The Crypt Charts
The Top 31 Cosmic & Lovecraftian Films
The thirty-one finest cosmic & lovecraftian films in the Vault, ranked by the Crypt Score.
Ranked by Crypt Score · Updated weekly · captured Jul 20, 2026
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Evil Dead II
R1987 · Horror, Comedy, Fantasy · 84m · Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie DePaiva
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.
The Lighthouse
R2019 · Drama, Fantasy, Thriller · 109m · Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021 · Documentary, Horror · 126m · Tim Curry, Seth Green, Richard Thomas, Emily Perkins
Thirty-plus years after its release, the popular two-part miniseries "It" and its infamous villain Pennywise live on in the minds of horror fans around the world. This documentary captures not only the buzz the "It" saga generated in 1990 but also the lasting impact it has had on an entire generation and the horror genre at large. Several years in the making, the film features exclusive interviews with many of the cult classic's key players, from cast members Richard Thomas, Seth Green, and Tim Curry, who portrayed the notorious monster clown Pennywise, to director Tommy Lee Wallace and special effects makeup artist Bart Mixon. The documentary also boasts a wealth of archival material and never-before-seen footage.
Cigarette Burns
2005 · Horror, TV Movie · 59m · Norman Reedus, Udo Kier, Christopher Redman, Chris Gauthier
With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie theatre owner is hired to search for the only existing print of a film so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicidally insane.
The Call of Cthulhu
2006 · Horror, Thriller, Fantasy · 47m · Matt Foyer, John Bolen, Ralph Lucas, Chad Fifer
A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of his grandfather's inquiries, and soon he takes on investigating the Cthulhu cult as a crusade of his own.
The Evil Dead
NC-171981 · Horror · 85m · Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
Dark City
R1998 · Mystery, Science Fiction · 101m · Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
The Cabin in the Woods
R2012 · Horror, Mystery, Comedy · 95m · Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.
They Live
R1988 · Science Fiction, Action, Thriller · 93m · Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Buck Flower
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
Re-Animator
NR1985 · Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror · 86m · Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.
Quatermass and the Pit
1967 · Science Fiction, Horror · 97m · Andrew Keir, James Donald, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
The Last Wave
PG1977 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 106m · Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968 · TV Movie, Horror · 42m · Michael Hordern, Ambrose Coghill, George Woodbridge, Nora Gordon
A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during a vacation to a remote coastal village in Norfolk, he blows through an ancient whistle discovered on a beach, awakening horrors beyond human understanding.
Prometheus
R2012 · Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror · 124m · Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Annihilation
R2018 · Science Fiction, Horror · 115m · Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
The Mist
R2007 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 126m · Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Toby Jones, Marcia Gay Harden
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
Quatermass 2
1957 · Science Fiction, Horror · 85m · Brian Donlevy, John Longden, William Franklyn, Bryan Forbes
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
In the Mouth of Madness
R1995 · Horror, Mystery · 95m · Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
Altered States
R1980 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 103m · William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.
Spring
2014 · Horror, Romance, Science Fiction · 110m · Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Nick Nevern, Augie Duke
A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
Rabbits
2002 · Horror, Mystery, Crime · 43m · Scott Coffey, Laura Harring, Naomi Watts, Rebekah Del Rio
A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Suzie ironing, Jane sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and out of the apartment, and the occasional solo singing number by Suzie or Jane. At one point the rabbits also make contact with their “leader”.
Messiah of Evil
R1975 · Horror, Mystery · 90m · Marianna Hill, Michael Greer, Joy Bang, Anitra Ford
A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.
Hellraiser
R1987 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Sean Chapman, Robert Hines
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
The Endless
NR2017 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 112m · Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
The Haunted Palace
1963 · Horror · 87m · Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell
A man and his wife claim the mansion of his warlock ancestor burned alive in 1765.
The Whisperer in Darkness
2011 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 104m · Matt Foyer, Autumn Wendel, Stephen Blackehart, Barry Lynch
Folklore professor Albert Wilmarth investigates legends of strange creatures in the most remote hills of Vermont. His enquiry reveals a terrifying glimpse of the truth that lurks behind the legends.
mother!
R2017 · Horror, Drama · 121m · Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Phantasm
R1979 · Horror, Science Fiction · 89m · A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
From Beyond
R1986 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree, Ted Sorel
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.
Resolution
2013 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 93m · Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Bill Oberst Jr.
A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.
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