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| Country | Year | Title | Original title | Director(s) | class="unsortable"| Notes |
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| Argentina | 1942 | A Light in the Window | Una luz en la ventana | Manuel Romero | with Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Irma Córdoba, Juan Carlos Thorry[Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. p. 234] |
Austria[Co-production.] | 1918 | Alraune | Alraune | Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz | with Géza Erdélyi; lost film[Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)][{{cite web |title=The Mask (1961)|url=http://vhscollector.com/movie/mask-3 |website=vhscollector.com |publisher=VHSCollector |access-date=23 July 2018}}]{{better source|date=July 2024}} |
| Brazil | 1963 | At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul | À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma | José Mojica Marins | with José Mojica Marins[{{cite web|url=http://www2.uol.com.br/zedocaixao/cinema/04_ameia_noite.htm|title=À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma|year=2006|website=Universo Online|language=pt|access-date=2 November 2008}}][{{cite book|editor-last1=Bergfelder|editor-first1=Tim|editor-last2=Shaw|editor-first2=Lisa|editor-last3=Vieira|editor-first3=João Luiz|year=2016|title=Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=178|isbn=978-1785332982}}] and the first installment of the "Coffin Joe trilogy".[{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/09/best-horror-movie-of-1964-blood-and-black-lace.html|title=The Best Horror Movie of 1964: Blood and Black Lace|last=Vorel|first=Jim|date=6 September 2019|work=Paste|access-date=21 February 2020|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221193106/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/09/best-horror-movie-of-1964-blood-and-black-lace.html|url-status=dead}}][It is followed by This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967) and Embodiment of Evil (2008).
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| Canada | 1961 | The Mask (Eyes of Hell) | | Julian Roffman | with Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Bill Walker[{{cite magazine|last=Mörat|title=Splattermania!|magazine=Kerrang!|date=20 September 1997|page=54}}] |
Czechoslovakia | 1936 | Golem | Le Golem | Julien Duvivier | with Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Ferdinand Hart; Czechoslovak-French monster movie[{{cite web|url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/en/film/395745/|title=The Golem|website=Filmový přehled|publisher=NFA|access-date=March 11, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}][{{cite web|url=http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/le-golem-v144288|work=Allrovi|access-date=February 22, 2012|title=Le Golem|author=Erickson, Hal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720055337/http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/le-golem-v144288|archive-date=July 20, 2012}}] |
| South Korea | 1960 | The Housemaid | Hanyeo (하녀) | Kim Ki-young | with Lee Eun-shim, Ju Jeung-nyeo and Kim Jin-kyu.[Infobox data from {{cite book|last=Frodon|first=Jean-Michel|editor=Steven Jay Schneider|title=1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die|year=2003|publisher=Barron's Educational Series|location=New York|isbn=0-7641-5701-9|chapter=Hanyeo (1960) The Housemaid|page=[https://archive.org/details/1001moviesyoumus0000unse/page/385 385]}}][{{cite web|last1=Paquet |first1=Darcy |title=Darcy's Korean Film Page - 1960s |url=http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm60s.html |website=Koreanfilm.org |access-date=October 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707104829/http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm60s.html |archive-date=July 7, 2017 |url-status=live}}][Others Korean horror movies: A Devilish Homicide (살인마, Salinma, 1965), The Hole (올가미; Olgami, 1997) Korean horror#Influential Korean horror films] |
| Denmark | 1916 | Blind Justice | Hævnens nat | Benjamin Christensen | with Benjamin Christensen, Karen Caspersen, Ulla Johansen{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}[{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HaevnensNat1916.html |title=Hævnens Nat |access-date=3 November 2013 |work=Silent Era}}] |
| France | 1896 | The House of the Devil | Le Manoir du diable | Georges Méliès | with Jehanne D'Alcy.[{{citation|title=The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: Horror|editor-last=Hardy|editor-first=Phil|editor-link=Phil Hardy (journalist)|series=The Overlook Film Encyclopedia|volume=3|publisher=Overlook Press|date=1994|isbn=978-0-87951-518-8}}] |
| Germany | 1913[Remade in 1926 as, The Student of Prague] | The Student of Prague | Der Student von Prag | Stellan Rye, Paul Wegener | with Paul Wegener, John Gottowt, Grete Berger.[{{cite book|last1=Hedges|first1=Ines|title=Framing Faust: Twentieth-Century Cultural Struggles|date=2009|publisher=SIU Press|pages=27–29|isbn=9780809386536|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bjc2WrSAT7oC|access-date=11 July 2017}}] Critic Roger Ebert considers the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) "the first true horror film".[{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |publisher=RogerEbert.com |date=3 June 2009 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920 |access-date=10 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325081825/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-1920 |archive-date=25 March 2015 |url-status=live }}] |
Hungary | 1918 | Alraune | Alraune | Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz | with Géza Erdélyi; lost film |
| India | 1946 | Khooni | ख़ूनी | K. L. Kahan | with Raj Rani, Navin Chandra, Hari Mohan, Baburao Pahalwan[{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/|publisher=Gomolo.com|access-date=25 April 2013|title=Bollywood Hindi Movie, Latest Movies Release, Review & News, Actor Actress Photo Pics & Videos Gallery|archive-date=14 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814141558/http://www.gomolo.com/|url-status=dead}}][{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|url-access=registration|access-date=25 April 2013|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=9780851706696 }}] See also: Mahal (1949)[{{cite web|author=Michael Blyth Updated: 22 May 2015 |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-romantic-horror-films |title=10 great romantic horror films |publisher=BFI |date=22 May 2015 |access-date=30 March 2016}}] |
| Italy | 1911 | Dante's Inferno | L'Inferno | Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe De Liguoro | with Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro, Augusto Milla[{{cite book |last=Welle |first=John P. |editor-last=Iannucci |editor-first=Amilcare A. |contribution=Early Cinima, Dante's Inferno of 1911, and the Origins of Italian Film Culture |title=Dante, Cinema, and Television |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2004 |pages=36, 38–40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7oYFJXwbi9sC |isbn=0-8020-8827-9}}] |
| Japan | 1898 | Resurrection of a Corpse | Shinin No Sosei | | written by Eijiro Hatta[Sarah Nour - [https://reelrundown.com/film-industry/The-First-13-Horror-Films-in-Recorded-History The First 10 Horror Films in Recorded History], reelrundown.com, November 12, 2019]{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} See also Bake Jizo (Jizo the Spook, 1898) |
| The Netherlands | 1909 | The Grip | De Greep | Leon Boedels | with Louis Bouwmeester, Ko van Sprinkhuysen; Dutch film[[http://www.filminnederland.nl/en/person/leon-boedels Leon Boedels] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017162430/http://www.filminnederland.nl/en/person/leon-boedels |date=2011-10-17 }}, EYE Film Institute Netherlands] |
| Pakistan
|1964
|Madman
|Deewana
|Mubarak Malik
|Deewana is a first Pakistani horror film. |
| Philippines | 1959 | Terror Is a Man | | Gerardo de León, Eddie Romero | with Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr; Filipino/American film[{{cite web|url=http://www.cashiersducinemart.com/details/issue-18/article-518/strong-coffee-with-a-national-treasure-an-interview-with-eddie-romero|title=Strong Coffee with a National Treasure:An Interview with Eddie Romero|website=Cashiers du Cinemart|first=Andrew|last= Leavold|date=2006}}][Ray, Fred Olen (1991). The New Poverty Row. McFarland and Co. Inc. {{ISBN|0-89950-628-3}}. Page 71][Warren, Bill (1986). Keep Watching The Skies Volume 2. McFarland & Co., Inc. {{ISBN|0-89950-170-2}}. Page 768] |
| Poland | 1970 | Lokis | Lokis | Janusz Majewski | with Józef Duriasz, Edmund Fetting.[{{cite book|author=Marek Haltof|title=Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wReMBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA150|date=2 February 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-4472-6|page=150}}] See also: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) - American film by Polish director Roman Polanski.[[https://culture.pl/en/article/8-classic-polish-directed-horrors-you-need-to-know 8 Classic Polish-Directed Horrors You Need to Know], culture.pl] |
| Romania | 1992 | Miss Christina | Domnișoara Christina | Viorel Sergovici | Adrian Pintea, Mariana Buruiană, Irina Petrescu |
| Russia | 1909 | Viy | Вий | Vasili Goncharov | I. Langfeld, A. Platonov, V. Dalskaya[[http://www.cultin.ru/films-vijj-film-1909 Вий (фильм, 1909)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213190440/http://www.cultin.ru/films-vijj-film-1909 |date=2020-02-13 }} - Viy, 1909 film][[https://lenta.ru/articles/2010/04/16/horror/ Ужасное кино]] |
| United Kingdom | 1897 | The X-Rays[{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/X/XRays1897.html|title=X-Rays|website=silentera.com|publisher=Progressive Silent Film List}}][{{cite web |title=The X-Rays |first=Michael |last=Brooke |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1042311/ |work=BFI Screenonline Database |access-date=2011-04-24 }}] | | George Albert Smith | with Tom Green, Laura Bayley.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
| Serbia | 1969 | The Gifts of My Cousin Maria | Darovi moje rođake Marije | Đorđe Kadijević | with Ljiljana Krstić, Neda Spasojević, Slobodan Perović[{{cite web |url= https://www.ekspres.net/scena/prvi-jugoslovenski-horor-film-na-festivalu-odraz-strave-13-12-2022|title= Prvi jugoslovenski horor film na festivalu "Odraz strave"|author= |date= December 13, 2022|access-date=29 November 2022|language= sr}}][{{cite web |url= https://www.danas.rs/kultura/posle-pedeset-godina-kako-je-leptirica-prestravila-generacije-i-ponela-titulu-najstrasnijeg-domaceg-filma//|title= Posle pedeset godina: Kako je "Leptirica" prestravila generacije i ponela titulu najstrašnijeg domaćeg filma?|author=Željko Bošnjaković |date= April 15, 2023|access-date=29 November 2022|language= sr}}] |
| Spain | 1934 | The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks | La Torre de los Siete Jorobados | Edgar Neville | With Antonio Casal, Isabel de Pomés. It is based on a novel of the same title by Emilio Carrere.[{{Cite journal|title=Antisemitismo en el cine español|last=España|first=Rafael de|publisher=Universitat de Barcelona|url=https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/filmhistoria/article/view/12153/14905|location=Barcelona|journal=Filmhistoria Online|issn=2014-668X|volume=1|issue=2|year=1991|pages=89–102}}][Mira, Alberto. The A to Z of Spanish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. pp. 252] |
| United States | 1908 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | | Otis Turner (unconfirmed) | 16 minutes; with Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte[{{cite book|last=Kinnard|first=Roy|year=1995|title=Horror in Silent Films|publisher=McFarland and Company Inc.|page=24|isbn=0-7864-0036-6}}][{{cite book|last1=Workman|first1=Christopher|last2=Howarth|first2=Troy|year=2016|title=Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era|publisher=Midnight Marquee Press|page=42|isbn=978-1936168-68-2}}] |
| Sweden | 1921 | The Phantom Carriage | Körkarlen | Victor Sjöström | with Hilda Borgström[Bo Florin (2010), "Victor Sjöström and the Golden Age", Mariah Larsson and Anders Marklund (eds), "Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader", Lund: Nordic Academic Press, pp. 76-85, p.83] |
| Yugoslavia | 1969 | The Gifts of My Cousin Maria | Darovi moje rođake Marije | Đorđe Kadijević | with Ljiljana Krstić, Neda Spasojević, Slobodan Perović |
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