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. 60 -

    Blood Suckers from Outer Space

    1984 — a.k.a. Bloodsuckers from Outer Space, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 240 new

    Bloodbath at the House of Death

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 245 -3

    The Cold Room

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 246 -3

    Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

    1984 — a.k.a. Fox Mystery Theater, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 250 -3

    Don't Open Till Christmas

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 254 -3

    Play for Today: Rainy Day Women

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 257 -3

    The Company of Wolves

    1984, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 260 -3

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 426 -3

    Children of the Corn

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  10. 466 -3

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 532 -3

    Firestarter

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 540 -3

    The Power

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 545 -3

    Ninja III: The Domination

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 554 -3

    Conan the Destroyer

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 599 -3

    The Hills Have Eyes Part II

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 605 -3

    Invitation to Hell

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 610 -3

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 638 -3

    The Prey

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 674 -3

    Courage

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 705 -3

    Rats - Notte di terrore

    1984 — a.k.a. Rats: Night of Terror, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 728 -3

    Razorback

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 926 -2

    Electric Dreams

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 946 -2

    Runaway

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  24. 974 -2

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 1081 new

    Night Shadows

    1984 — a.k.a. Mutant, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 1082 new

    Impulse

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 1083 new

    C.H.U.D.

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  28. 1084 new

    The Toxic Avenger

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 1110 new

    Flashpoint

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 1125 new

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 1182 new

    Massive Retaliation

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 1198 new

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 1204 new

    City Limits

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 1214 new

    Dark Enemy

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 1219 new

    Forbrydelsens element

    1984 — a.k.a. The Element of Crime, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 1220 new

    Seksmisja

    1984 — a.k.a. Sexmission, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 1225 new

    L'ultimo guerriero

    1984 — a.k.a. The Final Executioner, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 1234 new

    Red Dawn

    1984, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 1243 new

    Threads

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 1387 new

    Fear City

    1984 — a.k.a. Border, in 1 top list Check
  41. 1402 new

    Trancers

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 1403 new

    Silent Night, Deadly Night

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 1416 new

    Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 1424 new

    Deadline

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 1442 new

    Tightrope

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  46. 1452 new

    Combat Shock

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 1453 new

    Crimes of Passion

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 1510 new

    Special Effects

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 1516 new

    Perfect Strangers

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 1587 new

    Body Double

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
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