The Horror Show Guide: The Ultimate Frightfest of Movies

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All entries from the book written by Mike Mayo.

From atomic bombs to zealous zombies, this cinephile’s guidebook reviews 1,000 of the wickedest, weirdest, and wackiest scary movies from every age of horror. With reviews on many overlooked, underappreciated gems such as Alice Sweet Alice, Daughters of Darkness, and Zombie, as well as the numerous Stephen King adaptations and modern updates such as Night of the Living Dead 3D and The Wolfman, new devotees as well as the discriminating dark cinema enthusiast will love this big, beautiful, end-all, be-all guide to an always popular film genre.

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    Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

    1948 — a.k.a. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, in 6 top lists Check
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    Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

    1949 — a.k.a. Abbot and Costello Meet the Killer, in 0 top lists Check
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    Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
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    Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

    1955, in 1 top list Check
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    The Abominable Dr. Phibes

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
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    Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Addams Family

    1991, in 1 top list Check
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    Addams Family Values

    1993, in 1 top list Check
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    The Addiction

    1995, in 4 top lists Check
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    Afraid of the Dark

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
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    After.Life

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Communion

    1976 — a.k.a. Alice Sweet Alice, in 1 top list Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 27 top lists Check
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    Aliens

    1986, in 20 top lists Check
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    Alien³

    1992 — a.k.a. Alien 3, in 1 top list Check
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    Alien: Resurrection

    1997 — a.k.a. Alien 4, in 1 top list Check
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    Alien Trespass

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Alligator

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
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    Alligator II: The Mutation

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
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    Alone in the Dark

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    An American Haunting

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    American Nightmare

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    American Psycho

    2000, in 7 top lists Check
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    An American Werewolf in London

    1981, in 11 top lists Check
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    An American Werewolf in Paris

    1997 — a.k.a. American Werewolf 2, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Amityville Horror

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Amityville Horror

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    Amityville II: The Possession

    1982, in 1 top list Check
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    Amityville 3-D

    1983 — a.k.a. Amityville III: The Demon, in 0 top lists Check
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    Amityville: The Evil Escapes

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Amityville Curse

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
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    Amityville 1992: It's About Time

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    Amityville: A New Generation

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
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    Amityville: Dollhouse

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Anaconda

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
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    Anatomie

    2000 — a.k.a. Anatomy, in 1 top list Check
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    Anatomie 2

    2003 — a.k.a. Anatomy 2, in 0 top lists Check
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    -- And Now the Screaming Starts!

    1973 — a.k.a. Bride of Fengriffen, in 0 top lists Check
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    Blood for Dracula

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
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    Flesh for Frankenstein

    1973 — a.k.a. Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, in 2 top lists Check
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    Angel Heart

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
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    Apprentice to Murder

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    April Fool's Day

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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    April Fool's Day

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    Arachnid

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Arachnophobia

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
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    Arnold

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Arrival

    1996 — a.k.a. Shockwave, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Art of Dying

    1991, in 0 top lists Check