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Killer Sharks

48 films 36 20

Shark!

  • Superman Superman
  • Superman II Superman II
  • Swamp Thing Swamp Thing
  • Superman III Superman III
  • Supergirl Supergirl

Superhero Cinema (1978 to present)

67 films 64 34

Leave me suggestions in the comments. Note: comic characters are not ALWAYS superheroes. Note #2: pre-existing characters only. No Unbreakable…

  • Psycho Psycho
  • Death Line Death Line
  • Black Christmas Black Christmas
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • Halloween Halloween

Slashers

146 films 21 3

The originals, sequels, prequels, remakes and reboots. (No giallo; that's a separate list.)

  • 99 River Street 99 River Street
  • Ace in the Hole Ace in the Hole
  • Among the Living Among the Living
  • Angel Face Angel Face
  • Armored Car Robbery Armored Car Robbery

100+ Film Noir Essentials

168 films 63 4

(work in progress!) Films are listed alphabetically. (I'm sticking only to '40s and '50s titles.) If a movie is missing…

  • Dark Star Dark Star
  • Assault on Precinct 13 Assault on Precinct 13
  • Halloween Halloween
  • The Fog The Fog
  • Escape from New York Escape from New York

Essential John Carpenter

18 films 17 10

  • Absentia Absentia
  • Atrocious Atrocious
  • Baby Shower Baby Shower
  • Bedevilled Bedevilled
  • Bereavement Bereavement

Quality Indie Horror on Netflix Instant

66 films 73 17

Twitter friends often ask me to recommend indie horror films on Netflix Watch Instantly. Now I can just send them…

  • The Godfather The Godfather
  • The Conversation The Conversation
  • The Godfather: Part II The Godfather: Part II
  • Dog Day Afternoon Dog Day Afternoon
  • The Deer Hunter The Deer Hunter

John Cazale

5 films 6 4

Appeared in only five films. All five were nominated for Best Picture.

  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Jabberwocky Jabberwocky
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian Monty Python's Life of Brian
  • Time Bandits Time Bandits
  • The Meaning of Life The Meaning of Life

Essential Terry Gilliam

13 films 8 3

  • Splash Splash
  • My Science Project My Science Project
  • Down and Out in Beverly Hills Down and Out in Beverly Hills
  • Off Beat Off Beat
  • Ruthless People Ruthless People

1980s & 1990s Touchstone Comedies

70 films 11

Touchstone was (and still is) a live-action distribution arm of Disney. They were crazily prolific in the 1980s, especially with…

  • Godzilla Godzilla
  • Godzilla Raids Again Godzilla Raids Again
  • Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
  • King Kong vs. Godzilla King Kong vs. Godzilla
  • Mothra vs. Godzilla Mothra vs. Godzilla

Godzilla!

30 films 16

28 Japanese films, 1 American, 1 Americanized (I counted both versions of the original film.) Thanks to @blackholemovies.

  • Carrie Carrie
  • Salem's Lot Salem's Lot
  • The Shining The Shining
  • Creepshow Creepshow
  • Christine Christine

Stephen King Adaptations

56 films 18 10

I'm only including films that are actually based on King stories. So that's why most of the sucky sequels are…

  • Comin' at Ya! Comin' at Ya!
  • Parasite Parasite
  • Friday the 13th Part 3 Friday the 13th Part 3
  • Treasure of the Four Crowns Treasure of the Four Crowns
  • Spacehunter : Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Spacehunter : Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

The Second 3-D Craze (1981 - 1985)

10 films 7 4