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. 2 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 3 -

    Homicidal

    1961, in 1 top list Check
  3. 18 -

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 28 -

    She-Devils on Wheels

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 35 -

    Blood Orgy of the She-Devils

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 40 -

    My Little Eye

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  7. 41 -

    Cloverfield

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 46 -

    From the Dead of Night

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 92 -

    Helter Skelter

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 97 -

    Stryker's War

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 98 -

    Guyana: Crime of the Century

    1979 — a.k.a. Guyana: Cult of the Damned, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 101 -

    Inferno in diretta

    1984 — a.k.a. Cut and Run, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 106 -

    Jaws 2

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 115 -

    The Hand

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 116 -

    Salvador

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 130 -

    The Ghoul

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 150 -

    The Haunted House of Horror

    1969 — a.k.a. Horror House, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 151 -

    The Medium

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 158 -1

    Demons of the Mind

    1972 — a.k.a. Blood Evil, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 161 -1

    Beyond the Rave

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 162 -1

    Wake Wood

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  22. 163 new

    The Resident

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 172 -2

    Hands of the Ripper

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 173 -2

    Doomwatch

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 219 -2

    Secret Ceremony

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 226 -2

    La visita del vicio

    1978 — a.k.a. The Violation of the Bitch, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 228 -2

    Exposé

    1976 — a.k.a. Trauma, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 231 -2

    Die Screaming Marianne

    1971 — a.k.a. Die, Beautiful Marianne, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 232 -2

    The Forgotten

    1973 — a.k.a. Don't Look in the Basement, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 236 -2

    The Comeback

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 239 -2

    Seven Keys to Baldpate

    1917, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 256 -3

    Diva

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 264 -3

    Hellbound: Hellraiser II

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  34. 267 -3

    Lord of Illusions

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  35. 269 -3

    The Midnight Meat Train

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  36. 270 -3

    Dread

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  37. 279 -3

    Blacula

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 291 -3

    J.D.'s Revenge

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 294 -3

    The Night Stalker

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  40. 297 -3

    The Man in Half Moon Street

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 307 -3

    Thirst

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 328 -3

    Jack el destripador de Londres

    1972 — a.k.a. Seven Murders for Scotland Yard, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 358 -3

    Dracula 2000

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 362 -3

    Salem's Lot

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  45. 364 -3

    Desire, the Vampire

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 366 -3

    The Black Room

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 393 -3

    Vampire at Midnight

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 395 -3

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 403 -3

    Alias Nick Beal

    1949 — a.k.a. The Contact Man, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 413 -3

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
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