Horrorshows

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A list compiled from the entries in Gene Wright's 1986 book, Horrorshows: An A-to-Z of Horror in Film, Radio and Theater. The entries below are found in the following chapters:
Crazies and Freaks: 1-70
Mad Scientists: 71-155
Monsters: 156-224
Cataclysmic Disasters: 225-271
Ghouls: 272-285
Ghosts, Demons and Witches: 286-363
Vampires: 364-439
Mummies: 440-453
Werewolves and Other Shape-Shifters: 454-494
Zombies: 495-524
Splatter: 525-549
Anthologies: 550-565
Television and radio programs are also showcased, along with theatrical productions. Those warranting their own entries in the volume are given below:
Television:
The Addams Family (1964-1966)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1965) [includes The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]
Circle of Fear (1973) [renamed from Ghost Story]
Dark Shadows (1966-1971)
The Evil Touch (1973-1974)
Ghost Story (1972) [renamed to Circle of Fear]
King Kong (1966-1969)
Kolchak: the Night Stalker (1974-1975)
Lights Out (1949-1952)
The Monster Squad (1976-1977)
Mr. and Mrs. Dracula (1980)
The Munsters (1964-1966)
Night Gallery (1970-1973)
One Step Beyond (1959-1961)
The Outer Limits (1963-1965)
The Sixth Sense (1972)
Struck By Lightning (1979)
Suspense (1949-1954)
Tales of the unexpected (1977)
Tales of Tomorrow (1951-1953)
Thriller (1960-1962)
The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
Radio:
Escape (1947-1954)
Everyman's Theater (1940-1941)
The Hermit's Cave (1930-1944)
I Love a Mystery (1939-1944)
Inner Sanctum Mystery (1941-1952)
Lights Out (1934-1947)
The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938)
The Mysterious Traveler (1943-1952)
Peter Quill (1940-1941)
The Shadow (1931-1954)
Stay Tuned for Terror (1944-1945?)
The Strange Dr. Weird (1944-1945)
Superstition (1943-1946)
Suspense (1942-1962)
Theatrical Productions:
Carmilla (1976)
Dracula (1924)
Frankenstein (1981)
Television Episodes
Frankenstein (Wide World of Mystery season 1, episodes 2 & 3, January 16-17, 1973)
Night Gallery (Pilot episode, November 8, 1969)
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
1914, in 1 top list Check -
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The Beast with Five Fingers
1946, in 1 top list Check -
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Bedlam
1946, in 1 top list Check -
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Black Christmas
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Brute Man
1946, in 0 top lists Check -
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A Bucket of Blood
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Burning
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
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Carrie
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Cat and the Canary
1927, in 4 top lists Check -
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El coleccionista de cadáveres
1970 — a.k.a. Cauldron of Blood, in 0 top lists Check -
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Chamber of Horrors
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Climax
1944, in 0 top lists Check -
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Crescendo
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Comedy of Terrors
1963 — a.k.a. The Graveside Story, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cujo
1983, in 1 top list Check -
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The Dead Zone
1983, in 1 top list Check -
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Dementia 13
1963 — a.k.a. The Haunted and the Hunted, in 0 top lists Check -
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Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Fall of the House of Usher
1950, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fear in the Night
1972, in 0 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 18 top lists Check -
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Friday the 13th
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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Grip of the Strangler
1958 — a.k.a. The Haunted Strangler, in 1 top list Check -
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Halloween
1978, in 17 top lists Check -
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Hands of the Ripper
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
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Homicidal
1961, in 1 top list Check -
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Horrors of the Black Museum
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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House of Usher
1960, in 2 top lists Check -
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House of Wax
1953, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939, in 4 top lists Check -
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I Drink Your Blood
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
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Jack the Ripper
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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Macabre
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Laughs
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Most Dangerous Game
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
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Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933, in 2 top lists Check -
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Next of Kin
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
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La tua presenza nuda!
1972 — a.k.a. What the Peeper Saw, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Night Has Eyes
1942 — a.k.a. Terror House, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Oblong Box
1969 — a.k.a. Dance, Mephisto, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Old Dark House
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Old Dark House
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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Paranoiac
1963, in 0 top lists Check -
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Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
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Persecution
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Phantom of Hollywood
1974, in 0 top lists Check