| 100 Years of Terror's 13 Vampir-Horrorfilme, die ihr gesehen haben solltet [Vampire horror movies you should have seen] | 2018 | Ranked | #8 |
| 247 Wall St's 50 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #34 |
| 411Mania's Shawn S. Lealos' Alternate Takes - Top 10 Vampire Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| 50 Classic Horror Films from Wheeler Winston Dixon's A History of Horror | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Aaron Christensen's Horror 101 - The A-List of Horror Films and Monster Movies | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Adelaide Now's The 50 scariest movies of all time | 2013 | Ranked | #37 |
| Alan Jones' The Rough Guide to Horror Movies - 50 Horror Classics | 2005 | Unranked | — |
| Alison Peirse's After Dracula - The 1930s Horror Film | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| AMC Filmsite's Greatest Horror Films | | Unranked | — |
| Antti Alanen and Asko Alanen's Musta Peili - horror film filmography | 1985 | Unranked | — |
| Arts & Faith's Top 25 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #23 |
| Aullidos' Las 100 Mejores Películas de Terror | 2009 | Ranked | #75 |
| AwardsCircuit.com's Terence Johnson's Top 100 Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #53 |
| AZCentral's Bill Goodykoontz's 31 days of horror - Goody's countdown of the scariest flicks ever | 2017 | Ranked | #6 |
| BFI's Gothic - The Dark Heart of Film | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Bill Moseley's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| Bizzam's Chris' 31 Days of HORROR | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Trace Thurman's The 100 Best Horror Movies Ever Made | 2018 | Ranked | #83 |
| British Horror Films' The British Horror Films top 100 | 2006 | Ranked | #17 |
| BroBible's Neil Bulson's The 50 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #23 |
| Bryan Senn's A Year of Fear - A Day-by-day Guide to 366 Horror Films | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| CBR's Vincent LoVerde's 10 Greatest Classic Horror Films of the 1930s, Ranked | 2023 | Ranked | #6 |
| CBS San Fransisco's Top 40 Scariest Films Ever Made | 2013 | Ranked | #17 |
| CFB's 100 Essential Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Chicago Film Critics Association's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2006 | Ranked | #41 |
| Cine.gr's The Most Scary-Movies Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #44 |
| CinemaBlend's Jason Wiese, Brent McKnight & Nick Venable's The 30 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2021 | Ranked | #19 |
| Cinemassacre's My Top 40 Favorite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| Collider's 25 Best Vampire Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #3 |
| Collider's Dave Trumbore's 20 Best Horror Movies from 1900 to the 1950s | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Collider's Jeremy Urquhart's The 35 Best Gothic Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #12 |
| Collider's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Ranked | #35 |
| Combustible Celluloid's Essential Horror Movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Complex's Jamie Iovine & Marc Griffin's 31 Best Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked | 2026 | Ranked | #9 |
| Consequence of Sound's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #53 |
| Creepy Catalog's Chris Laverne's 1930s Horror Movies, a Key Time in Cinematic History | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| CriterionForum Lists Project - Horror | | Ranked | #209 |
| Cult Labs' Community Top 100 Horror Films of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #127 |
| Culture Trip's Graham Fuller's 100 Screen Screams To Give You Nightmares | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Damnationdoormat's Top 100 Horror Films | 2006 | Ranked | #12 |
| Darkweb Online's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2002 | Ranked | #66 |
| Darrell Moore's The Best, Worst, And Most Unusual Horror Films | 1983 | Unranked | — |
| Den of Geek's Sarah Dobbs & Rosie Fletcher's The Best Creepy Horror Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Dexerto's Cameron Frew's 104 best horror movies ever made | 2025 | Ranked | #56 |
| Diego Carrera's A History of Horror | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| DigitalDreamDoor's 250 Greatest Horror Movies | 2022 | Ranked | #16 |
| Don G. Smith's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Ranked | #4 |
| Don Sumner's Horror Movie Freak | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Doug Jones' Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Dr. Nocturna's 2006 Horror Movie Census! | 2006 | Ranked | #25 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Horror Movies, 1930-1939 | 2020 | Ranked | #4 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Vampire Films | 2021 | Ranked | #13 |
| eharmony's The 20 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| El antepenultimo mohicano's Las 100 mejores películas de terror | 2016 | Ranked | #49 |
| EMP Museum's 100 Horror Films to See Before You Die | | Unranked | — |
| Empire's The 50 Best Horror Movies | 2024 | Ranked | #30 |
| Empire's The Greatest Horror Movies Ever Guide | 2000 | Unranked | — |
| Empire's Top 400 Horrors Results | 2012 | Ranked | #264 |
| Eric Forthun's Top 10 Horror Films | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's The 50 Best Classic Horror Movies Ever Made | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Essential Home's 15 Vintage Horror Movies That Will Scare You This Halloween | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Essential Horror Movies - Matinee Monsters to Cult Classics by Michael Mallory | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| European Nightmares - Horror Cinema in Europe since 1945 - Filmography | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| EW's Katie Rife's The 30 best classic horror movies of all time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| FANGORIA's 300 Best Horror Movies | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Far Out Magazine's Monica Reid's The ultimate guide to the best horror films of all time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Figure's Top 5 Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| FILMSTARTS' The 80 best horror movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #45 |
| Final Girl Shocktoberfest Poll | 2017 | Ranked | #550 |
| Flavorwire's Alison Nastasi's 50 Essential Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| Flavorwire's Tyler Coates' The 20 Essential Vampire Movies | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Floating Heads' My Top 10 Horror Films Runner-Ups | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Fluxkompensator's Stefan_F's Die besten Horrorfilme der 30er Jahre [Best Horror Films of the 30s] | 2019 | Ranked | #18 |
| Forbes' Mark Hughes' Top 10 Best Vampire Movies Of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| Forrest J. Ackerman's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Ranked | #8 |
| Fotogramas's Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia del cine buenas, recomendadas y aclamadas por la crítica (2025 | | Ranked | #52 |
| Gary Gerani's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #15 |
| Gateway Film Center's Horror 101 | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Glen Morgan's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Goliath's Jonny Hughes' The 10 Most Influential Horror Films Of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| Good Housekeeping's Katarina Avendano's 50 of the Best Classic Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Good Housekeeping's Marisa Lascala's 36 Scary Movies for Kids That Make Great First Horror Film Experiences | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Good Housekeeping's Marisa LaScala's 40 Scary Movies for Kids Who Love to Feel Their Hearts Race | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Goregirl's Vampire Films | 2012 | Ranked | #25 |
| GreenGoblin's My top 200 horror movies | 2007 | Ranked | #6 |
| groo-8's Top 200 Horror films Ever | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Harpers BAZAAR's DeAnna Janes' The 35 Best Classic Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Heavy's Lauren Weigle's Top 15 Best Halloween Movies to Watch | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| HiConsumption's Sam Jordan's The 50 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| HitFix's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #33 |
| Hollywood.com's The 26 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #24 |
| Horror Freak News' Don Sumner's The Top 100 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2016 | Ranked | #55 |
| 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 | — |
| Horror.com's Vintage 101 | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca Forum's Top 100 Classic Horror Movies | | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca Forum's Top 300 horror films that MUST be seen before you die | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca's 20 Best Vampire Movies (poll) | | Ranked | #11 |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Herner Klenthur's 35 Most Influential Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Poppascotch's Top 50 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #19 |
| iCM Forum's Top 250 Favourite Horror Films | 2022 | Ranked | #120 |
| IGN's 100 Best Horror Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #22 |
| Image Journal's Top 25 Horror Films | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| IMDb Horror Board Favorite 201 | 2014 | Ranked | #76 |
| IndieWire's Sarah Shachat's The 13 Best Horror Films for Horror Wimps on Halloween Night | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| IndieWire's The 225 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| It's A Stampede!'s Alex Wiggan's 150 best horror movies you must watch | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Jacobo Siruela's Best vampire movies | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| James Halcomb - Making list of my favorite 'classic' horror films means delving into past | 2014 | Ranked | #9 |
| James Marriott and Kim Newman's Horror! 333 Films to Scare You to Death | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| James Watkins' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| Jamie_Shannon's Best Horror Films | 2016 | Ranked | #67 |
| Jeffrey Weinstock's The Vampire Film - Undead Cinema (Short Cuts) | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| John A Russo's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| John E. Parnum's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Ranked | #9 |
| John Landis' Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Josh Keown's My Top 75 Vampire Movies of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #2 |
| Ken Foree's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| KilltheSnark's The 100 Greatest Horror Films | 2007 | Ranked | #11 |
| Latest Movies Lists' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2012 | Ranked | #50 |
| Little Things' Angela Andaloro's 18 Scary Movies That Will Teach Children To Appreciate A Good Scare | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Living Daylights Pictures' Dominick Bagnato's 30 Scariest Horror Movies to Watch This Halloween | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Love Horror's Top 10 Gothic Horror Films | 2018 | Ranked | #8 |
| Love Horror's Top 10 Vampire Films | 2018 | Ranked | #3 |
| Ludwig_von_Mises' Favourite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #108 |
| Lynn Naron's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Ranked | #5 |
| Mandatory's The 50 Scariest Horror Movies Ever Made | 2013 | Ranked | #38 |
| Marginal_Crogeny's The Top 250 Horror Films of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #157 |
| Mark A. Miller's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Ranked | #10 |
| Mark H. Harris' A Timeline of the History of Hollywood Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Mike Mayo's VideoHound's Horror Show - 999 Hair-Raising, Hellish, and Humorous Movies | 1998 | Unranked | — |
| Monster Mania's 15 Best Vampire Films | 2011 | Ranked | #3 |
| Monster Mania's The 15 Greatest Horror Films Of The 1930s | 2011 | Ranked | #13 |
| Monte Hellman's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| Movie Forums' Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #20 |
| Moviefone's Best Horror Movies Ever | 2007 | Ranked | #20 |
| Movies & Mania's Essential Horror Films | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| MSN's Glenn Kenny's 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #30 |
| 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 | — |
| Nerd Lists and Horror Movies' Steve Holland's 100 Favorite Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #14 |
| New Arena's Harris Ahmadzai's Ranking The 31 Best Horror Movies For Halloween | 2018 | Ranked | #11 |
| News from the San Diego Becks' Overcoming the Omissions of AFI - The 25 Best Horror Films | 2008 | Ranked | #20 |
| Nigel Floyd's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Nightmares in Red, White and Blue - Featured Movies | 2009 | Unranked | — |
| Otto's Movies' Ultimate Top 500 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #152 |
| Parade's Samuel R. Murrian's 152 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #23 |
| Parade's Samuel R. Murrian's Bloody Best 51 Vampire Movies of All Time | 2024 | Ranked | #4 |
| Paste's Jim Vorel's A Century of Terror - The 100 Best Horror Movies of the Last 100 Years - Honorable mentions | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Paste's The 100 Best Vampire Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #3 |
| Paul Wells' The Horror Genre - From Beelzebub to Blair Witch (Short Cuts) | 2000 | Unranked | — |
| Plugman's Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #36 |
| Pop Expresso's Ken Warren's 10 Of The Best Horror Movies of the 1930's to 1950's | 2019 | Ranked | #8 |
| PopcornMonster.com's Dan Geer's Top 10 Classic Horror Films | 2009 | Ranked | #4 |
| PopCrunch's William's The 15 Best Vampire Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #3 |
| PopOptiq's Ricky da Conceição's Greatest Horror Movies Ever Made - Part 2 - Blood Thirsty Vampires | 2011 | Ranked | #14 |
| PrettyFamous' Tessa Boyce's The 25 Best Horror Movies | 2016 | Ranked | #25 |
| Promipool's Lucas Anderson's The Best Classical Horror Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Psychobabble's 150 Essential Horror Movies - The Complete List | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Radio Times' 100 Greatest Horror Films Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #73 |
| Rage of Rayzor's Top 100 Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #33 |
| Rathcoombe Manor's The Best Horror Films | | Unranked | — |
| Ray Bradbury's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Unranked | — |
| Re93animator's Top 100 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #27 |
| REBEAT Magazine's Staff Picks - Classic Horror Movies | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Richard Gordon's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Unranked | — |
| Rob Zombie's Five Favorite Horror Films | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Robert Bloch's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Ranked | #6 |
| Rolling Stone's 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #20 |
| Ronald V. Borst's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Ranked | #7 |
| Rotten Tomatoes' The 200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #67 |
| Roy Huss and T. J. Huss' Focus on the Horror Film | 1972 | Unranked | — |
| Sean Decker's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Sean Paul Murphy's Top 15 Horror Films of the 1930s & 1940s | 2018 | Ranked | #3 |
| Spanish GQ's Noel Ceballos' Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2021 | Ranked | #50 |
| Stacker's Jacob Osborn & Madison Troyer's 100 best horror movies of all time | 2021 | Ranked | #80 |
| Starburst Annual's Classics of the Horror Film - The Thirties | 1982 | 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 | #39 |
| SuperAficionado.com's David Alday's Las 107 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Taliesin Meets the Vampires' Top 100 Vampire Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #56 |
| Taschen's Jonathan Penner and Paul Duncan's Horror Cinema Top 50 Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Emiliano Serrano Lara's The 20 Best Vampire Movies Every Individual Should Watch | 2014 | Ranked | #3 |
| Ted Okuda's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1930s | 1996 | Ranked | #10 |
| That Hashtag Show's Hunter Bolding's The Top 10 Best Horror Films Ever | 2020 | Ranked | #5 |
| The Astounding B Monster - Michael F. Blake's horror top ten | 2014 | Ranked | #7 |
| The Bedrock Blog's The Cutting Room Floor | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| 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 Mark Kermode's The 10 best gothic films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies Fan Vote 2019 | 2019 | Ranked | #36 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #69 |
| The Orlok's Top 5 of 1931 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| The Scariest Thing's The Top 500 Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #116 |
| The Vault of Horror's Favorite 1930s Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #5 |
| The Vault of Horror's Presenting the Top 50 Horror Films of All Time! | 2008 | Ranked | #19 |
| The Vault of Horror's The Horror Canon | 2009 | Ranked | #5 |
| The Wandering Image's Top 30 Horror Movies 1930-1949 | 2014 | Ranked | #16 |
| TheLastDriveIn's Top 175 Classic Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Thrillist's Scott Weinberg's The 75 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #53 |
| TN Tecno's las 15 mejores películas de terror para ver en Halloween | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Tom Holland's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Top 200 Movies' Top 50 Best Horror Movies | | Ranked | #30 |
| TOP 666 HORROR MOVIES (Freaky Fuckin Friday) | 2014 | Ranked | #3 |
| Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #47 |
| Tuko's Zindzy Gracia's Top 25 scariest horror movies of all time | 2018 | 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 | — |
| Variety's 100 best horror films of all time | 2024 | Ranked | #27 |
| VIRUS' Creepy ClasSICKs Vol. 1 | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| VIRUS' Retro Virus: Early Screams | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's B. J. Colangelo's 30 Great Black-and-White Horror Movies Worth Revisiting | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's Jordan Crucchiola's The 100 Scares That Shaped Horror | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| WatchMojo's Top 10 Horror Movies 1920s to 1950s | | Ranked | #1 |
| We Got This Covered's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #40 |
| WILDSound Movies' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #63 |
| WTOP.com's Jason Fraley's Best Horror Movies | 2020 | Ranked | #16 |
| You Wanna See Something Really Scary A 365 Day Guide to Must See Horror Films by W.P. Spence | 2013 | Unranked | — |
