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[1]
Austria[Note 1] 1918 Alraune Alraune Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz with Géza Erdélyi; lost film[2][3]
Brazil 1963 At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma José Mojica Marins with José Mojica Marins[4][5] and the first installment of the "Coffin Joe trilogy".[6][7]
Canada 1961 The Mask (Eyes of Hell) Julian Roffman with Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Bill Walker[8]
Czechoslovakia[Note 1] 1936 Golem Le Golem Julien Duvivier with Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Ferdinand Hart; Czechoslovak-French monster movie[9][10]
South Korea 1960 The Housemaid Hanyeo (하녀) Kim Ki-young with Lee Eun-shim, Ju Jeung-nyeo and Kim Jin-kyu.[11][12][13]
Denmark 1916 Blind Justice Hævnens nat Benjamin Christensen with Benjamin Christensen, Karen Caspersen, Ulla Johansen[14][15]
France 1896 The House of the Devil Le Manoir du diable Georges Méliès with Jehanne D'Alcy.[16]
Germany 1913[17] The Student of Prague Der Student von Prag Stellan Rye, Paul Wegener with Paul Wegener, John Gottowt, Grete Berger.[18] Critic Roger Ebert considers the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) "the first true horror film".[19] See also: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) - first horror film with vampires
Hungary[Note 1] 1918 Alraune Alraune Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz with Géza Erdélyi; lost film[2]
India 1946 Khooni K.L. Kahan with Raj Rani, Navinchandra, Nawaz;[20][21] See also: Mahal (1949)[22]
Italy 1911 Dante's Inferno L'Inferno Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe De Liguoro with Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro, Augusto Milla[23]
Japan 1898 Resurrection of a Corpse Shinin No Sosei written by Eijiro Hatta[24][25] See also Bake Jizo (Jizo the Spook, 1898)
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[26][27][28]
Poland 1970 Lokis Lokis Janusz Majewski with Józef Duriasz, Edmund Fetting.[29] See also: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) - American film by Polish director Roman Polanski.[30]
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[31][32]
United Kingdom 1897 The X-Rays[33][34] George Albert Smith with Tom Green, Laura Bayley.[35]
Serbia 1973 The She-Butterfly Leptirica Đorđe Kadijević [36]
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.[37][38]
United States 1908 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Otis Turner (unconfirmed) 16 minutes; with Hobart Bosworth, Betty Harte[39][40]
Sweden 1921 The Phantom Carriage Körkarlen Victor Sjöström with Hilda Borgström[41]
Yugoslavia 1973 The She-Butterfly Leptirica, Лептирица Đorđe Kadijević with Petar Božović, Slobodan Perović, Mirjana Nikolić[36]


See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Co-production.

References

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  2. ^ a b Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
  3. ^ "The Mask (1961)". vhscollector.com. VHSCollector. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. ^ "À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma". Universo Online (in Portuguese). 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  5. ^ Bergfelder, Tim; Shaw, Lisa; Vieira, João Luiz, eds. (2016). Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 178. ISBN 978-1785332982.
  6. ^ Vorel, Jim (6 September 2019). "The Best Horror Movie of 1964: Blood and Black Lace". Paste. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  7. ^ It is followed by This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse (1967) and Embodiment of Evil (2008).
  8. ^ Mörat (20 September 1997). "Splattermania!". Kerrang!. p. 54.
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  11. ^ Infobox data from Frodon, Jean-Michel (2003). "Hanyeo (1960) The Housemaid". In Steven Jay Schneider (ed.). 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. New York: Barron's Educational Series. p. 385. ISBN 0-7641-5701-9.
  12. ^ Paquet, Darcy. "Darcy's Korean Film Page - 1960s". Koreanfilm.org. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  13. ^ Others Korean horror movies: A Devilish Homicide (살인마, Salinma, 1965), The Hole (올가미; Olgami, 1997) Korean horror#Influential Korean horror films
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  15. ^ "Hævnens Nat". Silent Era. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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  17. ^ Remade in 1926 as, The Student of Prague
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  20. ^ . Gomolo.com http://www.gomolo.com. Retrieved 25 April 2013. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. ISBN 9780851706696. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  22. ^ Michael Blyth Updated: 22 May 2015 (22 May 2015). "10 great romantic horror films". BFI. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  23. ^ Welle, John P. (2004). "Early Cinima, Dante's Inferno of 1911, and the Origins of Italian Film Culture". In Iannucci, Amilcare A. (ed.). Dante, Cinema, and Television. University of Toronto Press. pp. 36, 38–40. ISBN 0-8020-8827-9.
  24. ^ Sarah Nour - The First 10 Horror Films in Recorded History, reelrundown.com, November 12, 2019
  25. ^ Shinin No Sosei, imdb.com
  26. ^ Leavold, Andrew (2006). "Strong Coffee with a National Treasure:An Interview with Eddie Romero". Cashiers du Cinemart.
  27. ^ Ray, Fred Olen (1991). The New Poverty Row. McFarland and Co. Inc. ISBN 0-89950-628-3. Page 71
  28. ^ Warren, Bill (1986). Keep Watching The Skies Volume 2. McFarland & Co., Inc. ISBN 0-89950-170-2. Page 768
  29. ^ Marek Haltof (2 February 2015). Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-4422-4472-6.
  30. ^ 8 Classic Polish-Directed Horrors You Need to Know, culture.pl
  31. ^ Вий (фильм, 1909) - Viy, 1909 film
  32. ^ Ужасное кино
  33. ^ "X-Rays". silentera.com. Progressive Silent Film List.
  34. ^ Brooke, Michael. "The X-Rays". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  35. ^ The X-Ray Fiend at IMDb
  36. ^ a b "Kadijević i srpski horor" (in Serbian). May 3, 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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  39. ^ Kinnard, Roy (1995). Horror in Silent Films. McFarland and Company Inc. p. 24. ISBN 0-7864-0036-6.
  40. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  41. ^ 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
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