Kim Newman's Nightmare Movies

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This list contains all movies mentioned in Kim Newman's "Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s"; an encycopaedic critical reference guide to modern horror, taking Night of the Living Dead (1968) as its starting point, and continuing to the publication date of the second edition in 2011. While chiefly concerned with the evolution of the horror film, the book will occasionally mention non-horror to compare and contrast.

#1-119: Chapter 1 - Shoot 'Em in the Head! or The Birth of the Hate Generation
#120-273: Chapter 2 - The Indian Summer of the British Horror Film
#274-396: Chapter 3 - The Changing Face of Classical Gothic:
#397-563: Chapter 4 - Devil Movies or: "If the mousse tastes chalky, don't eat it."
#564-687: Chapter 5 - Deep in the Heart of Texas or: The Down-Home, Up-Country, Multi-Implement Massacre Movie
#688-1245: Chapter 6 - Paranoia Paradise or: Five Things to Worry About
#1246-1460: Chapter 7 - Tales of Ordinary Madness or: The Close-Up Crazies
#1461-1595: Chapter 8 - Auteurs
#1596-1764: Chapter 9 - The Weirdo Horror Film or: Cult, Kitsch, Camp, Sick, Punk and Pornography
#1765-1889: Chapter 10 - Psycho Movies or: "I didn't Raise my Girl to be a Severed Head"
#1890-1977: Chapter 11 - Ghost Stories
#1978-2162: Chapter 12 - Return to the past
#2163-2331: Chapter 13 - Cannibal Zombie Gut-Crunchers - Italian Style!
#2332-2398: Chapter 14 - Fun with the Living Dead
#2399-2428: Postscript: The Post-Modern Horror Film
#2429-2723: Chapter 2.1 - The Lecter Variations
#2724-3133: Chapter 2.2 - Vampires and Other Stereotypes
#3134-3604: Chapter 2.3 - Scream and Scream Again: Franchises, Post-Modernism, Remakes
#3605-3973: Chapter 2.4 - At First Just Ghostly
#3974-4151: Chapter 2.5 - Virtual Realities and Imaginary Friends
#4152-4351: Chapter 2.6 - Why Are Your Doing This to Me?
#4352-4439: Chapter 2.7 - More Auteurs
#4440-4720: Chapter 2.8 - Zombie Apocalypse Now!
#4721-4725: Postscript: There will still be blood

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  1. 18 -

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 22 -

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  3. 41 -

    Cloverfield

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 89 -

    The Wild Angels

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 97 -

    Stryker's War

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 128 -

    The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

    1974 — a.k.a. The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 143 -

    The Avengers

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 165 -2

    The Lady Vanishes

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 218 -2

    Psychomania

    1973 — a.k.a. The Death Wheelers, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 261 -3

    Young Sherlock Holmes

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 262 -3

    Underworld

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 265 -3

    Nightbreed

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  13. 281 -3

    Starsky and Hutch: The Vampire

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 284 -3

    Werewolves on Wheels

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 291 -3

    J.D.'s Revenge

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 292 -3

    Sugar Hill

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 359 -3

    Van Helsing

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 360 -3

    Blade: Trinity

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 370 -3

    Dip bin

    1979 — a.k.a. The Butterfly Murders, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 371 -3

    Dei yuk mo moon

    1980 — a.k.a. We're Going to Eat You, in 1 top list Check
  21. 372 -3

    Shu Shan - Xin Shu shan jian ke

    1983 — a.k.a. Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 374 -3

    Ren xia ren

    1982 — a.k.a. The Dead and the Deadly, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 377 -3

    Man tian shen fo

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 378 -3

    Geung see sin sang

    1985 — a.k.a. Mr. Vampire, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 379 -3

    Qi yuan

    1985 — a.k.a. The Affair from Nepal, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 380 -3

    Sien lui yau wan

    1987 — a.k.a. A Chinese Ghost Story, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 381 -3

    Krull

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 382 -3

    Highlander

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 383 -3

    Big Trouble in Little China

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 391 -3

    The Monster Squad

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 420 -3

    Race with the Devil

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 467 -3

    King Kong

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 471 -3

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 475 -3

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  35. 509 -3

    Legion

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 532 -3

    Firestarter

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 545 -3

    Ninja III: The Domination

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 554 -3

    Conan the Destroyer

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 555 -3

    The Offspring

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 565 -3

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 568 -3

    Mandingo

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  42. 574 -3

    Thunder and Lightning

    1977 — a.k.a. Thunder on the Highway, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 575 -3

    Moonshine County Express

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 576 -3

    The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 601 -3

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 615 -3

    Sudden Impact

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 617 -3

    Jackson County Jail

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 620 -3

    Fair Game

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 633 -3

    Bullies

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 668 -3

    The Wraith

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
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