# List of first horror films by country

This is a list of first horror films by country.

## List

| Country | Year | Title | Original title | Director(s) | Notes |
| Argentina | 1942 | A Light in the Window | Una luz en la ventana | Manuel Romero | with Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Irma Córdoba, Juan Carlos Thorry |
| Austria | 1918 | Alraune | Alraune | Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz | with Géza Erdélyi; lost film |
| Brazil | 1963 | At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul | À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma | José Mojica Marins | with José Mojica Marins and the first installment of the "Coffin Joe trilogy". |
| Canada | 1961 | The Mask (Eyes of Hell) | | Julian Roffman | with Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Bill Walker |
| Czechoslovakia | 1936 | Golem | Le Golem | Julien Duvivier | with Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Ferdinand Hart; Czechoslovak-French monster movie |
| South Korea | 1960 | The Housemaid | Hanyeo (하녀) | Kim Ki-young | with Lee Eun-shim, Ju Jeung-nyeo and Kim Jin-kyu. |
| Denmark | 1916 | Blind Justice | Hævnens nat | Benjamin Christensen | with Benjamin Christensen, Karen Caspersen, Ulla Johansen |
| France | 1896 | The House of the Devil | Le Manoir du diable | Georges Méliès | with Jehanne D'Alcy. |
| Germany | 1913 | The Student of Prague | Der Student von Prag | Stellan Rye, Paul Wegener | with Paul Wegener, John Gottowt, Grete Berger. Critic Roger Ebert considers the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) "the first true horror film". |
| 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 See also: Mahal (1949) |
| Italy | 1911 | Dante's Inferno | L'Inferno | Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe De Liguoro | with Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro, Augusto Milla |
| Japan | 1898 | Resurrection of a Corpse | Shinin No Sosei | | written by Eijiro Hatta 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 |
| 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 |
| Poland | 1970 | Lokis | Lokis | Janusz Majewski | with Józef Duriasz, Edmund Fetting. See also: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) - American film by Polish director Roman Polanski. |
| 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 |
| United Kingdom | 1897 | The X-Rays | | George Albert Smith | with Tom Green, Laura Bayley. |
| Serbia | 1969 | The Gifts of My Cousin Maria | Darovi moje rođake Marije | Đorđe Kadijević | with Ljiljana Krstić, Neda Spasojević, Slobodan Perović |
| 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. |
| United States | 1908 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | | Otis Turner (unconfirmed) | 16 minutes; with Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte |
| Sweden | 1921 | The Phantom Carriage | Körkarlen | Victor Sjöström | with Hilda Borgström |
| Yugoslavia | 1969 | The Gifts of My Cousin Maria | Darovi moje rođake Marije | Đorđe Kadijević | with Ljiljana Krstić, Neda Spasojević, Slobodan Perović |