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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  1. 2 new

    The Absent Minded Professor

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 7 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 10 new

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 13 new

    The Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Man

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 18 new

    Android

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 19 new

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 25 new

    The Asphyx

    1972 — a.k.a. The Horror of Death, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 27 new

    Atlantis: The Lost Continent

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 28 new

    Attack of the Crab Monsters

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 29 new

    Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  11. 30 new

    At the Earth's Core

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  12. 39 new

    Battle for the Planet of the Apes

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 40 new

    Battlestar Galactica

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 41 new

    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 47 new

    The Bed Sitting Room

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 52 new

    Beneath the Planet of the Apes

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  17. 54 new

    Beware! The Blob

    1972 — a.k.a. Son of Blob, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 55 new

    Big Meat Eater

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 59 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 62 new

    The Blob

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 70 new

    A Boy and His Dog

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 71 new

    The Boys from Brazil

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 72 new

    Brainstorm

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 74 new

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 77 new

    The Brood

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 80 new

    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 81 new

    Bug

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 84 new

    Caltiki il mostro immortale

    1959 — a.k.a. Caltiki, the Immortal Monster, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 86 new

    Capricorn One

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 92 new

    The Cat from Outer Space

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 95 new

    Caveman

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 98 new

    Charly

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 100 new

    Chikyû Bôeigun

    1957 — a.k.a. The Mysterians, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 102 new

    The Children

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 103 new

    Children of the Damned

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 112 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  37. 113 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  38. 114 new

    Colossus: The Forbin Project

    1970 — a.k.a. The Day the World Changed Hands, in 1 top list Check
  39. 115 new

    Coma

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 119 new

    Conquest of Space

    1955 — a.k.a. Mars Project, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 120 new

    Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 126 new

    The Crazies

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  43. 128 new

    Creature from the Black Lagoon

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  44. 129 new

    The Creeping Flesh

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 131 new

    Crimes of the Future

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 134 new

    The Curse of Frankenstein

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  47. 139 new

    Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.

    1966 — a.k.a. Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., in 0 top lists Check
  48. 141 new

    Damnation Alley

    1977 — a.k.a. Survival Run, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 147 new

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 149 new

    The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    1961 — a.k.a. The Day the Sky Caught Fire, in 0 top lists Check
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