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. 38 -

    Homicide: Life on the Street

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 142 -

    Adam Adamant Lives!

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 143 -

    The Avengers

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 144 -

    Doctor Who

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 246 -3

    Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

    1984 — a.k.a. Fox Mystery Theater, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 260 -3

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 275 -3

    The Munsters

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 276 -3

    The Addams Family

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 296 -3

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 347 -3

    Great Performances: Count Dracula

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 397 -3

    The Twilight Zone

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 425 -3

    The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 443 -3

    The Invaders

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 501 -3

    Apparitions

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 587 -3

    Peyton Place

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 607 -3

    The Twilight Zone

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 941 -2

    The Bionic Woman

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 942 -2

    Rocky Jones, Space Ranger

    1954, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 943 -2

    Beyond Westworld

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 979 -2

    Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 996 -2

    Doctor Who

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 1053 -2

    The Stand

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  23. 1055 -2

    The Mad Death

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 1057 -2

    The Burning Zone

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 1066 -2

    Survivors

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 1069 -2

    The Andromeda Strain

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 1102 new

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 1133 new

    The X Files

    1993 — a.k.a. The X-Files, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 1135 new

    Nowhere Man

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 1143 new

    24

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  31. 1176 new

    Logan's Run

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 1177 new

    Planet of the Apes

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 1235 new

    Amerika

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 1263 new

    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 1416 new

    Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 1460 new

    Leave It to Beaver

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 1512 new

    Branded

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 1622 new

    Mystery Science Theater 3000

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 1740 new

    Amazing Stories

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 1767 new

    Thriller

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 1837 new

    Swamp Thing

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 1838 new

    Freddy's Nightmares

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 1839 new

    Dark Justice

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 1878 new

    Fantasy Island

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 1879 new

    The Love Boat

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 1884 new

    Friday the 13th

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 1931 new

    Bonanza

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 1932 new

    Quatermass and the Pit

    1958, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 1935 new

    Dead of Night

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 1938 new

    Dark Shadows

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
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