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. 7 -

    The Old Dark House

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 34 -

    The Corpse Grinders

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 48 -

    Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the...

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 50 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 51 -

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 54 -

    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    1970, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 60 -

    Blood Suckers from Outer Space

    1984 — a.k.a. Bloodsuckers from Outer Space, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 62 -

    Hard Rock Zombies

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 63 -

    The Return of the Living Dead

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 64 -

    Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  11. 65 -

    Porky's

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 84 -

    A Bucket of Blood

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 85 -

    Hair

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 90 -

    Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the...

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  15. 108 -

    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 113 -

    The Big Chill

    1983, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 141 -

    Dance of the Vampires

    1967 — a.k.a. The Fearless Vampire Killers, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 143 -

    The Avengers

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 156 -1

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 165 -2

    The Lady Vanishes

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 166 -2

    Alien Autopsy

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 167 -2

    I Want Candy

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 168 -2

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 169 -2

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 197 -2

    The Monster Club

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 198 -2

    Tales That Witness Madness

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 199 -2

    The Abominable Dr. Phibes

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 200 -2

    Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 201 -2

    Theatre of Blood

    1973 — a.k.a. Theater of Blood, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 210 -2

    The Cat and the Canary

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 216 -2

    Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  32. 223 -2

    Horror Hospital

    1973 — a.k.a. Computer Killers, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 237 -2

    Cool It Carol!

    1970 — a.k.a. The Dirtiest Girl I Ever Met, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 238 -2

    House of the Long Shadows

    1983 — a.k.a. House of Long Shadows, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 240 new

    Bloodbath at the House of Death

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 241 -3

    The House in Nightmare Park

    1973 — a.k.a. Crazy House, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 247 -3

    My Beautiful Laundrette

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 248 -3

    Letter to Brezhnev

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 251 -3

    April Fool's Day

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  40. 259 -3

    The Lair of the White Worm

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 274 -3

    Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 275 -3

    The Munsters

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 276 -3

    The Addams Family

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 286 -3

    The Werewolf of Washington

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 288 -3

    The Cat and the Canary

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 296 -3

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 301 -3

    Guess What Happened to Count Dracula?

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 303 -3

    Nightmare in Blood

    1977 — a.k.a. Horror Convention, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 306 -3

    Bloedverwanten

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 309 -3

    Eating Raoul

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
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