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FORREST J. ACKERMAN'S TOP 20 (ANNUAL BESTS: 1958-1977)

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For the 20th anniversary of Famous Monsters of Filmland, a list was published of the best horror, science-fiction, and fantasy film for each year in the period (1958-1977) as selected by its editor, Forrest J. Ackerman.

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Horror of Dracula (1958)
Horror of Dracula
★ 6.8 (16 ratings) director: Terence Fisher actor: 彼得·库欣 / 克里斯托弗·李 …
other title: 恐怖德古拉 / 古堡怪客 …
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
Anharten: Winner 1958 AKA Horror of Dracula
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The Tingler (1959)
The Tingler
★ 7.4 (16 ratings) director: 威廉·卡斯尔 actor: 文森特·普莱斯 / 朱迪思·伊夫林 …
other title: 心惊肉跳 / 刺痛者 …
A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.
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Village of the Damned (1960)
Village of the Damned
★ 7.2 (19 ratings) director: 沃尔夫·里拉 actor: George Sanders / 芭芭拉·谢莉 …
other title: 魔童村 / 梦之村 …
In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.
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Night of the Eagle (1962) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Night of the Eagle
director: Sidney Hayers actor: Peter Wyngarde / Janet Blair …
other title: Hypno / Brûle, Sorcière, Brûle ! …
A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her to destroy all her magical charms and protective devices, and stop that foolishness. He isn't put off by her insistence that his professional rivals are working magic against him, and her protections are necessary to his career and life.
Anharten: Winner 1961 AKA Burn, Witch, Burn
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Jack the Giant Killer (1962) WikiData IMDb TMDB Eggplant.place
Jack the Giant Killer
director: Nathan Juran actor: Kerwin Mathews / Judi Meredith …
other title: L'ammazzagiganti / Uhyrets besejrer …
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
director: George Pal / Charles Beaumont (screenplay) actor: Tony Randall / Barbara Eden …
other title: 博士的七张脸 / 博士的七張臉 …
A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
★ 6.6 (5 ratings) director: 弗雷迪·弗朗西斯 actor: 克里斯托弗·李 / 彼得·库欣 …
other title: 活尸的城堡 / 活尸城堡 …
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
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Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Fantastic Voyage
★ 6.9 (13 ratings) director: 理查德·弗莱彻 actor: 史蒂芬·博伊德 / 拉蔻儿·薇芝 …
other title: 마이크로 결사대 / ミクロの決死圏 …
In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.
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Planet of the Apes (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Planet of the Apes
★ 8.2 (162 ratings) director: 富兰克林·沙夫纳 actor: 查尔顿·赫斯顿 / 罗迪·麦克道尔 …
other title: 人猿星球 / 猿人袭地球(港) …
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey
★ 9.1 (1746 ratings) director: 斯坦利·库布里克 actor: 凯尔·杜拉 / 加里·洛克伍德 …
other title: 2001 스페이스 오디세이 / 2001年宇宙の旅 …
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
★ 6.6 (5 ratings) director: 弗雷迪·弗朗西斯 actor: 克里斯托弗·李 / 维罗妮卡·卡尔森 …
other title: 血溅坟场 / 무덤에서 일어난 드라큐라 …
In the shadow of Castle Dracula, the Prince of Darkness is revived by blood trickling from the head-wound of an unconscious priest attempting exorcism. And once more fear and terror strikes Transylvania as the undead Prince of Darkness stalks the village of Keineneburg to ensnare victims and satisfy his evil thirst.
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
director: Terence Fisher actor: 彼得·库欣 / 维罗妮卡·卡尔森 …
other title: 致命科学怪人 / 프랑켄슈타인 죽이기 …
Baron Frankenstein is once again working with illegal medical experiments. Together with a young doctor, Karl and his fiancée Anna they kidnap the mentally sick Dr. Brandt, to perform the first brain transplantation ever.
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