Horror Movies By Year - 1976
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- DirectorMarcelo MottaJosé Mojica MarinsStarsJosé Mojica MarinsAlfredo AlmeidaGiulio AurichioThe events of several travelers who stop at a sinister hostel one stormy night.
- DirectorAlfred SoleStarsLinda MillerMildred ClintonPaula E. SheppardIn 1961, a divorced Catholic couple's life is turned upside-down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of subsequent stabbings.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsTamaki KatsuraYuri YamashinaNatsuko YashiroTwo restaurant employees begin a torturous and sexual killing spree after they accidentally kill a hitch hiker and find that murder and mutilation is their mutual aphrodisiac.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsLina RomayPaul MullerMonica SwinnWomen's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.
- DirectorYong-min LeeStarsYeong-ha YuGeon JangOk-hwa HaA revenge-driven ghost manifests physical form through her portrait to kill the woman responsible for her death
- DirectorJoel M. ReedStarsHarve PresnellJack SomackCurt DawsonThe cast of a horror film go out for dinner with their director one night and they all exchange horror stories.
- DirectorFrank MitchellStarsWayne A. FarlowJonathan GoldsmithJohn HartWhat is meant to be a pleasure cruise becomes a nightmare as murder follows murder on a small ship. With tension mounting, passengers and the crew turn on each other in a desperate attempt to identify the killer.
- DirectorJoel M. ReedStarsSeamus O'BrienViju KremNiles McMasterIn the Theatre of the Macabre in New York Sardu and his assistants present a show involving the torture and mutilation of young women. The audience assumes it is just an act but the torture is real, as are the deaths.
- DirectorDan CurtisStarsKaren BlackOliver ReedBurgess MeredithA family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy IrvingCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
- DirectorJoy N. Houck Jr.StarsJack ElamDub TaylorDennis FimpleTwo men exploring the Louisiana swamps encounter a Bigfoot-type creature.
- DirectorJack WeisStarsRonald TanetMaureen RidleyHerbert G. JahnckeA witch resurrects a murdered Vietnam vet and takes revenge on his killers.
- DirectorMartin GoldmanStarsKim HunterJ.J. BarryCarolyne BarryA man accidentally runs down a young girl and has a curse placed on him by the girl's father, an occultist. He goes to a spiritualist for help in fighting the curse.
- DirectorYôichi TakabayashiStarsYûtarô BanHiroshi EbieHideki HanaokaWhen a woman and her bridegroom are found dead in a double suicide the day after their wedding, it is up to the detective to figure out what could possibly have motivated them. Carefully and systematically, he pieces together the inner lives of the two.
- DirectorErwin C. DietrichStarsChrista FreeMarianne DupontHerbert FuxMiss Jonas, prone to a decadent life, has been sentenced to death. In Hell, she is told she's three days early and therefore sent back to life. Her friends are confused but expecting Hell anyway, she's determined to really deserve it.
- DirectorJordi GigóStarsSilvia SolarOlivier MathotJosé NietoFormer Countess Clair and Professor Gruber conduct occult research in castle basement of Count Victor, re-animating people to kill for them.
- DirectorVirgilio MatteiPeter SkerlStarsPhilippe MarchJuliette MaynielLeonora FaniJeanine is a girl who has been traumatized since childhood after having inadvertently seen her mother mate with the family's Doberman dog.
- DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffStarsDavid McCallumSandra McCabeGeorge WynerA pack of dogs goes on a killing spree.
- DirectorWilliam CrainStarsBernie CaseyRosalind CashMarie O'HenryWhen a black scientist develops a formula to regenerate dying liver cells and tests it on himself, it accidentally turns him into an albino monster with a lust for murdering prostitutes, pimps and drug dealers.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsChristopher LeeBernard MenezMarie-Hélène BreillatIn the 1700s, a vampire has a son from a normal woman. The mother dies, and he spends two centuries trying to teach his meek son how to be a proper vampire but no avail. Now they have to flee from Transylvania, and they end up in France.
- DirectorNoboru TanakaStarsJunko MiyashitaRenji IshibashiHiroshi ChôThe landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.
- DirectorTito NovaroStarsDavid LamarAlejandro MorenoAna Bertha LepeSome aliens stalk and kidnap humans to take their eyes off and send them to their planet, the same Blue Demon falls into the trap, trying to rescue his brother.
- DirectorFernando CortésStarsMaría Elena VelascoEleazar GarcíaFernando LujánA maid and her boss's dog are the inheritors of a large fortune of money, properties and mansions. However, the boss's furious relatives scheme several unsuccessful plans to get rid of them.
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsRock HudsonBarbara CarreraDiane LaddA scientist (Rock Hudson) doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days. All is not well though as the child begins to exhibit some horrific tendencies.
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsMichael GoughMartin PotterCandace GlendenningA woman traveling with her parents to her uncle's house crash near his house. Her parents die but she survives. She stays with her uncle, but it becomes clear that he and his son are planning something sinister for her.
- DirectorIan F.H. LloydStarsRoger BizleyJohn BennettDavid AllisterAn MP arranges a bomb in a school playground as a pretext to bring back the death penalty.
- DirectorBarry RosenStarsWarhawk TanzaniaLarry FleischmanWilfredo RoldanA tough black martial artist cop takes on warring street gangs and an evil demon that haunts the New York City subways.
- DirectorBent ChristensenStarsDirch PasserKirsten WaltherAxel StrøbyeOn a train in 1930 Denmark, the emergency brake is pulled and the train stops near a station rumored to be haunted after midnight of the 13th. While the passengers wait in the station, strange, scary, confusing things happen.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsTony Lo BiancoDeborah RaffinSandy DennisA New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsLung TiNi TienLieh LoAn evil magician and his zombie minions are up against a trio of doctors who are on a mission to find the cause of an outbreak of unknown diseases caused by his spells.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsChristopher GeorgeAndrew PrineRichard JaeckelAn eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.
- DirectorFeng-Pan YaoStarsChuan-Ju WangJing FangKuei Chang
- DirectorKostas KaragiannisStarsLakis KomninosDorothy MooreVagelis SeilinosLonging to escape his older wife and marry his young lover, a penniless playboy pays a psychopathic killer to do the deed so that he can inherit her millions.
- DirectorCharles NizetStarsBill GreerDeedy PetersLynne MartaA mad doctor runs a sanitarium in the desert, where his hunchbacked servant whips women who are chained in the basement and cuts the legs off bodies so they'll fit in the caskets. Complications ensue.
- DirectorMarco MasiStarsPiero FabianiLuigia GiuriChristiana Borghi
- DirectorPaul NaschyStarsPaul NaschyDaniela GiordanoMónica RandallA witch-finder general falls in love with the village beauty, who has supposedly made a pact with the devil.
- DirectorNico MastorakisStarsBob BehlingJane LyleJessica DublinA couple of perverted and maniac killers get loose on a Greek island.
- DirectorKrsto PapicStarsIvica VidovicMirjana MajurecRelja BasicA poor writer discovers that a species of rats has banded together to impersonate humans and supplant them unnoticed, in a manner reminiscent of the transformations in Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros, or the covert conspiracy of pod-people in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This film's story is based on a book by the Soviet writer Alexander Greene.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsGlynn TurmanLouis Gossett Jr.Joan PringleMurdered on Bourbon Street in 1942 New Orleans, a gangster returns from the dead 34 years later possessing the body of a young, black law student in his quest for revenge.
- DirectorAlberto MariscalStarsJeff CooperMilton RodríguezLenka ErdosUpon his arrival in Rio de Janeiro to attend a convention on parapsychology, the Kaliman and his young assistant Solin become involved in an adventure in the Brazilian Amazon jungle.
- DirectorS.F. BrownriggStarsCamilla CarrChelcie RossStephen TobolowskyA crazy woman who lives in an old mansion thinks she's with her brother/lover, who lures victims to her.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsJeff BridgesCharles GrodinJessica LangeA petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.
- DirectorChris MungerStarsErnesto MaciasSuzanna LingHerman WallnerA disturbed teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against her "enemies."
- DirectorRicardo WullicherStarsYvonne De CarloJohn GavinLeonor MansoAudrey investigates a murder that occured 23 years ago in a dark mansion. She searches for the dead body, the killer, and the truth.
- DirectorKostas KaragiannisStarsDonald PleasencePeter CushingLuan PetersTourists are kidnapped by a devil-worshipping cult, and a priest tries desperately to save them. A gruesome tale of the devil and human sacrifice.
- DirectorWilliam GreféStarsRichard JaeckelJennifer BishopBuffy DeeA Vietnam veteran with a psychic connection to sharks discovers their exploitation by the local aquarium and begins an underwater reign of terror to avenge them. The movie action scenes were shot using real sharks.
- DirectorPaul LederStarsGreg MullaveyMeredith MacRaeClayton WilcoxA Vietnam veteran goes on a crime spree and starts torturing and killing men he served in the army with.
- DirectorBernard FeinStarsFaith BrookSlobodan DimitrijevicHerbert FuxThe young Linda Channing visits her fiancee at an old estate outside of London. Here she witnesses a series of horrible murders. There are no leads to follow - only the bloody corpses and an eerie sound heard shortly before the murders.
- DirectorMichael PatakiStarsRichard BasehartGloria GrahameTrish StewartA mad scientist fills his basement dungeon with victims in an insane attempt to restore his daughter's eyesight.
- DirectorEd HuntStarsNicky FylanCec LinderGary McKeehanIn this sci-fi thriller, authorities begin looking into a series of violent deaths. Their investigation leads them into the arcane worlds of UFOs and nuclear research.
- DirectorFrank AgramaStarsRobin AskwithRula LenskaValerie LeonA female film crew journeys to Africa where a giant ape, Queen Kong, falls in love with the crew's male star.
- DirectorMiguel IglesiasStarsNadiuskaRamiro OliverosGil VidalA psychiatrist and a reporter travel to a small Spanish village in an attempt to determine the cause of a mutual friend's mysterious illness.
- DirectorJohn McCauleyStarsSam Chew Jr.Elisabeth ChauvetDan PriestA herpetologist investigating a series of fatal rattlesnake attacks discovers that the creatures have been infected by a mysterious nerve gas disposed of in the desert by the military.
- DirectorV.R.K. PrasadStarsSuresh HeblikarG.V. IyerA.S. MurthyThe local god prophesies that Balappa can solve the problem of a lack of rain in the village when a demon possesses the head-man.
- DirectorSergio GarroneStarsMircha CarvenPaola CorazziGiorgio CerioniNear the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the "Aryan" race.
- DirectorRubén GalindoJaime Jiménez PonsStarsSantoRodolfo de AndaGloria MayoLuba, una mujer lobo, revive para destruir a la humanidad. César Hacker, un hombre que lucha contra los lobos, le pide ayuda al Santo, pues él es el símbolo de la plata, lo único que puede destruir a los lobos.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsLynne FrederickJohn LeytonStephanie BeachamA newly-married woman becomes convinced someone from her past is stalking her, but nobody believes her until the bodies start to pile up.
- DirectorMichel LemoineStarsMichel LemoineNathalie ZeigerHoward VernonA businessman, who's a descendant of a brutal Russian count, can't discern hallucinations from reality when he sees visions of extreme violence against young women staying at his castle.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanDaryl DukeStarsJan-Michael VincentMarilyn HassettChief Dan GeorgeThe Westernized grandson of a shaman returns to the wilderness to learn more about his Native American heritage. When he encounters powerful evil spirits, he enlists the aid of his lover and a local chief to stop the spirits.
- DirectorYûji MakiguchiStarsYûsuke KazatoRena UchimuraAkira ShiojiTwo short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1. During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori, and tries breaking her spirit by means of rape, torture and pure sadism. After Iori refuses to participate any longer he is exiled, but vows to get her back no matter what it takes. 2. When Sutezo is forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, he becomes friends with a young girl named Sato in process. Together, they both escape and try to get by on scams and petty theft.
- DirectorMichael FindlayHoracio FredrikssonSimon NuchternStarsMargarita AmuchásteguiTina AustinAna CarroA so-called "snuff" film involving the exploits of a cult leader leading a gang of bikers in a series of supposedly real killings on film.
- DirectorJeff LiebermanStarsDon ScardinoPatricia PearcyR.A. DowA storm causes some power lines to break and touch the ground, drawing millions of man-eating worms out of the earth, and into town where they quickly start munching on the locals.
- DirectorChih-Hung KueiStarsWu Chi LiuWei-Tu LinLin TungA poor woman is mugged, losses her fiancee and gets taken advantage of before turned into a sex slave. Her spirit delivers whats coming to them, all the way back to the original muggers.
- DirectorMartyn BurkeStarsStephen YoungSusan KellerLawrence DaneFour men kidnap an old girlfriend on Halloween night as a joke to ruin a real estate deal, only to have a very real clown-masked killer stalk them seeking revenge.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsAnthony SharpSusan PenhaligonStephanie BeachamThe story follows a young woman, who seeks out his church. There, she is manipulated into giving confession to Father Xavier Meldrum. Meldrum uses his status and crazed persistence to work his way into Jenny's life by any means necessary.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsMarjoe GortnerPamela FranklinRalph MeekerA group of friends travel to a remote Canadian island to hunt, only to be attacked by giant killer animals which have populated the place.
- DirectorRon OrmondStarsCecil ScaiffeViola WaldenTim OrmondA mother is worried about her husband and her older son, who no longer go to church and begin to communicate with dead spirits. Worst of all, the son wants to be a stock-car racer.
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsLino CapolicchioFrancesca MarcianoGianni CavinaStefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsKôji IshizakaYôko ShimadaTeruhiko AoiWhen a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.
- DirectorT.Y. DrakeStarsChristopher LeeTell SchreiberSally DrakeThe Keeper of Underwood Asylum has the mental patients of the wealthiest families in British Columbia. The rest of the family members have been dying under mysterious circumstances, so Biggs hires private investigator Richard Driver, who puts his assistant, Maybelline, in the asylum pretending she is his cousin and that they came from a family where the parents were all first cousins to each other and they decided to keep their love platonic for genetic reasons. Then he tries to get Inspector Clarke to check him in as a narcoleptic who didn't wake up with his body. They all know what the keeper has been doing, but it is a matter of proving it, and avoiding the hypnotized Biggs twins and Danny, who he is able to keep catatonic with his machine. Inspector Clarke gives driver a lot of trouble, and the kid giving shoe shines looks down on everybody, knowing more.
- DirectorRobert L. BurrillStarsDouglas A. HagdohlScot A. HendersonScott ParkerA town is terrorized by a monster that was created by local environmental pollution.
- DirectorJürgen GoslarStarsChristopher LeeJames FaulknerHorst FrankA colonial police officer in Rhodesia hunts down the albino terrorist who raped and murdered his fiancée.
- DirectorMeng-Hua HoStarsDanny LeePing ChenLily LiA cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey StephensMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsNadiuskaAlberto de MendozaTeresa GimperaA group of rich businessmen and military officers who are partying in an old castle are spared when a nuclear war ravages the earth. When they venture out into the nearest town to search for food and supplies, they find most of the residents blinded, and soon they discover the existence of a sinister group called The People Who Own The Dark.
- DirectorTadashi ImaiStarsMachiko KyôYuki AresaShinjirô EbaraOshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa cursed Oshima so Shinzo could not hold her and do anything at all. Shinzo hated Oshima, and he made love with Sawa.
- DirectorRobert Allen SchnitzerStarsSharon FarrellEdward Michael BellJeff CoreyA foster mother begins experiencing psychic visions after the psychotic biological mother of her foster daughter begins stalking them.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsTommy AbuelMario MontenegroMona LisaDuring a return to his provincial home, a young man gets involved with a woman who is ultimately possessed by her sister's spirit, paving the way to revealing the painful truth about her unsolved disappearance.
- DirectorMatt CimberStarsMillie PerkinsLonny ChapmanVanessa BrownA disturbed woman is haunted by memories of childhood abuse, which culminates in a murder spree.
- DirectorPeter SykesDon SharpStarsRichard WidmarkChristopher LeeHonor BlackmanAn American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
- DirectorRichard AsheStarsChase CordellLeigh DrakeGregorio SalaIn New Mexico mineralogist student Paul Carlson is struck in the head by a tiny shard of a meteor causing him to unknowingly transform into a bloodthirsty reptilian creature.
- DirectorMarcello AliprandiStarsJohn Phillip LawNathalie DelonOlga BiseraMartino is a young child who claims to have an invisible friend called Luca. His parents assume it is just a game, but strange things start to happen...
- DirectorRino Di SilvestroStarsAnnik BorelHoward RossDagmar LassanderA woman has dreams that she is a werewolf so she goes out and finds men. She proceeds to have sex with them and then rip their throats out with her teeth. She eventually falls in love but then she is raped and her lover is murdered so she goes out for revenge.
- DirectorFeng-Pan YaoStarsChuan-Ju WangMing-Lun KuChuan-Chuan TsouFake ghosts haunt a murderer, until he is driven mad and accidentally kills his own sister.
- DirectorNarciso Ibáñez SerradorStarsLewis FianderPrunella RansomeAntonio IranzoA couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.