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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    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    1970, in 6 top lists Check
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    Hard Rock Zombies

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rock All Night

    1957, in 1 top list Check
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    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 220 -2

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 347 -3

    Great Performances: Count Dracula

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 448 -3

    Trick or Treat

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  8. 926 -2

    Electric Dreams

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 1172 new

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 1262 new

    Rock Rock Rock!

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 1413 new

    New York, New York

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 1575 new

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 1576 new

    Stardust

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 1577 new

    The Rose

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  15. 1612 new

    The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped...

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  16. 1663 new

    Hairspray

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 1671 new

    Sweet and Lowdown

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  18. 1747 new

    Rock 'n' Roll High School

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  19. 2011 new

    Gojira tai Hedora

    1971 — a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Hedorah, in 1 top list Check
  20. 2082 new

    The Muppet Show

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 2332 new

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 2366 new

    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 2428 new

    Michael Jackson: Thriller

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  24. 2495 new

    The Talented Mr. Ripley

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 2777 new

    Queen of the Damned

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 2861 new

    Suck

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 3035 new

    Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 3046 new

    Phantom of the Opera

    1943, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 3049 new

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 3050 new

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 3164 new

    House Party

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 3318 new

    Music of the Heart

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 3375 new

    Ring of Darkness

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 3466 new

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  35. 3534 new

    Last Days

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
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    Truly Madly Deeply

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 4348 new

    La pianiste

    2001 — a.k.a. The Piano Teacher, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 4495 new

    Black Roses

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    Wild Zero

    1999, in 1 top list Check
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