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The Top 31 Gothic Films
The thirty-one finest gothic films in the Vault, ranked by the Crypt Score.
Ranked by Crypt Score · Updated weekly · captured Jul 20, 2026
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Psycho
R1960 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 109m · Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Se7en
R1995 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 127m · Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Cassini
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Rosemary's Baby
R1968 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 138m · Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
The Exorcist
R1973 · Horror, Drama · 122m · Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Bride of Frankenstein
NR1935 · Horror, Science Fiction · 75m · Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
Black Swan
R2010 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 108m · Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 135m · Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
NR1939 · Drama, Romance, Horror · 117m · Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Maureen O'Hara
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
The Unknown
NR1927 · Drama, Thriller, Romance · 68m · Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz
On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder—a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Alonzo's desperation to remain with Nanon will only end in tragedy.
Frankenstein
1931 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 70m · Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
Repulsion
NR1965 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 105m · Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
Freaks
NR1932 · Drama, Horror · 64m · Harry Earles, Olga Baclanova, Daisy Earles, Henry Victor
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
The Innocents
NR1961 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 100m · Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
NR1931 · Horror, Science Fiction, Drama · 96m · Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: one that is good and one that is evil. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
Dead of Night
NR1945 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall, Googie Withers
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
Sinners
R2025 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 138m · Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Santa Sangre
NC-171989 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 122m · Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
The Phantom of the Opera
NR1925 · Horror · 107m · Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Arthur Edmund Carewe
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020 · Documentary, Horror · 263m · Nancy Allen, Tom Atkins, Doug Bradley, John Bloom
The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled.
The Others
PG-132001 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 101m · Nicole Kidman, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Fionnula Flanagan
Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
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.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
R1984 · Horror · 91m · Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, Amanda Wyss
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
The Crow
R1994 · Fantasy, Action, Thriller · 102m · Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Seconds
R1966 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 107m · Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, Will Geer
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 133m · Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
NR1939 · Mystery, Crime, Horror · 80m · Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie, Nigel Bruce
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Mad Love
1935 · Horror, Romance · 68m · Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
The Night Strangler
NR1973 · TV Movie, Horror, Mystery · 90m · Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Scott Brady
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
R2007 · Drama, Horror · 116m · Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
Frankenstein
R2025 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 150m · Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
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