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. 5 -

    The Premature Burial

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 8 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 15 -

    The World, the Flesh and the Devil

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 28 -

    She-Devils on Wheels

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 38 -

    Homicide: Life on the Street

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 45 -

    Jacob's Ladder

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 66 -

    Dead of Night

    1974 — a.k.a. Deathdream, in 1 top list Check
  8. 82 -

    Rock All Night

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  9. 85 -

    Hair

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 89 -

    The Wild Angels

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 90 -

    Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the...

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  12. 91 -

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 92 -

    Helter Skelter

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 98 -

    Guyana: Crime of the Century

    1979 — a.k.a. Guyana: Cult of the Damned, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 100 -

    Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 102 -

    Ticket to Heaven

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 103 -

    Split Image

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 105 -

    Images

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  19. 108 -

    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 110 -

    Vargtimmen

    1968 — a.k.a. Hour of the Wolf, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 113 -

    The Big Chill

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 114 -

    La rivière du hibou

    1961 — a.k.a. Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, in 1 top list Check
  23. 115 -

    The Hand

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 116 -

    Salvador

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 117 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 118 -

    Wall Street

    1987, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 119 -

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 124 -

    The Curse of the Werewolf

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  29. 133 -

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 134 -

    The French Lieutenant's Woman

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 135 -

    The Doctor and the Devils

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 140 -

    Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  33. 144 -

    Doctor Who

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 145 -

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 162 -1

    Wake Wood

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  36. 164 -2

    Let Me In

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  37. 170 -2

    Taste the Blood of Dracula

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  38. 176 -2

    The Lonely Lady

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 207 -2

    Crucible of Terror

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 217 -2

    Blue Blood

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 219 -2

    Secret Ceremony

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 220 -2

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 221 -2

    The Corpse

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 222 -2

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 230 -2

    Night After Night After Night

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 231 -2

    Die Screaming Marianne

    1971 — a.k.a. Die, Beautiful Marianne, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 235 -2

    Schizo

    1976 — a.k.a. Amok, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 237 -2

    Cool It Carol!

    1970 — a.k.a. The Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 245 -3

    The Cold Room

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 246 -3

    Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

    1984 — a.k.a. Fox Mystery Theater, in 0 top lists Check
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