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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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  1. 643 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 549 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 59 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 112 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 583 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 7 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 201 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 182 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  9. 347 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 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
  11. 683 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 414 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 613 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  14. 218 new

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 212 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  16. 527 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 519 new

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 560 new

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  19. 451 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 578 new

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  21. 424 new

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 356 new

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 83 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  24. 444 new

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 206 new

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 283 new

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 222 new

    Fanny och Alexander

    1982 — a.k.a. Fanny and Alexander, in 25 top lists Check
  28. 565 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 249 new

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 512 new

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  31. 655 new

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  32. 370 new

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 199 new

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 113 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 74 new

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 592 new

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 148 new

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 90 new

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 21 new

    L'année dernière à Marienbad

    1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 645 new

    Ugetsu monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 187 new

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 254 new

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 516 new

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 49 new

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 329 new

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 215 new

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 690 new

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 99 new

    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 676 new

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
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    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
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