Sub-genre
Body Horror
🫀 Every body horror title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
525 titles
Afflicted
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Baya Rehaz, Derek Lee, Clif Prowse
Two friends' tour of Europe takes a dark turn when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. They race to find out what it is and how to cure it before the sickness consumes him completely.
Black Box
›NR2020 · Horror, Science Fiction · 100m · Mamoudou Athie, Phylicia Rashād, Amanda Christine
After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.
Cold Storage
›R2026 · Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy · 99m · Georgina Campbell, Joe Keery, Sosie Bacon
When a mutating, highly contagious fungus escapes a sealed facility, two employees – joined by a grizzled bioterror operative – must survive the wildest night shift ever to save humanity from extinction.
Dagon
›2001 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 95m · Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño
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...
Iron Lung
›R2026 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 125m · Mark Fischbach, Caroline Kaplan, Troy Baker
In a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate moon, using a small submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung".
Daniel Isn't Real
›NR2019 · Horror, Mystery · 101m · Miles Robbins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sasha Lane
A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.
TeacupSeries
›TV-MA2024 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, Émilie Bierre
A mysterious event traps people on a rural Georgia farm, forcing them to unite against an unknown, deadly force. A young boy named Arlo becomes central to uncovering the truth.
Freaked
›PG-131993 · Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror · 80m · Alex Winter, Michael Stoyanov, William Sadler
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Flesh for Frankenstein
›NC-171973 · Horror · 95m · Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Monique van Vooren
Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.
Jenifer
›2005 · Horror, TV Movie · 58m · Steven Weber, Laurie Brunetti, Carrie Anne Fleming
After a detective rescues a mute disfigured woman from being murdered, he takes her into his home to prevent her from staying in a mental hospital, a move which alienates his family and soon turns to obsession.
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
›1959 · Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee
Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.
The Screwfly Solution
›2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 59m · Jason Priestley, Elliott Gould, Kerry Norton
A strange virus renders the entire human male population into homicidal maniacs who end up wiping out all females, leaving a woman and her daughter to fend for themselves.
The Unseen
›2016 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 110m · Aden Young, Camille Sullivan, Julia Sarah Stone
A man, who years earlier mysteriously abandoned his family and isolated himself in a small northern town, returns for one last chance to reconnect with his troubled daughter. When she goes missing, he risks everything to find her, including exposing the fact that he is becoming invisible.
Sick Girl
›NR2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 56m · Angela Bettis, Erin Brown, Mike McKee
A shy entomologist named Ida—whose girlfriend has left her, due to her interest in insects—develops a crush on a strange girl, Misty. After Ida receives a mysterious insect in the mail, the two women spend the night together, and Ida awakens to find that Misty has stumbled upon her insect collection and has a great interest in them herself.
Exorcism in Utero
›2023 · Horror · 88m · Allegra Sweeney, Calvin Morie McCarthy, Neil Green
Herma finds a powerful ring that possesses her when she tries it on; as her body transforms and mind begins to deteriorate, she must find a way out to save herself and her unborn baby.
Malignant
›R2021 · Horror, Mystery · 111m · Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
Splinter
›R2008 · Horror, Thriller, Crime · 82m · Jill Wagner, Charles Baker, Rachel Kerbs
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. Along the way, they encounter an increasingly terrifying horde of parasites, and if any of them intend to survive, they'll have to outsmart the deadly organisms.
I Saw the TV Glow
›PG-132024 · Horror, Drama · 100m · Justice Smith, Jack Haven, Ian Foreman
In late-90s suburbia, a lonely teenager meets a girl at school who introduces him to a mysterious late-night T.V. show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, however, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives. In the pale glow of the television, their view of reality begins to crack.
Cat People
›R1982 · Fantasy, Horror · 118m · Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard
After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.
The Crazies
›R1973 · Science Fiction, Horror, Action · 103m · Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones
The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
Body Bags
›R1993 · Horror, Comedy, TV Movie · 95m · John Carpenter, Tom Arnold, Tobe Hooper
A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college student working a graveyard shift is terrorized by a serial killer; a hair transplant goes horribly wrong; and a baseball player loses an eye and gets a new one from a recently executed murderer.
Frankenhooker
›R1990 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · James Lorinz, Patty Mullen, Joseph Gonzalez
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident and decides to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can collect body parts to reassemble her.
Monkey Shines
›R1988 · Horror, Science Fiction, Drama · 113m · Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.
Demon Seed
›R1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 94m · Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
