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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. 2 new

    The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'

    1914, in 1 top list Check
  2. 4 new

    Bedlam

    1946, in 1 top list Check
  3. 6 new

    The Brute Man

    1946, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 19 new

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 22 new

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  6. 31 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 32 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1939, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 35 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  9. 37 new

    The Man Who Laughs

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 42 new

    La tua presenza nuda!

    1972 — a.k.a. What the Peeper Saw, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 47 new

    Paranoiac

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 48 new

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  13. 49 new

    Persecution

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Phantom of Hollywood

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 52 new

    Phantom of the Opera

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Phantom of the Opera

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 54 new

    Phantom of the Paradise

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 56 new

    The Premature Burial

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 59 new

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 67 new

    Tower of London

    1939, in 1 top list Check
  21. 68 new

    Tower of London

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 69 new

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 84 new

    Circus of Horrors

    1960 — a.k.a. Phantom of the Circus, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 86 new

    Corridors of Blood

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  25. 87 new

    Curse of the Fly

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Deadly Dream

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1941, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 103 new

    The Fury

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 110 new

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 114 new

    Jungle Woman

    1944, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 117 new

    The Mad Doctor of Market Street

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Man in Half Moon Street

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 120 new

    Man-Made Monster

    1941 — a.k.a. Man Made Monster, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Man Who Could Cheat Death

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
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    Return of the Fly

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 141 new

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 155 new

    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
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    Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  40. 174 new

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  41. 192 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
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    Mighty Joe Young

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 203 new

    The Monster and the Girl

    1941, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 206 new

    Orca

    1977 — a.k.a. The Killer Whale, in 1 top list Check
  45. 210 new

    Q

    1982 — a.k.a. Q: The Winged Serpent, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 215 new

    Sora no daikaijû Radon

    1956 — a.k.a. Rodan, in 1 top list Check
  47. 216 new

    Son of Frankenstein

    1939, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 236 new

    Chosen Survivors

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 237 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  50. 259 new

    Patria

    1917, in 0 top lists Check
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