1979

Films[]

Alien

Amityville Horror, The

Brood, The

Dark, The

Dracula

Love at First Bite

Microwave Massacre

Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula

Nosferatu

Phantasm

Salem's Lot

Tourist Trap

Visitor, The

When a Stranger Calls

Zombi 2

Shorts[]

Dracula Bites the Big Apple

Births[]

• Akihiro Kitamura
• Alex Solowitz
• Alexander Wraith
• Chad Michael Collins
• Kaj-Erik Eriksen
• Patrick Renna

Deaths[]

• Alfred Hinckley
• Arthur Hilton
• Carl Laemmle, Jr.
• Catherine Lacey
• Dick Foran
• Dwight V. Babcock
• Ernest B. Schoedsack
• Jane Rose
• Martin Berkeley
• Robert Florey
• Sayre Dearing
• Ted Cassidy

Appearances[]

Note: It is not necessary to include information relating to media released this same year. Only information derived from sources that were released/published in a year other than 1979 should be noted in this section.

• American Horror Story: The Body - Flashback scenes involving Patrick Read and Sam accidentally killing a lover on the beach take place in 1979.
• Bones - The murder of Jimmy Bones takes place in 1979. The remainder of the movie takes place in the then-present of 2001.