# List of horror films of 1979

A list of horror films released in 1979.
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Country | Notes |
| Alien | Ridley Scott | Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright | United Kingdom United States | |
| The Amityville Horror | Stuart Rosenberg | James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger | United States | |
| Angel Guts: Red Classroom | Chūsei Sone | | Japan | |
| Beyond the Darkness | Joe D'Amato | Cinzia Monreale | Italy | |
| Bloodrage | Joseph Zito | Ian Scott, Judith-Marie Bergan | United States | Alternative title(s) Never Pick Up a Stranger |
| Bog | Don Keeslar | Gloria DeHaven, Aldo Ray | United States | |
| The Brood | David Cronenberg | Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar | Canada | |
| The Butterfly Murders | Tsui Hark | Lau Siu-Ming, Eddy Ko | Hong Kong | |
| The Dark | John Cardos | William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel | United States | |
| The Dogs | Alain Jessua | Gérard Depardieu, Victor Lanoux, Nicole Calfan | France | |
| Dominique | Michael Anderson | Cliff Robertson, Jean Simmons, Jenny Agutter | United Kingdom | Alternative title(s) Dominique is Dead |
| Dracula | John Badham | Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence | United Kingdom United States | |
| The Driller Killer | Abel Ferrara | Jimmy Laine, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day | United States | |
| The Evictors | Charles B. Pierce | Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper | United States | |
| Fascination | Jean Rollin | Franca Mai, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire | France | |
| Human Experiments | Gregory Goodell | Ellen Travolta, Linda Haynes | United States | Alternative title(s) Beyond The GateWomen In Prison |
| Killer Fish | Antonio Margheriti | Lee Majors, Marisa Berenson, Karen Black | Brazil Italy United Kingdom United States | |
| Murder by Decree | Bob Clark | Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, John Gielgud | United Kingdom | |
| Nightwing | Arthur Hiller | Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold | United States | |
| Nosferatu the Vampyre | Werner Herzog | Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani | West Germany France | |
| Phantasm | Don Coscarelli | A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister | United States | |
| Prophecy | John Frankenheimer | Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante | United States | |
| Screams of a Winter Night | James L. Wilson | Matt Borel, Gil Glasgow, Patrick Byers | United States | |
| The Silent Scream | Denny Harris | Rebecca Balding, Barbara Steele, Yvonne De Carlo | United States | |
| Thirst | Rod Hardy | Chantal Contouri, David Hemmings, Henry Silva | Australia | |
| Tourist Trap | David Schmoeller | Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Tanya Roberts | United States | |
| Up From the Depths | Charles B. Griffith | Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Virgil Frye | Philippines United States | |
| The Visitor | Giulio Paradisi | Paige Conner, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Franco Nero | Italy United States | |
| When a Stranger Calls | Fred Walton | Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst, Charles Durning | United States | |
| Wolfman | Worth Keeter | Earl Owensby, Kristina Reynolds, Julian Morton | United States | |
| Zombi 2 | Lucio Fulci | Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson | Italy | Alternative title(s) ZombieIsland of the Living DeadZombie 2: The Dead Are Among UsZombie Flesh Eaters |
| Zombie Holocaust | Francesco Martino | Ian McCulloch, Alexandra Cole, Sherry Buchanan | Italy | |