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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Xanadu
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
631 new
Topper
1937, in 2 top lists Check -
623 new
The Time Machine
1960, in 1 top list Check -
621 new
Time After Time
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
567 new
Somewhere in Time
1980, in 1 top list Check -
558 new
Sinbad, the Sailor
1947, in 0 top lists Check -
512 new
The Red Shoes
1948, in 27 top lists Check -
491 new
Portrait of Jennie
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
477 new
Perceval le Gallois
1978 — a.k.a. Perceval, in 3 top lists Check -
466 new
Orphée
1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check -
436 new
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand
1972 — a.k.a. The Exorcism of Hugh, in 0 top lists Check -
419 new
The Mistress of Atlantis
1932 — a.k.a. The Lost Atlantis, in 0 top lists Check -
415 new
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
387 new
Mad Love
1935, in 2 top lists Check -
383 new
Love at First Bite
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
357 new
King Kong
1976, in 1 top list Check -
336 new
Island of Lost Souls
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
312 new
I Married a Witch
1942, in 3 top lists Check -
309 new
The Hunger
1983, in 2 top lists Check -
304 new
House of Dark Shadows
1970, in 1 top list Check -
297 new
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941, in 4 top lists Check -
295 new
Heaven Can Wait
1978, in 3 top lists Check -
276 new
Gog
1954, in 0 top lists Check -
256 new
Frogs
1972, in 1 top list Check -
253 new
Frau im Mond
1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check -
240 new
Flesh and Fantasy
1943, in 0 top lists Check -
211 new
L'éternel retour
1943 — a.k.a. Love Eternal, in 1 top list Check -
191 new
Dracula
1979, in 1 top list Check -
149 new
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 — a.k.a. The Day the Sky Caught Fire, in 0 top lists Check -
138 new
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961, in 1 top list Check -
124 new
Count Yorga, Vampire
1970, in 1 top list Check -
121 new
Contes immoraux
1973 — a.k.a. Immoral Tales, in 0 top lists Check -
49 new
La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
48 new
Bell Book and Candle
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
45 new
Bedazzled
1967, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ai no bôrei
1978 — a.k.a. Empire of Passion, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Sep 4, 2012; source