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. 46 -

    From the Dead of Night

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 92 -

    Helter Skelter

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 100 -

    Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 177 -2

    The Stone Tape

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  5. 245 -3

    The Cold Room

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 253 -3

    Daemon

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 294 -3

    The Night Stalker

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  8. 295 -3

    The Night Strangler

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 298 -3

    The Norliss Tapes

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 299 -3

    Curse of the Black Widow

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 300 -3

    Spectre

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 361 -3

    Dracula

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 362 -3

    Salem's Lot

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  14. 363 -3

    Vampire

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 364 -3

    Desire, the Vampire

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 408 -3

    The Devil's Daughter

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 409 -3

    Good Against Evil

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 410 -3

    Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 422 -3

    Bay Coven

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 438 -3

    Satan's School for Girls

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 439 -3

    The Possessed

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 440 -3

    The Initiation of Sarah

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 441 -3

    The Brotherhood of the Bell

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 444 -3

    Fear No Evil

    1969, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 445 -3

    Haunts of the Very Rich

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 446 -3

    The Legend of Lizzie Borden

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 500 -3

    Possessed

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 518 -3

    The Abduction of Saint Anne

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 590 -3

    I'm Dangerous Tonight

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 597 -3

    Stranger in Our House

    1978 — a.k.a. Summer of Fear, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 605 -3

    Invitation to Hell

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 606 -3

    Chiller

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 698 -3

    Ratten - sie werden dich kriegen!

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 701 -3

    The Rats

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 703 -3

    Ratten 2 - Sie kommen wieder!

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 706 -3

    Burial of the Rats

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 741 -3

    The Savage Bees

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 742 -3

    Terror Out of the Sky

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 743 -3

    Fer-de-Lance

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 744 -3

    Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 745 -3

    It Happened at Lakewood Manor

    1977 — a.k.a. Ants!, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 747 -3

    Rattled

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 750 -3

    Python

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 754 -3

    Mega Snake

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 755 -3

    Copperhead

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 756 -3

    Vipers

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 757 -3

    Silent Predators

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 773 -3

    Frankenfish

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 784 -3

    Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 789 -3

    Legion of Fire: Killer Ants!

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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