# List of horror films of 1976

A list of horror films released in 1976.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes |
| A*P*E | Paul Leder | Rod Arrants, Joanna Kerns | United States South Korea | |
| Alice, Sweet Alice | Alfred Sole | Linda Miller, Paula Sheppard, Brooke Shields, Mildred Clinton | United States | Alternative titles CommunionHoly Terror |
| Blood Bath | Joel Reed | Harve Presnell, Doris Roberts, P. J. Soles | United States | |
| Blood Sucking Freaks | Joel Reed | Ernie Pysher, Viju Krem, Seamus O'Brien | United States | |
| Bloodlust | Marijan David Vajda | Werner Pochath | Switzerland | |
| Born for Hell | Denis Héroux | Mathieu Carrière, Debra Berger, Eva Mattes | Canada, West Germany, Italy, France | Alternative titles Naked MassacreDie Hinrichtung |
| Burnt Offerings | Dan Curtis | Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith | United States | |
| Carrie | Brian De Palma | Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving | United States | |
| The Clown Murders | Martyn Burke | Stephen Young, Lawrence Dane, John Candy | Canada | |
| Dark August | Martin Goldman | Kim Hunter, J. J. Barry | United States | |
| Death at Love House | E. W. Swackhamer | Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson | United States | Television film Alternative title(s) The Shrine of Lorna Love |
| Death Machines | Paul Kyriazi | Mari Honjo, Ronald L. Marchini, Philip DeAngelo | United States | |
| Death Weekend | William Fruet | Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata | Canada | Alternative title(s) The House by the Lake |
| Dogs | Burt Brinckerhoff | David McCallum, Sandra McCabe, George Wyner | United States | |
| 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) The Watts Monster |
| Drive-In Massacre | Stu Segall | John F. Goff, Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye | United States | |
| Eaten Alive | Tobe Hooper | Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Marilyn Burns | United States | Alternative title(s) Death TrapHorror Hotel MassacreLegend of the BayouStarlight Slaughter |
| Embryo | Ralph Nelson | Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd | United States | |
| The Food of the Gods | Bert I. Gordon | Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino | United States | |
| God Told Me To | Larry Cohen | Sylvia Sidney, Richard Lynch, Tony Lo Bianco | United States | Alternative title(s) Demon |
| Grizzly | William Girdler | Mary Ann Hearn, Charles Kissinger, Joan McCall | United States | |
| Haunts | Herb Freed | May Britt, Cameron Mitchell | United States | |
| The House with Laughing Windows | Pupi Avati | Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano | Italy | |
| Inquisition | Jacinto Molina | Juan Gallardo, Daniela Giordano | Spain | |
| Island of Death | Nico Mastorakis | Gerard Gonalons, Jessica Dublin, Nikos Tsachiridis | Greece | Alternative title(s) Devils in MykonosTa paidia tou DiavolouKilling DaylightChildren of Death |
| J. D.'s Revenge | Arthur Marks | Glynn E. Turman, Joan Pringle, Carl Crudup | United States | |
| Jack the Ripper | Jesús Franco | Lina Romay, Klaus Kinski, Herbert Fux | Switzerland West Germany | |
| The Keeper | T. Y. Drake | Christopher Lee, Tell Schreiber | Canada | |
| Land of the Minotaur | Kostas Karagiannis | Donald Pleasence, Jessica Dublin, Peter Cushing | Greece United Kingdom United States | |
| The Legend of the Wolf Woman | Rino Di Silvestro | Dagmar Lassander, Annik Borel, Tino Carraro | Italy | |
| The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Nicolas Gessner | Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Scott Jacoby | Canada France | |
| Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby | Sam O'Steen | Stephen McHattie, Patty Duke, Ruth Gordon | United States | Television film |
| Mansion of the Doomed | Michael Pataki | Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame, Lance Henriksen | United States | |
| Massacre at Central High | Rene Daalder | Andrew Stevens, Robert Carradine, Kimberly Beck | United States | |
| Meatcleaver Massacre | Evan Lee | Christopher Lee | United States | |
| Obsession | Brian De Palma | Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow | United States | |
| The Omen | Richard Donner | Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner | United States | |
| The Premonition | Robert Schnitzer | Sharon Farrell, Edward Bell | United States | |
| The Rat Savior | Krsto Papić | Boris Festini, Zdenka Trach, Mirjana Majurec | Yugoslavia | Alternative titles The Redeemer |
| Rattlers | John McCauley | Elizabeth Guadalupe Chauvet, Sam Chew, Dan Priest | United States | Television film |
| Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot | Ed Ragozzino | George Lauris, Steve Boergadine, Jim Bradford | United States | |
| Satan's Slave | Norman J. Warren | Michael Gough, Martin Potter, Candace Glendenning | United Kingdom | |
| The Savage Bees | Guerdon Trueblood | Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Gretchen Corbett | United States | Television film |
| Savage Weekend | David Paulsen | Christopher Allport, David Gale, William Sanderson | United States | |
| Schizo | Pete Walker | Lynne Frederick, John Leyton | United Kingdom | |
| Shadow of the Hawk | George McCowan | Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George | United States Canada | |
| Shogun's Sadism | Yūji Makiguchi | Yûsuke Kazato, Rena Uchimura | Japan | Alternative titles The Joy of Torture 2: Oxen Split Torturing |
| Snuff | Michael Findlay, Horacio Fredriksson, Simon Nuchtern | Margarita Amuchástegui, Aldo Mayo | Argentina Canada United States | |
| Squirm | Jeff Lieberman | Jean Sullivan, Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy | United States | |
| The Tenant | Roman Polanski | Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Shelley Winters | France | |
| To the Devil a Daughter | Peter Sykes | Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman | West Germany United Kingdom | |
| The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Charles B. Pierce | Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells | United States | |
| Track of the Moon Beast | Richard Ashe | Chase Cordell, Leigh Drake, Gregorio Sala | United States | |
| Who Can Kill a Child? | Narciso Ibáñez Serrador | Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome | Spain | Alternative title(s) Island of the DamnedLucifer's CurseDeath is Child's PlayWould You Kill a Child? |
| The Witch Who Came from the Sea | Matt Cimber | Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown | United States | |