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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  1. 25 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  2. 36 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 53 -

    Dr. Who and the Daleks

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 97 -

    Stryker's War

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 99 -

    Mangiati vivi!

    1980 — a.k.a. Eaten Alive!, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 101 -

    Inferno in diretta

    1984 — a.k.a. Cut and Run, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 114 -

    La rivière du hibou

    1961 — a.k.a. Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, in 1 top list Check
  8. 142 -

    Adam Adamant Lives!

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 144 -

    Doctor Who

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 261 -3

    Young Sherlock Holmes

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 359 -3

    Van Helsing

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 360 -3

    Blade: Trinity

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 371 -3

    Dei yuk mo moon

    1980 — a.k.a. We're Going to Eat You, in 1 top list Check
  14. 372 -3

    Shu Shan - Xin Shu shan jian ke

    1983 — a.k.a. Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 381 -3

    Krull

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 382 -3

    Highlander

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 383 -3

    Big Trouble in Little China

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 392 -3

    Creature from the Black Lagoon

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  19. 467 -3

    King Kong

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 469 -3

    War of the Worlds

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 471 -3

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 473 -3

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 474 -3

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 475 -3

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  25. 477 -3

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  26. 544 -3

    Scarab

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 554 -3

    Conan the Destroyer

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 559 -3

    Legend

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 565 -3

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 567 -3

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 574 -3

    Thunder and Lightning

    1977 — a.k.a. Thunder on the Highway, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 608 -3

    The Magical World of Disney: Casebusters

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 616 -3

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 621 -3

    The Most Dangerous Game

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 632 -3

    Hunter's Blood

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 642 -3

    Mother Lode

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 655 -3

    Shadow of the Hawk

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 656 -3

    Wendigo

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 669 -3

    Dudes

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 671 -3

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 673 -3

    Rituals

    1977 — a.k.a. The Creeper, in 1 top list Check
  42. 675 -3

    Southern Comfort

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 676 -3

    Ulzana's Raid

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 687 -3

    The Island

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 706 -3

    Burial of the Rats

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 726 -3

    Frog Dreaming

    1986 — a.k.a. The Quest, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 743 -3

    Fer-de-Lance

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 748 -3

    Anaconda

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  49. 767 -3

    Rogue

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  50. 770 -3

    Primeval

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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