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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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  1. 237 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 234 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 315 new

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  4. 348 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 192 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 214 new

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 221 new

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 513 new

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 157 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  10. 322 new

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
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    Jaws 2

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
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    1982, in 20 top lists Check
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    Friday the 13th

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Last House on the Left

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 283 new

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
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    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 232 new

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
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    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 9 new

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
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    Gremlins

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
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    Poltergeist

    1982, in 9 top lists Check
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    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
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    Exorcist II: The Heretic

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
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    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
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    1984, in 1 top list Check
  27. 57 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 310 new

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Amityville Horror

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
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    An American Werewolf in London

    1981, in 12 top lists Check
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    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
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    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Fog

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
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    Cujo

    1983, in 1 top list Check
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    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
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    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
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    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
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    Phantasm

    1979, in 2 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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    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 416 new

    The Omega Man

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
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    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
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    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 115 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
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    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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    Piranha

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 136 new

    Scanners

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
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