Movies by Lists - The 47 Best Italian Horror Movies (51 [47]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 8½A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. | 1963 | Federico Fellini (*) | Drama | 8.0 (115.2K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Baron BloodA young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims. | 1972 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror | 6.0 (3.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Bay of Blood, A [Reazione a catena]The murder of a wealthy countess, which was erroneously deemed suicide, triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to take over her large estate. | 1971 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (10.5K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Beyond the Door II [Shock] A couple is terrorized in their new house haunted by the vengeful ghost of the woman's former husband, who possesses their young son. | 1977 | Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava | Horror | 6.3 (4.5K votes) | 93 | 20231114 |
| Beyond, The aka E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilàA young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell. | 1981 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Horror | 6.8 (22K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Bird With The Crystal Plumage, TheAn American expatriate in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer, he conducts his own investigation. | 1970 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (20.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Black Cat, The aka Gatto neroA professor with the psychic ability to communicate with the dead uses his powers on his pet cat in order to take vengeance upon his enemies. | 1981 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Horror | 5.9 (3.7K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Black Glasses [Dark Glasses]Diana, a young woman who lost her sight, finds a guide in a Chinese boy named Chin. Together they will track down a dangerous killer through the darkness of Italy. | 2022 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 4.9 (841 votes) | 86 | 20220531 |
| Black Sabbath aka I tre volti della pauraBoris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner. | 1963 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror | 7.1 (11.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Black Sunday aka La maschera del demonioA vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way. | 1960 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror | 7.2 (15K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Blood and Black LaceA masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. | 1964 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (10.5K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Blood and Black Lace aka Sei donne per l'assassinoA masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. | 1964 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (10.5K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Blood Brides aka Hatchet For The Honeymoon [Il rosso segno della follia]A cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma. | 1970 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (3.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Cannibal FeroxThree friends set out to disprove cannibalism on a trip to the Amazonian jungle, where they meet two men trying to escape a vicious cannibal tribe. | 1981 | Umberto Lenzi | Adventure, Horror | 5.2 (9.7K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Cannibal HolocaustDuring a rescue mission into the Amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew. | 1980 | Ruggero Deodato | Adventure, Horror | 5.8 (55.5K votes) | 95 | 20220806 |
| Card Player, TheA Rome policewoman teams up with a British Interpol agent to find a crafty serial killer who plays a taunting game of cat-and-mouse with the police by abducting and killing young women and showing it over an Internet web cam. | 2003 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 4.9 (5.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Cat o' Nine Tails [Il Gatto A Nove Code], TheA newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's top-secret experimental research projects; in doing so they become targets of the killer. | 1971 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (11.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Cemetery Man aka Dellamorte DellamoreA cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies. | 1994 | Michele Soavi | Comedy, Horror | 7.1 (21.1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Church [Demons 3], TheAn old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth. | 1989 | Michele Soavi | Horror | 6.2 (7.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Church, The [La Chiesa]An old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth. | 1989 | Michele Soavi | Horror | 6.2 (7.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Church, The aka La chiesaAn old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth. | 1989 | Michele Soavi | Horror | 6.2 (7.7K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| City of the Living DeadA reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves. | 1980 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Horror | 6.3 (17K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Classic Horror Story, AIn this gruesome suspense film, strangers traveling in southern Italy become stranded in the woods, where they must fight desperately to get out alive. | 2021 | Roberto De Feo, Paolo Strippoli | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.7 (21.2K votes) | 95 | 20231116 |
| Deep RedA jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic. | 1975 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (36.5K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Demons 2 aka Dèmoni 2 - L'incubo ritornaA group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down. | 1986 | Lamberto Bava | Horror | 6.0 (10.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Demons aka DèmoniA group of random people is invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons. | 1985 | Lamberto Bava | Horror | 6.7 (22.6K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Don't Torture a Duckling aka Non si sevizia un paperinoWhen a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community. | 1972 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (9.1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| DraculaAsia Argento stars in horror legend Dario Argento's sexy spin on the classic tale about the sharp-toothed count who craves human blood. | 2012 | Dario Argento (*) | Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller | 3.6 (4.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Evil Eye, The [La ragazza che sapeva troppo]A mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings. | 1963 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (4.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Four Flies on Grey VelvetA musician is stalked by an unknown homicidal maniac, who blackmails him for the accidental killing of another stalker. | 1971 | Dario Argento (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (8.2K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Girl Who Knew Too Much, TheA mystery novel-loving American tourist witnesses a murder in Rome, and soon finds herself and her suitor caught up in a series of killings. | 1963 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (4.5K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Hatchet For The HoneymoonA cleaver-wielding bridal designer murders various young brides-to-be in an attempt to unlock a repressed childhood trauma. | 1970 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (3.7K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| House by the Cemetery aka Quella villa accanto al cimiteroA New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement. | 1981 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Horror | 6.2 (14K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| InfernoAn American college student in Rome and his sister in New York investigate a series of killings in both locations where their resident addresses are the domain of two covens of witches. | 1980 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror | 6.6 (20.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Lisa and the Devil [Lisa e il diavolo]A tourist spends the night in a derelict Spanish villa seemingly held in the supernatural grip of an eccentric butler, who resembles a depiction of the Devil she had seen on an ancient fresco. | 1974 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery | 6.4 (4.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Lizard In A Woman's Skin [Una Lucertola Con La Pelle Di, AThe potentially unhinged daughter of a British politician is accused of killing her hedonistic neighbor after she witnesses the murder in a dream. | 1971 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (4.9K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Mother of TearsAn American art student in Rome accidentally triggers the return of Mater Lachrymarum - the Third Mother - and must use her latent magical powers to end the witch's reign of terror. | 2007 | Dario Argento (*) | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.1 (10K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| New York Ripper, The aka Lo squartatore di New YorkA burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city. | 1982 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (10.6K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| OperaA young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself. | 1987 | Dario Argento (*) | Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (16.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Phantom of the OperaGory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House. | 1998 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror | 4.3 (5.4K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Planet of the Vampires aka Terrore nello spazioAfter landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants. | 1965 | Mario Bava (*) | Action, Adventure, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (5.9K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Psychic, The aka Sette note in neroA clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband's house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim. | 1977 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (5.1K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Stendhal Syndrome, TheA young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession. | 1996 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (8.2K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| SuspiriaAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders. | 1977 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror | 7.4 (89.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| TenebreAn American writer in Rome is stalked and harassed by a serial killer who is murdering everyone associated with his work on his latest book. | 1982 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (22.7K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Torso aka I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnaleA string of appalling lust murders shocks the University of Perugia as a sadistic serial killer strangles to death beautiful college girls with a red and black scarf. | 1973 | Sergio Martino | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (6.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| TraumaA young man tries to help a teenage European girl who escaped from a clinic after witnessing the murder of her parents by a serial killer, and they try to find the killer before the killer finds them. | 1993 | Dario Argento (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.9 (6.9K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Twitch of the Death Nerve aka Reazione a catenaThe murder of a wealthy countess, which was erroneously deemed suicide, triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to take over her large estate. | 1971 | Mario Bava (*) | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (10.5K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| What Have You Done to Solange aka Cosa avete fatto a SolangeA teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school. | 1972 | Massimo Dallamano | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (5.2K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key [Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave]A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his wife. | 1972 | Sergio Martino | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.7 (3.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Zombie aka Zombie 2Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead. | 1979 | Lucio Fulci (*) | Horror | 6.8 (27.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| The Nest | 2019 | nan | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | nan (Unkn) | | Excluded |