# List of horror films of 1978

A list of horror films released in 1978.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes |
| Are You in the House Alone? | Walter Grauman | Dennis Quaid, Blythe Danner, Alan Fudge | United States | Television film |
| Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! | John de Bello | David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor | United States | |
| The Bees | Alfredo Zacarías | John Saxon, John Carradine, Angel Tompkins | Mexico | |
| The Bermuda Triangle | René Cardona, Jr. | John Huston, Andrés García, Gloria Guida | Mexico | |
| Blue Sunshine | Jeff Lieberman | Zalman King, Robert Walden, Mark Goddard | United States | |
| Coma | Michael Crichton | Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley | United States | |
| The Comeback | Pete Walker | Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David F. Doyle | United Kingdom | |
| Damien: Omen II | Don Taylor | William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor | United States | |
| Dawn of the Dead | George A. Romero | David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross | Italy United States | |
| Deathmoon | Bruce Kessler | Joe Penny, Barbara Trentham, Branscombe Richmond | United Kingdom United States | Television film |
| The Evil | Gus Trikonis | Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine | United States | |
| Eyes of Laura Mars | Irvin Kershner | Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones | United States | |
| The Fury | Brian DePalma | Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, Andrew Stevens, John Cassavetes, Daryl Hannah | United States | |
| The Grapes of Death | Jean Rollin | Marie-Georges Pascal, Serge Marquand, Felix Marten | France Cameroon | |
| Halloween | John Carpenter | Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, Nancy Kyes | United States | |
| I Spit on Your Grave | Meir Zarchi | Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace | United States | |
| The Initiation of Sarah | Robert Day | Shelley Winters, Talia Balsam, Morgan Brittany | United States | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Philip Kaufman | Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy, Art Hindle | United States | |
| It Lives Again | Larry Cohen | Frederic Forrest, Kathleen Lloyd | United States | |
| Jaws 2 | Jeannot Szwarc | Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton | United States | |
| Jennifer | Brice Mack | Lisa Pelikan, Bert Convy, Nina Foch, John Gavin | United States | |
| The Last House on the Beach | Franco Prosperi | Florinda Bolkan, Ray Lovelock, Sherry Buchanan | Italy | |
| The Legacy | Richard Marquand | Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Hildegarde Neil | United States United Kingdom | |
| Long Weekend | Colin Eggleston | John Hargreaves, Briony Behets | Australia | |
| Magic | Richard Attenborough | Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith | United States | |
| The Manitou | William Girdler | Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg | United States | |
| Mardi Gras Massacre | Jack Weis | Curt Dawson, Gwen Arment, William Metzo | United States | |
| Martin | George A. Romero | John Amplas, Tom Savini, Elyane Nadeau | United States | |
| Mirrors | Noel Black | Kitty Winn, Peter Donat, William Swetland | United States | Alternative title(s) Marianne |
| Nurse Sherri | Al Adamson | Geoffrey Land, Jill Jacobson, Marilyn Joi | United States | Alternative title(s) Beyond the LivingBlack VoodooHands of DeathHospital of TerrorKiller's CurseThe Possession of Nurse Sherri |
| Patrick | Richard Franklin | Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann | Australia | |
| Piranha | Joe Dante | Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Belinda Balaski | United States | |
| The Redeemer: Son of Satan | Constantine S. Gochis | T.G. Finkbinder, Jeanetta Arnette | United States | Alternative title(s) Class Reunion Massacre |
| The Shout | Jerzy Skolimowski | Susannah York, Alan Bates, John Hurt | United Kingdom | |
| Someone's Watching Me! | John Carpenter | Lauren Hutton, David Birney, Adrienne Barbeau | United States | Television film |
| Spawn of the Slithis | Stephen Traxler | Judy Motulsky, J.C. Claire, Mello Alexandria | United States | Alternative title(s) Slithis |
| Stranger in Our House | Wes Craven | Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate | United States | Television film Alternative title(s) Summer of Fear |
| The Swarm | Irwin Allen | Michael Caine, Katherine Ross, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Patty Duke, Lee Grant | United States | |
| Terror | Norman J. Warren | Tricia Walsh, Sarah Keller, Glynis Barber | United Kingdom | |
| The Toolbox Murders | Dennis Donnelly | Cameron Mitchell, Tim Donnelly, Pamelyn Ferdin | United States | |