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. 113 -

    The Big Chill

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 176 -2

    The Lonely Lady

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 238 -2

    House of the Long Shadows

    1983 — a.k.a. House of Long Shadows, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 242 -3

    Xtro

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  5. 252 -3

    Suffer, Little Children

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 330 -3

    La bestia y la espada mágica

    1983 — a.k.a. The Beast and the Magic Sword, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 352 -3

    Hysterical

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 365 -3

    The Hunger

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 366 -3

    The Black Room

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 367 -3

    The Keep

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 372 -3

    Shu Shan - Xin Shu shan jian ke

    1983 — a.k.a. Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 375 -3

    Mo

    1983 — a.k.a. The Boxer's Omen, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 376 -3

    La trace

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 377 -3

    Man tian shen fo

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 381 -3

    Krull

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 459 -3

    The Devonsville Terror

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 460 -3

    The Demons of Ludlow

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 492 -3

    Mausoleum

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 530 -3

    Frightmare

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 538 -3

    The Alchemist

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 539 -3

    Spasms

    1983 — a.k.a. Death Bite, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 544 -3

    Scarab

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 615 -3

    Sudden Impact

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 643 -3

    Sleepaway Camp

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  25. 645 -3

    The Final Terror

    1983 — a.k.a. Bump in the Night, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 653 -3

    Microwave Massacre

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  27. 657 -3

    Scalps

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 658 -3

    The Returning

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 661 -3

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  30. 691 -3

    Of Unknown Origin

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 838 -2

    Jaws 3-D

    1983 — a.k.a. Jaws III, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 862 -2

    Bog

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 913 -2

    Cujo

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  34. 957 -2

    Nightmares

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 958 -2

    Christine

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  36. 961 -2

    De lift

    1983 — a.k.a. The Lift, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 964 -2

    Blue Thunder

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  38. 965 -2

    WarGames

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 1017 -2

    Cave In!

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 1055 -2

    The Mad Death

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 1077 new

    Im Zeichen des Kreuzes

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 1079 new

    Silkwood

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 1098 new

    Wavelength

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  44. 1199 new

    Self Defense

    1983 — a.k.a. Siege, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 1216 new

    Da lui toi

    1983 — a.k.a. Health Warning, in 1 top list Check
  46. 1217 new

    Stryker

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 1218 new

    Survival Zone

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 1224 new

    I nuovi barbari

    1983 — a.k.a. Warriors of the Wasteland, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 1226 new

    Il giustiziere della strada

    1983 — a.k.a. The Exterminators of the Year 3000, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 1227 new

    Endgame - Bronx lotta finale

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
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