by Alex Rebar (The Incredible Melting Man).
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, January 30, 1980: To All a Goodnight was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, January 18, 1980: Silent Scream was released in theaters
What is the deadly secret haunting the Engel’s family? Young co-ed Scotty is unable to find housing on the campus. She finds a vacancy at the Engels’ mansion, now a boarding house for college students. Mrs. Engels and her son seem nice enough, but it becomes clear to Scotty that something is not right at her new residence. When her fellow borders begin dying, two detective must solve the mystery of the Engels’ boarding house before the body count rises.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 18, 1980: Silent Scream was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 26, 1979: When a Stranger Calls was released in theaters
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 26, 1979: When a Stranger Calls was released in theaters”Horror History: Saturday, August 25, 1979: Zombi was released in Italian theaters
After a deadly zombie attack aboard a missing scientist’s boat off the coast of NYC, journalist Peter West and Ann Bowles travel to a mysterious island to search for her lost father. There they discover that a terrifying disease is turning the locals into horrifying zombies with a taste for human flesh.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, August 25, 1979: Zombi was released in Italian theaters”Horror History: Friday, July 27, 1979: The Amityville Horror was released in theaters
Supposed true story about George and Kathleen Lutzm whose dream house turns into a nightmare. James Brolin and Margot Kidder are the unsuspecting new tenants of a house whose previous occupants had been murdered in their sleep. The Lutzes and their children are menaced by the lingering evil in this frightening ghost story.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 27, 1979: The Amityville Horror was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, July 20, 1979: Dracula was released in theaters
In this retelling of the classic tale, Frank Langella stars as the bloodthirsty Count and Sir Laurence Olivier is his nemesis, Van Helsing, who is determined to end Transylvania’s terror.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, July 20, 1979: Dracula was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: The Driller Killer was released in theaters
An artist slowly goes insane from struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings and care for his two female roommates. This leads him to the streets of New York after dark where he randomly kills derelicts with a power drill.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: The Driller Killer was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: Prophecy was released in theaters
Prophecy is a contemporary story of stark terror. Robert Foxworth and Talia Shire (Rocky, The Godfather) star as a doctor and his wife, who, at the request of a concerned friend, travel to Maine to research the impact of the lumber industry on the local environment. They begin to investigate a succession of mysterious and terrifying events: ecological freaks of nature (including fish that grow many times their normal size), and a series of bizarre and grisly human deaths. Veteran suspense director John Frankenheimer manages to present “Prophecy” as a “monster movie” as well as suspenseful tale about the deadly forces which result from the pollution of the environment.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 15, 1979: Prophecy was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 25, 1979: Alien was released in theaters
On their voyage home, the crew of the deepspace tug Nostromo investigate an alien distress signal, inadvertently picking up and bringing aboard an extraterrestrial life form with violent and lethal survival instincts.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 25, 1979: Alien was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, May 25, 1979: The Brood was released in theaters
As the trauma of one couple’s divorce escalates, the city is terrorized by a series of attacks by disfigured children.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, May 25, 1979: The Brood was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 13, 1979: Dawn of the Dead was released in US theaters
Zombies take over a shopping mall and terrorize four people hiding there in this sequel to George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 13, 1979: Dawn of the Dead was released in US theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, March 28, 1979: Phantasm was released in theaters
Phantasm follows the young Mike Baldwin as he battles against the enigmatic “Tall Man”, an extraterrestrial being intent on harvesting the human race.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, March 28, 1979: Phantasm was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, March 16, 1979: Tourist Trap was released in theaters
The classic REMASTERED! An eerie, deserted wax museum, Slausen’s Lost Oasis, is the site for terror where four young travelers are lured into a very deadly “Tourist Trap.” Slausen is the reclusive and bizarre owner of this attraction, which is more like a macabre chamber of horrors. The grotesque and frightening mannequins in this sordid side-show are only the beginning of the murderous mayhem.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 16, 1979: Tourist Trap was released in theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, January 17, 1979: Nosferatu the Vampyre was released in French theaters
Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, January 17, 1979: Nosferatu the Vampyre was released in French theaters”Horror History: Friday, December 22, 1978: Invasion of the Body Snatchers was released in theaters
San Francisco residents are slowly being replaced by emotionless replicas, and it’s up to a handful of humans to stop the invasion! A chilling remake of the sci-fi classic, with Leonard Nimoy.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 22, 1978: Invasion of the Body Snatchers was released in theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, November 29, 1978: Someone’s Watching Me debuted on television
A woman is slowly stalked to the brink of madness by a man watching her from the opposite tower block.As the police not taking her seriously,leaves no option for her than to track him down.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, November 29, 1978: Someone’s Watching Me debuted on television”Horror History: Wednesday, November 22, 1978: I Spit on Your Grave was released in theaters
In this cult classic, a New York City writer retires to a secluded cabin in the woods to write her first novel. While there, she is brutally raped by four country boys and left for dead. Surviving the assault, she carefully plots and executes horrific, bloody revenge against her attackers.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, November 22, 1978: I Spit on Your Grave was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, October 27, 1978: Halloween was released in theaters
On Halloween night of 1963, 6-year old Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death. After sitting in a mental hospital for 15 years, Myers escapes and returns to Haddonfield to kill.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, October 27, 1978: Halloween was released in theaters”Horror History: Sunday, October 8, 1978: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was released in theaters
A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated tomatoes that KILL!
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, October 8, 1978: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was released in theaters”Horror History: Thursday, August 3, 1978: Piranha was released in theaters
Classic film tale with screenplay by John Sayles of fish attacking a sleepy resort river town. Original theatrical release grossed over $10 million domestic box office.
Read more “Horror History: Thursday, August 3, 1978: Piranha was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 16, 1978: Jaws 2 was released in theaters
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water! The beach-goers of Amity are threatened again by a giant, man-eating shark in this thrilling sequel to Spielberg’s masterpiece!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 16, 1978: Jaws 2 was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, June 9, 1978: Damien: Omen II was released in theaters
The teenage antichrist uses his satanic powers to kill anyone including friends and family who suspects his evil heritage.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 9, 1978: Damien: Omen II was released in theaters”Horror History: Wednesday, May 10, 1978: Martin was released in US theaters
George Romero does for vampires what he has already done to zombies – an intense and realistic treatment that follows the exploits of Martin, who claims to be 84 years old, and who certainly drinks human blood. The boy arrives in Pittsburg to stay with his uncle, who promises to save Martin’s soul and destroy him once he is finished, but Martin’s loneliness finds other means of release. …Martin
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, May 10, 1978: Martin was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, March 3, 1978: The Toolbox Murders was released in theaters
In a quiet apartment complex in Los Angeles, a deranged handyman goes on a killing spree, savagely murdering ‘immoral’ women with the tools of his trade – claw-hammers, screwdrivers, power drills and even a deadly nail gun! But these gruesome massacres are just the beginning of this landmark epic of violence and depravity.
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