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. 425 -3

    The Dark Secret of Harvest Home

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 2164 new

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 1015 -2

    A Fire in the Sky

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 2775 new

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 22 -

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 1095 new

    The Boys from Brazil

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 872 -2

    Maneaters Are Loose!

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 1579 new

    The Fury

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 106 -

    Jaws 2

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 738 -3

    The Swarm

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 21 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 944 -2

    Coma

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 527 -3

    Patrick

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 529 -3

    The Medusa Touch

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 1793 new

    National Lampoon's Animal House

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 512 -3

    Damien: Omen II

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  17. 1276 new

    Magic

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  18. 1700 new

    Jubilee

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 1400 new

    The Silent Partner

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  20. 1428 new

    Eyes of Laura Mars

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 411 -3

    The Manitou

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  22. 718 -3

    Adéla jeste nevecerela

    1978 — a.k.a. Adele's Dinner, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 515 -3

    The Legacy

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 578 -3

    Day of the Woman

    1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 873 -2

    The Beasts Are on the Streets

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 236 -2

    The Comeback

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 1929 new

    Cruise Into Terror

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 1928 new

    The Ghost of Flight 401

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 597 -3

    Stranger in Our House

    1978 — a.k.a. Summer of Fear, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 2252 new

    La montagna del dio cannibale

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 833 -2

    Barracuda

    1978 — a.k.a. The Lucifer Project, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 210 -2

    The Cat and the Canary

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 710 -3

    Long Weekend

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 1771 new

    Someone's Watching Me!

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 742 -3

    Terror Out of the Sky

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 1775 new

    Are You in the House Alone?

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 440 -3

    The Initiation of Sarah

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 1624 new

    The Alpha Incident

    1978 — a.k.a. Gift from a Red Planet, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 775 -3

    The Bees

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 1312 new

    Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 354 -3

    Dracula Sucks

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 970 -2

    Test pilota Pirxa

    1979 — a.k.a. Pilot Pirx's Inquest, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 112 -

    Blue Sunshine

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 858 -2

    Piranha

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 1791 new

    The Toolbox Murders

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  46. 226 -2

    La visita del vicio

    1978 — a.k.a. The Violation of the Bitch, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 13 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 1501 new

    It Lives Again

    1978 — a.k.a. It's Alive II, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 1379 new

    The Fifth Floor

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 526 -3

    Jennifer

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
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