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. 36 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 53 -

    Dr. Who and the Daleks

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 253 -3

    Daemon

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 261 -3

    Young Sherlock Holmes

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 275 -3

    The Munsters

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 276 -3

    The Addams Family

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 404 -3

    Miracle on 34th Street

    1947, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 473 -3

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 661 -3

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  10. 694 -3

    Ratatouille

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 726 -3

    Frog Dreaming

    1986 — a.k.a. The Quest, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 823 -3

    Doctor Who: The Unicorn and the Wasp

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 892 -2

    Harry and the Hendersons

    1987 — a.k.a. Bigfoot and the Hendersons, in 1 top list Check
  14. 895 -2

    To Catch a Yeti

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 942 -2

    Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

    1954, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 963 -2

    Short Circuit

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  17. 996 -2

    Doctor Who

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 1001 -2

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 1002 -2

    Astro Boy

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 1019 -2

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  21. 1263 new

    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 1407 new

    Santa Claus: The Movie

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 1460 new

    Leave It to Beaver

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 1667 new

    Cinderella

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 1951 new

    I Love Lucy

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 1964 new

    The Watcher in the Woods

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  27. 1988 new

    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 1995 new

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 2006 new

    Gammera the Invincible

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 2027 new

    Hook

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 2066 new

    Teen Wolf Too

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 2082 new

    The Muppet Show

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 2097 new

    *batteries not included

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 2144 new

    Explorers

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  35. 2145 new

    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 2147 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  37. 2148 new

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 2154 new

    Eerie, Indiana

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 2358 new

    One Froggy Evening

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 2366 new

    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 2453 new

    Doctor Who: Dalek

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 2756 new

    Young Dracula

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 2842 new

    Demons

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 2863 new

    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  45. 2919 new

    The Little Vampire

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 2936 new

    Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 2965 new

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 2966 new

    The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

    2005 — a.k.a. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 3042 new

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 3070 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
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