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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Alligator
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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Altered States
1980, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Awakening
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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Battle Beyond the Stars
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Changeling
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Children
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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Death Ship
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Elephant Man
1980, in 16 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Final Countdown
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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Flash Gordon
1980, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Fog
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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Fukkatsu no hi
1980 — a.k.a. Day of Resurrection, in 0 top lists Check -
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Galaxina
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Godsend
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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Harlequin
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hawk the Slayer
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Hearse
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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Humanoids from the Deep
1980 — a.k.a. Humanoids of the Deep, in 2 top lists Check -
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Inferno
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Island
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Lathe of Heaven
1980, in 1 top list Check -
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Macabro
1980 — a.k.a. Macabre, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mama Dracula
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Martian Chronicles
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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La mort en direct
1980 — a.k.a. Death Watch, in 0 top lists Check -
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Paura nella città dei morti viventi
1980 — a.k.a. City of the Living Dead, in 3 top lists Check -
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Popeye
1980, in 1 top list Check -
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Saturn 3
1980 — a.k.a. Saturn City, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Shining
1980, in 28 top lists Check -
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Simon
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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Somewhere in Time
1980, in 1 top list Check -
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Superman II
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
600 new
Tanya's Island
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Watcher in the Woods
1980, in 1 top list Check -
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Xanadu
1980, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 4, 2012; source