Clicking the title of a film will bring you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for that film. Some of the source material names (following "...based on the...") are active links (if underlined) that will take you to an online copy of the novel or story.
In most cases, where there is more than one version of a film, I have listed the date and provided the IMDB link for the version that is held in highest regard by fans of classic horror and science fiction film.
 | Alien (1979) - based on the story "Black Destroyer" by A. E. van Vogt |
| Alien Terror (1971) - based on the story "The Thing on the Doorstep" by H. P. Lovecraft |
| And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) - based on the novel Fengriffen by David Case |
| The Andromeda Strain (1971) - based on the novel The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton |
| The Ape Man (1943) - based on the story "They Creep in the Dark" by Karl Brown |
| Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - based on the novel Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne |
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Asylum (1972 - anthology consisting of four stories):
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| At the Earth's Core (1976) - based on the novel At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| The Atomic Man (1956) - based on the novel Timeslip by Charles Eric Maine |
| Audrey Rose (1977) - based on the novel Audrey Rose by Frank De Felitta |
| The Awakening (1980) - based on the novel The Jewel of the Seven Stars by Bram Stoker |
| Back From the Dead (1957) - based on the novel The Other One by Catherine Turney |
| The Bad Seed (1956) - based on the novel The Bad Seed by William March |
| The Bat (1957) - based on the play The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood |
| The Beastmaster (1982) - based on the novel The Beast Master by Andre Norton |
| The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - based on the story "The Foghorn" by Ray Bradbury |
| The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) - based on the story "The Beast With Five Fingers" by W. F. Harvey |
| The Beast Within (1982) - based on the novel The Beast Within by Edward Levy |
| The Birds (1963) - based on the story "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier |
| The Black Cat (1934) - based on the story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe |
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Black Sabbath (1963 - anthology consisting of three stories):
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| Black Sunday (Maschera del demonio, La) (1960) - based on the story "The Viy" by Nikolai Gogol |
| Blade Runner (1982) - based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick |
| A Blind Bargain (1922) - based on the novel The Octave of Claudius by Barry Pain |
| Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971) - based on the novel The Jewel of the Seven Stars by Bram Stoker |
| The Body Snatcher (1945) - based on the story "The Body Snatcher" by Robert Lewis Stevenson |
| The Brain Eaters (1958) - based on the novel The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein |
| Burn Witch Burn (1962) - based on the novel Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber |
| Burnt Offerings (1976) - based on the novel Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco |
| The Canterville Ghost (1944) - based on the story "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde |
| Cape Fear (1962) - based on the novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald |
| Carrie (1976) - based on the novel Carrie by Stephen King |
| Cat People (1942) - based on the story "Ancient Sorceries" by Algernon Blackwood |
| Chamber of Horrors (1966) - based on the novel The Door With the Seven Locks by Edgar Wallace |
| Charly (1968) - based on the story "Flowers For Algernon" by Daniel Keyes |
| A Christmas Carol (1984) - based on the story "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens |
| Cinderella (1950) - based on the story "Cinderella" by The Brothers Grimm |
| The Clairvoyant (1934) - based on the novel The Clairvoyant by Ernst Lothar |
| The Climax (1944) - based on the play The Climax by Edward Locke |
| A Clockwork Orange (1971) - based on the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess |
| The Collector (1965) - based on the novel The Collector by John Fowles |
| Conquest of Space (1955) - based on the book The Conquest of Space by Chesley Bonestell (illustrator) and Willy Ley (writer) |
| Countess Dracula (1971) - based on the book The Bloody Countess: The Story of the Countess Who Bathed in the Blood of Girls by Valentine Penrose |
| The Crawling Eye (1958) - based on the British television serial The Trollenberg Terror by Peter Key |
| The Crime of Dr. Crespi (1935) - based on the story "The Premature Burial" by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) - based on the story "Dreams in the Witch House" by H. P. Lovecraft |
| Curse/Night of the Demon (1957) - based on the story "Casting the Runes" by M.R. James |
| The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) - based on the novel The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore |
| The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) - based on the novel Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon |
| Day of the Triffids (1962) - based on the novel The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham |
| The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) - based on the story "Farewell To The Master" by Harry Bates |
| The Deadly Bees (1966) - based on the novel A Taste For Honey by H. F. (Gerald) Heard |
| The Death Kiss (1932) - based on the novel The Death Kiss by Madelon St. Dennis |
| Demon Seed (1977) - based on the novel Demon Seed by Dean R. Koontz |
| Destination Moon (1950) - based on the novel Rocket Ship Galileo Robert Heinlein |
| The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) - based on the story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet |
| The Devil Commands (1941) - based on the novel The Edge of Running Water by William Sloane |
| The Devil-Doll (1936) - based on the novel Burn Witch Burn by Abraham Merritt |
| The Devil Rides Out (1968) - based on the novel The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley |
| Dial M For Murder (1954) - based on the play Dial M For Murder by Frederick Knott |
| Diabolique (1955) - based on the novel Celle qui n'&eacut;tait plus by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac |
| Diary of a Madman (1963) - based on the story "La Horla (The Horla)" by Guy de Maupassant |
| Die! Die! My Darling! (1965) - based on the novel Nightmare by Anne Blaisdell |
| Die, Monster, Die! (1965) - based on the story "The Colour Out Of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft |
| Donovan's Brain (1953) - based on the novel Donovan's Brain by Curt Siodmak |
| Don't Look Now (1973) - based on the story "Don't Look Now" by Daphne du Maurier |
| Dr. Cyclops (1940) - based on the story "Dr. Cyclops" by Henry Kuttner |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) - based on the novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Lewis Stevenson |
| Dr. Renault's Secret (1942) - based on the novel Balaoo by Gaston Leroux |
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - based on the novel Two Hours to Dream by Peter Bryant |
| Dracula (1931) - based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| Dracula's Daughter (1936) - based on the story "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker |
| The Dunwich Horror (1970) - based on the story "The Dunwich Horror" by H. P. Lovecraft |
| Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956) - based on the book Flying Saucers from Outer Space by Donald E. Keyhoe |
| The Electronic Monster (1958) - based on the novel The Escapement by Charles Eric Maine |
| The Exorcist (1973) - based on the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty |
| The Exorcist III (1990) - based on the novel Legion by William Peter Blatty |
| Eye of the Devil (1967) - based on the novel Day of the Arrow by Philip Lorraine |
| Fahrenheit 451 (1966) - based on the novella "The Fireman" by Ray Bradbury |
| Fiend Without a Face (1958) - based on the story "The Thought Monster" by Amelia Reynolds Long |
| Firestarter (1984) - based on the novel Firestarter by Stephen King |
| The First Men In the Moon (1919) - based on the novel The First Men In the Moon by H. G. Wells |
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Flesh and Fantasy (1943 - anthology consisting of three stories):
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| Flowers in the Attic (1987) - based on the novel Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews |
| The Fly (1958) - based on the story "The Fly" by George Langelaan |
| The Food of the Gods (1976) - based on the novel The Food of the Gods and How It Comes to Earth by H. G. Wells |
| The Fool Killer (1965) - based on the novel The Fool Killer by Helen Eustis |
| Four-Sided Triangle (1953) - based on the novel Four-Sided Triangle by William F. Temple |
| Frankenstein (1931) - based on the novel Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| Freaks (1932) - based on the story "Spurs" by Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins |
| From the Earth to the Moon (1958) - based on the novel From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne |
| The Fury (1978) - based on the novel The Fury by John Farris |
| A Game of Death (1945) - based on the story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell |
| The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) - based on the novel The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by Josephine Leslie |
| The Ghoul (1933) - based on the novel/play The Ghoul by Dr. Frank King and Leonard J. Hines |
| The Great Impersonation (1935) - based on the novel The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim |
| Gulliver's Travels (1939) - based on the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift |
| Hangover Square (1945) - based on the novel Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton |
| The Haunted Palace (1963) - based on the story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" by H. P. Lovecraft |
| The Haunting (1963) - based on the novella "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson |
| Hellraiser (1987) - based on the story/novella "The Hellbound Heart" by Clive Barker |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) - based on the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| House of the Black Death (1965) - based on the novel The Widderburn Horror by Lora Crozetti |
| House of the Long Shadows (1983) - based on the novel Seven Keys To Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers |
| The House of the Seven Gables (1940) - based on the novel The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| House of Usher (1960) - based on the story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe |
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The House That Dripped Blood (1970 - anthology consisting of four stories):
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| How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) - based on the story "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" by Dr. Seuss |
| The Howling (1981) - based on the novel The Howling by Gary Brandner |
| The Human Monster (1940) - based on the novel The Dark Eyes of London by Edgar Wallace |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) - based on the novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo |
| The Hunger (1983) - based on the novel The Hunger by Whitley Strieber |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) - based on the story "Whatever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?" by Henry Farrell |
| The Illustrated Man (1969) - based on the book The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury |
| The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) - based on the novel The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson |
| The Innocents (1961) - based on the novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James |
| Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) - based on the novel Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney |
| Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) - based on the story "The Cosmic Frame" by Paul W. Fairman |
| The Invisible Man (1933) - based on the novel The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) - based on the novel The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells |
| Island of Lost Souls (1933) - based on the novel The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells |
| Island of the Burning Doomed (1967) - based on the novel Night of the Big Heat by John Lymingtom |
| It Came From Outer Space (1953) - based on the story "A Matter of Taste" by Ray Bradbury |
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