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Stephen King's "Danse Macabre-The Films"

In the early 80’s, Stephen King wrote a book about films and literature that made horror/Sci-fi history. In Appendix 1, there is a list of films that, in Stephen’s opinion "contributed something of value to the genre." This is the list.

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1. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
by Robert Fuest
  
2. Alien (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Ridley Scott
  
3. The Asylum
by Roy Ward Baker
  
4. The Bad Seed
by Mervyn LeRoy
  
5. The Birds (Collector's Edition)  
6. The Bird With the Crystal Plumage  
7. Black Sunday (aka The Mask of Satan)
by Mario Bava
  
8. The Brood
by David Cronenberg
  
9. Burnt Offerings
by Dan Curtis
  
10.
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 Burn Witch Burn
by Sidney Hayers
  
11. Carrie (Special Edition)
by Brian De Palma
  
12.
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 The Conqueror Worm (aka The Witchfinder General)
by Michael Reeves
  
13. Creature From the Black Lagoon
by Jack Arnold
  
14.
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 The Creeping Unknown
by Val Guest
  
15. Curse of the Demon / Night of the Demon
by Jacques Tourneur
  
16. Day of the Triffids (1962)
by Steve Sekely
  
17.
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 Dawn of the Dead (1978)
by George A. Romero
  
18.
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 The Deadly Bees
by Freddie Francis
  
19. Deep Red  
20. Deliverance
by John Boorman
  
21. Dementia 13
by Francis Ford Coppola
  
22. Diabolique - Criterion Collection
by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  
23. Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]
by Freddie Francis
  
24. Don't Look Now
by Nicolas Roeg
  
25. Duel (Collector's Edition)
by Steven Spielberg
  
26.
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 Enemy from Space
by Val Guest
  
27. Eraserhead
by David Lynch
  
28. The Exorcist
by William Friedkin
  
29. Exterminating Angel
by Luis Bunuel
  
30.
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 Eye Of the Cat
by David Lowell Rich
  
31.
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 The Fly (1958)
by Kurt Neumann
  
32. Frenzy  
33. The Fury
by Brian De Palma
  
34. Gorgo
by Eugène Lourié
  
35. Halloween  
36. The Haunting
by Robert Wise
  
37.
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 The H-Man
by Inoshiro Honda
  
38. Horrors of the Black Museum  
39. Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)
by Ingmar Bergman
  
40. The House That Dripped Blood
by Peter Duffell
  
41. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
by Robert Aldrich
  
42. I Bury the Living
by Albert Band
  
43. The Incredible Shrinking Man [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2&4 Import - Great Britain ]
by Jack Arnold
  
44. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
by Don Siegel
  
45. Invasion of the Body Snatchers  
46. I Saw What You Did
by William Castle
  
47. It Came From Outer Space
by Jack Arnold
  
48. It! The Terror from Beyond Space
by Edward L. Cahn
  
49. Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)  
50. The Killer Shrews
by Ray Kellogg
  
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Created by Heather Hasan-Seo on Sep 27, 2006.