| THEGHOUL | 1974 horror film featuring John Hurt as Tom Rawlings (3,5) |
| GHOUL | 'The ---', 1975 horror film featuring John Hurt (5) |
| ELEPHANT | 1980 film starring John Hurt as Joseph Merrick, The _ Man (8) |
| MAGORIAN | Children's author of Just Henry and the classic wartime story Goodnight Mister Tom that was adapted into a family film featuring John Thaw (8) |
| EXORCIST | William Friedkin's classic 1974 horror film, The -------- (8) |
| MASSACRE | The Texas Chainsaw _, 1974 horror film (8) |
| SORORITY | 2009 horror film featuring Briana Evigan and Leah Pipes (8,3) (see 15A) |
| CREATURE | ___ feature, a horror film featuring a monster (8) |
| ANACONDA | Horror film featuring Amazonian reptile (8) |
| CHAINSAW | "The Texas ___ Massacre" (1974 horror movie): 2 wds. |
| BERGERAC | TV crime drama series featuring John Nettles as the title character (8) |
| RIOBRAVO | 1959 Western featuring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson and Ricky Nelson (3,5) |
| SPRAINED | Hurt as one rushed to get out of the rain (8) |
| YEARLING | "The ...", 1938 novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (8) |
| COSSCEEK | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings memoir |
| MARJORIE | Writer Rawlings |
| STAGECOACH | John Ford film featuring John Wayne as The Ringo Kid (10) |
| SCANDAL | 1989 film starring John Hurt as Stephen Ward (7) |
| THEELEPHANTMAN | 1980 David Lynch movie starring John Hurt as John Merrick: 3 wds. |
| ELEPHANTMAN | Film released in 1980 starring John Hurt as the deformed titular character, 'The -' (8,3) |