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. 1 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    Homicidal

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  4. 4 -

    La maschera del demonio

    1960 — a.k.a. Black Sunday, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 5 -

    The Premature Burial

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 6 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  7. 7 -

    The Old Dark House

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 8 -

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 9 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 10 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 11 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 12 -

    The Hills Have Eyes

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 13 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 14 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 20 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 21 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 22 -

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 23 -

    I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 24 -

    Them!

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 25 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 26 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 27 -

    Two Thousand Maniacs!

    1964 — a.k.a. 2,000 Maniacs, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 29 -

    The Wizard of Gore

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  24. 30 -

    Bloodthirsty Butchers

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 31 -

    Guru, the Mad Monk

    1970 — a.k.a. Garu, the Mad Monk, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 32 -

    The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here!

    1972 — a.k.a. The Curse of the Full Moon, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 33 -

    The Astro-Zombies

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 34 -

    The Corpse Grinders

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 35 -

    Blood Orgy of the She-Devils

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 37 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 39 -

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 40 -

    My Little Eye

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  33. 42 -

    [Rec]

    2007 — a.k.a. REC, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 43 -

    Diary of the Dead

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  35. 44 -

    Carnival of Souls

    1962, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 45 -

    Jacob's Ladder

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 47 -

    Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 48 -

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

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 49 -

    Benefit for the Living Dead

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 50 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 52 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 55 -

    Garden of the Dead

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 56 -

    The Child

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 57 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 58 -

    The Children

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 59 -

    Bloodeaters

    1980 — a.k.a. Blood Butchers, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 60 -

    Blood Suckers from Outer Space

    1984 — a.k.a. Bloodsuckers from Outer Space, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 61 -

    Raiders of the Living Dead

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 62 -

    Hard Rock Zombies

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 63 -

    The Return of the Living Dead

    1985, in 3 top lists Check
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