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A list compiled from the entries in Gene Wright's 1986 book, Horrorshows: An A-to-Z of Horror in Film, Radio and Theater. The entries below are found in the following chapters:

Crazies and Freaks: 1-70
Mad Scientists: 71-155
Monsters: 156-224
Cataclysmic Disasters: 225-271
Ghouls: 272-285
Ghosts, Demons and Witches: 286-363
Vampires: 364-439
Mummies: 440-453
Werewolves and Other Shape-Shifters: 454-494
Zombies: 495-524
Splatter: 525-549
Anthologies: 550-565

Television and radio programs are also showcased, along with theatrical productions. Those warranting their own entries in the volume are given below:

Television:
The Addams Family (1964-1966)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965) [includes The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]
Circle of Fear (1973) [renamed from Ghost Story]
Dark Shadows (1966-1971)
The Evil Touch (1973-1974)
Ghost Story (1972) [renamed to Circle of Fear]
King Kong (1966-1969)
Kolchak: the Night Stalker (1974-1975)
Lights Out (1949-1952)
The Monster Squad (1976-1977)
Mr. and Mrs. Dracula (1980)
The Munsters (1964-1966)
Night Gallery (1970-1973)
One Step Beyond (1959-1961)
The Outer Limits (1963-1965)
The Sixth Sense (1972)
Struck By Lightning (1979)
Suspense (1949-1954)
Tales of the unexpected (1977)
Tales of Tomorrow (1951-1953)
Thriller (1960-1962)
The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)

Radio:
Escape (1947-1954)
Everyman's Theater (1940-1941)
The Hermit's Cave (1930-1944)
I Love a Mystery (1939-1944)
Inner Sanctum Mystery (1941-1952)
Lights Out (1934-1947)
The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938)
The Mysterious Traveler (1943-1952)
Peter Quill (1940-1941)
The Shadow (1931-1954)
Stay Tuned for Terror (1944-1945?)
The Strange Dr. Weird (1944-1945)
Superstition (1943-1946)
Suspense (1942-1962)

Theatrical Productions:
Carmilla (1976)
Dracula (1924)
Frankenstein (1981)

Television Episodes
Frankenstein (Wide World of Mystery season 1, episodes 2 & 3, January 16-17, 1973)
Night Gallery (Pilot episode, November 8, 1969)

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  1. 1 new

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 7 new

    A Bucket of Blood

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 10 new

    The Cat and the Canary

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 15 new

    The Comedy of Terrors

    1963 — a.k.a. The Graveside Story, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 45 new

    The Old Dark House

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 46 new

    The Old Dark House

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 54 new

    Phantom of the Paradise

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 66 new

    Theatre of Blood

    1973 — a.k.a. Theater of Blood, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 71 new

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 72 new

    The Abominable Dr. Phibes

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 80 new

    The Boogie Man Will Get You

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 89 new

    The Devil Bat

    1940, in 1 top list Check
  13. 105 new

    Horror Hospital

    1973 — a.k.a. Computer Killers, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 116 new

    The Little Shop of Horrors

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 117 new

    The Mad Doctor of Market Street

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 134 new

    The Raven

    1963, in 1 top list Check
  17. 145 new

    The Thing with Two Heads

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  18. 156 new

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    1948 — a.k.a. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 178 new

    Gremlins

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 186 new

    The Horror of Frankenstein

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 197 new

    King Kong vs. Godzilla

    1963, in 1 top list Check
  22. 214 new

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 218 new

    The Son of Kong

    1933 — a.k.a. Son of Kong, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 224 new

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 261 new

    Piranha

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 268 new

    Village of the Giants

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 274 new

    Cannibal Girls

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 277 new

    Eating Raoul

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 320 new

    Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 322 new

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 390 new

    The Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 406 new

    Love at First Bite

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 415 new

    Vampira

    1974 — a.k.a. Old Drac, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 424 new

    Son of Dracula

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 427 new

    Tempi duri per i vampiri

    1959 — a.k.a. Uncle Was a Vampire, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 440 new

    Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  37. 459 new

    Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 463 new

    La casa del terror

    1960, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 481 new

    Master Minds

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 491 new

    The Werewolf of Washington

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 495 new

    Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  42. 501 new

    The Ghost Breakers

    1940, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 506 new

    King of the Zombies

    1941, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 524 new

    Zombies on Broadway

    1945 — a.k.a. Loonies on Broadway, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 527 new

    Basket Case

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 530 new

    Color Me Blood Red

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 531 new

    The Corpse Grinders

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 535 new

    The Gore Gore Girls

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  49. 551 new

    Creepshow

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  50. 557 new

    It Came from Hollywood

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
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