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Theme: Films of 1978

The Alien Factor (1978)

7 June 19996 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Alien Monsters

Director: Donald M. Dohler
Actors: Don Leifert, Mary Martens, Richard Dyszel, Tom Griffith, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978)

8 June 199923 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Captain Nemo’s Modern Day Adventures

Director: Alex March
Actors: Jose Ferrer, Burgess Meredith, Tom Hallick, Burr de Benning, …
Category: Science Fiction

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)

8 July 199926 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Genre Spoof

Director: John De Bello
Actors: David Miller, Rock Pearce, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

26 June 199919 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: Richard A. Colla
Actors: Lorne Green, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Jane Seymour, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Bees (1978)

5 July 20028 November 2019

Rating: 0­

Killer Bees Amok

Director: Alfredo Zacharias
Actors: John Saxon, John Carradine, Angel Tompkins, Claudio Brook, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Boys From Brazil (1978)

4 June 200826 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Nazi Cloning Experiments

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck, James Mason, Steve Guttenberg, …
Category: Science Fiction

Capricorn One (1978)

4 May 200121 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Faked Mars Mission

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: James Brolin, Elliott Gould, Hal Holbrook, Brenda Vaccaro, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Cat and the Canary (1978)

27 December 200725 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Old Dark House Thriller

Director: Radley Metzger
Actors: Carol Lynley, Olivia Hussey, Edward Fox, Honor Blackman, …
Category: Horror

The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

5 July 200428 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Cat Alien Visitor/Disney Comedy

Director: Norman Tokar
Actors: Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Roddy McDowall, Ronnie Schell, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Clone Master (1978)

2 July 20208 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Scientist Creates Clones of Himself

Director: Don Medford
Actors: Art Hindle, Robyn Douglass, Ralph Bellamy, Ed Lauter, …
Category: Science Fiction

Coma (1978)

22 May 200113 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Medical Conspiracy Thriller

Director: Michael Crichton
Actors: Genevieve Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark, Rip Torn, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Comeback (1978)

9 May 19996 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Pete Walker
Actors: Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Sheila Keith, …
Category: Horror

Damien: Omen II (1978)

11 July 200118 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Teenage Anti-Christ/The Omen Sequel

Director: Don Taylor
Actors: William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, …
Category: Horror

Death Dimension (1978)

18 February 201414 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Action Film/Weather Control Device

Director: Al Adamson
Actors: Jim Kelly, George Lazenby, Harold Sakata, Patch McKenzie, …
Category: Science Fiction

Deathsport (1978)

18 January 20013 July 2020

Rating: 0­

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: Allan Arkush, Nicholas Niciphor
Actors: David Carradine, Claudia Jennings, Richard Lynch, Will Walker, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dominique (1978)

19 April 201620 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Simon Ward, Jenny Agutter, …
Category: Horror

Dr. Strange (1978)

28 February 201220 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Magician Superhero

Director: Philip DeGuere
Actors: Peter Hooten, John Mills, Jessica Walter, Eddie Benton, …
Category: Fantasy

Empire of Passion (1978)

24 April 19996 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Nagisa Oshima
Actors: Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji
Category: Fantasy

The Evil (1978)

1 April 20145 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Haunted House

Director: Gus Trikonis
Actors: Richard Crenna, Victor Buono, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine, …
Category: Horror

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

5 July 200221 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Psychic Link with a Serial Killer

Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Auberjonois, Brad Dourif, …
Category: Horror

A Fire in the Sky (1978)

14 July 201310 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Comet on a Collision Course with the Earth

Director: Jerry Jameson
Actors: Richard Crenna, Elizabeth Ashley, David Dukes, Joanna Miles, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Fury (1978)

10 June 200215 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Psychic Powers

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes, Andrew Stevens, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Halloween (1978)

6 December 200230 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Slasher Film

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, …
Category: Horror

Heaven Can Wait (1978)

18 January 20018 January 2021

Rating: ★★½

Afterlife Mixup

Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Actors: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Dyan Cannon, …
Category: Fantasy

I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

3 May 200017 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Rape and Revenge

Director: Meir Zarchi
Actors: Camille Keaton
Category: Horror

The Initiation of Sarah (1978)

15 December 200727 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Sorority Girl’s Telekinetic Revenge

Director: Robert Day
Actors: Morgan Fairchild, Shelley Winters, Kay Lenz, Morgan Brittany, …
Category: Horror

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

25 June 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★½

Alien Duplication and Takeover

Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Veronica Cartwright, …
Category: Science Fiction

It Lives Again (1978)

21 May 200122 December 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Killer Mutant Babies

Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd, John P. Ryan, John Marley, …
Category: Horror

Jaws 2 (1978)

30 September 20015 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Killer Shark

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Actors: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Jeffrey Kramer, …
Category: Horror

Jennifer (1978)

10 April 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Snake Controlling Teen’s Telekinetic Revenge

Director: Brice Mack
Actors: Lisa Pelikan, Amy Johnston, Louise Hoven, Bert Convy, …
Category: Horror

Jubilee (1978)

9 January 20023 May 2019

Rating: ★

Punk Future

Director: Derek Jarman
Actors: Jenny Runacre, Toyah Willcox, Jordan, Little Nell, …
Category: Fantasy

Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)

4 March 200330 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Rock Star Superheroes

Director: Gordon Hessler
Actors: Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Laserblast (1978)

3 June 20051 September 2019

Rating: 0­

Teen Underdog Takes Revenge with an Alien Raygun

Director: Michael Rae
Actors: Kim Milford, Roddy McDowall, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Legacy (1978)

13 December 200217 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Occult Killings

Director: Richard Marquand
Actors: Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, John Standing, Margaret Tyzack, …
Category: Horror

Long Weekend (1978)

1 November 19996 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Nature’s Revenge

Director: Colin Eggleston
Actors: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets
Category: Horror

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

17 December 200029 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Epic Fantasy/Animation

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, …
Category: Fantasy

Magic (1978)

13 December 20023 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Malevolent Ventriloquist’s Dummy

Director: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter
Category: Horror

The Manitou (1978)

17 February 200324 January 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Reincarnated Indian Medicine Man

Director: William Girdler
Actors: Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg, Jon Cedar, …
Category: Horror

The Medusa Touch (1978)

2 February 200430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Psychic Powers

Director: Jack Gold
Actors: Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Lino Ventura, Harry Andrews, …
Category: Horror

Message from Space (1978)

6 March 200022 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Space Opera

Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Actors: Vic Morrow, Sonny Chiba, Mikio Narita, Philip Casnoff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)

9 September 200125 June 2019

Rating: ★

Battlestar Galactica Movie

Director: Vince Edwards, Christian I. Nyby II
Actors: Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Lloyd Bridges, …
Category: Science Fiction

Nurse Sherri (1978)

4 December 201814 July 2020

Rating: ★

Possession Film

Director: Al Adamson
Actors: Jill Jacobson, Marilyn Joi
Category: Horror

Patrick (1978)

9 October 200320 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Psychic Coma Patient

Director: Richard Franklin
Actors: Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullnar, Julia Blake
Category: Horror

Pennies from Heaven (1978)

25 August 201322 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Musical Daydreams

Director: Piers Haggard
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell, Gemma Craven, Kenneth Colley, …
Category: Fantasy

Pesticide (1978)

11 February 201613 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

French Zombie Film

Director: Jean Rollin
Actors: Marie George Pascal, Mirella Rancelot, Felix Marten, Patrice Valota, …
Category: Horror

Piranha (1978)

26 December 200026 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Killer Fish

Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Plague (1978)

14 August 20008 March 2019

Rating: ★½

Plague Outbreak

Director: Ed Hunt
Actors: Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid, Michael J. Reynolds, Celine Lomez, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Plumber (1978)

6 January 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Sinister Handyman

Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Judy Morris, Ivor Kants, Robert Coleby, Candy Raymond, …
Category: Horror

Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

11 February 199930 August 2018

Rating: ★

Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Film

Director: John Hough
Actors: Christopher Lee, Bette Davis, Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

25 February 20136 October 2018

Rating: ★

Gonzo Beatles-Adapted Musical/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Michael Schultz
Actors: Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, …
Category: Fantasy

The Shout (1978)

6 April 20105 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Enigmatic Stranger With Supernatural Powers

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Actors: Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York, Tim Curry, …
Category: Fantasy

The Silent Flute (1978)

19 June 201311 December 2020

Rating: ★

Zen Quest

Director: Richard Moore
Actors: David Carradine, Christopher Lee, Jeff Cooper, Erica Creer, …
Category: Fantasy

Slave of the Cannibal God (1978)

19 June 20102 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Italian Cannibal Film

Director: Sergio Martino
Actors: Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli, Antonio Marsina, …
Category: Horror

Someone’s Watching Me (1978)

23 September 20071 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Stalker Psycho-Thriller

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau, Charles Cyphers, …
Category: Horror

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1978)

3 September 20203 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Magician’s Apprentice

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Fantasy

Spawn of the Slithis (1978)

5 May 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Monster Movie

Director: Stephen Traxler
Actors: Alan Blanchard, Judy Motulsky, Mello Alexandria, J.C. Claire, …
Category: Horror

The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

8 October 200524 March 2019

Rating: 0­

Star Wars Variety Show

Director: Steve Binder
Actors: Art Carney, Harvey Korman, Beatrice Arthur, Harrison Ford, …
Category: Science Fiction

Superman (1978)

16 December 200015 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Swarm (1978)

18 February 200413 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Killer Bees Amok

Director: Irwin Allen
Actors: Michael Caine, Richard Widmark, Katharine Ross, Henry Fonda, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Machine (1978)

1 April 201620 March 2019

Rating: ★

Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Henning Schellerup
Actors: John Beck, Priscilla Barnes, Andrew Duggan, Rosemary DeCamp, …
Category: Science Fiction

Vampire Hookers (1978)

7 July 20135 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Vampire Film

Director: Cirio H. Santiago
Actors: John Carradine, Trey Wilson, Vic Diaz
Category: Horror

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

31 August 200515 March 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Lost World Adventure

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Water Babies (1978)

20 March 20138 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Children’s Adventure/Magic Underwater World

Director: Lionel Jeffries
Actors: James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Tommy Pender, Samantha Gates, …
Category: Fantasy

Watership Down (1978)

7 April 200316 April 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Animation/Talking Rabbit Quest

Director: Martin Rosen
Actors: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham-Cox, Zero Mostel, …
Category: Fantasy

The Wiz (1978)

5 May 200728 September 2020

Rating: ★★

All-Black Musical Wizard of Oz Remake

Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Richard Pryor, …
Category: Fantasy

Zoltan … Hound of Dracula (1978)

4 April 200123 July 2020

Rating: ★

Dracula’s Dog

Director: Albert Band
Actors: Michael Pataki, Jose Ferrer, Reggie Nalder
Category: Horror

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