| 100 Years of Terror's Florian Halbeisen's 13 Horrorfilme über Mutterschaft, die ihr gesehen haben solltet [Horror films about motherhood you should have seen] | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| 100 Years of Terror's Top 139 Die besten Horrorfilme aller Zeiten [Best Horror Films of All Time] | 2020 | Ranked | #54 |
| 247 Wall St's 50 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #43 |
| 365 Horror Movie's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #76 |
| 50 Classic Horror Films from Wheeler Winston Dixon's A History of Horror | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| 501 Must-See Movies - Horror | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Aaron Christensen's Horror 101 - The A-List of Horror Films and Monster Movies | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Addicted to Horror Movies' The 100 Scariest Horror Films of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #41 |
| Adelaide Now's The 50 scariest movies of all time | 2013 | Ranked | #39 |
| Alan Jones' The Rough Guide to Horror Movies - 50 Horror Classics | 2005 | Unranked | — |
| Alan Jones' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| Alexandra West's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Allocine's 200 films pour Halloween | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| AMC Filmsite's Greatest Horror Films | | Unranked | — |
| Andy Lowe's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #9 |
| Antti Alanen and Asko Alanen's Musta Peili - horror film filmography | 1985 | Unranked | — |
| Ari Aster's 10 Great Horror Movies | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Aullidos' Las 100 Mejores Películas de Terror | 2009 | Ranked | #43 |
| AwardsCircuit.com's Terence Johnson's Top 100 Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #8 |
| AZCentral's Bill Goodykoontz's 31 days of horror - Goody's countdown of the scariest flicks ever | 2017 | Ranked | #29 |
| Barbara Creed's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| Beliefnet's Top 10 Religious Horror Movies | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Best Life's Bob Larkin's 40 Best Horror Movies for Totally Freaking Yourself Out | 2018 | Ranked | #18 |
| Between the Reel's Top 100 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #6 |
| BFI's A great horror film from every year, from 1922 to now | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| BFI's Anna Bogutskaya's 10 great religious horror films | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Best Horror Movies of All Time - 1970s | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Chris Eggertsen's 10 Awesome Outcast Revenge Horror Movies! | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| Bloody Disgusting's Jess' Top 10 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #3 |
| Bloody Disgusting's Trace Thurman's The 100 Best Horror Movies Ever Made | 2018 | Ranked | #27 |
| Bloody Terror's My Favourite Horror Flicks | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| BoardGameGeek's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #29 |
| Box Office Prophet's 50 Favorite Horror Films | 2002 | Ranked | #35 |
| British Vogue's Radhika Seth's 38 Cult Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Bro Bible's Shrobana Rakshit's The 27 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #22 |
| BroBible's Neil Bulson's The 50 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #21 |
| Bruce LaBruce's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Bullshit.IST's Michael Gursky's The 17 Scariest Horror Movies of the 70s | 2016 | Ranked | #6 |
| Bustle's Lakecia Hammond's The 13 Most Feminist Horror Movies To Inspire Even The Biggest Scaredy-Cats | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Bustle's Olivia Truffaut-Wong's 37 Unique Scary Movies That Every Individual Must See | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Bustle's Rachel Semigran's 13 Horror Movies to Watch If You Really Want a Good Scare | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| But Why Tho's Kate Sánchez' Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #60 |
| Buzzfeed's Abid Anwar's 66 Times Horror Movies Were Beautiful As Hell | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Búfalo Magazine's Las 50 mejores películas de terror [The 50 greatest horror films] | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Carter Smith's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Cath Clarke's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| CBS Baltimore's 100 Scariest Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #35 |
| CBS News' David Morgan's 50 essential horror films for Halloween | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| CBS San Fransisco's Top 40 Scariest Films Ever Made | 2013 | Ranked | #14 |
| CFB's 100 Essential Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Chicago Film Critics Association's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2006 | Ranked | #16 |
| Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film's 50 Top Scary Films | 2005 | Ranked | #5 |
| Chris Duck's The Horror. . . The Horror | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Chris Eggertsen's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Chris Sivertson's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Cine.gr's The Most Scary-Movies Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #16 |
| Cinemanía's 100 mejores películas de terror de todos los tiempos | 2016 | Ranked | #27 |
| Clive Barker's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| CNN en Espanol's Las películas de terror más espantosas de todos los tiempos | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Coffin Joe's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| Collider's Daniela Gama's 25 Terrifying Horror Movies That Perfectly Explore Trauma | 2024 | Ranked | #7 |
| Collider's Haleigh Foutch's The 21 Best Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Collider's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Ranked | #27 |
| Combustible Celluloid's Essential Horror Movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Comic Book's Patrick Cavanaugh's 10 of the Best Horror Movies From the 70s | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| ComingSoon's Nick Perkins' Top 5 High School Horror Films | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| Complex's Best Horror Movies Every Year Since Psycho | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Complex's Jamie Iovine & Marc Griffin's 31 Best Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked | 2026 | Ranked | #20 |
| Consequence of Sound's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #29 |
| Cool Material's Mike Newman's 33 Horror Movies Every Guy Should See | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Cosmopolitan's Anna Lewis' 100+ of the best horror movies to add to your must-watch list | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Cosmopolitan's The 57 Scariest Horror Movies You Need to Watch Right Now | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Creepy Catalog's Raquel Quintana's 35+ Best High School Horror Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Creepy Catalog's Raquel Quintana's 70s Horror Movies 100+ Scary Films from the 1970s | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Cricket's top 100 horror movies | 2014 | Ranked | #19 |
| CriterionForum Lists Project - Horror | | Ranked | #33 |
| Critically Sane's 31 Supernatural Horror Films to Watch This October | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Crooks and Liars' John Amato's Top 60 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #27 |
| Cult Labs Forum's Best Horror Films Year by Year | | Unranked | — |
| Cult Labs' Community Top 100 Horror Films of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #39 |
| Cult Movie Forums' The 100 Greatest Horror & Exploitation Films Ever! | 2007 | Ranked | #38 |
| Damnationdoormat's Top 100 Horror Films | 2006 | Ranked | #53 |
| Darkweb Online's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2002 | Ranked | #79 |
| Darrell Moore's The Best, Worst, And Most Unusual Horror Films | 1983 | Unranked | — |
| Deadspin's Chris Thompson's Here Are 12 Scary-Ass Halloween Movies To Totally Ruin Your Shit | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Dennis Alink's Top 25 Best '70s Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #22 |
| Dennis Widmyer's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Derek Vinyard's Top 75 Horror movies | 2014 | Ranked | #24 |
| Dexerto's Cameron Frew's 104 best horror movies ever made | 2025 | Ranked | #21 |
| Diablo Cody's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Diego Carrera's A History of Horror | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Digital Spy's Ian Sandwell, Gabriella Geisinger & Mireia Mullor's 61 Best Horror Movies That Are Actually Good and Terrifying | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| DigitalDreamDoor's 250 Greatest Horror Movies | 2022 | Ranked | #21 |
| Don Sumner's Horror Movie Freak | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Dr. Nocturna's 2006 Horror Movie Census! | 2006 | Ranked | #24 |
| Dread Central's Joey Infante's High School Horror Movies to Watch This Summer | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Dread Central's Joshua Macmillan's 8 of the Best Religious Horror Films to Check Out! | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Dread Central's Scott Hallam's Top 7 Supernatural Films that Haunt Us | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Dread Central's Scott Hallam's Top 9 High School Horrors | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Dreadit's Top 100 Horror Films, 10th Anniversary Edition | 2022 | Ranked | #39 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Horror Movies, 1970-1979 | 2017 | Ranked | #7 |
| DreadWorld's The Best Horror Films of the 70's | 2012 | Ranked | #8 |
| DREGstudios' Top 20 Horror Movies of all Time | 2012 | Ranked | #12 |
| Drew Hunt's 100 Greatest Horror Films | 2013 | Ranked | #43 |
| EcranLarge's Laurent Pecha's Les 31 meilleurs films d'horreur du monde | 2012 | Ranked | #22 |
| Edgar Wright's 100 Favorite Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Eerie Books Blog's Randy Ray's 100 Top Horror Movies from the 1970s | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| El antepenultimo mohicano's Las 100 mejores películas de terror | 2016 | Ranked | #9 |
| eldiario's Alicia Aviles Pozo & Dolores Sarto's Las 20 mejores películas de terror de la historia del cine | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| Elle's Adam Schubak, Madison Feller & Amy Mackelden's The 50 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| EMP Museum's 100 Horror Films to See Before You Die | | Unranked | — |
| Empire's The 50 Best Horror Movies | 2024 | Ranked | #13 |
| Empire's The Greatest Horror Movies Ever Guide | 2000 | Unranked | — |
| Empire's Top 400 Horrors Results | 2012 | Ranked | #35 |
| Enfemenino's Las 101 Mejores Películas de Terror para Halloween | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Entertainment Weekly's 20 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty's 31 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #16 |
| Eric Ian Steele's The Best Horror Movies of the Past 50 years! Part 2! The Seventies! | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Josh Rosenberg's The 25 Best Psychological Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Josh Rosenberg, Emma Carey & Bria McNeal's The 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's The 50 Best Classic Horror Movies Ever Made | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Essential Horror Movies - Matinee Monsters to Cult Classics by Michael Mallory | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| FANGORIA's 300 Best Horror Movies | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Far Out Magazine's Calum Russell's The 50 greatest horror films of all time | 2022 | Ranked | #18 |
| Feel The Films' Greatest Horror Films of All-Time | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Fiction Horizon's Hrvoje Milakovic's 50 Best Psychological Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Film Police Review's Armando Dela Cruz's Top 13 All-Time Favorite Horror Films | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Film School Reject's Meg Shield's 10 Best Horror Movies About Vengeful Women | 2018 | Ranked | #2 |
| Film.com's The Top 50 Horror Movies of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| FilmschoolWTF's Top 100 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #47 |
| FILMSTARTS' The 80 best horror movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #19 |
| FilmWalrus' My Top 200 Favorite Horror Films | 2013 | Ranked | #168 |
| Final Girl Shocktoberfest Poll | 2017 | Ranked | #10 |
| FirstClasse's Joanna Lee's 7 classic horror movies that will keep you up all night | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Flashy Magazine's List Of Best Top 100 Horror Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #56 |
| Flavorwire's Alison Nastasi's 50 Essential Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #41 |
| FLICKSIDE's Arun Kumar's 50 Greatest Horror Films Of All Time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Fluxkompensator's Stefan_F's Die besten Horrorfilme der 70er Jahre [Best Horror Films of the 70s] | 2019 | Ranked | #20 |
| Forbes' Mark Hughes' The Top 10 Best Horror Movies Of The 70s | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Fotogramas's Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia del cine buenas, recomendadas y aclamadas por la crítica (2025 | | Ranked | #32 |
| Galway Bay Blog's Donal McNamera's Top 10 Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Gamers Decide's Erin Claire's [Top 50] Best High School Horror Movies That Are Amazing | 2020 | Ranked | #8 |
| GamesRadar+'s Gem Seddon's The 15 best high school horror movies, from Scream to Jennifer's Body | 2020 | Ranked | #2 |
| Gary Gerani's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #55 |
| Gateway Film Center's Horror 101 | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Gear Patrol's The 50 Best Horror Movies | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| GearMoose's Amy Skorheim's 20 Best 70s Horror Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| gingersnp's The Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Glamour UK's Jenn Selby's Top 25 Horror Flicks | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Glamour's Abby Gardner and Christopher Rosa's 50 Scary Movies Starring Women You Must Watch This Halloween | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Glamour's The 18 Most Feminist Horror Movies of All Time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Good Housekeeping's Katarina Avendano's 50 of the Best Classic Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Goomba Stomp's Ricky da Conceição's 150 Greatest Horror Films of the 20th Century | 2021 | Ranked | #14 |
| Goregirl's 100 Favourite Horror Films of All Time | 2009 | Ranked | #25 |
| Goregirl's Favourite Horror Films of the 1970s | 2013 | Ranked | #7 |
| GoUpstate's Jose Franco and Brad Tinsley's A guide to scary movies Classic and modern horror movies for Halloween | 2001 | Unranked | — |
| GQ's Gladys Lai's 42 movies that all true horror fans have watched | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| GQ's Mahnaz Angury's 10 Horror Movies You Need To See Before Halloween | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Grazia's Alessandro Alicandri's 50 film horror più belli di sempre | 2013 | Ranked | #43 |
| GreenGoblin's My top 200 horror movies | 2007 | Ranked | #93 |
| Greg Day's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| groo-8's Top 200 Horror films Ever | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Guy Lodge's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| Harpers BAZAAR's DeAnna Janes' The 35 Best Classic Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Harpers Bazaar's Ella Cerón's The 25 Best Halloween Movies of All Time, Ranked | 2025 | Ranked | #17 |
| Harpymarx' Top 100 greatest horror films of all time | 2009 | Ranked | #17 |
| HerCampus' Elizabeth Tompkins' The 30 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #19 |
| HiConsumption's Sam Jordan's The 50 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Hitek's Clemounet's Top 20 des films d'horreurs mythiques | 2013 | Ranked | #12 |
| HitFix's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #15 |
| Hollie Horror's 1970-1979 | 2021 | Ranked | #54 |
| Hollywood.com's The 26 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #16 |
| Horror Freak News' Don Sumner's The Top 100 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2016 | Ranked | #10 |
| Horror Homeroom's Elizabeth's Top 10 Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Horror Homeroom's Gwen's Top 10 Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Horror Land's Lallen's 10 of the Best High School Horror Films | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Horror Palace's Scariest Horror Movies | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Horror.com's The Official HDC Selection from 100+ Years of Horror Cinema | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Horror.com's The Sub-genres of Horror - A Top 100 HDC Compilation | 2008 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca Forum's Top 300 horror films that MUST be seen before you die | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Herner Klenthur's 13 Horror Movies To Watch on Mothers Day | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Herner Klenthur's 35 Most Influential Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Mister Joshua's 10 Best Horror Films From the '70s | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Poppascotch's Top 50 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #30 |
| HubPages' gideon43's The 25 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #14 |
| HubPages' iwritegood's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #13 |
| HuffPost Quebec's 10 meilleurs films d'horreur | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| iCM Forum's Top 250 Favourite Horror Films | 2022 | Ranked | #19 |
| IGN's 100 Best Horror Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #59 |
| IMDb Horror Board Favorite 201 | 2014 | Ranked | #37 |
| IN Magazine's Courtney Hardwick's 10 Famously Queer-Coded Horror Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| IndieWire's The 225 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| IndieWire's Wilson Chapman's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time | 2024 | Ranked | #49 |
| Inquisitr's Carter Lee's 51 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| io9's Meredith Woerner's 50 Scariest Movies Of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #11 |
| IsaacOvHeck's Top 200 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #150 |
| It's A Stampede!'s Alex Wiggan's 150 best horror movies you must watch | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| James Gunn's 50 Favorite Horror Movies Of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #45 |
| James Marriott and Kim Newman's Horror! 333 Films to Scare You to Death | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Jamie_Shannon's Best Horror Films | 2016 | Ranked | #37 |
| JarvisCity's 15 Best Horror Movies Of 1976 | 2017 | Ranked | #1 |
| Jason Zinoman's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Joanie Clothing's Holly's 10 Classic Halloween Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Jonathan Rigby's Studies in Terror (featured films) | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Keiichiro Toyama's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Kevin Kolsch's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| khaleesi_101's Favourite Horror Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #3 |
| KilltheSnark's The 100 Greatest Horror Films | 2007 | Ranked | #79 |
| Knockout Horror's Richie's 25 Cosy Autumnal Horror Movies To Get You Ready For Fall | 2025 | Ranked | #8 |
| L'Officiel's Natalie Frantz's 15 Most Fashionable Horror Flicks of All Time to Watch This October | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Large Popcorn, No Butter's Best Scary Movies of All Time -- Of ALL Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Latest Movies Lists' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2012 | Ranked | #26 |
| Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films | 2025 | Ranked | #100 |
| Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films | 2025 | Ranked | #90 |
| List25's 25 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #9 |
| LouderSound's Metal Hammer's The 50 greatest horror movies of all time | 2022 | Ranked | #30 |
| Mandatory's The 50 Scariest Horror Movies Ever Made | 2013 | Ranked | #49 |
| Marc Price's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #7 |
| Marginal_Crogeny's The Top 250 Horror Films of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #33 |
| Marie Claire's Kayleigh Roberts' The 50 Classic Horror Movies Every Scary Film Buff Must See | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Mark H. Harris' A Timeline of the History of Hollywood Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Mark Salisbury's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #8 |
| Matt Glasby's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| Men's Health's Joshua Ocampo and Evan Romano's 41 of the Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Mens Health's Lea Anderson & Milan Polk's The Best '70s Horror Movies | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Mental Floss' Rebecca Pahle's The 20 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #12 |
| Metro News' Adam Boult's The 100 Best Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Michael Blyth's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Michael R. Perry's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Mike Mayo's VideoHound's Horror Show - 999 Hair-Raising, Hellish, and Humorous Movies | 1998 | Unranked | — |
| Mike Thorn's 100 Favorite Movies | 2019 | Ranked | #77 |
| MinuteBuzz's Morgan Lecouflet's Les 20 films d'horreur les plus terrifiants de tous les temps | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Monster Mania's The 13 Greatest Horror Films Of The 1970s | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| Movie Forums' Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #28 |
| Movie TV Tech Geeks News' Best Horror Movies To Watch With Mom On Mother's Day | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Moviefone's 14 Bloodiest Horror Movies Ever Made | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Moviefone's Best Horror Movies Ever | 2007 | Ranked | #18 |
| Moviefone's Gary Susman's The 23 Scariest Teen Horror Movies Ever | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| MovieMaker's Tim Molloy's The 11 Scariest Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| MovieMeter's Top 300 Horror Films | 2020 | Ranked | #18 |
| Movies & Mania's Essential Horror Films | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Movies of Hollywood's M. Imran Khan's 20 Greatest Top Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #18 |
| MSN's Glenn Kenny's 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #10 |
| MSN's The best horror films in cinema history | 2018 | Ranked | #17 |
| Murray Leeder's Horror Film - A Critical Introduction | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Museum of Pop Culture's 100 Horror Films to See Before You Die | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Neville Page's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| New Arena's Harris Ahmadzai's Ranking The 31 Best Horror Movies For Halloween | 2018 | Ranked | #13 |
| News from the San Diego Becks' Overcoming the Omissions of AFI - The 25 Best Horror Films | 2008 | Ranked | #22 |
| Nightmares in Red, White and Blue - Featured Movies | 2009 | Unranked | — |
| NME's Jack Beaumont's The 25 scariest horror films of all time | 2017 | Ranked | #21 |
| Norman J. Warren's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #2 |
| Nylon's Erica Russell's The 10 Most Stylish Horror Films Ever Made | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Odyssey's Becca Reynoso's 13 Best Horror Movies To Watch On Friday The 13th | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Osservatori Esterni's I Migliori Film Horror 1971 - 1980 | 2011 | Ranked | #24 |
| Otto's Movies' Ultimate Top 500 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #179 |
| Paperblog's Johntwentyfourframes' Ten Favorite Horror Films Plus Some | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Parade's Samuel R. Murrian's 152 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #17 |
| Paste's Jim Vorel's A Century of Terror - The 100 Best Horror Movies of the Last 100 Years | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Paste's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #42 |
| Paste's The 30 Best Coming-of-Age Horror Movies | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Paul Wells' The Horror Genre - From Beelzebub to Blair Witch (Short Cuts) | 2000 | Unranked | — |
| PCBreakdown's Top 500 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #218 |
| Philip Ridley's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| Plugman's Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #56 |
| Pop Culture Uncovered's Pauly D's My Top 25 Horror Films Part | 2015 | Ranked | #23 |
| PopOptiq's Greg Cwik's 40 Great Horror Films for the Halloween Season | 2014 | Ranked | #25 |
| PopOptiq's Ricky da Conceição's 200 Greatest Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #24 |
| Psychobabble's 150 Essential Horror Movies - The Complete List | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Pulse Nigeria's Joshua Ocampo's 21 of the Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Radio Times' 100 Greatest Horror Films Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #14 |
| Rage of Rayzor's Top 100 Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #38 |
| Ramsey Campbell's Stevie's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #87 |
| Rank & File Top 250 HorrorThrillers of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #27 |
| Reader's Digest's Kelly Kuehn's The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Redlight's The 10 best horror films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Reel Reviews' Frank Wilkins' Best Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Reel.com's Top 100 Scary Movies | 1999 | Ranked | #69 |
| Refinery29's Alexandra Koster and Claire Fox's The 55 Best Horror Movies To Scare Yourself Silly | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Retrospace's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time | 2009 | Ranked | #17 |
| Richard Corliss' Top 25 Horror Films | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Richard Haines' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| Robin Hardy's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Rolling Stone's 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #44 |
| Rona Mark's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Rotten Tomatoes' The 200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #56 |
| Ruggero Deodato's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| Satanic Pandemonium's 1970s Horror - 100 Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Saturn Award for Best Horror & Thriller Film (All nominees) | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Sean S. Cunningham's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #21 |
| Shoot the Projectionist's 31 FLICKS THAT GIVE YOU THE WILLIES | 2007 | Ranked | #26 |
| Shudder's The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #19 |
| Skraeg og Raedsel's 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #43 |
| Skraek og Raedsel's Readers' 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #40 |
| Sky Movies' Top 100 Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #15 |
| SlashFilm's Bee Delores's The 15 Best Teen Horror Movies Of All Time, Ranked | 2026 | Ranked | #12 |
| SlashFilm's Layla Halfhill's The 20 Best '70s Horror Movies | 2023 | Ranked | #9 |
| SlashFilm's The 106 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Spanish GQ's Noel Ceballos' Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2021 | Ranked | #15 |
| Splatter Critic's Top 113 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #87 |
| Sporcle's The 13 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Stacker's Jacob Osborn & Madison Troyer's 100 best horror movies of all time | 2021 | Ranked | #25 |
| Stay at Home Mum's Jody Allen's 50 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #7 |
| Stephen King's "Danse Macabre" | 1981 | Unranked | — |
| Steven Jay Schneider's 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Studio Binder's Mike Bedard's 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Ranked | #17 |
| SuperAficionado.com's David Alday's Las 107 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Sélection du Reader's Digest's Nadine Descheneaux's 31 films d'horreur à voir absolument | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Taschen's Jonathan Penner and Paul Duncan's Horror Cinema Top 50 Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Edwanike Harbour's The 15 Best Horror Movies of The 1970s | 2015 | Ranked | #11 |
| Taste of Cinema's Jake Walters' The 20 Best Horror Films Made By Non-Horror Directors | 2014 | Ranked | #9 |
| Taste of Cinema's Kyle McDonnell's 15 Great Horror Movies That Play on Gendered Fears | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Shane Scott-Travis' The 25 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #3 |
| Ted Nicolaou's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Teen Vogue's The 85 Best Scary Movies Every Horror and Suspense Fan Should See | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Terry L. Vinson's The 25 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #93 |
| That Film Guy's Top 30 Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #20 |
| The Advocate's 16 Horror Films Only LGBTQ People Truly Understand | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Alternative's Favorite Horror Films | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| The Atlantic's Kevin Fallon's The Greatest Horror Films of the Past 51 Years | 2011 | Ranked | #17 |
| The Bedrock Blog's The Cutting Room Floor | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| The Bloodlust's Jamie's Best Back-to-School Horror Movies | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| The Bloody Pit of Horror's Top 10 List For 1976 | 2009 | Ranked | #2 |
| The Cinemaholic's Shubham Sharma's 12 Best Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2018 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Digital Fix' Emma-Jane Bett's The 50 best horror movies of all time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| The Essential Films' 100 Essential Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw's Scariest horror films ever | 2018 | Ranked | #11 |
| The Guardian's The 25 best horror films of all time | 2010 | Ranked | #25 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies Fan Vote 2019 | 2019 | Ranked | #25 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #21 |
| The Lineup's Hell Hath No Fury - 12 Most Satisfying Revenge Horror Movies | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Lineup's Jessica Ferri's 13 Terrifying 70s Horror Movies That Will Bug You Out | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Orlok's Top 5 of 1976 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Pioneer Woman's Erin Cavoto & Nora Knoepflmacher's 40 Best Scary Halloween Movies That Will Give You Nightmares All October | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| The Playlist's Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton's The 25 Best Horror Films Of The 1970s | 2016 | Ranked | #8 |
| The Post's Gwen Jones' 10 horror movies to watch this Halloween | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| The Scariest Thing's The Top 500 Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #78 |
| The Scariest Things' Marne Oyen's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #22 |
| The Scariest Things' Sara Sometti Michaels' Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #18 |
| The Scariest Things' Tom Carter's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #21 |
| The Sci-Fi Slob's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #28 |
| The Sydney Morning Herald's Andrew Stephens' Top 25 Horror | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| The Telegraph's The 75 best horror movies of all time for Hallowe'en | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| The Times' The best horror films ever made Top 40 ranked | 2023 | Ranked | #20 |
| The Undead Critic's The Ultimate 50 Horror Movies | 2012 | Ranked | #33 |
| The Vault of Horror's Presenting the Top 50 Horror Films of All Time! | 2008 | Ranked | #29 |
| The Wandering Image's TOP 70 HORROR MOVIES OF THE 70s | 2013 | Ranked | #4 |
| The Zoe Report's Ashley Tibbits' This Visually Stunning Scary Movie Makes For The Most Stylish Halloween | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Thought Catalog's Michael Gursky's 50 Of The Scariest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Thrillist's Scott Weinberg's The 75 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #73 |
| Tim Robey's Top 10 Horror Films | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Time Out's Matthew Singer's The 31 best serial killer movies of all time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Time Out's The 100 best horror movies of all time | 2026 | Ranked | #16 |
| TokeZa's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #37 |
| Tom Woodruff, Jr.'s Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Too Scary To Watch's Best 70's Horror Films | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Top 15 Horror Films of the 1970s by John Kenneth Muir | 2007 | Ranked | #9 |
| Top 200 Movies' Top 50 Best Horror Movies | | Ranked | #9 |
| TOP 666 HORROR MOVIES (Freaky Fuckin Friday) | 2014 | Ranked | #89 |
| Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #33 |
| Town & Country's Annie Goldsmith's 20 All-Time Best Horror Movies | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Travis Stevens' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| UK Mix Top 100 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #8 |
| Ultimate Classic Rock's Michael Gallucci's The Best Horror Movie From Every Year - 1920-2022 | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| UNILAD's Cameron Frew's UNILAD's Top 50 Horror Films Of All Time | 2020 | Ranked | #8 |
| Us Magazine's Kat Pettibone and Molly McGuigan's The 15 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Utica Public Library's 30 Classic Horror Films Of The 20th Century | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Vanity Fair's Les 50 films d'horreur à voir absolument | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Vanity Fair's Matthew Jacobs' The 32 Best Horror Movies to Keep You Up at Night | 2022 | Ranked | #20 |
| Variety's 100 best horror films of all time | 2024 | Ranked | #10 |
| VIRUS' Creepy ClasSICKs Vol. 1 | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| VIRUS' Retro Virus: Early Screams | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Vogue.fr's Manon Garrigues' Les 15 meilleurs films d'horreur de tous les temps [The 15 best horror films of all time] | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's Jordan Crucchiola's The 100 Scares That Shaped Horror | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Wales Online's Kate Rees' Halloween - 13 horror films to watch on fright night | 2014 | Ranked | #10 |
| WatchMojo's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1970s | | Ranked | #7 |
| We Got This Covered's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #21 |
| West Boca Bullseye's Marcus Concepcion's Iconic 70's Horror Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| WhatCulture's 100 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #58 |
| WhatCulture's David Braga's 50 Most Essential Horror Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #44 |
| WhatCulture's Jack Cunningham's 10 Best High School Horror Movies | 2020 | Ranked | #3 |
| WhatCulture's Michael John-Day's 10 Greatest Religious Horror Movies Of All Time | 2020 | Ranked | #6 |
| whatNerd's Joel Lee's The 10 Best School Horror Movies Set in High School and College | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| WILDSound Movies' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #4 |
| WIRED's The 25 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| World of Reel's Jordan Ruimy's The 10 Best Horror Movies of All-Time | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| WTOP.com's Jason Fraley's Best Horror Movies | 2020 | Ranked | #18 |
| You Wanna See Something Really Scary A 365 Day Guide to Must See Horror Films by W.P. Spence | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| YouGov's Scariest Horror Movies Survey | 2015 | Ranked | #15 |
