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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The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check -
675 new
Who?
1973 — a.k.a. Robo Man, in 0 top lists Check -
665 new
The Watcher in the Woods
1980, in 1 top list Check -
656 new
Village of the Damned
1960, in 5 top lists Check -
648 new
The Uninvited
1944, in 2 top lists Check -
643 new
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
613 new
The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
599 new
Tales That Witness Madness
1973, in 0 top lists Check -
598 new
Tales of Terror
1962, in 1 top list Check -
592 new
Suspiria
1977, in 17 top lists Check -
586 new
Strange Invaders
1983, in 0 top lists Check -
585 new
Strange Behavior
1981 — a.k.a. Small Town Massacre, in 0 top lists Check -
584 new
The Stepford Wives
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
581 new
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979, in 2 top lists Check -
578 new
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
571 new
Soylent Green
1973, in 3 top lists Check -
565 new
Solyaris
1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check -
553 new
Shock Waves
1977 — a.k.a. Almost Human, in 2 top lists Check -
545 new
The Seventh Victim
1943, in 7 top lists Check -
544 new
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 — a.k.a. The Secret World of Dr. Lao, in 0 top lists Check -
543 new
Sette note in nero
1977 — a.k.a. The Psychic, in 1 top list Check -
529 new
Salem's Lot
1979, in 1 top list Check -
513 new
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975, in 0 top lists Check -
507 new
Quintet
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
505 new
Quella villa accanto al cimitero
1981 — a.k.a. The House by the Cemetery, in 1 top list Check -
495 new
The Premature Burial
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
482 new
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975, in 15 top lists Check -
469 new
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951, in 2 top lists Check -
467 new
The Other
1972, in 1 top list Check -
460 new
The Omen
1976, in 7 top lists Check -
453 new
Nothing But the Night
1973, in 0 top lists Check -
446 new
The Night Strangler
1973, in 0 top lists Check -
440 new
Night of Dark Shadows
1971 — a.k.a. Curse of Dark Shadows, in 0 top lists Check -
372 new
Lisa e il diavolo
1973 — a.k.a. Lisa and the Devil, in 2 top lists Check -
366 new
The Legend of Hell House
1973, in 1 top list Check -
365 new
The Legend of Boggy Creek
1972, in 0 top lists Check -
364 new
The Legacy
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
362 new
The Last Wave
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
337 new
Isle of the Dead
1945, in 1 top list Check -
324 new
Inferno
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
310 new
Hungry Wives
1972 — a.k.a. Season of the Witch, in 0 top lists Check -
306 new
The House That Dripped Blood
1971, in 1 top list Check -
292 new
The Hearse
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
286 new
Harlequin
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
274 new
The Godsend
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
267 new
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947, in 8 top lists Check -
260 new
Full Circle
1977 — a.k.a. The Haunting of Julia, in 1 top list Check -
256 new
Frogs
1972, in 1 top list Check -
247 new
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
220 new
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 4, 2012; source