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. 255 -3

    Dream Demon

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 259 -3

    The Lair of the White Worm

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 264 -3

    Hellbound: Hellraiser II

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  4. 273 -3

    Paperhouse

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  5. 393 -3

    Vampire at Midnight

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 427 -3

    Spellbinder

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 558 -3

    The Serpent and the Rainbow

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 562 -3

    The Unholy

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 563 -3

    The Seventh Sign

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 686 -3

    Poltergeist III

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 715 -3

    Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 779 -3

    Il nido del ragno

    1988 — a.k.a. The Spider Labyrinth, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 780 -3

    The Nest

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 889 -2

    Demonwarp

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 992 -2

    Pulse

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 1345 new

    Cop

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  17. 1357 new

    The Couch Trip

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 1431 new

    Maniac Cop

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 1547 new

    Dead Ringers

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 1622 new

    Mystery Science Theater 3000

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 1633 new

    Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 1663 new

    Hairspray

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 1752 new

    Mortuary Academy

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 1813 new

    Cameron's Closet

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 1820 new

    Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

    1988 — a.k.a. Nightmare Vacation II, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 1838 new

    Freddy's Nightmares

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 1881 new

    Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 1887 new

    Bad Dreams

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 1888 new

    Deadly Dreams

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 1893 new

    Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 1970 new

    Slaughterhouse Rock

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 1972 new

    The Chair

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 1973 new

    Catacombs

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 1982 new

    The Blob

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 1983 new

    Not of This Earth

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 2077 new

    Howling IV: The Original Nightmare

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 2118 new

    Critters 2

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 2125 new

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 2126 new

    Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 2168 new

    Zombi 3

    1988 — a.k.a. Zombie 3, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 2232 new

    Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio

    1988 — a.k.a. Touch of Death, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 2233 new

    Il fantasma di Sodoma

    1988 — a.k.a. Sodoma's Ghost, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 2265 new

    Un delitto poco comune

    1987 — a.k.a. Phantom of Death, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 2266 new

    Minaccia d'amore

    1988 — a.k.a. Dial: Help, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 2272 new

    La casa 3

    1988 — a.k.a. Ghosthouse, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 2273 new

    La casa 4 (Witchcraft)

    1988 — a.k.a. Witchery, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 2314 new

    Brivido giallo: La casa dell'orco

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 2316 new

    Alta tensione: Il maestro del terrore

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 2317 new

    Alta tensione: L'uomo che non voleva morire

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 2334 new

    Monkey Shines

    1988, in 1 top list Check
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