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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    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
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    Network

    1976, in 14 top lists Check
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    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 1090 new

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
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    Le locataire

    1976 — a.k.a. The Tenant, in 7 top lists Check
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    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
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    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
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    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
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    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
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    Martin

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
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    ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?

    1976 — a.k.a. Who Can Kill a Child?, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Muppet Show

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    Communion

    1976 — a.k.a. Alice Sweet Alice, in 1 top list Check
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    Obsession

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    God Told Me To

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    Burnt Offerings

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    King Kong

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    The Eagle Has Landed

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    Cadaveri eccellenti

    1976 — a.k.a. Illustrious Corpses, in 4 top lists Check
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    Up!

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    The Town That Dreaded Sundown

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    Sebastiane

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    The Incredible Torture Show

    1976 — a.k.a. Bloodsucking Freaks, in 3 top lists Check
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    Salon Kitty

    1976 — a.k.a. Madam Kitty, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Cassandra Crossing

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    Futureworld

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    Hollywood Boulevard

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    Squirm

    1976, in 1 top list Check
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    The Witch Who Came from the Sea

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    To the Devil a Daughter

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Food of the Gods

    1976 — a.k.a. H.G. Wells' Food of the Gods, in 0 top lists Check
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    Grizzly

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cannonball

    1976 — a.k.a. Cannonball!, in 0 top lists Check
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    Helter Skelter

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    House of Mortal Sin

    1976 — a.k.a. The Confessional, in 0 top lists Check
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    Massacre at Central High

    1976 — a.k.a. Blackboard Massacre, in 0 top lists Check
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    Napoli violenta

    1976 — a.k.a. Violent Naples, in 0 top lists Check
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    Creature from Black Lake

    1976 — a.k.a. Demon of the Lake, in 0 top lists Check
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    Death Weekend

    1976 — a.k.a. The House by the Lake, in 0 top lists Check
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    J.D.'s Revenge

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Legend of Bigfoot

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    Satan's Slave

    1976 — a.k.a. Evil Heritage, in 0 top lists Check
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    Sérail

    1976 — a.k.a. Surreal Estate, in 0 top lists Check
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    Shadow of the Hawk

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Bionic Woman

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dogs

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
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    Exposé

    1976 — a.k.a. Trauma, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    Kiss of the Tarantula

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
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