Fim na farko da ya taba zama shine Le Manoir D Dankal ya fito dashi a shekara ta 1896.
Fayil ɗin Exorcist (1973) ana ɗaukar ɗayan mafi kyawun fina-finai na tsawon lokaci kuma an daidaita daga litattafan da aka yi daga labaran gaskiya.
An ce zama fim din mai ban tsoro na kwakwalwa (1960) ya zama fim na farko da zai iya fasalin hotunan kisan kai a cikin hanyar hoto sosai.
Halin da aka nuna na fina-finai na fina-finai kamar dracula, Frankenstein, da kuma mmmy duk sun fito ne daga litattafan gargajiya.
Tsoro fim ɗin shiru na 'yan raguna (1991) shine fim ɗin tserewa wanda ya lashe kyautar makarantar ta zama mafi kyawun hoto.
Daren Fina-falen falmaran duhu na matattu (1968) an dauki fim na farko na Zombie da kuma tasirin talabijin da yawa na TV fina-finai da jerin waɗanda suke zuwa daga baya.
Dubawar fim ɗin mai ban tsoro (2002) an daidaita daga finafinan Jafananci na taken guda ɗaya kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin finafinan azaba na tashin hankali a Amurka.
Akwai wasu fina-finai na ban tsoro don kawo la'ana, irin su post (1976) da kuma kwayar halittar (1986) da matattarar 'yan wasan kwaikwayo da matattara da ke da hannu wajen samar da fim din.
Tsoro mai ban tsoro fim (1996) shahararre ne saboda ya yi nasara a cikin parodating na tsoro na tsoro da kuma ɗaukar nau'ikan tsoro a cikin wani sabon shugabanci.
Faifan fina-finai masu ban tsoro ana yin wahayi zuwa ga labarun Labarun Labarun Labarun, kamar Blair Mayya.