Fantastic Cinema (Peter Nicholls) 700 fantasy/horror/sci-fi films
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This extensive appendix in Nicholl's book lists 700 fantasy/horror/sci-fi films,1902-1983. Note that it is not a 'best of' list. While some films are must-see classics, others are z-grade junk - there's even a few TV-movies in the mix. Nicholls may be academic but he's no snob - like Danny Peary, he believes in seeing all types of movies.
Most of these appended films are reviewed in capsules (the others have already been discussed in more detail in the main body of the book). He gives titles a dual rating, one for quality (stars) and another for squeamishness (skulls).
Interestingly, Nicholls embraces a broad range of movies in his critique, including the James Bond series (because of its sci-fi overtones with gadgetry, supervillians, etc) and films with a surreal, psychological, or dreamlike approach. You'd have to be a true film fan to watch the wide range of titles here - everything from Monty Python and the Muppets to Russian silent films and Italian zombie gore.
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You Only Live Twice
1967, in 2 top lists Check -
683 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
682 new
The Wiz
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
671 new
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
662 new
Warlords of the 21st Century
1982 — a.k.a. Battletruck, in 0 top lists Check -
661 new
Warlords of Atlantis
1978 — a.k.a. Warlords of the Deep, in 1 top list Check -
659 new
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
658 new
Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
657 new
Le voyage à travers l'impossible
1904 — a.k.a. The Voyage Across the Impossible, in 6 top lists Check -
640 new
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954, in 1 top list Check -
637 new
Tron
1982, in 5 top lists Check -
624 new
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
623 new
The Time Machine
1960, in 1 top list Check -
622 new
Time Bandits
1981, in 4 top lists Check -
621 new
Time After Time
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
619 new
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960 — a.k.a. The Worlds of Gulliver, in 0 top lists Check -
612 new
The Thief of Baghdad
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
611 new
The Thief of Bagdad
1940, in 13 top lists Check -
610 new
The Thief of Bagdad
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
607 new
El tesoro de las cuatro coronas
1983 — a.k.a. Treasure of the Four Crowns, in 0 top lists Check -
595 new
The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
583 new
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
582 new
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982, in 6 top lists Check -
581 new
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979, in 2 top lists Check -
579 new
Starcrash
1978, in 1 top list Check -
575 new
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
574 new
The Spaceman and King Arthur
1979 — a.k.a. Unidentified Flying Oddball, in 0 top lists Check -
573 new
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983 — a.k.a. Adventures in the Creep Zone, in 0 top lists Check -
564 new
The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
558 new
Sinbad, the Sailor
1947, in 0 top lists Check -
557 new
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
1977, in 1 top list Check -
540 new
Sengoku jieitai
1979 — a.k.a. G.I. Samurai, in 0 top lists Check -
531 new
Saturn 3
1980 — a.k.a. Saturn City, in 0 top lists Check -
525 new
Sora no daikaijû Radon
1956 — a.k.a. Rodan, in 1 top list Check -
523 new
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1964, in 1 top list Check -
519 new
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
517 new
Return from Witch Mountain
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
514 new
Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie
1965 — a.k.a. The Saragossa Manuscript, in 8 top lists Check -
510 new
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
490 new
Popeye
1980, in 1 top list Check -
476 new
The People That Time Forgot
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
464 new
Orca
1977 — a.k.a. The Killer Whale, in 1 top list Check -
462 new
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969, in 3 top lists Check -
461 new
One Million Years B.C.
1966, in 1 top list Check -
450 new
Noroît (une vengeance)
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
438 new
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check -
437 new
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
435 new
Mysterious Island
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
433 new
The Muppet Movie
1979, in 5 top lists Check -
432 new
Münchhausen
1943 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Sep 4, 2012; source