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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Halloween
1978, in 17 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978, in 3 top lists Check -
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Dawn of the Dead
1978, in 15 top lists Check -
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Les raisins de la mort
1978 — a.k.a. The Grapes of Death, in 1 top list Check -
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Jaws 2
1978, in 3 top lists Check -
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Blue Sunshine
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
210 -2
The Cat and the Canary
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
211 -2
Killer's Moon
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
214 -2
Terror
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
226 -2
La visita del vicio
1978 — a.k.a. The Violation of the Bitch, in 0 top lists Check -
236 -2
The Comeback
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
304 -3
Dracula's Dog
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
354 -3
Dracula Sucks
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
411 -3
The Manitou
1978, in 1 top list Check -
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The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Initiation of Sarah
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Nurse Sherri
1978 — a.k.a. Beyond the Living, in 0 top lists Check -
512 -3
Damien: Omen II
1978, in 1 top list Check -
515 -3
The Legacy
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
525 -3
The Shout
1978, in 3 top lists Check -
526 -3
Jennifer
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Patrick
1978, in 2 top lists Check -
529 -3
The Medusa Touch
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
535 -3
The Redeemer: Son of Satan!
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Day of the Woman
1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check -
597 -3
Stranger in Our House
1978 — a.k.a. Summer of Fear, in 0 top lists Check -
656 -3
Wendigo
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
710 -3
Long Weekend
1978, in 3 top lists Check -
714 -3
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
1978, in 1 top list Check -
718 -3
Adéla jeste nevecerela
1978 — a.k.a. Adele's Dinner, in 0 top lists Check -
738 -3
The Swarm
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
742 -3
Terror Out of the Sky
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
775 -3
The Bees
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
833 -2
Barracuda
1978 — a.k.a. The Lucifer Project, in 0 top lists Check -
858 -2
Piranha
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
872 -2
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
873 -2
The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
885 -2
Manbeast! Myth or Monster?
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Coma
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
970 -2
Test pilota Pirxa
1979 — a.k.a. Pilot Pirx's Inquest, in 0 top lists Check -
1015 -2
A Fire in the Sky
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Boys from Brazil
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
1180 new
Deathsport
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
1276 new
Magic
1978, in 1 top list Check -
1312 new
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
1379 new
The Fifth Floor
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
1400 new
The Silent Partner
1978, in 1 top list Check -
1428 new
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
1501 new
It Lives Again
1978 — a.k.a. It's Alive II, in 0 top lists Check -
1579 new
The Fury
1978, in 2 top lists Check
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