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| Author | Kim Newman |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | film criticism |
| Published | 1985 (Proteus Books) |
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| Pages | 160 pages |
| ISBN | 978-0862762162 |
Nightmare Movies is a non-fiction book about horror films by British critic and novelist Kim Newman. It was first published in 1985 and had later editions published in 1988, 1989, and 2011. The initial printing was 160 pages, but was expanded to 633 pages.
Proteus Books published the first edition, Nightmare Movies: Wide Screen Horror since 1968, in 1985. It was followed by an expanded 1988 edition, subtitled A Critical History of the Horror Film 1968-1988, published by Bloomsbury Publishing, and a 1989 edition published in the United States by Crown Publishing Group. In 2011, Bloomsbury released a new edition, Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s, that includes films released since the previous publication. This edition is 633 pages. [1] [2]
The 2011 edition was reviewed by several critics. Joseph Aisenberg of Bright Lights Film Journal wrote that Newman's opinions, presented facetiously and shallowly, keep readers from taking them too seriously while entertaining them with his enthusiasm. Aisenberg criticizes Newman's take on Brian De Palma and says that Newman is at his best when describing individual films. [3] Barry Forshaw of The Independent wrote that "it's hard to think of a more persuasive advocate for this much-despised art form". [4] Julian White of Starburst rated it 8/10 stars and said that although it focuses too much on trend-setters at the expense of lesser-known films, it is "a must for horror buffs". [5] Ian Berriman of SFX wrote that it "stands alongside David Pirie's A Heritage of Horror in the small category of essential books on horror cinema". [6] Dejan Ognjanovic of Twitch Film called it "your ultimate guide to modern horror cinema". [7]
Kim James Newman is an English journalist, film critic and fiction writer. Recurring interests visible in his work include film history and horror fiction—both of which he attributes to seeing Tod Browning's Dracula at the age of eleven—and alternative fictional versions of history. He has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the BSFA award.
SFX is a British magazine covering the topics of science fiction and fantasy. Its name is a reference to the abbreviated form of "special effects".
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Dejan Ognjanović is a contemporary Serbian horror author, literary critic, film critic, editor and a translator. He was the first in Serbia, and the Balkans, to write a doctoral dissertation on poetics of the horror genre. He was The Bram Stoker Award finalist in the category Short non-fiction (2022). He is a regular contributor to Rue Morgue magazine since 2010.
The horror Western is a crossgenre of both the horror and Western genres. It has it roots in films such as Curse of the Undead (1959), featuring Michael Pate as a vampire gunfighter; and Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966), which depicts the real-life outlaw Billy the Kid fighting against the fictional vampire Dracula.
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