| 100 Years of Terror's Top 139 Die besten Horrorfilme aller Zeiten [Best Horror Films of All Time] | 2020 | Ranked | #11 |
| 247 Wall St's 50 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #33 |
| 411Mania's Jeremy Thomas' Top 8 Sci-Fi Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| 411Mania's Joseph Lee's A Bloody Good Time - Top 10 Horror Films Of 1986 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| 501 Must-See Movies - Horror | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| 80shorror.net's Derek Schweigert's The Top 200 Best Horror Movies of the 1980s | 2018 | Ranked | #10 |
| A. V. Club's Matt Mills' They're Here! The Greatest Horror Movies of the 1980s | 2023 | Ranked | #5 |
| Aaron Christensen's Horror 101 - The A-List of Horror Films and Monster Movies | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Addicted to Horror Movies' Greg McCabe's Top 10 Science Fiction Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #6 |
| Addicted to Horror Movies' The 100 Scariest Horror Films of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| Adelaide Now's The 50 scariest movies of all time | 2013 | Ranked | #40 |
| Alex Vorkov's Top 10 Horror Films of 1986 | 2017 | Ranked | #1 |
| Alexandre Aja's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #9 |
| Allocine's 200 films pour Halloween | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| AltFilmFan's 100 horror films from the 80s | 2012 | Ranked | #11 |
| AMC Filmsite's Greatest Horror Films | | Unranked | — |
| Andrea Subissati's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Arrow in the Head's Jake Dee's Top 10 Medical Horror Flicks! | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Arts & Faith's Top 25 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #10 |
| AwardsCircuit.com's Terence Johnson's Top 100 Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #43 |
| Axelle Carolyn's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Between the Reel's Top 100 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #32 |
| BFI's 10 great romantic horror films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| BFI's A great horror film from every year, from 1922 to now | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Black America Web's D.L.'s Top 10 Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #7 |
| Bloody Disgusting's Best Horror Movies of All Time - 1980s | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Top 10 Non-CGI Horror Movies From Figure | 2014 | Ranked | #5 |
| Bloody Disgusting's Trace Thurman's The 100 Best Horror Movies Ever Made | 2018 | Ranked | #42 |
| BoardGameGeek's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #17 |
| But Why Tho's Kate Sánchez' Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #12 |
| Buzzfeed's Louis Peitzman's 44 Body Horror Movies To Kill Your Appetite | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Catherine Bray's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| CBS Baltimore's 100 Scariest Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #61 |
| Chicago Film Critics Association's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2006 | Ranked | #32 |
| Chris Eggertsen's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Chris Pirri's Top 30 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #28 |
| Christopher B. Landon's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Cine.gr's The Most Scary-Movies Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #65 |
| Cinema Parrot Disco's table9mutant's My Top Ten Body Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| CinemaBlend's Jason Wiese, Brent McKnight & Nick Venable's The 30 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2021 | Ranked | #15 |
| Cinemanía's 100 mejores películas de terror de todos los tiempos | 2016 | Ranked | #49 |
| Cinevistaramascope's Top 100 - '80s Horror! | 2013 | Ranked | #2 |
| Coal Region Canary's The Best Horror Movies from the 80s and 90s | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Collider's 50 Best Horror Films of the 1980s | 2017 | Ranked | #3 |
| Collider's Jeremy Urquhart's The 10 Greatest Horror Movies of the Last 40 Years, Ranked | 2025 | Ranked | #1 |
| Collider's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Ranked | #42 |
| Combustible Celluloid's Essential Horror Movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Complex's Best Horror Movies Every Year Since Psycho | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Consequence of Sound's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #22 |
| Cool Top Tens' Top 50 Best Horror Movies of the 80s | | Ranked | #8 |
| Creepy Catalog's Chris Catt's 19 Best Horror Movies from the 80s | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Cricket's top 100 horror movies | 2014 | Ranked | #12 |
| CrimeReads' Chris Holm's Eight Biological Horror Movies Guaranteed to Make Your Skin Crawl | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| CriterionForum Lists Project - Horror | | Ranked | #38 |
| Crooks and Liars' John Amato's Top 60 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #29 |
| Cult Labs Forum's Best Horror Films Year by Year | | Unranked | — |
| Cult Labs' Community Top 100 Horror Films of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #122 |
| Cult Movie Forums' The 100 Greatest Horror & Exploitation Films Ever! | 2007 | Ranked | #32 |
| Cultured Vultures' Gabriel Ricard's 10 Best Body Horror Movies To Squirm Your Way Through | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Damnationdoormat's Top 100 Horror Films | 2006 | Ranked | #68 |
| Dennis Widmyer's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Destructoid Tiago Manuel's 10 best Sci-Fi horror movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Dexerto's Cameron Frew's 104 best horror movies ever made | 2025 | Ranked | #13 |
| 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 | #25 |
| DiskuterFilms' Top 50 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #34 |
| Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Dr. Nocturna's 2006 Horror Movie Census! | 2006 | Ranked | #40 |
| Dread Central's The Horror Movie That Impacted Me The Most - Over 40 Horror Voices Tell Their Story | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Dreadit's Top 100 Horror Films, 10th Anniversary Edition | 2022 | Ranked | #24 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Body Horror Films | 2021 | Ranked | #2 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Killer Insect Films | 2021 | Ranked | #1 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Sci-Fi Horror Films | 2021 | Ranked | #4 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Were (or Therianthropy) Films | 2021 | Ranked | #5 |
| Dreadit's Top Horror Movies, 1980-1989 | 2015 | Ranked | #11 |
| DreamHost's The Best Tech Horror Movies | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| DREGstudios' Top 20 Horror Movies of all Time | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| Drew Hunt's 100 Greatest Horror Films | 2013 | Ranked | #38 |
| EcranLarge's Laurent Pecha's Les 31 meilleurs films d'horreur du monde | 2012 | Ranked | #14 |
| Edgar Wright's 100 Favorite Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Eighties Kids' 12 [and 12 more] Of The Best Horror Films Of The 1980s | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| El antepenultimo mohicano's Las 100 mejores películas de terror | 2016 | Ranked | #39 |
| Elle's R. Eric Thomas and Amy Mackelden's The 80 Best Halloween Movies of All Time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| EMP Museum's 100 Horror Films to See Before You Die | | Unranked | — |
| Empire's Top 400 Horrors Results | 2012 | Ranked | #30 |
| Entertainment Weekly's Clark Collis' 10 of the best romantic horror movies to watch on Valentine's Day | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Eric Ian Steele's The Best Horror Movies of the Past 50 years! Part 3! The Eighties! | 2014 | 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 Josh Rosenberg, Emma Carey & Bria McNeal's The 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Nick Schager & Bria McNeal's The 60 Best Horror Films from the 1980s | 2024 | Ranked | #12 |
| European Nightmares - Horror Cinema in Europe since 1945 - Filmography | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| FANGORIA's 300 Best Horror Movies | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| FANGORIA's The Dreadful Ten - 10 Horror Films for Science Fans! | 2016 | Ranked | #2 |
| Far Out Magazine's Calum Russell's The 50 greatest horror films of all time | 2022 | Ranked | #24 |
| Far Out Magazine's Monica Reid's The ultimate guide to the best horror films of all time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Far Out Magazine's Swapnil Dhruv Bose's 10 of the greatest sci-fi horror films | 2020 | Ranked | #3 |
| Fiction Horizon's Hrvoje Milakovic's 50 Best Psychological Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Film School Reject's Rob Hunter's The 50 Best Horror Movies of the 1980s | 2020 | Ranked | #14 |
| Film School Rejects' The 50 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2017 | Ranked | #29 |
| Film.com's The Top 50 Horror Movies of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #21 |
| filmsactu's TOP 20 des meilleurs films d'horreur de tous les temps! | 2012 | Ranked | #11 |
| FilmschoolWTF's Top 100 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #48 |
| FILMSTARTS' The 80 best horror movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #39 |
| FilmWalrus' My Top 200 Favorite Horror Films | 2013 | Ranked | #180 |
| Final Girl Shocktoberfest Poll | 2017 | Ranked | #62 |
| Finn's Wake's Top 5 Science Run Amok Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Flashy Magazine's List Of Best Top 100 Horror Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #93 |
| Flavorwire's Alison Nastasi's 50 Essential Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #34 |
| FLICKSIDE's Arun Kumar's 50 Greatest Horror Films Of All Time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| FlickSided's Shelby Litwicki's 8 Best Horror Movies of the 1980s You Need to Watch in 2025 | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Floating Heads' My Top 10 Horror Films Runner-Ups | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Fluxkompensator's Stefan_F's Die besten Horrorfilme der 80er Jahre [Best Horror Films of the 80s] | 2019 | Ranked | #13 |
| Forbes' Mark Hughes' The Top 10 Best Horror Movies Of The 80s | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Forbes' Mark Hughes' Top 10 Best Sci-Fi Horror Movies Of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| Fotogramas's Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia del cine buenas, recomendadas y aclamadas por la crítica (2025 | | Ranked | #62 |
| Frank Darabont's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| GamesRadar+'s Will Salmon's 30 Scariest '80s Horror Movies | 2016 | Ranked | #10 |
| Gateway Film Center's Horror 101 | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Gear Patrol's The 50 Best Horror Movies | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Ghouls Magazine's Kim Morrison's Top 21 Sci-Fi Horror Films of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #3 |
| Glen on Film's Tainted Love - The Best Venereal Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| Glenn Hetrick's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| Goomba Stomp's Ricky da Conceição's 150 Greatest Horror Films of the 20th Century | 2021 | Ranked | #29 |
| Goomba Stomp's Shane Ramirez' Best Body Horror Movies | 2021 | Ranked | #1 |
| Goregirl's Favourite Horror Films of the 1980s | 2013 | Ranked | #16 |
| GotchaMovies' Top 50 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #29 |
| GQ's Francesco Francavilla's 54 Movies That Will Make Every Man Scream Like a Little Girl | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Grazia's Alessandro Alicandri's 50 film horror più belli di sempre | 2013 | Ranked | #24 |
| GreenGoblin's My top 200 horror movies | 2007 | Ranked | #83 |
| Harpers Bazaar's India Roby's The 13 Best Body Horror Films of All Time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Headstuff's Kevin Burke's 10 Classic 80s Horror Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| HitFix's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #25 |
| Hollie Horror's 1980-1989 | 2021 | Ranked | #107 |
| Horror Geek Life's Curt Oglesbee's Ranking the 10 Greatest 80's Horror Films | 2017 | Ranked | #5 |
| 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 Poppascotch's Top 50 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #27 |
| Hush Comics' Keriann "Anna" McNamara-McCauliffe's The 25 Horror Movies You Have To Watch THIS Weekend | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| iCM Forum's Top 250 Favourite Horror Films | 2022 | Ranked | #16 |
| IGN's 100 Best Horror Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #20 |
| Image Journal's Top 25 Horror Films | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| IMDb Horror Board Favorite 201 | 2014 | Ranked | #21 |
| 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 Christian Zilko's The 20 Best Body Horror Movies | 2023 | 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 | #48 |
| Inverse's Matt Donato's The 50 Best Sci-Fi Horror Movies, Ranked | 2024 | Ranked | #7 |
| io9's Meredith Woerner's 50 Scariest Movies Of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #6 |
| IsaacOvHeck's Top 200 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #98 |
| It's A Stampede!'s Alex Wiggan's 150 best horror movies you must watch | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Jack Wallen's My top 10 horror films of all time | 2016 | Ranked | #7 |
| Jacky Who's Top 20 Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #14 |
| James Gunn's 50 Favorite Horror Movies Of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #49 |
| James Marriott and Kim Newman's Horror! 333 Films to Scare You to Death | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Jamie_Shannon's Best Horror Films | 2016 | Ranked | #68 |
| Jarvis City's 50 Best Horror Movies Of The 1980s | 2017 | Ranked | #8 |
| JarvisCity's 15 Best Horror Movies Of 1986 | 2017 | Ranked | #1 |
| Jason Zinoman's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| John Landis' Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| John Penney's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| John Stell's Psychos! Sickos! Sequels! - Horror films of the 1980s | 1998 | Unranked | — |
| Joseph McCabe's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Junkee's Joseph Earp's Here Are The Movies To Watch On Valentine's Day If You Love Violence And Hate Love | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| kabel eins' Die besten Horrorfilme | | Ranked | #16 |
| Karen Walton's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Kotaku's Patrick Klepek's 31 Movies For Horror Newcomers | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Land Of Way's James Wayland's Top 20 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #20 |
| Larry Fessenden's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #8 |
| Latest Movies Lists' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2012 | Ranked | #46 |
| Leigh Whannell's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films | 2025 | Ranked | #51 |
| Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films | 2025 | Ranked | #49 |
| Listverse's Josh Goller's 10 Unsettling Body Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| Literally, Darling's Dennis Avery's 13 (Mostly) Scary Movies To Watch With The Lights Off | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| London Evening Standard's Harry Fletcher's 10 best horror movies of all time | 2017 | Ranked | #10 |
| LouderSound's Metal Hammer's The 50 greatest horror movies of all time | 2022 | Ranked | #22 |
| Love Horror's Top 10 Insect Horror Films | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| Love Horror's Top 10 Monster Films | 2018 | Ranked | #5 |
| Love Horror's Top 10 Sci-Horrors & Science Fiction Horrors | 2018 | Ranked | #6 |
| Ludwig_von_Mises' Favourite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #43 |
| Mandatory's The 50 Scariest Horror Movies Ever Made | 2013 | Ranked | #17 |
| Marc Price's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #5 |
| Marcel Sarmiento's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| Marginal_Crogeny's The Top 250 Horror Films of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #41 |
| Marie Claire's Kayleigh Roberts' The 50 Classic Horror Movies Every Scary Film Buff Must See | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Marie Claire's Nicole Briese's The 50 Best Horror Movies From the 1980s | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Mark H. Harris' The 20 Best Giant Animal Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #13 |
| Mashable's Alison Foreman's 31 essential history-making horror movies to stream this spooky season | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Matt Glasby's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| Men's Health's Joshua Ocampo and Evan Romano's 41 of the Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Men's Health's The 21 Best Monster Movies of All Time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Metro News' Adam Boult's The 100 Best Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| 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 1980s | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Morbidly Beautiful's Mr Bones' 25 Romantic Horror Films for Date Night | 2019 | Ranked | #4 |
| Movie Forums' Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #12 |
| Moviefone's Best Horror Movies Ever | 2007 | Ranked | #26 |
| Moviefone's Gary Susman's The 30 Best Horror Movies of the Past 30 Years | 2014 | Ranked | #14 |
| MovieMeditation's His Top 50 Favorite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| MovieMeter's Top 300 Horror Films | 2020 | Ranked | #39 |
| 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 | #15 |
| MSN's Glenn Kenny's 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #48 |
| MSN's The best horror films in cinema history | 2018 | Ranked | #19 |
| 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 | #45 |
| Neville Page's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| News.com.au's What is the scariest horror movie of all time | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Next Big Pictures' Danilo Castro's Top 10 Best Body Horror Films | 2020 | Ranked | #1 |
| NME's Jack Beaumont's The 25 scariest horror films of all time | 2017 | Ranked | #23 |
| OH THE HORROR! - Must see horror movies | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Osservatori Esterni's I Migliori Film Horror 1981 - 1990 | 2011 | Ranked | #14 |
| Otto's Movies' Ultimate Top 500 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #367 |
| Paco Plaza's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| Parade's Samuel R. Murrian's 152 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #34 |
| 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 | #43 |
| Paste's The 50 Best Monster Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #5 |
| Paul Wells' The Horror Genre - From Beelzebub to Blair Witch (Short Cuts) | 2000 | Unranked | — |
| PCBreakdown's Top 500 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #361 |
| Plugman's Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #21 |
| Pop Culture Uncovered's Pauly D's My Top 25 Horror Films Part | 2015 | Ranked | #25 |
| PopMatters' Bill Gibron's The 10 Best Body Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #1 |
| PopMatters' SE&L's 10 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2006 | Ranked | #8 |
| PopOptiq's Ricky da Conceição's 200 Greatest Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #26 |
| Psychobabble's 150 Essential Horror Movies - The Complete List | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Radio Times' 100 Greatest Horror Films Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #57 |
| Rage of Rayzor's Top 100 Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #42 |
| Rank & File Top 250 HorrorThrillers of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #67 |
| RantMovies' Sean Troutman's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1980s | 2014 | Ranked | #5 |
| Re93animator's Top 100 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #71 |
| Reader's Digest's Kelly Kuehn's The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Reader's Digest's Mandi Goodier's The 13 Scariest Films of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #11 |
| Red Fez's Leopold McGinnis and James Grant's Top 10 Best Written Horror Films | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Reel.com's Top 100 Scary Movies | 1999 | Ranked | #58 |
| ReelRundown's Sam Shepards' The 20 Best Sci-Fi Horror Movies | 2019 | Ranked | #3 |
| Refinery29's Alexandra Koster and Claire Fox's The 55 Best Horror Movies To Scare Yourself Silly | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Richard Corliss' Top 25 Horror Films | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Rolling Stone's 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #31 |
| Rotten Tomatoes' The 200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #71 |
| Saturn Award for Best Horror & Thriller Film | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Saturn Award for Best Horror & Thriller Film (All nominees) | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| ScoopWhoop's Shruti Pillai's 24 Twisted Romantic-Horror Films That You Absolutely Must Watch If Mushy Isn't Your Thing | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Screen Rant's Adam Symchuk's 10 Films That Explore The World of Body Horror | 2020 | Ranked | #2 |
| Screen Rant's Dalton Norman's Top '80s Horror Movies The Best Of Each Year | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Screen Rant's Michael Edward Taylor's 15 Best Sci-Fi Horror Movies Of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #5 |
| Screen Rant's Patrick Leigh's 10 Horror Movies With Terrifying Social Commentary | 2019 | Ranked | #2 |
| ScreenGeek's Jennifer Huneycutt's The Greatest Sci-Fi Horror Movies Of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #5 |
| Sean S. Cunningham's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #17 |
| Seeing Red Horror's Top 7 Romantic Horror Films | 2016 | Ranked | #7 |
| Shoot the Projectionist's 31 FLICKS THAT GIVE YOU THE WILLIES | 2007 | Ranked | #24 |
| Showbiz Cheat Sheet's Jeff Rindskopf's The Greatest Body Horror Movies of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #3 |
| Showbiz Cheat Sheet's Jeff Rindskopf's The Greatest Sci-Fi Horror Movies Ever Made | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Shudder's The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #73 |
| Skraek og Raedsel's Readers' 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #27 |
| Sky Movies' Top 100 Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #10 |
| SlashFilm's The 106 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Splatter Critic's Top 113 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #108 |
| Stacker's Jacob Osborn & Madison Troyer's 100 best horror movies of all time | 2021 | Ranked | #36 |
| 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 | #27 |
| Stuff's James Croot's The ten best intelligent horror films | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| SuperAficionado.com's David Alday's Las 107 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| SYFY WIRE's Carol Pinchefsky's 13 romantic horror movies | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| SYFY WIRE's Jason Faulkner's 25 body horror movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| SYFY WIRE's Matthew Jackson's The best horror movies of all time | 2023 | 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 Edward Lauder's The 15 Best Sci-fi Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Taste of Cinema's Matthew Benbenek's The 15 Most Profound Horror Movies of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #6 |
| Taste of Cinema's Shane Scott-Travis' The 25 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #21 |
| Taste of Cinema's Shane Scott-Travis' The 30 Best Horror Movies of The 1980s | 2016 | Ranked | #4 |
| Taste of Cinema's Zane Castillo's 10 Great Romantic Horror Movies You Should Check Out | 2017 | Ranked | #5 |
| TechRepublic's Jay Garmon's The top 10 sci-fi horror films of all time | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Terry L. Vinson's The 25 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #17 |
| That Film Guy's Top 30 Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #23 |
| The Advocate's 16 Horror Films Only LGBTQ People Truly Understand | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Astounding B Monster - Bill Warren's horror top ten | 2014 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Atlantic's Kevin Fallon's The Greatest Horror Films of the Past 51 Years | 2011 | Ranked | #28 |
| The Bedrock Blog's The Cutting Room Floor | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| The Bloody Pit of Horror's Top 10 List For 1986 | 2009 | Ranked | #4 |
| The Book Smugglers' Thea James' Science Fiction Horror – The Essentials List | 2009 | Unranked | — |
| The Coolist's M. W. Byrne's 21 Terrifying Sci-Fi Films Where No One Can Hear You Scream | 2017 | 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 FrightFest Guide to Monster Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| The Globe and Mail's Barry Hertz's The 20 best Canadian horror movies ever made | 2023 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies Fan Vote 2019 | 2019 | Ranked | #94 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #14 |
| The Irish Times' Darragh Geraghty's 50 scary films to watch at Halloween | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| The Lineup's 13 Disturbing Body Horror Movies to Make Your Skin Crawl | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Lineup's DeAnna Janes' 10 Totally Creepy '80s Horror Movies | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| The Lineup's MacKenzie Stuart & Kelsey McConnell's 17 Romantic Horror Movies That'll Make Your Blood Run Cold | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| The Orlok's Top 5 of 1986 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Playlist's Jessica Kiang, Oliver Lyttelton and Nikola Grozdanovic's The 25 Best Horror Films Of The 1980s | 2016 | Ranked | #4 |
| The Ringer's Horror Oscars - The Best Scary Movies of Every Year Since 1978 | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Scariest Thing's The Top 500 Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #18 |
| The Scariest Things' Chris Ralph's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #9 |
| The Scariest Things' Eric Li's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #3 |
| The Scariest Things' Luca Pincelli's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #11 |
| The Scariest Things' Marc Martínez Jordán's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #9 |
| The Scariest Things' Mike Fryer's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #19 |
| The Sci-Fi Slob's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #13 |
| The Vault of Horror's Presenting the Top 50 Horror Films of All Time! | 2008 | Ranked | #31 |
| The Wandering Image's TOP 100 HORROR MOVIES OF THE 80s | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Them's The 69 Best LGBTQ+ Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| This is Barry's 10 Best Sci-fi Horror Movies (A Must-Watch List) | 2021 | Ranked | #3 |
| 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 18 Greatest Horror Movies of the '80s | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| Thrillist's Scott Weinberg's The 75 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #7 |
| Time Out's 50 Greatest Monster Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| 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 | #19 |
| TMA's 25 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time | 2010 | Ranked | #11 |
| Today's Sarah Lemire's 68 of the scariest horror movies of all time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| TokeZa's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #48 |
| Tom Huddleston's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Ton Petit Look's Jeremie Romain's Look's Un palmarès des meilleurs films d'horreur DE TOUS LES TEMPS! | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| 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 | #2 |
| TOP 666 HORROR MOVIES (Freaky Fuckin Friday) | 2014 | Ranked | #11 |
| Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #36 |
| Travis Stevens' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| Treehugger's Matt Hickman's 12 Creepy-Crawly Movies That Will Have You Reaching for the Raid | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Tru Love Stories' Top 10 Horror Romance Movies | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Tuko's Zindzy Gracia's Top 25 scariest horror movies of all time | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| UK Mix Top 100 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #84 |
| 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 | #5 |
| Urbo's Jamie Wiles' The Top 50 Horror Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #40 |
| USA TODAY's Brian Truitt's The 25 best scary movies you must see before you DIE | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Vanity Fair's Matthew Jacobs' The 32 Best Horror Movies to Keep You Up at Night | 2022 | Ranked | #22 |
| Variety's 100 best horror films of all time | 2024 | Ranked | #56 |
| VHS Revival's Edison Smith's The Greatest Horror Movies from Each Year of the 1980s | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri's The 25 Best Horror Movies Since The Shining | 2013 | Ranked | #4 |
| Vulture's Rory Doherty's The 25 Goopiest, Grodiest, Gnarliest Body Horror Movies | 2024 | Ranked | #3 |
| Wales Arts Review's 50 Most Innovative Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| WatchMojo's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1980s | | Ranked | #4 |
| We Got This Covered's Amy Curtis' Top Ten 80s Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #9 |
| We Got This Covered's Debopriyaa Dutta's Best Body Horror Movies of all time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| We Got This Covered's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #26 |
| WhatCulture's 100 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #14 |
| WhatCulture's 25 Sci-Fi Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die | 2015 | Ranked | #11 |
| WhatCulture's Andrew Dilks' 20 Greatest Horror Movies Of The 80s | 2018 | Ranked | #10 |
| WhatCulture's David Braga's 50 Most Essential Horror Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #45 |
| WhatCulture's Paul Steventon's 10 Best Body Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #4 |
| Where Y'at's Landon Murray's Top 20 Creature Features | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| WILDSound Movies' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #26 |
| WTOP.com's Jason Fraley's Best Horror Movies | 2020 | Ranked | #19 |
| Yardbarker's Jeremy Smith's The 25 most disturbing horror films ever made | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Yardbarker's Thomas West's The 20 best body horror movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| 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 | #22 |
| Zack Snyder's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #5 |
