Acknowledgments.- Foreword, Joe Dante.- Introduction.- 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968.- Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988.- Angel of Vengeance, Abel Ferrara, 1981.- Bad Taste, Peter Jackson, 1987.- Baise-moi, Virginie Despentes, Coralie Trinh Thi, 2000.
- Begotten, E. Elias Merhige, 1991.- Behind the Green Door, Artie Mitchell, Jim Mitchell, 1972.- La belle et la bête, Jean Cocteau, 1946.- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Russ Meyer, 1970.- The Big Lebowski, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 1998.- Blade Runner, Ridley Scott, 1982.- Blue Sunshine, Jeff Lieberman, 1978.
- Brazil, Terry Gilliam, 1985.- Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale, 1935.- The Brood, David Cronenberg, 1979.- Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Robert Wiene, 1920.- Café Flesh, Stephen Sayadian, 1982.- Cannibal Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato, 1979.- Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, 1942.
- Un chien andalou, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí,1928.- Coffy, Jack Hill, 1973.- Daughters of Darkness, Harry Kümel, 1971.- Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero, 1978.- Deadly Weapons, Doris Wishman, 1974.- Debbie Does Dallas, Jim Clark, 1978.- Deep Red, Dario Argento, 1975.
- Dirty Dancing, Emile Ardolino, 1987.- Django, Sergio Corbucci, 1966.- Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly, 2001.- Don't Torture a Duckling, Lucio Fulci, 1972.- Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton, 1990.- Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals, Aristide Massaccesi, 1977.- Emmanuelle, Just Jaeckin, 1974.- Enter the Dragon, Robert Clouse, 1973.
- Eraserhead, David Lynch, 1977.- The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi, 1981.- Fight Club, David Fincher, 1999.- Flaming Creatures, Jack Smith, 1963.- Freak Orlando, Ulrike Ottinger, 1981.- Freaks, Tod Browning, 1932.- Ginger Snaps, John Fawcett, 2000.- The Gods Must Be Crazy, Jamie Uys, 1981.
- Godzilla, Ishirô Honda, 1954.- The Harder They Come, Perry Henzell, 1972.- Harold and Maude, Hal Ashby, 1971.- Häxan, Benjamin Christensen, 1922.- Hellraiser, Clive Barker, 1987.- The Holy Mountain, Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973.- The House with the Laughing Windows, Pupi Avati, 1976.- I Walked with a Zombie, Jacques Tourneur, 1943.
- Ichi the Killer, Takashi Miike, 2001.- In Bruges, Martin McDonagh, 2008.- Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Don Siegel, 1956.- Invocation of My Demon Brother, Kenneth Anger, 1969.- It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra, 1946.- The Killer, John Woo, 1989.- Lady Terminator, H. Tjut Djalil, 1988.
- The Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, 2001-3.- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, George Miller, 1981.- Man Bites Dog, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde, 1992.- Manos, the Hands of Fate, Harold P. Warren, 1966.- The Masque of the Red Death, Roger Corman, 1964.- Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, 1975.- Near Dark, Kathryn Bigelow, 1987.
- Nekromantik, Jörg Buttgereit, 1987.- Night of the Living Dead, George A. Romero, 1968.- Pink Flamingos, John Waters, 1972.- Piranha, Joe Dante, 1978.- Plan 9 from Outer Space, Ed Wood, Jr, 1959.- Re-Animator, Stuart Gordon, 1985.- Reefer Madness, Louis Gasnier, 1936.
- Repo Man, Alex Cox, 1984.- Ringu, Hideo Nakata, 1998.- The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jim Sharman, 1975.- Rome Armed to the Teeth, Umberto Lenzi, 1976.- The Room, Tommy Wiseau, 2003.- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975.- She Killed in Ecstasy, Jesús Franco, 1971.- Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven, 1995.
- Soul Vengeance, Jamaa Fanaka, 1975.- The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, 1965.- Star Wars, George Lucas, 1977-2005.- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Todd Haynes, 1988.- Suspiria, Dario Argento, 1977.- Tank Girl, Rachel Talalay, 1995.- Tetsuo, Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989.- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, 1974.
- This Is Sp?n¨al Tap, Rob Reiner, 1984.- Thriller: A Cruel Picture, Bo Arne Vibenius, 1974.- Thundercrack!, Curt McDowell, 1975.- El Topo, Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970.- The Toxic Avenger, Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman, 1984.- Two-Lane Blacktop, Monte Hellman, 1971.- Tw.