| 100 Years of Terror's DarkForest's 13 Hexen-Horrorfilme, die ihr gesehen haben solltet [Witch Horror films you should have seen] | 2018 | Ranked | #2 |
| 100 Years of Terror's DarkForest's 13 italienische Horrorfilme, die ihr gesehen haben solltet [Italian Horror films 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 | #4 |
| 1428 Elm's Alexandria Ingham's 50 greatest horror movies of all-time | 2018 | Ranked | #38 |
| 365 Horror Movie's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #93 |
| 411Mania's Joseph Lee's Top 10 Witchcraft Horror Movies | 2016 | 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 | — |
| Adam Gierasch and Jace Anderson's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| Addicted to Horror Movies' The 100 Scariest Horror Films of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #35 |
| Adelaide Now's The 50 scariest movies of all time | 2013 | Ranked | #25 |
| AFPL Journal's Sean Farrell's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #10 |
| Alan Jones' The Rough Guide to Horror Movies - 50 Horror Classics | 2005 | Unranked | — |
| Alex Vorkov's Top 10 Horror Films of 1977 | 2017 | Ranked | #2 |
| Alice Cooper lists his 20 favourite horror films of all time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Allocine's 200 films pour Halloween | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| ALTA's 20 Best Foreign Language Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| AMC Filmsite's Greatest Horror Films | | Unranked | — |
| Andy Lowe's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #2 |
| Arrow in the Head's Jake Dee's Top 10 Witch Flicks! | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Ashley Laurence's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Aullidos' Las 100 Mejores Películas de Terror | 2009 | Ranked | #48 |
| AwardsCircuit.com's Terence Johnson's Top 100 Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #37 |
| Baylor University Horror Film Expert James Kendrick's Lists 10 Movies 'Everyone Should See' | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Between the Reel's Top 100 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #13 |
| BFI Screen Guides' 100 European Horror Films | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| BFI's 10 great Italian gothic horror films | 2014 | Ranked | #6 |
| BFI's Gothic - The Dark Heart of Film | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Billy Chainsaw's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Best Horror Movies of All Time - 1970s | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Jess' Top 10 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #7 |
| Bloody Disgusting's Trace Thurman's The 100 Best Horror Movies Ever Made | 2018 | Ranked | #99 |
| Blumhouse (Staff List)'s Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| Boston.com's The top 60 scariest movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #44 |
| Box Office Prophet's 50 Favorite Horror Films | 2002 | Ranked | #15 |
| Brian Yuzna's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| British Vogue's Radhika Seth's 38 Cult Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| BroBible's Neil Bulson's The 50 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #28 |
| Bullshit.IST's Michael Gursky's The 17 Scariest Horror Movies of the 70s | 2016 | Ranked | #5 |
| Buzzfeed's Abid Anwar's 66 Times Horror Movies Were Beautiful As Hell | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Buzzfeed's Anna Kopsky's 24 Of The Most Fucked-Up Horror Movies Of All Time | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Buzzfeed's Louis Peitzman's 32 Horror Films You'll Wish You Hadn't Watched | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Búfalo Magazine's Las 50 mejores películas de terror [The 50 greatest horror films] | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Calum Waddell's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Cassandra Peterson a.k.a. Elvira's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| CBS Baltimore's 100 Scariest Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #63 |
| CBS News' David Morgan's 50 essential horror films for Halloween | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| CFB's 100 Essential Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Cheat Sheet's Thomas Mentel's 10 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #9 |
| Chicago Film Critics Association's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2006 | Ranked | #21 |
| Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film's 50 Top Scary Films | 2005 | Ranked | #9 |
| Chris Sivertson's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Christopher B. Landon's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| Cine.gr's The Most Scary-Movies Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #54 |
| CineCola's Top 10 Horror Films of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #4 |
| cinema.de's Die Top 20 der Horrorfilme | 2012 | Ranked | #19 |
| CinemaBlend's Jason Wiese, Brent McKnight & Nick Venable's The 30 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2021 | Ranked | #32 |
| Cinemanía's 100 mejores películas de terror de todos los tiempos | 2016 | Ranked | #18 |
| CLASH's Nick Cato's TOP TEN OCCULT HORROR FILMS FROM THE 70's | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Clive Barker's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| CNET's Our favorite horror movies of all time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Collider's Haleigh Foutch's Brutal Beauty - 10 Visually Stunning Horror Movies You Can't Unsee | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Collider's Haleigh Foutch's The 21 Best Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Collider's Jeremy Urquhart's The 10 Most Exciting Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked | 2025 | Ranked | #7 |
| Collider's Luc Haasbroek's The 10 Scariest Giallo Horror Movies, Ranked | 2025 | Ranked | #2 |
| Collider's Ryan Heffernan & Julia Mercado's 15 Best Paranormal Movies That Will Haunt You in Your Sleep | 2024 | Ranked | #14 |
| Collider's S.K. Sapiano's The 15 Best International Horror Movies, Ranked | 2024 | Ranked | #8 |
| Collider's Stephanie Weber's The 10 Scariest Witch Movies | 2024 | Ranked | #2 |
| Collider's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Ranked | #30 |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | #22 |
| Complex's The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #36 |
| Confessions of a Pop Culture Addict's House of 100 Horrors | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Consequence of Sound's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #32 |
| Cool Ass Cinema's 24 of the Most Influential & Greatest European Horror Movies - 1900's to the 1980's | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Creepy Catalog's Italian Horror Movies Giallo Films and Other Disturbing Cinema from Italy | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Creepy Catalog's Natalia Vela's 50 of the Best Arthouse Horror Films | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Creepy Catalog's Raquel Quintana's 70s Horror Movies 100+ Scary Films from the 1970s | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| CriterionForum Lists Project - Horror | | Ranked | #12 |
| Crooks and Liars' John Amato's Top 60 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #15 |
| Cult Labs Forum's Best Horror Films Year by Year | | Unranked | — |
| Cult Labs' Community Top 100 Horror Films of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #6 |
| Cult Movie Forums' The 100 Greatest Horror & Exploitation Films Ever! | 2007 | Ranked | #2 |
| Culture Trip's Cassam Looch's Scariest Horror Films from Around the World | 2017 | Ranked | #10 |
| Damnationdoormat's Top 100 Horror Films | 2006 | Ranked | #43 |
| Deadspin's Chris Thompson's Here Are 12 Scary-Ass Halloween Movies To Totally Ruin Your Shit | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Den of Geek's Don Kaye's Best International Horror Movies - A Beginner's Guide | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Den of Geek's Sarah Dobbs & Rosie Fletcher's The Best Creepy Horror Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Den of Geek's Tony Sokol's 13 Movies That Scared Us | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Dennis Alink's Top 25 Best '70s Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Derek Vinyard's Top 75 Horror movies | 2014 | Ranked | #22 |
| Dexerto's Cameron Frew's 104 best horror movies ever made | 2025 | Ranked | #14 |
| 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 | — |
| Digital Trend's Jacob O'Gara's Top 10 horror movies for Halloween | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| DigitalDreamDoor's 250 Greatest Horror Movies | 2022 | Ranked | #24 |
| DiskuterFilms' Top 50 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #5 |
| Don Coscarelli's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Don Sumner's Horror Movie Freak | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Dreadit's Top 100 Horror Films, 10th Anniversary Edition | 2022 | Ranked | #36 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Horror Movies, 1970-1979 | 2017 | Ranked | #5 |
| Dreadit's Top Giallo | 2021 | Ranked | #2 |
| Dreadit's Top Witchcraft Films | 2021 | Ranked | #4 |
| DreadWorld's The Best Horror Films of the 70's | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| Drew Hunt's 100 Greatest Horror Films | 2013 | Ranked | #2 |
| Drew McWeeny's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Dustin Putnam's The Fright File - 150 Films to See Before Halloween | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| EcranLarge's Laurent Pecha's Les 31 meilleurs films d'horreur du monde | 2012 | Ranked | #18 |
| Edgar Wright's 100 Favorite Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| eharmony's The 20 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| El antepenultimo mohicano's Las 100 mejores películas de terror | 2016 | Ranked | #40 |
| 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 | #20 |
| Empire's The Greatest Horror Movies Ever Guide | 2000 | Unranked | — |
| Empire's Top 400 Horrors Results | 2012 | Ranked | #33 |
| Enfemenino's Las 101 Mejores Películas de Terror para Halloween | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty's 31 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #25 |
| Eric Ian Steele's The Best Horror Movies of the Past 50 years! Part 2! The Seventies! | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Ernest R. Dickerson's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| Espinof's John Tones' Las 22 mejores películas de brujas de todos los tiempos [The 22 best witch films of all time] | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Espinof's Victor Lopez G.'s Las 37 mejores películas de terror de todos los tiempos [The 37 best horror films of all time] | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Emma Carey and Josh Rosenberg's 25 Sexiest Horror Movies of All Time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Josh Rosenberg, Emma Carey & Bria McNeal's The 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Paul Schrodt's 27 Horror Movies for People Who Don't Love Horror Movies | 2018 | 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 | — |
| European Nightmares - Horror Cinema in Europe since 1945 - Filmography | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Exhumed's The 10 best old-school horror movies | 2017 | 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 | #15 |
| Federico Zampaglione's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Fiction Horizon's Hrvoje Milakovic's 50 Best Psychological Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Figure's Top 5 Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Film Police Review's Armando Dela Cruz's Top 13 All-Time Favorite Horror Films | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Film School Reject's Valerie Ettenhofer's 21 Witchy Movies to Keep You Spellbound | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Film School Rejects' Jacob Trussell's 10 Primo Italian Supernatural Horror Films | 2019 | Ranked | #2 |
| Film School Rejects' The 50 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2017 | Ranked | #22 |
| Film.com's The Top 50 Horror Movies of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #44 |
| Film4's Top 50 Horror Films | | Ranked | #29 |
| Filmbalaya's Nick Petrick's Top 20 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #16 |
| filmsactu's TOP 20 des meilleurs films d'horreur de tous les temps! | 2012 | Ranked | #8 |
| FilmschoolWTF's Top 100 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #70 |
| FILMSTARTS' The 80 best horror movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #7 |
| FilmWalrus' My Top 200 Favorite Horror Films | 2013 | Ranked | #34 |
| Final Girl Shocktoberfest Poll | 2017 | Ranked | #12 |
| Finn's Wake's Top 5 Favorite Witch Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #2 |
| Flavorwire's Alison Nastasi's 50 Essential Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #12 |
| Flavorwire's Alison Nastasi's 50 Visually Stunning Horror Movies for Twisted Aesthetes | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| 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 | #3 |
| Fotogramas's Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia del cine buenas, recomendadas y aclamadas por la crítica (2025 | | Ranked | #9 |
| Funk's House of Geekery's Jamie Z.'s 10 Witchcraft Horror Films To Watch | 2020 | Ranked | #1 |
| Game Rant's Isa Pinto's 10 Best Entry-Level Giallo Horror Films That Will Terrify You | 2021 | Ranked | #6 |
| Gamers Decide's Erin Claire's [Top 50] Best High School Horror Movies That Are Amazing | 2020 | Ranked | #6 |
| GameSpot's Dan Auty's 22 Scary Movies Every True Horror Fan Needs To Watch | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| GamesRadar+'s Alyssa Mercante's The 15 best witch movies that will have you cackling this Halloween | 2020 | Ranked | #4 |
| GamesRadar+'s Becky Darke & Louise Blain's The 30 best horror movies that will haunt you long after the credits roll | 2024 | Ranked | #23 |
| GamesRadar+'s Louise Blain's The 30 best horror movies | 2021 | Ranked | #19 |
| Gary Gerani's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #76 |
| Gateway Film Center's Horror 101 | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| GeekTyrant's Joey Paur's 6 Must Watch ITALIAN Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Gizmodo's Meredith Woerner's 16 Devastatingly Beautiful Horror Movies | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Goomba Stomp's Ricky da Conceição's 150 Greatest Horror Films of the 20th Century | 2021 | Ranked | #27 |
| Goregirl's 100 Favourite Horror Films of All Time | 2009 | Ranked | #42 |
| Goregirl's Favourite Horror Films of the 1970s | 2013 | Ranked | #8 |
| Grazia's Alessandro Alicandri's 50 film horror più belli di sempre | 2013 | Ranked | #21 |
| GreenGoblin's My top 200 horror movies | 2007 | Ranked | #28 |
| Greenroom's L'Exorciste, Suspiria, Shining… le top 5 des meilleurs films d'horreur | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| 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 | — |
| Harpers BAZAAR's DeAnna Janes' The Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Harpymarx' Top 100 greatest horror films of all time | 2009 | Ranked | #10 |
| Heavy's Colin MacGregor's 30 Most Underrated Horror Movies of All-Time | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| HiConsumption's Sam Jordan's The 50 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Highsnobriety's 15 Horror Movies With Surprisingly Killer Style | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Hitek's Clemounet's Top 20 des films d'horreurs mythiques | 2013 | Ranked | #10 |
| HitFix's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #13 |
| HMV's 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2008 | Ranked | #47 |
| Hollie Horror's 1970-1979 | 2021 | Ranked | #10 |
| Horror Film Trailer's Top 50 Horror Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #22 |
| Horror Freak News' Don Sumner's The Top 100 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2016 | Ranked | #18 |
| 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 | — |
| Horrorfier's Top 20 BEST Witch Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca Forum's Top 300 horror films that MUST be seen before you die | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Mister Joshua's 10 Best Horror Films From the '70s | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| Houston Press' Chris Lane's 6 Great Italian Horror Films | 2016 | Ranked | #7 |
| Houston Press' Chris Lane's 8 of the Best Horror Films From the 1960s and '70s | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| HubPages' iwritegood's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #26 |
| HubPages' Vanessa Martinez Wilson's 10 Of The Best Obscure Horror Movies Worth the Watch | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| HuffPost's Erin Whitney's 13 Scary Movies You've Likely Never Seen Before | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| HuffPost's Erin Whitney's Top 11 Art-House Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #9 |
| Ian Berriman's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| iCM Forum's Top 250 Favourite Horror Films | 2022 | Ranked | #14 |
| IGN's 100 Best Horror Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #17 |
| IMDb Horror Board Favorite 201 | 2014 | Ranked | #18 |
| IndieWire's James Hiler's 10 Indies That Changed the Face of Horror | 2013 | Ranked | #3 |
| 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 | #66 |
| io9's Meredith Woerner's 50 Scariest Movies Of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #30 |
| IsaacOvHeck's Top 200 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #9 |
| Isabel Pinedo's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| It's A Stampede!'s Alex Wiggan's 150 best horror movies you must watch | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Jake West's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #6 |
| James Gunn's 50 Favorite Horror Movies Of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #38 |
| James Halcomb - Making list of my favorite 'classic' horror films means delving into past | 2014 | Ranked | #8 |
| James Marriott and Kim Newman's Horror! 333 Films to Scare You to Death | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| James Marriott's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #5 |
| Jamie Graham's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Jamie Russell's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #10 |
| Jamie_Shannon's Best Horror Films | 2016 | Ranked | #3 |
| JarvisCity's 15 Best Horror Movies Of 1977 | 2017 | Ranked | #2 |
| JarvisCity's 50 Greatest Witchcraft Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #6 |
| Jason Zinoman's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| jelvuk81's 30 best giallo films by MANIAC | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| Jonathan Rigby's Studies in Terror (featured films) | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Jorge Michel Grau's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| Josh Keown's My Top 25 Witchcraft Films of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Josh Saco's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #8 |
| Joshua Rothkopf's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Karyn Kusama's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| khaleesi_101's Favourite Horror Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #26 |
| KilltheSnark's The 100 Greatest Horror Films | 2007 | Ranked | #6 |
| Kotaku's Patrick Klepek's 31 Movies For Horror Newcomers | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| LAmag's Steve Erickson's A Controversial List of the Greatest Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Land Of Way's James Wayland's Top 20 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #15 |
| Latest Movies Lists' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2012 | Ranked | #17 |
| Let's Eat Cake's Kate Santos' The 25 Best Horror Movies Of All Time, No Questions Asked | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films | 2025 | Ranked | #71 |
| Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films | 2025 | Ranked | #66 |
| LOLWOT's 20 Creepy Horror Movies You've Never Seen | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| LouderSound's Metal Hammer's The 50 greatest horror movies of all time | 2022 | Ranked | #31 |
| Louis Savy's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| Love Horror's Top 10 Giallo Films | 2018 | Ranked | #4 |
| Lucky McGee's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Ludwig_von_Mises' Favourite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #40 |
| Lunatic's Project's Abby Brenker's The Intersection of Dance and Horror: The Best Dance Horror Films | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Mandatory's The 50 Scariest Horror Movies Ever Made | 2013 | Ranked | #12 |
| Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Marginal_Crogeny's The Top 250 Horror Films of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #13 |
| Mark H. Harris' A Timeline of the History of Hollywood Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Martyn Conterio's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Matt Glasby's The Book of Horror - The Anatomy of Fear in Film | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Matt Glasby's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Maximum Film's Francesco Pinna's I film horror più paurosi di sempre | 2014 | 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 | #14 |
| Metallica, Kiss, Anthrax and more of your favourite rock stars pick the greatest horror movies ever | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Metro News' Adam Boult's The 100 Best Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Mighty Ape's Shiri's Top 10 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #10 |
| Mike Mayo's VideoHound's Horror Show - 999 Hair-Raising, Hellish, and Humorous Movies | 1998 | Unranked | — |
| Monster Mania's The 13 Greatest Horror Films Of The 1970s | 2012 | Ranked | #10 |
| Movie Forums' Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #44 |
| Moviefone's Drew Taylor's 10 Horror Movies That Will Actually Scare the Crap Out of You | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Moviefone's Jesse Schedeen's The 11 Best WTF Horror Movies of All-Time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| MovieMaker's Tim Molloy's The 11 Scariest Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| MovieMeter's Top 300 Horror Films | 2020 | Ranked | #52 |
| Movies & Mania's Essential Horror Films | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Movieweb's Alex Arabian's 13 Scariest and Most Important Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #14 |
| MovieWeb's Natalia Vela's 10 Scariest International Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #9 |
| MSN's Dave McCoy's Top 10 Scariest Movies | 2006 | Ranked | #4 |
| MSN's Glenn Kenny's 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #15 |
| 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 | — |
| Nancy Holder's Thirteen Movies She Wishes She'd Never Seen Because They're Too Scary (Yet Continues to Watch Repeatedly. What the Hell Is Wrong With Her) | 2008 | Ranked | #11 |
| Nathaniel Tolle's Pumpkin Cinema - The Best Movies For Halloween | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Nerd Lists and Horror Movies' Steve Holland's 100 Favorite Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #8 |
| New Arena's Harris Ahmadzai's Ranking The 31 Best Horror Movies For Halloween | 2018 | Ranked | #22 |
| Nicholas McCarthy's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| Nicolas Winding Refn's 10 Favorite Horror Films | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Nightmare on Film Street's Kimberley Elizabeth's Horrifically Haute 10 Arthouse Horror Films for the Cultured Deviant | 2023 | Ranked | #9 |
| Norman J. Warren's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #3 |
| Nylon's Erica Russell's The 10 Most Stylish Horror Films Ever Made | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| OH THE HORROR! - Must see horror movies | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Osservatori Esterni's I Migliori Film Horror 1971 - 1980 | 2011 | Ranked | #3 |
| Otto's Movies' Ultimate Top 500 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #365 |
| Paco Plaza's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| Parade's Samuel R. Murrian's 152 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #40 |
| 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 | #27 |
| Patheos' Devin Hunter's The Best Retro Witchy Horror Films from the 1960's & 1970's | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Paul Wells' The Horror Genre - From Beelzebub to Blair Witch (Short Cuts) | 2000 | Unranked | — |
| Phoenix New Times' Heather Hoch's The 20 Scariest Horror Films of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Plugman's Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #20 |
| Pop Culture Petri Dish's 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Popcorn Horror's Kelly Kowalski's Monster Mash No.1 - Top Ten Witch Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| PopMatters' SE&L's 10 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2006 | Ranked | #4 |
| PopOptiq's Greg Cwik's 40 Great Horror Films for the Halloween Season | 2014 | Ranked | #19 |
| PopOptiq's Joshua Gaul's The Definitive Foreign Language Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| PopOptiq's Ricky da Conceição's 200 Greatest Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #37 |
| PopOptiq's Ricky da Conceição's Greatest (Italian) Giallo Films | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| PrettyFamous' Tessa Boyce's The 25 Best Horror Movies | 2016 | Ranked | #22 |
| PROVOKR's Amanda Jane Stern's 10 SEXIEST HORROR FILMS | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Psychobabble's 150 Essential Horror Movies - The Complete List | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Radio Times' 100 Greatest Horror Films Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #50 |
| Rage of Rayzor's Top 100 Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #22 |
| Ramsey Campbell's Stevie's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #20 |
| Rapid City Journals' 7 best cult horror films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Re93animator's Top 100 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #105 |
| REBEAT Magazine's Staff Picks - Classic Horror Movies | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Reel.com's Top 100 Scary Movies | 1999 | Ranked | #3 |
| ReelRundown's Don's Underrated Horror Films That Fans of the Genre Need To See | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Refinery29's Alexandra Koster and Claire Fox's The 55 Best Horror Movies To Scare Yourself Silly | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Retro Junk's jswift's My 25 Favorite Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #7 |
| REVOLVER Magazine's Gatecreeper and Spirit Adrift's Nate Garrett's 5 Favorite Horror Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Richard Stanley's Ten Favorite Italian Horror Movies (plus Three Borderline Cases) | 2008 | Ranked | #6 |
| Richard Stanley's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Rolling Stone's 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #41 |
| Rotten Tomatoes' The 200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #61 |
| Ryan 'Rotten' Turek's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #7 |
| Sam Ashurst's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| ScareTissue's JP Mulvanetti's Top Ten Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #6 |
| SCFZ's Favourite Horror Films | 2017 | Ranked | #10 |
| ScoopWhoop's Ankit Subarno's 20 Of The Best Horror Movies Of All Time That Will Haunt You Long After The Credits Roll | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Scott Derrickson's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Screen Rant's Ben Moore's Top 10 Horror Movies You've (Probably) Never Seen | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Screen Rant's Scout Tafoya's 11 Best Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Screen Rant's Thomas West's 10 Scary Movies That Actually Get 'Witches' Right | 2020 | Ranked | #8 |
| Sean Hogan's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| SFX Magazine's Top 20 Horror Films | 2004 | Ranked | #15 |
| Shoot the Projectionist's 31 FLICKS THAT GIVE YOU THE WILLIES | 2007 | Ranked | #12 |
| Shudder's The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #37 |
| Simon Pegg's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| Skraeg og Raedsel's 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #8 |
| Skraek og Raedsel's Readers' 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #12 |
| Sky Movies' Top 100 Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #6 |
| SlashFilm's Layla Halfhill's The 20 Best '70s Horror Movies | 2023 | Ranked | #8 |
| SlashFilm's The 106 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Sleek Magazine's Angela Waters' 8 surprisingly stylish Halloween films | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Spanish GQ's Noel Ceballos' Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2021 | Ranked | #11 |
| Splatter Critic's Top 113 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #57 |
| Stacker's Jacob Osborn & Madison Troyer's 100 best horror movies of all time | 2021 | Ranked | #42 |
| Stark Insider's Clinton Stark's Top 10 - Best horror movies of all-time | 2018 | Ranked | #7 |
| Stephen King's "Danse Macabre" | 1981 | Unranked | — |
| Steve Hutchison's 66 Amazing Surreal Horror Films | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Steven Jay Schneider's 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Stories for Ghosts' I Put a Spell On You – My Favorite Witch Horror Movies | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Studio Binder's Mike Bedard's 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Ranked | #14 |
| SuperAficionado.com's David Alday's Las 107 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Sybil Danning's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| SYFY WIRE's Tony Timpone's 13 Italian horror films you must see | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Taschen's Jonathan Penner and Paul Duncan's Horror Cinema Top 50 Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Ashley Robak's 20 Classic European Horror Films You Must Watch | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| Taste of Cinema's Caio Coletti's The 10 Best Witch Movies of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #5 |
| Taste of Cinema's David Opie's The 20 Most Visually Stunning Horror Movies Ever | 2016 | Ranked | #5 |
| Taste of Cinema's Edwanike Harbour's The 15 Best Horror Movies of The 1970s | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Taste of Cinema's Guillermo de Querol's The 20 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #6 |
| Taste of Cinema's Joao Santos' The 20 Best Atmospheric Horror Movies of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #10 |
| Taste of Cinema's Kate Owens' 10 Best Italian Horror Movies That Are Worth Your Time | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| Taste of Cinema's Martin Wilson's The 15 Best Gothic Horror Movies of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #2 |
| Taste of Cinema's Matthew Benbenek's The 10 Best Surreal Horror Movies of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #1 |
| Taste of Cinema's Oliver Innocent's 25 Weird Horror Movies That Are Totally Worth Watching | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Shane Scott-Travis' The 25 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #5 |
| Taste of Cinema's Shane Scott-Travis' The 25 Most Artistic Horror Movies of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #1 |
| Tearaway's Jack Leonard's 8 Films That Might Actually Scare You | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Teen Vogue's The 85 Best Scary Movies Every Horror and Suspense Fan Should See | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| That Film Guy's Top 30 Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #6 |
| The Alternative's Favorite Horror Films | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| The Bedrock Blog's The Cutting Room Floor | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| The Black Glove's Top 13 Giallo Films of All Time | 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 1977 | 2009 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Cinema Monster's Top 10 Foreign Horror Films | 2013 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Cinemaholic's Shubham Sharma's 12 Best Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2018 | Ranked | #8 |
| The Daily Dot's Aja Romano's 15 gothic horror films | 2015 | 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 Ghost Diaries' Jamie Naqvi's The Ten Greatest Horror Films Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Guardian's Mark Kermode's The 10 best gothic films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw's Scariest horror films ever | 2018 | Ranked | #6 |
| The Hard Times' Adam Frost-Venrick's 50 Arthouse Horror Films to Put on to Make Your Friends Hate You | 2023 | Ranked | #49 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #37 |
| The Independent's Kaleem Aftab's Best horror films of all time | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| The Irish Times' Donald Clarke's The best horror movies of all time | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Lineup's Aliza Polkes & Danielle Kugler's 19 Bone-Chilling Witch Movies That'll Put a Spell on You | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| The Lineup's Jessica Ferri's 13 Terrifying 70s Horror Movies That Will Bug You Out | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Lineup's Matthew Thompson's 18 International Horror Movies You Need to See | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| The Manual's Eric Shorey's 10 Classic Horror Movies You Need to Know | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| The Orlok's Top 5 of 1977 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Playlist's Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton's The 25 Best Foreign Language Horror Movies Ever | 2016 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Playlist's Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton's The 25 Best Horror Films Of The 1970s | 2016 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Playlist's Nikola Grozdanovic's 15 Visually Stunning Horror Films | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| The Scariest Thing's The Top 500 Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #19 |
| The Scariest Things' Gretchen Brooks' Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #13 |
| The Scariest Things' Matt Howl's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #9 |
| The Scariest Things' Mike Campbell's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #4 |
| The Scariest Things' Sara Sometti Michaels' Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #14 |
| The Scariest Things' Sharon L Yablon's Top 25 Horror Films | 2018 | Ranked | #6 |
| The Scariest Things' Tom Carter's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Scariest Things' Tremble's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #12 |
| The Scariest Things' Willy Greer's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #7 |
| The Sci-Fi Slob's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #18 |
| The Times' The best horror films ever made Top 40 ranked | 2023 | Ranked | #17 |
| The Vault of Horror's Presenting the Top 50 Horror Films of All Time! | 2008 | Ranked | #49 |
| The Vault of Horror's The Horror Canon | 2009 | Ranked | #19 |
| The Vault of Horror's Top 20 Foreign Horror Films of All Time | 2009 | Ranked | #2 |
| The Wandering Image's TOP 70 HORROR MOVIES OF THE 70s | 2013 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Zoe Report's Ashley Tibbits' This Visually Stunning Scary Movie Makes For The Most Stylish Halloween | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| TheLastDriveIn's Top 175 Classic Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Thickstache's Brian McAsey's The Ten Best Horror Films You've Never Seen | 2009 | Unranked | — |
| Thought Catalog's Michael Gursky's 50 Of The Scariest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Thought Catalog's Rob Fee's 20 Of The Best Horror Movies To Watch On Halloween | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Thought Catalog's Rob Fee's 27 Of The Best Horror Movies You've Probably Never Seen | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Thought Catalog's Rob Fee's The Best Horror Movie Of The Year For The Last 40 Years | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Thrillist's Scott Weinberg's The 75 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #19 |
| Time Out's Andy Kryza, Joshua Rothkopf & Matthew Singer's The best Halloween movies of all time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Time Out's The 100 best horror movies of all time | 2026 | Ranked | #11 |
| Tobe Hooper's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #10 |
| TokeZa's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #25 |
| Tony Timpone's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| Too Scary To Watch's Best 70's Horror Films | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Top 200 Movies' Top 50 Best Horror Movies | | Ranked | #28 |
| TOP 666 HORROR MOVIES (Freaky Fuckin Friday) | 2014 | Ranked | #14 |
| Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #12 |
| Trinikid's Moumita Basu's List Of 20 Of The Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| UK Mix Top 100 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #107 |
| 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 | #44 |
| 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 | #14 |
| Variety's 100 best horror films of all time | 2024 | Ranked | #99 |
| Vincent Monton's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| VIRUS' Creepy ClasSICKs Vol. 1 | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| VIRUS' Retro Virus: Early Screams | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Vogue's Alexandre Marain's 12 of our favorite films about witches | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Voir Fashion's Gore and Glamour - Our list of 10 Stylish Horror Films just in time for Halloween | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's Angelica Jade Bastién's The 30 Best Female-Led Horror Films of All Time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's Jordan Crucchiola's The 100 Scares That Shaped Horror | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Wales Arts Review's 50 Most Innovative Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| WatchMojo's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1970s | | Ranked | #9 |
| WatchPlayRead's Ronnie Angel's Top Ten Italian Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| Way Too Indie's Blake Ginithan's 20 Great Horror Films You Haven't Seen | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| We Got This Covered's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #81 |
| WhatCulture's 100 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #24 |
| WhatCulture's Clare Simpson's 10 Top Class Euro Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #3 |
| WhatCulture's Clare Simpson's 12 Classic Italian Horror Movies You Need To See Before You Die | 2013 | Ranked | #5 |
| WhatCulture's David Braga's 50 Most Essential Horror Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #41 |
| WhatCulture's Ian Watson's 20 Scariest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #11 |
| WhatCulture's Jesse Gumbarge's 20 Cult Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| William Friedkin's 13 Must-See Horror Movies | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| WIRED's The 25 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| WTOP.com's Jason Fraley's Best Horror Movies | 2020 | Ranked | #30 |
| Xavier Mendik's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Yardbarker's Alyssa De Leo's The 20 best foreign horror movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Yardbarker's Asher Luberto 25 horror movies that are great to watch any time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| You Wanna See Something Really Scary A 365 Day Guide to Must See Horror Films by W.P. Spence | 2013 | Unranked | — |
