Kim Newman's Nightmare Movies
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This list contains all movies mentioned in Kim Newman's "Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s"; an encycopaedic critical reference guide to modern horror, taking Night of the Living Dead (1968) as its starting point, and continuing to the publication date of the second edition in 2011. While chiefly concerned with the evolution of the horror film, the book will occasionally mention non-horror to compare and contrast.
#1-119: Chapter 1 - Shoot 'Em in the Head! or The Birth of the Hate Generation
#120-273: Chapter 2 - The Indian Summer of the British Horror Film
#274-396: Chapter 3 - The Changing Face of Classical Gothic:
#397-563: Chapter 4 - Devil Movies or: "If the mousse tastes chalky, don't eat it."
#564-687: Chapter 5 - Deep in the Heart of Texas or: The Down-Home, Up-Country, Multi-Implement Massacre Movie
#688-1245: Chapter 6 - Paranoia Paradise or: Five Things to Worry About
#1246-1460: Chapter 7 - Tales of Ordinary Madness or: The Close-Up Crazies
#1461-1595: Chapter 8 - Auteurs
#1596-1764: Chapter 9 - The Weirdo Horror Film or: Cult, Kitsch, Camp, Sick, Punk and Pornography
#1765-1889: Chapter 10 - Psycho Movies or: "I didn't Raise my Girl to be a Severed Head"
#1890-1977: Chapter 11 - Ghost Stories
#1978-2162: Chapter 12 - Return to the past
#2163-2331: Chapter 13 - Cannibal Zombie Gut-Crunchers - Italian Style!
#2332-2398: Chapter 14 - Fun with the Living Dead
#2399-2428: Postscript: The Post-Modern Horror Film
#2429-2723: Chapter 2.1 - The Lecter Variations
#2724-3133: Chapter 2.2 - Vampires and Other Stereotypes
#3134-3604: Chapter 2.3 - Scream and Scream Again: Franchises, Post-Modernism, Remakes
#3605-3973: Chapter 2.4 - At First Just Ghostly
#3974-4151: Chapter 2.5 - Virtual Realities and Imaginary Friends
#4152-4351: Chapter 2.6 - Why Are Your Doing This to Me?
#4352-4439: Chapter 2.7 - More Auteurs
#4440-4720: Chapter 2.8 - Zombie Apocalypse Now!
#4721-4725: Postscript: There will still be blood
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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Dawn of the Dead
1978, in 15 top lists Check -
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Diary of the Dead
2007, in 1 top list Check -
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Martin
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
462 -3
Hungry Wives
1972 — a.k.a. Season of the Witch, in 0 top lists Check -
463 -3
There's Always Vanilla
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
952 -2
Knightriders
1981, in 1 top list Check -
1071 -2
The Crazies
1973, in 1 top list Check -
1498 new
Due occhi diabolici
1990 — a.k.a. Two Evil Eyes, in 1 top list Check -
1536 new
Creepshow
1982, in 1 top list Check -
2334 new
Monkey Shines
1988, in 1 top list Check -
2336 new
The Dark Half
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
2395 new
Day of the Dead
1985, in 4 top lists Check -
4713 new
Bruiser
2000, in 0 top lists Check -
4714 new
Land of the Dead
2005, in 1 top list Check -
4715 new
Survival of the Dead
2009, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 27, 2013;