List of horror films of 1977

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A list of horror films released in 1977.

Title  | Director(s)  | Cast  | Country  | Notes  | Ref.

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Alucarda | Juan López Moctezuma | Tina Romero, Susana Kamini, Claudio Brook | Mexico  |  |
Audrey Rose | Robert Wise | Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck | United States  |  | [1]
The Car | Elliot Silverstein | James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley | United States  |  | [2]
Cathy's Curse | Eddy Matalon | Alan Scarfe, Beverly Murray  | Canada
France  |  |
The Child | Robert Voskanian | Laurel Barnett, Rosalie Cole, Frank Janson  | United States  |

Alternative title(s)

* Kill and Go Hide
* Zombie Child

| [3]
Count Dracula | Philip Saville, Gerald Savory | Judi Bowker, Mark Burns | United Kingdom  | Television film | [4]
Curse of the Black Widow | Dan Curtis | Anthony Franciosa, Donna Mills, Patty Duke | United States  | Television film

Alternative title(s)

* Love Trap

| [5]
Day of the Animals | William Girdler | Leslie Nielsen, Lynda Day George, Jon Cedar | United States  |  | [6]
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats | George Barry | Linda Bond, Demene Hall, Julie Ritter  | United States  |  | [7]
The Demon Lover | Donald G. Jackson, Jerry Younkins  | Val Mayerik, Gunnar Hansen, Carol Lasowski  | United States  |  | [8]
Demon Seed | Donald Cammell | Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerritt Graham  | United States  |  | [9]
Empire of the Ants | Bert I. Gordon | Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson | United States  |

Alternative title(s)

* H.G. Wells' Empire of the Ants

| [10]
Eraserhead | David Lynch | Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart | United States  |  | [11]
Exorcist II: The Heretic | John Boorman | Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher | United States  |  | [12]
Full Circle | Richard Loncraine | Mia Farrow, Anna Wing, Sophie Ward | Canada
United Kingdom |

Alternative title(s)

* The Haunting of Julia

| [13]
Good Against Evil | Paul Wendkos | Kim Cattrall, Elyssa Davalos | United States  | Television film  | [14]
The Hills Have Eyes | Wes Craven | Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Virginia Vincent | United States  |  | [15]
House | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Kimiko Ikegami, Kumiko Ohba, Yôko Minamida | Japan  |  | [16]
The Incredible Melting Man | William Sachs | Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey | United States  |  | [17]
It Happened at Lakewood Manor | Robert Scheerer | Suzanne Somers, Lynda Day George, Myrna Loy | United States  | Television film

Alternative title(s)

* Ants!
* Panic at Lakewood Manor

| [18]
Kingdom of the Spiders | John Cardos | William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode | United States  |  | [19]
Last Cannibal World | Ruggero Deodato | Massimo Foschi, Ivan Rassimov | Italy  |

Alternative title(s)

* Cannibal
* Carnivorous
* The Last Survivor
* Jungle Holocaust

| [20]
Orca: The Killer Whale | Michael Anderson | Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling | United States  |  | [21]
The Pack | Robert Clouse | Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, R.G. Armstrong | United States  |  | [22]
The Possessed | Jerry Thorpe | James Farentino, Joan Hackett, Harrison Ford | United States  | Television film  | [23]
Prey | Norman J. Warren | Barry Stokes, Glory Annen, Sally Faulkner | United Kingdom  |  | [24]
The Psychic | Lucio Fulci | Jennifer O'Neill, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel | Italy  |

Alternative title(s)

* Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes
* Sette note in nero

| [25]
Rabid | David Cronenberg | Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore | Canada  |  | [26]
Return to Boggy Creek | Tom Moore | Dawn Wells, Dana Plato | United States  |  | [27]
Rituals | Peter Carter | Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell | Canadian  |

Alternative title(s)

* The Creeper

| [28]
Ruby | Curtis Harrington | Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Roger Davis | United States  |  | [29]
Satan's Cheerleaders | Greydon Clark | Yvonne De Carlo, Robin Greer, John Carradine | United States  |  | [30]
The Sentinel | Michael Winner | Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam | United States  |  | [31]
Shock | Mario Bava | David Colin, Jr., Daria Nicolodi | Italy  |

Alternative title(s)

* Beyond the Door II
* Suspense

| [32]
Shock Waves | Ken Wiederhorn | Peter Cushing, Brooke Adams, Fred Buch  | United States  |

Alternative title(s)

* Almost Human
* Death Corps

| [33]
Spectre | Clive Donner | Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt | United Kingdom  | Television film  | [34]
The Spell | Lee Philips | Lee Grant, Susan Myers, Lelia Goldoni | United States  | Television film  | [35]
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver | Gordon Hessler | Karen Black, George Hamilton, Robert F. Lyons | United States  | Television film  | [36]
Suspiria | Dario Argento | Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Joan Bennett | Italy  |  | [37]
Tentacles | Ovidio G. Assonitis | John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins | Italy
United States  |  | [38]
Tintorera | René Cardona Jr. | Hugo Stiglitz, Andrés García, Fiona Lewis | Mexico  |  | [38]
The Uncanny | Denis Héroux | Catherine Begin  | Canada
United Kingdom  |  | [39]
Watch Me When I Kill | Antonio Bido | Franco Citti, Fernando Cerulli, Sylvia Kramer  | Italy  |  | [40]
Whiskey Mountain | William Grefé | Christopher George, Preston Pierce, Roberta Collins | United States  |  | [41]

## References

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1. ^ Muir 2007, p. 446.
2. ^ Muir 2007, p. 452.
3. ^ Hardy 1995, p. 320.
4. ^ Deal 2007, p. 20.
5. ^ Deal 2007, p. 26.
6. ^ Muir 2007, p. 459.
7. ^ Dillard, Brian J. "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
8. ^ Binion, Cavett. "The Demon Lover". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
9. ^ Muir 2007, p. 466.
10. ^ Muir 2007, p. 470.
11. ^ Leigh, Danny. "David Lynch's Eraserhead". The Guardian. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
12. ^ Muir 2007, p. 474.
13. ^ Muir 2007, pp. 403–404.
14. ^ Deal 2007, p. 75.
15. ^ Muir 2007, p. 478.
16. ^ Fountain, Clarke. "House". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
17. ^ Hutchings 2009, p. 25.
18. ^ Deal 2007, p. 90.
19. ^ Rasmussen, Linda. "Kingdom of the Spiders". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
20. ^ Firsching, Robert. "Last Cannibal World". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
21. ^ Muir 2007, p. 495.
22. ^ Muir 2007, p. 499.
23. ^ Deal 2007, pp. 126–127.
24. ^ Chibnall & Petley 2002, p. 225.
25. ^ Hardy 1995, p. 324.
26. ^ Muir 2007, p. 501.
27. ^ Young 2000, p. 523.
28. ^ Young 2000, p. 119.
29. ^ Muir 2007, p. 504.
30. ^ Beldin, Fred. "Satan's Cheerleaders". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
31. ^ Muir 2007, p. 506.
32. ^ Firsching, Robert. "Shock". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
33. ^ Erlewine, Iotis. "Shock Waves". AllMovie. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
34. ^ Deal 2007, pp. 164–165.
35. ^ Deal 2007, pp. 165–166.
36. ^ Deal 2007, p. 169.
37. ^ Muir 2007, p. 509.
38. ^ a b Muir 2007, p. 513.
39. ^ Hardy 1995, pp. 325–6.
40. ^ Firsching, Robert. "Watch Me When I Kill". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
41. ^ Albright 2012, pp. 95–96.

## Sources

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* 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.
* Hutchings, Peter (2009). The A to Z of Horror Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-810-87050-5.
* Muir, John Kenneth (2007). Horror Films of the 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-49156-8.
* Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. New York City, New York: Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 1-55783-269-2.

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