The Crypt Charts
The Top 13 Horror Movies of 2001
The thirteen horror films of 2001 that the crypt judged worthiest, ranked by the Crypt Score.
Ranked by Crypt Score · Updated weekly · captured Jul 20, 2026
Eligibility: a title needs at least 2 rating sources and 1,000+ votes to chart — no thin-data entries.
The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman
NR2001 · Documentary, Crime, Thriller · 43m · Richard Kuklinski, Mark Musto, Rocco Fazzolari, Rich Lounello
Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, a loving father...and a ruthless killer. A decade after HBO last visited him in prison, the convicted murderer, who freely admits having whacked more than 100 people in cold blood, takes viewers back inside his cold, calculating mind. In this follow-up to America Undercover's 1992 film The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer, Kuklinski provides all-new insights about his exploits as one of the Mafia's most notorious assassins...and reveals some shocking confessions for a number of previously unsolved murders.
Hannibal
R2001 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 131m · Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
From Hell
R2001 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 122m · Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
2001 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell, Brian Howe
A dedicated scientist, aided by his clueless wife, rolls up his shirt sleeves and tries to save the world from a radioactive monster, curious space aliens, an evil scientist and a crabby skeleton.
Session 9
R2001 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 100m · Peter Mullan, David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Dagon
2001 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 95m · Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño, Macarena Gómez
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's secret..they worship Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea...and Dagon's unholy offspring are on the loose...
When Good Ghouls Go Bad
PG2001 · Family, TV Movie, Horror · 93m · Christopher Lloyd, Joe Pichler, Tom Amandes, Roy Billing
In October of 1981, Curtis Danko, the creepy kid from the small town of Walker Falls, was killed in a mysterious accident. He left behind a warning to the town: "If you ever have another Halloween again, I will return and destroy you all!" Curtis was buried in a locked crypt, along with a sculpture so evil, that unearthly fates were said to await anyone who looked at it. Now, 20 years later, the Walker men have returned to Walker Falls. They start a chain of events that unleashes an army of zombies on the town. Has Curtis Danko risen from the grave to exact his revenge? And will the people of Walker Falls make it through the night?
The Hole
R2001 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 102m · Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Keira Knightley, Laurence Fox
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Wolf Girl
R2001 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 97m · Victoria Sanchez, Dov Tiefenbach, Tim Curry, Grace Jones
Tara Talbot is afflicted with the rare genetic condition hypertrichosis: she is covered head to toe in hair. She lives her life in Harley Dune's Travelling Freak Show, on display as the 'Terrifying Wolf Girl', but underneath she is just a teenage girl who longs to be normal.
Jeepers Creepers
R2001 · Horror · 90m · Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.
Chasing Sleep
R2001 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 104m · Jeff Daniels, Molly Price, Gil Bellows, Emily Bergl
A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.
The Bunker
2001 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 95m · Jason Flemyng, Andrew Tiernan, Christopher Fairbank, Simon Kunz
In 1944, in the Belgian - German border, seven German soldiers survive an American attack in the front and lock themselves in a bunker to protect the position. Under siege by the enemy and with little ammunition, they decide to explore underground tunnels to seek supplies and find an escape route. While in the tunnel, weird things happen with the group.
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