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. 16 -

    Attica

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  2. 116 -

    Salvador

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 145 -

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 450 -3

    Il trono di fuoco

    1970 — a.k.a. The Bloody Judge, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 452 -3

    Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält

    1970 — a.k.a. Mark of the Devil, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 453 -3

    Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält

    1973 — a.k.a. Mark of the Devil II, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 455 -3

    The Devils

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 456 -3

    The Tragedy of Macbeth

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 567 -3

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 677 -3

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 1044 -2

    World Trade Center

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 1059 -2

    Plague City: SARS in Toronto

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 1090 new

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 1109 new

    Executive Action

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 1116 new

    Missing

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 1172 new

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 1586 new

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 1595 new

    Casualties of War

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 1702 new

    Sebastiane

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  20. 1704 new

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 1706 new

    Edward II

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 1714 new

    The Baby of Mâcon

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 2258 new

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 2417 new

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 2589 new

    Changeling

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  26. 2683 new

    Deadwood

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 2774 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 2996 new

    Romasanta

    2004 — a.k.a. The Werewolf Manhunt, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 3106 new

    The Hour of the Pig

    1993 — a.k.a. The Advocate, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 3112 new

    Land of the Pharaohs

    1955, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 3136 new

    Inside Deep Throat

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 3146 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  33. 3870 new

    Bonekickers

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 3923 new

    Culloden

    1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 3929 new

    The Crucible

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 4017 new

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 4276 new

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 4378 new

    Marie Antoinette

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Gathering Storm

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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