| 365 Horror Movie's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #13 |
| 80shorror.net's Derek Schweigert's The Top 200 Best Horror Movies of the 1980s | 2018 | Ranked | #8 |
| A. V. Club's Matt Mills' They're Here! The Greatest Horror Movies of the 1980s | 2023 | Ranked | #16 |
| Addicted to Horror Movies' The 100 Scariest Horror Films of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #49 |
| Alex Vorkov's Top 10 Horror Films of 1985 | 2017 | Ranked | #5 |
| AltFilmFan's 100 horror films from the 80s | 2012 | Ranked | #53 |
| AMC Filmsite's Greatest Horror Films | | Unranked | — |
| Andrés Muschietti's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| Aullidos' Las 100 Mejores Películas de Terror | 2009 | Ranked | #91 |
| Between the Reel's Top 100 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #91 |
| Bloody Disgusting's Best Horror Movies of All Time - 1980s | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| BoardGameGeek's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #54 |
| BroBible's Neil Bulson's The 50 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #44 |
| Bryn Hammond's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #8 |
| CBR's Maxwell Pishny's The Best Horror Movie From Every Year of The 1980s | 2026 | Unranked | — |
| Chicago Film Critics Association's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2006 | Ranked | #80 |
| Chillopedia's Daniyal Ahmed's 40 Best Comedy Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Ranked | #6 |
| Chris Alexander's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #8 |
| Chris Duck's The Horror. . . The Horror | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Cinemanía's 100 mejores películas de terror de todos los tiempos | 2016 | Ranked | #94 |
| Cinevistaramascope's Top 100 - '80s Horror! | 2013 | Ranked | #11 |
| Collider's 25 Best Vampire Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #25 |
| Cool Top Tens' Top 50 Best Horror Movies of the 80s | | Ranked | #7 |
| Cosmopolitan's The 42 Best Horror Comedy Movies That'll Make You Laugh AND Scream | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Creepy Catalog's Chrissy Stockton's Best Cheesy & Campy 80s Horror Movies | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Cricket's top 100 horror movies | 2014 | Ranked | #20 |
| CriterionForum Lists Project - Horror | | Ranked | #123 |
| Cult Labs Forum's Best Horror Films Year by Year | | Unranked | — |
| Cult Labs' Community Top 100 Horror Films of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #189 |
| Damnationdoormat's Top 100 Horror Films | 2006 | Ranked | #84 |
| Dennis Alink's Top 25 Best '80s Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #19 |
| DigitalDreamDoor's 250 Greatest Horror Movies | 2022 | Ranked | #212 |
| Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Vampire Films | 2021 | Ranked | #4 |
| Dreadit's Top Horror Movies, 1980-1989 | 2015 | Ranked | #14 |
| El antepenultimo mohicano's Las 100 mejores películas de terror | 2016 | Ranked | #146 |
| Empire's Top 400 Horrors Results | 2012 | Ranked | #84 |
| Esquire's Anna Grace Lee & Lexi Carson's The 30 Funniest Scary Movies Ever Made | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Nick Schager & Bria McNeal's The 60 Best Horror Films from the 1980s | 2024 | Ranked | #36 |
| EW's Katie Rife and James Mercadante's The 25 Best Horror Movies of the '80s | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| EW's Katie Rife's The 24 best horror movies of the '80s | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| FANGORIA's 300 Best Horror Movies | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Film School Reject's Rob Hunter's The 50 Best Horror Movies of the 1980s | 2020 | Ranked | #26 |
| FilmschoolWTF's Top 100 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #88 |
| Final Girl Shocktoberfest Poll | 2017 | Ranked | #125 |
| Finn's Wake's My Top 5 Favorite Vampire Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #5 |
| Flavorwire's Tyler Coates' The 20 Essential Vampire Movies | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Gary Gerani's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #85 |
| Gateway Film Center's Horror 101 | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Gavin Heffernan's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| Glenn Hetrick's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Goregirl's Favourite Horror Films of the 1980s | 2013 | Ranked | #42 |
| Goregirl's Vampire Films | 2012 | Ranked | #10 |
| GreenGoblin's My top 200 horror movies | 2007 | Ranked | #69 |
| Greenlee Gazette's Top 10 FUNNY Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #2 |
| Gunaxin's Stew Miller's Top Ten Corniest 80's Horror Films | 2009 | Ranked | #10 |
| Halloween Love's BJ Colangelo's The Top 10 Homoerotic Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| Harpers Bazaar's Chelsey Sanchez's The 19 Best Vampire Movies of All Time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Heavy's Dariel Figueroa's The Top 10 Greatest Vampire Films of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #6 |
| HitFix's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #60 |
| Holidappy's Sara Krentz's The Best Comedy Horror Films to Binge This Halloween | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Hollie Horror's 1980-1989 | 2021 | Ranked | #128 |
| Hornet's Dan Avery's 13 Homoerotic Horror Films | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Horror DNA's R. J. MacReady's Top 20 Horror Movies of the 1980s | 2019 | Ranked | #13 |
| Horror.com's The Official HDC Selection from 100+ Years of Horror Cinema | 2013 | 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 | #6 |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Gwendolyn Kiste's Must See 80's Horror Movies | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| HubPages' gideon43's The 25 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #12 |
| HubPages' The Gutter Monkey's The Top 10 Popcorn Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| iCM Forum's Top 250 Favourite Horror Films | 2022 | Ranked | #148 |
| IMDb Horror Board Favorite 201 | 2014 | Ranked | #138 |
| IN Magazine's Courtney Hardwick's 10 Famously Queer-Coded Horror Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| In Search of Darkness - A Journey into iconic eighties horror | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| IndieWire's Jude Dry's 24 Famously Queer and Homoerotic Horror Movies | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Inquisitr's Carter Lee's 51 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| It's A Stampede!'s Alex Wiggan's 150 best horror movies you must watch | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Jarvis City's 50 Best Horror Movies Of The 1980s | 2017 | Ranked | #32 |
| JarvisCity's 15 Best Horror Movies Of 1985 | 2017 | Ranked | #4 |
| Jeffrey Weinstock's The Vampire Film - Undead Cinema (Short Cuts) | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| John Stell's Psychos! Sickos! Sequels! - Horror films of the 1980s | 1998 | Unranked | — |
| Josh Keown's My Top 75 Vampire Movies of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #35 |
| KilltheSnark's The 100 Greatest Horror Films | 2007 | Ranked | #54 |
| LADYGUNN's Trevor Miller's 5 HOMOEROTIC HORROR FILMS TO PUT YOU IN THE MOOD THIS HALLOWEEN NIGHT | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Land Of Way's James Wayland's Top 20 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| Love Horror's Top 10 Vampire Films | 2018 | Ranked | #7 |
| Ludwig_von_Mises' Favourite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #94 |
| Marginal_Crogeny's The Top 250 Horror Films of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #200 |
| Marie Claire's Nicole Briese's The 50 Best Horror Movies From the 1980s | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| 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 | — |
| Movie Forums' Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #43 |
| Moviefone's Gary Susman's The 23 Scariest Teen Horror Movies Ever | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| MovieMeter's Top 300 Horror Films | 2020 | Ranked | #114 |
| Movies & Mania's Essential Horror Films | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Nathaniel Tolle's Pumpkin Cinema - The Best Movies For Halloween | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| NewNowNext's Brian Juergen's The 13 Most Homoerotic Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #2 |
| NewNowNext's The Backlot's Die Laughing - 50+ of the Most Hilarious Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #36 |
| NewNowNext's The Backlot's The 40 Greatest Horror Movies Of The 1980s | 2015 | Ranked | #14 |
| Otto's Movies' Ultimate Top 500 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #260 |
| Parade's Samuel R. Murrian's Bloody Best 51 Vampire Movies of All Time | 2024 | Ranked | #35 |
| 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 | #52 |
| PCBreakdown's Top 500 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #329 |
| Plugman's Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #69 |
| Pop Culture Petri Dish's 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| PopCrunch's William's The 15 Best Vampire Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #14 |
| Rage of Rayzor's Top 100 Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #61 |
| Rathcoombe Manor's The Best Horror Films | | Unranked | — |
| Reel.com's Top 100 Scary Movies | 1999 | Ranked | #65 |
| ReelRundown's Don's Underrated Horror Films That Fans of the Genre Need To See | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Rotten Tomatoes' The 200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #110 |
| Ryan 'Rotten' Turek's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| Saturn Award for Best Horror & Thriller Film | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Saturn Award for Best Horror & Thriller Film (All nominees) | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Scene-Stealers' Nick Spacek's Top 10 Slapstick Horror Movies | 2008 | Ranked | #9 |
| Screen Rant's Roth Cornet's 10 Ridiculously Fun 'Horror' Films For Halloween | 2011 | Ranked | #3 |
| Sky Movies' Top 100 Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Slasher Radio's 13 Essential Horror Movies Of The 1980s | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| 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 | #63 |
| 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 | #28 |
| Taste of Cinema's Emiliano Serrano Lara's The 20 Best Vampire Movies Every Individual Should Watch | 2014 | Ranked | #19 |
| Taste of Cinema's Emilio Santoni's The 21 Best Horror Comedies Of The Last 35 Years | 2014 | Ranked | #11 |
| Taste of Cinema's Shane Scott-Travis' The 30 Best Horror Movies of The 1980s | 2016 | Ranked | #8 |
| Tell Me Nothing's Nikhil Malankar's Top 10 Best Funny Horror Movies Of All Time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Terry L. Vinson's The 25 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #33 |
| That Hashtag Show's Hunter Bolding's The Top 10 Best Horror Films Ever | 2020 | Ranked | #8 |
| The Alternative's Favorite Horror Films | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| The Astounding B Monster - Jim Clatterbaugh's horror top ten | 2014 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Backlot's Top 40 Horror Movies of the 1980s | 2013 | Ranked | #15 |
| The Bedrock Blog's The Cutting Room Floor | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| The Bingeful's Adenaya Damilola's 13 Best Teenage Horror Movies | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| The Bloody Pit of Horror's Top 10 List For 1985 | 2009 | Ranked | #6 |
| The Essential Films' 100 Essential Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| The Gay Gaze's Vanessa Maki's 10 Queer Horror Movies to Check Out | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies Fan Vote 2019 | 2019 | Ranked | #62 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #73 |
| The Lineup's Whitney Jacoby & Aviva Kaplan's 15 Funny Horror Movies That Will Leave You Dying with Laughter | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Orlok's Top 5 of 1985 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| The Playlist's Jessica Kiang, Oliver Lyttelton and Nikola Grozdanovic's The 25 Best Horror Films Of The 1980s | 2016 | Ranked | #18 |
| The Scariest Thing's The Top 500 Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #50 |
| The Scariest Things' Marne Oyen's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #18 |
| The Sci-Fi Slob's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #23 |
| Them's The 69 Best LGBTQ+ Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| TheUsualSuspect's Top 50 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #11 |
| Thought Catalog's Rob Fee's The Best Horror Movie Of The Year For The Last 40 Years | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Tim Sullivan's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Today's Sarah Lemire's 68 of the scariest horror movies of all time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Tom Holland's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Too Scary To Watch's Best 80's Horror Films | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Top 15 Horror Films of the 1980s by John Kenneth Muir | 2012 | Ranked | #10 |
| TOP 666 HORROR MOVIES (Freaky Fuckin Friday) | 2014 | Ranked | #250 |
| Urbo's Jamie Wiles' The Top 50 Horror Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #43 |
| Vanessa Morgan's Strange Blood - 71 Essays on Offbeat and Underrated Vampire Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| VHS Revival's Edison Smith's The Greatest Horror Movies from Each Year of the 1980s | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's Jordan Crucchiola's 27 Essential Vampire Movies | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's Jordan Crucchiola's 55 Essential Queer Horror Films | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| We Got This Covered's Amy Curtis' Top Ten 80s Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #6 |
| WhatCulture's Andrew Dilks' 20 Greatest Horror Movies Of The 80s | 2018 | Ranked | #19 |
| WhatCulture's Jesse Gumbarge's 20 Greatest Meta-Horror Movies Of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| WhatCulture's Paul Steventon's 15 Greatest Horror Movie Comedies | 2022 | Ranked | #11 |
| Xavier Aldana Reyes' Gothic Cinema Filmography (Routledge Film Guidebooks) | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| You Wanna See Something Really Scary A 365 Day Guide to Must See Horror Films by W.P. Spence | 2013 | Unranked | — |
