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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Excalibur
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
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Possession
1981, in 7 top lists Check -
392 new
Malevil
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
111 new
Clash of the Titans
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
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 -
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Wolfen
1981, in 1 top list Check -
268 new
Ghost Story
1981, in 1 top list Check -
622 new
Time Bandits
1981, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dragonslayer
1981, in 1 top list Check -
468 new
Outland
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
67 new
Blow Out
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
231 new
The Final Conflict
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
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Les années lumière
1981 — a.k.a. Light Years Away, in 1 top list Check -
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The Hand
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
423 new
The Monster Club
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
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Scanners
1981, in 4 top lists Check -
361 new
The Last Chase
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
152 new
Deadly Blessing
1981, in 1 top list Check -
282 new
La guerre du feu
1981 — a.k.a. Quest for Fire, in 1 top list Check -
208 new
Escape from New York
1981, in 5 top lists Check -
227 new
Fear No Evil
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
585 new
Strange Behavior
1981 — a.k.a. Small Town Massacre, in 0 top lists Check -
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An American Werewolf in London
1981, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Great Muppet Caper
1981, in 1 top list Check -
161 new
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
261 new
The Funhouse
1981, in 1 top list Check -
389 new
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Boogens
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dead & Buried
1981, in 1 top list Check -
552 new
Shock Treatment
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
326 new
Inseminoid
1981 — a.k.a. Horror Planet, in 0 top lists Check -
378 new
Looker
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
56 new
Gatto nero
1981 — a.k.a. The Black Cat, in 0 top lists Check -
95 new
Caveman
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
177 new
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes
1981 — a.k.a. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, in 1 top list Check -
307 new
The Howling
1981, in 1 top list Check -
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Condorman
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
321 new
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
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...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà
1981 — a.k.a. The Beyond, in 4 top lists Check -
548 new
Sheder Min Ha'Atid
1981 — a.k.a. A Message from the Future, in 0 top lists Check -
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Quella villa accanto al cimitero
1981 — a.k.a. The House by the Cemetery, in 1 top list Check -
215 new
The Evil Dead
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
293 new
Heartbeeps
1981, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 4, 2012; source