Jennifer Eiss's 500 Essential Cult Movies
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From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order).
#1-83: Dramatic Situatons
#84-133: Gripping Tales
#134-165: Lights, Camera…!
#166-228: Visionary Universes
#229-280: Criminal Underworlds
#281-360: Tales of Terror
#361-432: Cult Humor
#433-453: The Wild Wild West
#454-502: Film Lab
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287 +120
The Shining
1980, in 28 top lists Check -
288 +157
The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
348 +40
Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
338 -5
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
304 -228
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
285 +43
Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
458 -294
Eraserhead
1977, in 20 top lists Check -
418 -13
Shaun of the Dead
2004, in 13 top lists Check -
175 +301
Videodrome
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
264 +7
Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check -
356 +86
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974, in 15 top lists Check -
312 -194
Dawn of the Dead
1978, in 15 top lists Check -
30 +115
Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
319 -134
Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
123 +256
Repulsion
1965, in 17 top lists Check -
198 +43
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
282 -116
The Evil Dead
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
340 +10
Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
290 +199
The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check -
291 -289
28 Days Later...
2002, in 9 top lists Check -
299 -244
The Blair Witch Project
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
281 -261
An American Werewolf in London
1981, in 12 top lists Check -
289 +196
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
34 +156
Funny Games
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
138 +85
Gwoemul
2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check -
194 +7
Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
222 +221
They Live
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
283 -71
The Haunting
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
293 -267
Army of Darkness
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
347 +26
Re-Animator
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
349 +46
Saw
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
286 +97
Ringu
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
320 -131
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
328 -99
I Walked with a Zombie
1943, in 10 top lists Check -
413 -58
Pink Flamingos
1972, in 13 top lists Check -
337 -13
Near Dark
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
306 -223
Carnival of Souls
1962, in 5 top lists Check -
313 -187
Dead of Night
1945, in 9 top lists Check -
350 +47
Scanners
1981, in 4 top lists Check -
284 +42
Night of the Demon
1957 — a.k.a. Curse of the Demon, in 7 top lists Check -
302 -229
The Brood
1979, in 5 top lists Check -
179 -160
Altered States
1980, in 5 top lists Check -
141 +316
Tremors
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
96 -72
Angel Heart
1987, in 4 top lists Check -
335 -51
The Lost Boys
1987, in 3 top lists Check -
214 +143
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
334 -71
The Last House on the Left
1972, in 4 top lists Check -
355 +86
Tenebre
1982 — a.k.a. Tenebrae, in 4 top lists Check -
322 -125
Ginger Snaps
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
325 -100
The Hunger
1983, in 2 top lists Check
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