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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. 192 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  3. 35 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 342 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 19 new

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 310 new

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 22 new

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  8. 59 new

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 48 new

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 155 new

    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 69 new

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 110 new

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 493 new

    The Wolf Man

    1941, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 455 new

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 54 new

    Phantom of the Paradise

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 347 new

    The Seventh Victim

    1943, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 32 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1939, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 363 new

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 37 new

    The Man Who Laughs

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 216 new

    Son of Frankenstein

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 31 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 286 new

    The Amityville Horror

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 103 new

    The Fury

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 94 new

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 96 new

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1941, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 466 new

    Cat People

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  27. 387 new

    Dracula's Daughter

    1936 — a.k.a. Daughter of Dracula, in 1 top list Check
  28. 210 new

    Q

    1982 — a.k.a. Q: The Winged Serpent, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 52 new

    Phantom of the Opera

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 312 new

    The Entity

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  31. 174 new

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  32. 4 new

    Bedlam

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  33. 396 new

    Isle of the Dead

    1945, in 1 top list Check
  34. 170 new

    Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  35. 470 new

    The Curse of the Werewolf

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  36. 202 new

    Mighty Joe Young

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 215 new

    Sora no daikaijû Radon

    1956 — a.k.a. Rodan, in 1 top list Check
  38. 352 new

    Der Student von Prag

    1913 — a.k.a. The Student of Prague, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 490 new

    Werewolf of London

    1935 — a.k.a. Unholy Hour, in 1 top list Check
  40. 385 new

    Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  41. 338 new

    The Other

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  42. 206 new

    Orca

    1977 — a.k.a. The Killer Whale, in 1 top list Check
  43. 426 new

    Taste the Blood of Dracula

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  44. 357 new

    The Tomb of Ligeia

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  45. 321 new

    Ghost Story

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  46. 547 new

    The Toolbox Murders

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  47. 86 new

    Corridors of Blood

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  48. 2 new

    The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'

    1914, in 1 top list Check
  49. 56 new

    The Premature Burial

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 67 new

    Tower of London

    1939, in 1 top list Check
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