| 100 Years of Terror's DarkForest's 13 Backwood-Horrorfilme, die ihr gesehen haben solltet [Backwoods 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 | #3 |
| 1428 Elm's Alexandria Ingham's 50 greatest horror movies of all-time | 2018 | Ranked | #4 |
| 1428 Elm's Sandy C.'s 25 best summer vacation horror movies | 2019 | Ranked | #3 |
| 365 Horror Movie's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #35 |
| 50 Classic Horror Films from Wheeler Winston Dixon's A History of Horror | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| 501 Must-See Movies - Horror | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Aaron Christensen's Horror 101 - The A-List of Horror Films and Monster Movies | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| ABC13's Your Friday Faves - Top 10 Horror Movies | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Adam Robitel's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Addicted to Horror Movies' The 100 Scariest Horror Films of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #14 |
| Adele Hartley's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| AFPL Journal's Sean Farrell's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #3 |
| Alan Jones' The Rough Guide to Horror Movies - 50 Horror Classics | 2005 | Unranked | — |
| Alan Jones' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Alec Gillis' Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| Alex Vorkov's Top 10 Horror Films of 1974 | 2017 | Ranked | #1 |
| Alexandre Aja's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #2 |
| Alice Cooper lists his 20 favourite horror films of all time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Allocine's 200 films pour Halloween | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Allocine's Raphaëlle Raux-Moreau's Les 10 films d'horreur qu'il faut avoir vus dans sa vie | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Allocine's Vos plus grosses flippes ciné - Le Top 20 de la peur… | 2009 | Ranked | #8 |
| AMC Filmsite's Greatest Horror Films | | Unranked | — |
| Andrew Kevin Walker's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Andy Lowe's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| Anton Bitel's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Antti Alanen and Asko Alanen's Musta Peili - horror film filmography | 1985 | Unranked | — |
| Ashley Laurence's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Aullidos' Las 100 Mejores Películas de Terror | 2009 | Ranked | #5 |
| AwardsCircuit.com's Terence Johnson's Top 100 Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| AZCentral's Bill Goodykoontz's 31 days of horror - Goody's countdown of the scariest flicks ever | 2017 | Ranked | #22 |
| Barbara Crampton's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Ben Scrivens' Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| Best Life's Bob Larkin's 40 Best Horror Movies for Totally Freaking Yourself Out | 2018 | Ranked | #10 |
| Between the Reel's Top 100 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #7 |
| BFI's A great horror film from every year, from 1922 to now | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Bill Moseley's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Billy Chainsaw's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Birns & Sawyer's Ramzi Abed's The Best Independent Horror Films On Halloween | 2014 | Ranked | #2 |
| Bizarro Central's Jeff Burk's 23 Favorite Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #15 |
| Bizzam's Chris' 31 Days of HORROR | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Black America Web's D.L.'s Top 10 Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #1 |
| Blood and Guts for Grown Ups' Top 10 Cannibal Horror Movies | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Best Horror Movies of All Time - 1970s | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Dr. Living Dead Share Their Top 10 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #5 |
| Bloody Disgusting's Top 10 70′s & 80′s Horror Films From Snot's Mike Doling | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Bloody Disgusting's Trace Thurman's The 100 Best Horror Movies Ever Made | 2018 | Ranked | #6 |
| Bloody Terror's My Favourite Horror Flicks | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| BoardGameGeek's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #38 |
| Bookmans Entertainment Exchange's Liza's 13 Classic Horror Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Boston.com's The top 60 scariest movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #8 |
| Brian Collins' Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #3 |
| BroBible's Neil Bulson's The 50 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #7 |
| Bruce Campbell's Five Favorite Horror Films! | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Bryan Senn's A Year of Fear - A Day-by-day Guide to 366 Horror Films | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Bullshit.IST's Michael Gursky's The 17 Scariest Horror Movies of the 70s | 2016 | Ranked | #4 |
| Bullshit.IST's Michael Gursky's The 20 Best Slashers of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #3 |
| But Why Tho's Kate Sánchez' Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #22 |
| 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 25 Great Gory Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Búfalo Magazine's Las 50 mejores películas de terror [The 50 greatest horror films] | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Calum Waddell's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Canadian Death Metallers VHS' The 10 Best Summer Horror Movies | 2019 | Ranked | #1 |
| CapeCod's Sean Doherty's Top 10 Best Horror Movies to Watch During October! | 2014 | Ranked | #3 |
| Caroline Williams' Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |
| Carter Smith's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| CBS Baltimore's 100 Scariest Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #9 |
| CBS News' David Morgan's 50 essential horror films for Halloween | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| CBS San Fransisco's Top 40 Scariest Films Ever Made | 2013 | Ranked | #6 |
| CFB's 100 Essential Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Cheat Sheet's Katherine Webb's 5 of the Most Controversial Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Cheat Sheet's Thomas Mentel's 10 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #2 |
| Chicago Film Critics Association's 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2006 | Ranked | #8 |
| Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film's 50 Top Scary Films | 2005 | Ranked | #10 |
| Chris Duck's The Horror. . . The Horror | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Chris Eggertsen's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| Chris Pirri's Top 30 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #25 |
| Chris Sivertson's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| Chris Smith's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #4 |
| Christopher Smith's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| Cine.gr's The Most Scary-Movies Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #11 |
| Cinema Du Meep's 26 Favourite Slashers | 2009 | Unranked | — |
| cinema.de's Die Top 20 der Horrorfilme | 2012 | Ranked | #12 |
| CinemaBlend's Jason Wiese, Brent McKnight & Nick Venable's The 30 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2021 | Ranked | #5 |
| Cinemanía's 100 mejores películas de terror de todos los tiempos | 2016 | Ranked | #6 |
| Cinemassacre's My Top 40 Favorite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #32 |
| CNET's Our favorite horror movies of all time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| CNEWS Editorial Staff's Les 10 meilleurs films d'horreur de tous les temps | 2021 | Ranked | #3 |
| CNN en Espanol's Las películas de terror más espantosas de todos los tiempos | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Colin Geddes' Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| College Heights Herald's Malone Farmer's 10 essential horror movies to watch this October | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Collider's Daniel Boyer's The 25 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked | 2025 | Ranked | #3 |
| Collider's Haleigh Foutch's The 21 Best Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Collider's Hannah Saab, Alyssa De Leo & Robert Lee III's 80 Scariest Horror Movies That Are Too Disturbing to Rewatch | 2025 | Ranked | #42 |
| Collider's Ryan Heffernan and Veronnica MacKillop's 14 Best Summer-Themed Horror Movies | 2023 | Ranked | #4 |
| Collider's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Ranked | #12 |
| Collider's Ty Weinert & Jom Elauria's The 45 Best Slasher Movies of All Time, Ranked | 2025 | Ranked | #5 |
| Combustible Celluloid's Essential Horror Movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Comic Book's Patrick Cavanaugh's 10 of the Best Horror Movies From the 70s | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| ComingSoon's Kylie Hemmert's The Best Horror Movies Inspired by True Events | 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 | #4 |
| Complex's The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #1 |
| Computer Hoy's Las 15 mejores películas de terror o de miedo de la historia | 2017 | Ranked | #14 |
| Conectate's Rafael J. Rey's Las 10 Mejores Peliculas de Terror del Cine | 2014 | Ranked | #7 |
| 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 | #1 |
| Cool Material's Mike Newman's 33 Horror Movies Every Guy Should See | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Corin Hardy's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| Cosmopolitan's Anna Lewis' 100+ of the best horror movies to add to your must-watch list | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Cosmopolitan's The 57 Scariest Horror Movies You Need to Watch Right Now | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Couchpop's Top 20 Serial Killer Movies | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Cracked.com's The Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Creepy Catalog's Chrissy Stockton's 10+ Backwoods Horror Movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Creepy Catalog's Chrissy Stockton's 34 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2024 | Ranked | #18 |
| Creepy Catalog's Jim Goad's 33+ Best Cannibal Movies | 2024 | 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 | — |
| Cricket's top 100 horror movies | 2014 | Ranked | #68 |
| CriterionForum Lists Project - Horror | | Ranked | #19 |
| Crooks and Liars' John Amato's Top 60 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Cult Labs Forum's Best Horror Films Year by Year | | Unranked | — |
| Cult Labs' Community Top 100 Horror Films of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #3 |
| Cult Movie Forums' The 100 Greatest Horror & Exploitation Films Ever! | 2007 | Ranked | #1 |
| Damnationdoormat's Top 100 Horror Films | 2006 | Ranked | #2 |
| Danny Peary's Cult Horror Movies | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Darkweb Online's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2002 | Ranked | #91 |
| Darrell Moore's The Best, Worst, And Most Unusual Horror Films | 1983 | Unranked | — |
| Dave Calhoun's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| David Fear's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| David Jenkins' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| David Slade's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Dead Northern's Blake Reilly's Top 10 Scariest Horror Films of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #7 |
| Debbie Rochon's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| 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 | #6 |
| Dennis Widmyer's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Derek Adam's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| Derek Vinyard's Top 75 Horror movies | 2014 | Ranked | #16 |
| Dexerto's Cameron Frew's 104 best horror movies ever made | 2025 | Ranked | #2 |
| 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 Spy's Simon Reynolds' Top 25 Scariest Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #7 |
| DigitalDreamDoor's 250 Greatest Horror Movies | 2022 | Ranked | #9 |
| DiskuterFilms' Top 50 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #13 |
| Don Coscarelli's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Don Sumner's Horror Movie Freak | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Doug Bradley's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #7 |
| Douglas Buck's Ten Favorite Familial Horror Movies | 2008 | Ranked | #7 |
| Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Dr. Nocturna's 2006 Horror Movie Census! | 2006 | Ranked | #3 |
| Dread Central's Brad McHargue's Five Cannibal Film Favorites | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Dread Central's Carmen Potts' Top 10 Terror in the Woods Tales | 2014 | Ranked | #6 |
| Dread Central's Doctor Gash's Top 10 Greatest Horror Movies... EVER! | 2013 | Ranked | #2 |
| Dreadit's Top 100 Horror Films, 10th Anniversary Edition | 2022 | Ranked | #14 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Horror Movies, 1970-1979 | 2017 | Ranked | #1 |
| Dreadit's Top 20 Slasher Films | 2021 | Ranked | #3 |
| DreadWorld's The Best Horror Films of the 70's | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| Drew McWeeny's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| 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 | #10 |
| Edgar Wright's 100 Favorite Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Eduardo Sanchez's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| Eerie Books Blog's Randy Ray's 100 Top Horror Movies from the 1970s | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Egokick's Top 10 Best Horror Movies | 2015 | 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 | #8 |
| Eli Roth's Top 10 Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #7 |
| Elite Daily's Rachel Varina's 33 Non-Gory Horror Movies To Watch If Blood Just Isn't Your Thing | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| 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 | #19 |
| Empire's The Greatest Horror Movies Ever Guide | 2000 | Unranked | — |
| Empire's Top 400 Horrors Results | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| Enfemenino's Las 101 Mejores Películas de Terror para Halloween | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Entertainment Weekly's 20 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty's 31 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Eric England's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Eric Ian Steele's The Best Horror Movies of the Past 50 years! Part 2! The Seventies! | 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 Finlay Renwick and Tom Nicholson's The 27 Best Serial Killer Movies of All Time | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Josh Rosenberg, Emma Carey & Bria McNeal's The 100 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Sirena He's The 13 Best Summer Horror Movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's The 10 Best Slasher Movies Ever Made | 2018 | Ranked | #4 |
| Esquire's The 50 Best Classic Horror Movies Ever Made | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Esquire's Tom Nicholson's The 17 Best Horror Movies Ever Made | 2020 | 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 Horror Quintessentials - The 5 best slasher flicks | 2014 | Ranked | #2 |
| 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 | #1 |
| Federico Zampaglione's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| Fiction Horizon's Hrvoje Milakovic's 50 Best Psychological Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Film Daily's Amy Roberts' Ranking of the best horrors dubbed “the scariest film ever made” | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| Film Police Review's Armando Dela Cruz's Top 13 All-Time Favorite Horror Films | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Film School Rejects' Kieran Fisher's 10 Tasty Cannibal Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #2 |
| Film School Rejects' Rob Hunter's 10 Terrifying and Twisted Horror Movie Road Trips to Hell | 2020 | Ranked | #4 |
| Film School Rejects' The 50 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2017 | Ranked | #11 |
| Film.com's The Top 50 Horror Movies of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Filmbalaya's Nick Petrick's Top 20 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #10 |
| Filmosaure's Anne-Swan's Dossier spécial - TOP 10 des films d'horreur les plus effrayants | 2013 | Ranked | #8 |
| filmsactu's TOP 20 des meilleurs films d'horreur de tous les temps! | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| FilmschoolWTF's Top 100 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #5 |
| FILMSTARTS' The 80 best horror movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #28 |
| FilmWalrus' My Top 200 Favorite Horror Films | 2013 | Ranked | #87 |
| FilmZone's Top 10 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #10 |
| Final Girl Shocktoberfest Poll | 2017 | Ranked | #3 |
| Flashbak's Yeoman Lowbrow's 15 Reasons The 1970s Were The Best Decade In Horror Cinema | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Flavorwire's Alison Nastasi's 50 Essential Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #16 |
| Flickering Myth's EJ Moreno's The Best Summer Horror Movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Flickering Myth's EJ Moreno's The Must-See Horror Movies From Every Decade | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| FLICKSIDE's Arun Kumar's 50 Greatest Horror Films Of All Time | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Flip the Channel's The 10 Scariest Horror Movies Ever | 2014 | Ranked | #3 |
| Floating Heads' Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #10 |
| Fluxkompensator's Stefan_F's Die besten Horrorfilme der 70er Jahre [Best Horror Films of the 70s] | 2019 | Ranked | #17 |
| Forbes' Mark Hughes' Top 10 Best Slasher Movies Of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #10 |
| Fotogramas's Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia del cine buenas, recomendadas y aclamadas por la crítica (2025 | | Ranked | #8 |
| Francesco Simeoni's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Fred Dekker's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| Galway Bay Blog's Donal McNamera's Top 10 Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| GamesRadar+'s Becky Darke & Louise Blain's The 30 best horror movies that will haunt you long after the credits roll | 2024 | Ranked | #2 |
| GamesRadar+'s George Wales' The 30 greatest slasher movies | 2014 | Ranked | #3 |
| GamesRadar+'s Josh Winning's 50 Greatest Indie Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| GamesRadar+'s Louise Blain's The 30 best horror movies | 2021 | Ranked | #2 |
| Gareth Evans' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Gary Gerani's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #64 |
| Gata Magazine's Marta Espinosa et al's The Best 20 Slasher Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Gateway Film Center's Horror 101 | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Gazette Review's Barry W Stanton's Ten Scariest Movies of All Time – Top 10 Horror Films Ever | 2016 | Ranked | #9 |
| Gear Patrol's The 50 Best Horror Movies | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| GearMoose's Amy Skorheim's 20 Best 70s Horror Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Geoffrey MacNab's Top 20 Horror Films | 2005 | Ranked | #5 |
| gingersnp's The Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Glamour UK's Jenn Selby's Top 25 Horror Flicks | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Glen Mazarra's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| Glenn of the Strip's TOP 100 HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME! | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Goliath's Jonny Hughes' The 10 Most Influential Horror Films Of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Good Housekeeping's Katarina Avendano's 50 of the Best Classic Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Goomba Stomp's Ricky da Conceição's 150 Greatest Horror Films of the 20th Century | 2021 | Ranked | #1 |
| Goregirl's 100 Favourite Horror Films of All Time | 2009 | Ranked | #1 |
| Goregirl's Favourite Horror Films of the 1970s | 2013 | Ranked | #1 |
| GotchaMovies' Top 50 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #25 |
| GoUpstate's Jose Franco and Brad Tinsley's A guide to scary movies Classic and modern horror movies for Halloween | 2001 | Unranked | — |
| GQ's Francesco Francavilla's 54 Movies That Will Make Every Man Scream Like a Little Girl | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| GQ's Gladys Lai's 42 movies that all true horror fans have watched | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| GQ's Mahnaz Angury's 10 Horror Movies You Need To See Before Halloween | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Grazia's Alessandro Alicandri's 50 film horror più belli di sempre | 2013 | Ranked | #13 |
| GreenGoblin's My top 200 horror movies | 2007 | Ranked | #11 |
| Greg Day's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #8 |
| Greg McLean's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| groo-8's Top 200 Horror films Ever | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Guillem Morales' Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Guillermo del Toro's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| Gunnar Hansen's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| 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 | — |
| Harpers BAZAAR's Ella Alexander's 10 horror films to watch in your lifetime | 2016 | 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 | — |
| Hitek's Clemounet's Top 20 des films d'horreurs mythiques | 2013 | Ranked | #2 |
| HitFix's Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| HMV's 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2008 | Ranked | #15 |
| Hollie Horror's 1970-1979 | 2021 | Ranked | #17 |
| Hollie Horror's Slasher Showdown | 2020 | Ranked | #6 |
| Hollywood.com's The 26 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #3 |
| Horror Freak News' Don Sumner's The Top 100 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2016 | Ranked | #11 |
| Horror Freak News' John Strand's The Ten Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| Horror Movie Maven's My Top 25 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #11 |
| Horror Palace's Scariest Horror Movies | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Horror.com's The Official HDC Selection from 100+ Years of Horror Cinema | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Horror.com's The Sub-genres of Horror - A Top 100 HDC Compilation | 2008 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca Forum's Top 100 Greatest Horror Slashers | | Ranked | #9 |
| HorrorMovies.ca Forum's Top 300 horror films that MUST be seen before you die | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Herner Klenthur's 35 Most Influential Horror Movies Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Mister Joshua's 10 Best Horror Films From the '70s | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| HorrorMovies.ca's Poppascotch's Top 50 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #2 |
| Horrornews.net's Todd Martin's Top 10 Slasher Films of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #4 |
| House Of Horrors' Vault of Favourite Horror | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Houston Press' Chris Lane's 8 of the Best Horror Films From the 1960s and '70s | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Howard Ford's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| HubPages' iwritegood's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #16 |
| HuffPost India's Murtaza Ali Khan's 10 Scariest Horror Movies Ever Made | 2017 | Ranked | #3 |
| HuffPost Quebec's 10 meilleurs films d'horreur | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Hugo Le Beller's 10 films d'horreur à voir absolument | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Hush Comics' Keriann "Anna" McNamara-McCauliffe's The 25 Horror Movies You Have To Watch THIS Weekend | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Ian Berriman's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #9 |
| Ice Nine Kills' Spencer Charnas Picks The 13 Best Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween | 2018 | Ranked | #4 |
| iCM Forum's Top 250 Favourite Horror Films | 2022 | Ranked | #12 |
| IFC's 10 Most Controversial Horror Movies Ever Made | 2014 | Ranked | #3 |
| IGN's 100 Best Horror Movies | 2017 | Ranked | #12 |
| IMDb Horror Board Favorite 201 | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| IndieWire's Alison Foreman's The Best Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2025 | Ranked | #2 |
| IndieWire's James Hiler's 10 Indies That Changed the Face of Horror | 2013 | Ranked | #5 |
| 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 | #5 |
| IndieWire's Wilson Chapman's The Best Cannibal Films of All Time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Inquisitr's Carter Lee's 51 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Inside Nova's top 10 scariest horror films revealed | 2022 | Ranked | #6 |
| IsaacOvHeck's Top 200 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #8 |
| Isabel Pinedo's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| It's A Stampede!'s Alex Wiggan's 150 best horror movies you must watch | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Jack Ketchum's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| 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 | #1 |
| James Wan's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #9 |
| Jamie Graham's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Jamie Russell's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #5 |
| Jamie_Shannon's Best Horror Films | 2016 | Ranked | #6 |
| Jarvis City's 50 Greatest Cannibal Movies Of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #2 |
| JarvisCity's 15 Best Horror Movies Of 1974 | 2016 | Ranked | #1 |
| JarvisCity's 25 Best Horror Movies Set In The Woods | 2014 | Ranked | #2 |
| Jason Zinoman's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Jennifer Kent's Top 10 Influences on making The Babadook | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Joe Lansdale's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| John A Russo's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| John Carpenter's 8 scariest horror classics | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| John Landis' Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Johnny Ramone's Top Ten Favorite Horror Movies | 2004 | Ranked | #3 |
| Jonathan Glendening's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| Jonathan Rigby's Studies in Terror (featured films) | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Jorge Michel Grau's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #3 |
| Josh Keown's My Top 50 Slashers of All Time | 2012 | Ranked | #5 |
| Joshua Rothkopf's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Kaare Andrews's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Kane Hodder's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #8 |
| Karyn Kusama's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Keiichiro Toyama's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| Kevin Greutert's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Kevin Kolsch's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #7 |
| KilltheSnark's The 100 Greatest Horror Films | 2007 | Ranked | #7 |
| Kim Newman's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Knotfest's Corey Taylor delivers his essential list of horror films | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Kotaku's Patrick Klepek's 31 Movies For Horror Newcomers | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Large Popcorn, No Butter's Best Scary Movies of All Time -- Of ALL Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Larry Fessenden's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #5 |
| Latest Movies Lists' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2012 | Ranked | #10 |
| 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 | #134 |
| Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films | 2025 | Ranked | #109 |
| Liedke's top 9 horror films | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| Lifehacker's Chris Jager's 10 Hardcore Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Linnea Quigley's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Little White Lies' Justine Smith's Horror Travelogue - 31 horror movies from 31 different countries | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Live Science's Benjamin Radford's Top 10 Scariest Movies Ever | 2008 | Unranked | — |
| London Evening Standard's Harry Fletcher's 10 best horror movies of all time | 2017 | Ranked | #5 |
| Long Island Weekly's Frank Virga's Top 10 Horror Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Looper's Sezin Koehler's The Scariest Travel Horror Movies Of All Time | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| LouderSound's Metal Hammer's The 50 greatest horror movies of all time | 2022 | Ranked | #6 |
| Love Horror's Top 10 Horror Films | 2018 | Ranked | #2 |
| Lucky McGee's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Ludwig_von_Mises' Favourite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #44 |
| Mandatory's The 50 Scariest Horror Movies Ever Made | 2013 | Ranked | #1 |
| Marcel Sarmiento's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Marginal_Crogeny's The Top 250 Horror Films of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #32 |
| Marie Claire's Kayleigh Roberts' The 50 Classic Horror Movies Every Scary Film Buff Must See | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Mark Alan Miller's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #2 |
| Mark H. Harris' A Timeline of the History of Hollywood Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Mark H. Harris' The Top 10 Backwoods Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| Mark Salisbury's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| Mary Kuryla's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| Mary Lambert's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Mashable's Alison Foreman's 31 essential history-making horror movies to stream this spooky season | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Matt Glasby's The Book of Horror - The Anatomy of Fear in Film | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Matt Glasby's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Matt Reeves's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #6 |
| Matthew Leyland's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| Men's Health's Joshua Ocampo and Evan Romano's 41 of the Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Mens Health's Lea Anderson & Milan Polk's The Best '70s Horror Movies | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Metro News' Adam Boult's The 100 Best Horror Films | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Michael Clawson's Top 10 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #6 |
| Michael R. Perry's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Mighty Ape's Shiri's Top 10 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #8 |
| Mike Mayo's VideoHound's Horror Show - 999 Hair-Raising, Hellish, and Humorous Movies | 1998 | Unranked | — |
| Mike Thorn's 100 Favorite Movies | 2019 | Ranked | #4 |
| Monster Mania's The 13 Greatest Horror Films Of The 1970s | 2012 | Ranked | #7 |
| Movie Forums' Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #27 |
| Moviefone's Best Horror Movies Ever | 2007 | Ranked | #5 |
| MovieMaker's Tim Molloy's The 11 Scariest Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| MovieMeditation's His Top 50 Favorite Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #39 |
| MovieMeter's Top 300 Horror Films | 2020 | Ranked | #19 |
| 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 | #16 |
| Movies Talk's Top 12 creepy horror movies that you shouldn't watch alone | 2014 | Ranked | #8 |
| Movieweb's Alex Arabian's 13 Scariest and Most Important Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #1 |
| MSN's Dave McCoy's Top 10 Scariest Movies | 2006 | Ranked | #6 |
| MSN's Glenn Kenny's 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2011 | Ranked | #2 |
| MSN's The best horror films in cinema history | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| 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 | — |
| Neil Marshall's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #8 |
| Nerd Lists and Horror Movies' Steve Holland's 100 Favorite Horror Films | 2012 | Ranked | #32 |
| Neville Page's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Nicholas McCarthy's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| Nick Cheek's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Nicolas Winding Refn's 10 Favorite Horror Films | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Nigel Floyd's Top 10 | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Nightmares in Red, White and Blue - Featured Movies | 2009 | Unranked | — |
| NME's Jack Beaumont's The 25 scariest horror films of all time | 2017 | Ranked | #3 |
| One Country's Erin Brelsford's 11 Scary Movies You Need To Watch This Halloween | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Osservatori Esterni's I Migliori Film Horror 1971 - 1980 | 2011 | Ranked | #10 |
| Otto's Movies' Ultimate Top 500 Horror Movies | | Ranked | #60 |
| Paco Plaza's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #6 |
| Parade's Samuel R. Murrian's 152 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #13 |
| Parade's Samuel R. Murrian's The 32 Best Slasher Movies of All Time, Ranked | 2025 | Ranked | #5 |
| Pascal Laugier's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #8 |
| Paste's Jim Vorel's 20 of the Best Wilderness Horror Movies | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Paste's Jim Vorel's A Century of Terror - The 100 Best Horror Movies of the Last 100 Years | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Paste's Jim Vorel's The 50 Best Slasher Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #6 |
| Paste's The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #12 |
| Paste's The 50 Best Serial Killer Movies of All Time | 2025 | Ranked | #8 |
| Paul and Ben China's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| 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 | — |
| Pinkvilla's Sejal Jakhwal's 12 best horror movies of all time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| Plugman's Top 100 Horror Films | | Ranked | #9 |
| Pop Culture Uncovered's Pauly D's My Top 25 Horror Films Part | 2015 | Ranked | #10 |
| Pop Culture's Patrick Cavanaugh's These Vacation Horror Movies Will Keep You Off The Road This Summer | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| PopMatters' SE&L's 10 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2006 | Ranked | #3 |
| PopOptiq's Greg Cwik's 40 Great Horror Films for the Halloween Season | 2014 | Ranked | #12 |
| PopOptiq's Ricky da Conceição's 200 Greatest Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| PopOptiq's Ricky da Conceição's Greatest Slasher Films (1970-1990) | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Psychobabble's 150 Essential Horror Movies - The Complete List | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Radio Times' 100 Greatest Horror Films Ever | 2010 | Ranked | #11 |
| Rage of Rayzor's Top 100 Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| Ramsey Campbell's Stevie's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #58 |
| Re93animator's Top 100 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #24 |
| Reader's Digest's Kelly Kuehn's The 50 Scariest Movies of All Time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| REBEAT Magazine's Staff Picks - Classic Horror Movies | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Reel Reviews' Frank Wilkins' Best Horror Films | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Reel.com's Top 100 Scary Movies | 1999 | Ranked | #11 |
| Refinery29's Alexandra Koster and Claire Fox's The 55 Best Horror Movies To Scare Yourself Silly | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Refinery29's Scariest Horror Movies | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Retro Junk's jswift's My 25 Favorite Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #5 |
| Retrospace's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time | 2009 | Ranked | #12 |
| REVOLVER Magazine's Gatecreeper and Spirit Adrift's Nate Garrett's 5 Favorite Horror Movies | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Richard Corliss' Top 25 Horror Films | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Rob Schmidt's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Robert Englund's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #6 |
| Robert Kurtzman's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Rolling Stone's 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #9 |
| Rolling Stone's Banned and Brutal - 14 Beyond-Controversial Horror Movies | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| Rolling Stone's Readers' Poll - The 10 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #5 |
| Rona Mark's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Rosie Fletcher's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Rotten Tomatoes' The 200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #95 |
| Ryan 'Rotten' Turek's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #5 |
| Salon's Matthew Rozsa's Top 10 political horror films | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Satanic Pandemonium's 1970s Horror - 100 Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| SBS Movies' Eddie Cockrell's Top 10 Slasher Films | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| ScareTissue's JP Mulvanetti's Top Ten Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #4 |
| Scene360's Martyn Conterio's 10 Extraordinary Banned Horror Movies You Have To See | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| SCFZ's Favourite Horror Films | 2017 | Ranked | #4 |
| Screen Rant's Alix Blackburn's 10 Surprisingly Terrifying Summer Horror Movies | 2023 | Ranked | #5 |
| Screen Rant's Kevin Cortez' 15 Horror Movies That Scare Without Any Gore | 2017 | Ranked | #10 |
| Screen Rant's Lacey Womack & Colin McCormick's 40 Terrifying Horror Movies That Arent Paranormal | 2024 | Ranked | #35 |
| Screen Rant's Scout Tafoya's 11 Best Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Screen Rant's Scout Tafoya's 20 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #5 |
| Screen Rant's The 20 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2024 | Ranked | #4 |
| Sean Decker's Top 10 | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Sean Hogan's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| Sean S. Cunningham's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #20 |
| SF Weekly's Juan de Anda's Reel Spooky - Top 10 Halloween Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #4 |
| SFX Magazine's Top 20 Horror Films | 2004 | Ranked | #5 |
| SheKnows' Kristine Cannon's Top 10 scariest horror movies | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Shoot the Messenger's Ten Horror Movies That Will Change You Forever | 2014 | Ranked | #7 |
| Shoot the Projectionist's 31 FLICKS THAT GIVE YOU THE WILLIES | 2007 | Ranked | #4 |
| Shudder's The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #1 |
| Siachen Studios' Shraddha Sisodiya's 20 Best Horror Movies That Will Give You Goosebumps | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Signal Horizon Magazine's Tracy Palmer's The Top 35 Horror Movies That Celebrate Summer | 2019 | Ranked | #3 |
| Simon Pegg's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| Sir Plebeian's Top 100 Slashers | 2013 | Ranked | #27 |
| Skraeg og Raedsel's 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| Skraek og Raedsel's Readers' 50 Greatest Horror Movies | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| Sky Movies' Top 100 Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #1 |
| SlashFilm's Layla Halfhill's The 20 Best '70s Horror Movies | 2023 | Ranked | #1 |
| SlashFilm's Rob Hunter's 15 Horror Movies So Disturbing You Will Only Watch Them Once | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| SlashFilm's The 106 Best Horror Movies Ever | 2025 | Unranked | — |
| Sloan Freer's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #2 |
| Soopercool's Haseeb Aslam's 10 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #5 |
| Spanish GQ's Noel Ceballos' Las 100 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2021 | Ranked | #7 |
| Splatter Critic's Top 113 Horror Movies | 2015 | Ranked | #20 |
| Stacker's Jacob Osborn & Madison Troyer's 100 best horror movies of all time | 2021 | Ranked | #41 |
| Stan Winston School of Character Art's Jeff Dixon's The Return of Halloween's Top 13 Horror Movies | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| Starburst Annual's Classics of the Horror Film - The Seventies | 1982 | Unranked | — |
| Stay at Home Mum's Jody Allen's 50 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #28 |
| Stephen King's "Danse Macabre" | 1981 | Unranked | — |
| Stephen Woolley's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #10 |
| Steven Jay Schneider's 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| Steven Sheil's Top 10 Horror Films | 2010 | Ranked | #1 |
| Studio Binder's Mike Bedard's 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Ranked | #10 |
| Stuff's 13 scariest horror movies ever | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| Stylist's Kayleigh Dray's Best horror films - the 33 scariest movies of all time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| SuperAficionado.com's David Alday's Las 107 mejores películas de terror de la historia | 2018 | 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 | — |
| Takashi Shimizu's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #3 |
| Taschen's Jonathan Penner and Paul Duncan's Horror Cinema Top 50 Horror Movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Bryn Tilly's 25 Modern Horror Films That Are Genuinely Nightmarish | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Christian Olson's 15 Best Cannibal Movies of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #4 |
| Taste of Cinema's Daniel Evans' The 10 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2017 | Ranked | #10 |
| Taste of Cinema's Edwanike Harbour's The 15 Best Horror Movies of The 1970s | 2015 | Ranked | #9 |
| Taste of Cinema's Guillermo de Querol's The 20 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #16 |
| Taste of Cinema's Jake Walters' 18 Great Proto-Slasher Movies That Are Worth Checking Out | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Taste of Cinema's Jeremy Sklar's 15 Of The Best Horror Films With Social-Political Subtext | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Joao Santos' The 20 Best Atmospheric Horror Movies of All Time | 2014 | Ranked | #13 |
| Taste of Cinema's Larissa G. Pierry's 20 Great Trash Horror Movies That Are Worth Your Time | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Taste of Cinema's Michael Viers' 15 Great Horror Films That Don't Need Gore To Be Effective | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| Taste of Cinema's Shane Scott-Travis' The 25 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #10 |
| Tech Advisor's Dominic Preston's 11 best horror movies | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| 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 | #3 |
| That Hashtag Show's Hunter Bolding's The Top 10 Best Horror Films Ever | 2020 | Ranked | #7 |
| The A.V. Club's Matthew Jackson's The essential horror films of 1974 | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| The Astounding B Monster - Charles Kilgore's horror top ten | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| The Astounding B Monster - Gary Don Rhodes' horror top ten | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| The Atlantic's Kevin Fallon's The Greatest Horror Films of the Past 51 Years | 2011 | Ranked | #15 |
| The Bedrock Blog's The Cutting Room Floor | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| The Blood Shed's Melissa B.'s 8 of the Best Horror Movies to Watch During a Blizzard | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| The Bloody Pit of Horror's Top 10 List For 1974 | 2009 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Cinemaholic's Shubham Sharma's 12 Best Horror Movies of the 1970s | 2018 | Ranked | #9 |
| The Columbus Dispatch's Rafer Guzman's The 20 scariest horror movies of all time | 2019 | Ranked | #12 |
| The Cullman Times' Clay Byrom's top 10 horror films for Halloween | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| The Digital Fix' Emma-Jane Bett's The 50 best horror movies of all time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| The Dissolve's The 30 Best American Independent Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Edge's 13 Essential Halloween Horrors | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| The Essential Films' 100 Essential Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| The Federalist's Patrick Popehat's The Eight Most Conservative Horror Films Of All Time | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| The Ghost Diaries' Billy Russell's Top 10 Summer Horror Movies of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| The Guardian's The 25 best horror films of all time | 2010 | Ranked | #14 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies Fan Vote 2019 | 2019 | Ranked | #20 |
| The Horror Syndicate's Top 100 Horror Movies of All-Time | 2017 | Ranked | #11 |
| The Independent's Derek O'Connor's The ten scariest movies ever made | 2014 | Unranked | — |
| The Independent's Jacob Stolworthy's 37 horror films that will actually scare you | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| The Lineup's Jessica Ferri's 13 Terrifying 70s Horror Movies That Will Bug You Out | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Lineup's Orrin Grey & DeAnna Janes 32 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2019 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Man Guide's Michael Alvarez's 10 Best Horror Movies Of All Time | 2016 | Ranked | #5 |
| The Manetti Bros' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #2 |
| The Meghalayan's Top 5 classic horror movies of all time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| The New York Times' Erik Piepenburg's Meat as Murder - A Guide to Horror's Favorite Dish | 2017 | Unranked | — |
| The New Yorker's The Five Scariest Movies Ever | 2008 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Orlok's Top 5 of 1974 | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Pioneer Woman's Erin Cavoto & Nora Knoepflmacher's 40 Best Scary Halloween Movies That Will Give You Nightmares All October | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| The Playlist's Jessica Kiang and Oliver Lyttelton's The 25 Best Horror Films Of The 1970s | 2016 | Ranked | #4 |
| The Playlist's Nikola Grozdanovic's 15 Visually Stunning Horror Films | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| The Post's Gwen Jones' 10 horror movies to watch this Halloween | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| The Scariest Thing's The Top 500 Horror Movies of All Time | 2022 | Ranked | #7 |
| The Scariest Things' Chris McInroy's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #22 |
| The Scariest Things' Jay Kay's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #16 |
| The Scariest Things' Jeff Dean's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #17 |
| The Scariest Things' Joe Moe's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #23 |
| The Scariest Things' Marc Martínez Jordán's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #8 |
| The Scariest Things' Matt Howl's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Scariest Things' Mike Campbell's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #3 |
| The Scariest Things' Rocky Gray's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #9 |
| The Scariest Things' Sara Sometti Michaels' Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #22 |
| The Scariest Things' Scott Allie's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #10 |
| The Scariest Things' Sharon L Yablon's Top 25 Horror Films | 2018 | Ranked | #9 |
| The Scariest Things' Tremble's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #13 |
| The Scariest Things' Willy Greer's Top 25 Horror Movies | 2018 | Ranked | #23 |
| The Sci-Fi Slob's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2014 | Ranked | #1 |
| The Sydney Morning Herald's Andrew Stephens' Top 25 Horror | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| The Telegraph's The 75 best horror movies of all time for Hallowe'en | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| The Times' The best horror films ever made Top 40 ranked | 2023 | Ranked | #5 |
| The Trend Spotter's Alex Linde's Scariest Horror Movies of All Time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| The Undead Critic's The Ultimate 50 Horror Movies | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| The Vault of Horror's Presenting the Top 50 Horror Films of All Time! | 2008 | Ranked | #5 |
| The Vault of Horror's The Horror Canon | 2009 | Ranked | #8 |
| The Wandering Image's TOP 70 HORROR MOVIES OF THE 70s | 2013 | Ranked | #5 |
| TheLastDriveIn's Top 175 Classic Horror Films | 2013 | Unranked | — |
| TheUsualSuspect's Top 50 Horror Films | 2014 | Ranked | #36 |
| Thought Catalog's Michael Gursky's 50 Of The Scariest Horror Movies Of All Time | 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 | #1 |
| Ti West's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #9 |
| 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 | #3 |
| Time's Megan McCluskey's The 15 Best Religious Horror Movies | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| TMA's 25 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time | 2010 | Ranked | #4 |
| Today's Sarah Lemire's 68 of the scariest horror movies of all time | 2022 | Unranked | — |
| TokeZa's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #1 |
| Tom Holland's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Tom Six's Top 10 | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| Tony Grisoni's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Too Scary To Watch's Best 70's Horror Films | 2011 | Unranked | — |
| Top 10 Films' Neal Damiano's Top 10 Influential American Horror Films | 2015 | Ranked | #1 |
| Top 15 Horror Films of the 1970s by John Kenneth Muir | 2007 | Ranked | #5 |
| Top 200 Movies' Top 50 Best Horror Movies | | Ranked | #27 |
| TOP 666 HORROR MOVIES (Freaky Fuckin Friday) | 2014 | Ranked | #8 |
| Topito's Top 15 des films les plus flippants de l'histoire du cinéma | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Total Sci-Fi's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies | 2009 | Ranked | #8 |
| Town & Country's Annie Goldsmith's 20 All-Time Best Horror Movies | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Travis Stevens' Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #4 |
| TrendsandLife's Top 10 Horror Movies of All Time | 2016 | Unranked | — |
| UK Mix Top 100 Horror Films | 2011 | Ranked | #5 |
| 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 | #3 |
| Urbo's Jamie Wiles' The Top 50 Horror Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #8 |
| Us Magazine's Kat Pettibone and Molly McGuigan's The 15 Best Horror Movies of All Time | 2024 | Unranked | — |
| Utica Public Library's 30 Classic Horror Films Of The 20th Century | 2012 | Unranked | — |
| Vanity Fair's Les 50 films d'horreur à voir absolument | 2015 | Unranked | — |
| Vanity Fair's Matthew Jacobs' The 32 Best Horror Movies to Keep You Up at Night | 2022 | Ranked | #8 |
| Variety's 100 best horror films of all time | 2024 | Ranked | #1 |
| VIRUS' Creepy ClasSICKs Vol. 1 | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| VIRUS' Retro Virus: Early Screams | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Vogue.fr's Manon Garrigues' Les 15 meilleurs films d'horreur de tous les temps [The 15 best horror films of all time] | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's Jordan Crucchiola's The 100 Scares That Shaped Horror | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| Vulture's Meagan Navarro's The 30 Most Influential Slasher Movies of All Time | 2023 | Unranked | — |
| Wales Arts Review's 50 Most Innovative Horror Movies of All Time | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| Wales Online's Steffan Rhys' The 25 scariest films ever made | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| WatchMojo's Top 10 Horror Movies of the 1970s | | Ranked | #6 |
| We Got This Covered's Top 100 Horror Movies | 2013 | Ranked | #10 |
| West Boca Bullseye's Marcus Concepcion's Iconic 70's Horror Movies | 2020 | Unranked | — |
| WhatCulture's 100 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2018 | Ranked | #19 |
| WhatCulture's David Braga's 50 Most Essential Horror Movies Of All Time | 2013 | Ranked | #3 |
| WhatCulture's Ian Watson's 20 Scariest Horror Movies Of All Time | 2015 | Ranked | #4 |
| WhatCulture's Joe Pring's 25 Most Controversial Horror Movies Ever Made | 2015 | Ranked | #6 |
| WILDSound Movies' Top 100 Horror Movies | 2011 | Ranked | #2 |
| William Friedkin's 13 Must-See Horror Movies | 2007 | Unranked | — |
| WIRED's The 25 Best Horror Films of All Time | 2010 | Unranked | — |
| World of Reel's Jordan Ruimy's The 10 Best Horror Movies of All-Time | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| WTOP.com's Jason Fraley's Best Horror Movies | 2020 | Ranked | #12 |
| Xavier Mendik's Top 10 | 2012 | Ranked | #1 |
| Yardbarker's Jeremy Smith's The 25 greatest indie horror movies | 2023 | Ranked | #1 |
| Yardbarker's Jeremy Smith's The 25 most disturbing horror films ever made | 2019 | Unranked | — |
| Yardbarker's Matt Sulem's 25 horror movies that were based on true stories | 2021 | Unranked | — |
| Yardbarker's Matt Sulem's Heat of the fright The 23 best summer horror films | 2025 | 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 | #8 |
| Zirev's Liezel Ruiz's 10 Best Horror Films - Group of Friends Killed in an Unfamiliar Territory or Cabin in the Woods | 2015 | Unranked | — |
