Kim Newman's Nightmare Movies
Created by ChrisReynolds.
Favorited 38 times, disliked 1 time, added to 56 watchlists.
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
Pssst, want to check out the Kim Newman's Nightmare Movies list in our new look?
Filter
-
54 -
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970, in 6 top lists Check -
62 -
Hard Rock Zombies
1985, in 0 top lists Check -
82 -
Rock All Night
1957, in 1 top list Check -
86 -
Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
220 -2
Performance
1970, in 16 top lists Check -
347 -3
Great Performances: Count Dracula
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
448 -3
Trick or Treat
1986, in 1 top list Check -
926 -2
Electric Dreams
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
1172 new
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
1262 new
Rock Rock Rock!
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
1413 new
New York, New York
1977, in 5 top lists Check -
1575 new
The Phantom of the Opera
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
1576 new
Stardust
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
1577 new
The Rose
1979, in 1 top list Check -
1612 new
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped...
1964, in 1 top list Check -
1663 new
Hairspray
1988, in 5 top lists Check -
1671 new
Sweet and Lowdown
1999, in 1 top list Check -
1747 new
Rock 'n' Roll High School
1979, in 1 top list Check -
2011 new
Gojira tai Hedora
1971 — a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Hedorah, in 1 top list Check -
2082 new
The Muppet Show
1976, in 0 top lists Check -
2332 new
Nashville
1975, in 21 top lists Check -
2366 new
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
1953, in 4 top lists Check -
2428 new
Michael Jackson: Thriller
1983, in 1 top list Check -
2495 new
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999, in 6 top lists Check -
2777 new
Queen of the Damned
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
2861 new
Suck
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
3035 new
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
3046 new
Phantom of the Opera
1943, in 2 top lists Check -
3049 new
The Phantom of the Opera
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
3050 new
The Phantom of the Opera
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
3164 new
House Party
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
3318 new
Music of the Heart
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
3375 new
Ring of Darkness
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
3466 new
This Is Spinal Tap
1984, in 22 top lists Check -
3534 new
Last Days
2005, in 5 top lists Check -
3609 new
Truly Madly Deeply
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
4126 new
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
1991, in 0 top lists Check -
4348 new
La pianiste
2001 — a.k.a. The Piano Teacher, in 7 top lists Check -
4495 new
Black Roses
1988, in 0 top lists Check -
4604 new
Wild Zero
1999, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Feb 27, 2013;