Sub-genre
Classic Monsters
🧟♂️ Every classic monsters title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
484 titles
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
›R2007 · Drama, Horror · 116m · Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman
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
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.
Dracula
›1931 · Horror · 74m · Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Village of the Damned
›NR1960 · Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens
In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
›NR1927 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 91m · Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
The Most Dangerous Game
›1932 · Thriller, Adventure, Horror · 63m · Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
›NR1945 · Drama, Horror, Fantasy · 111m · Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, Donna Reed
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
›NR1923 · Romance, Drama, Horror · 113m · Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Rocky Horror Show Live
›2015 · Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy · 129m · Richard O'Brien, David Bedella, Ben Forster
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
›R1975 · Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror · 100m · Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.
Cat People
›NR1942 · Mystery, Horror, Romance · 73m · Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
›1948 · Horror, Comedy · 83m · Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr.
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
The Old Dark House
›1932 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 70m · Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.
Son of Frankenstein
›1939 · Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
The Body Snatcher
›NR1945 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
The Cat and the Canary
›1927 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 87m · Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley
Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.
The Time of Their Lives
›NR1946 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 82m · Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Reynolds
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
Phantom of the Paradise
›PG1974 · Comedy, Horror, Music · 92m · William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper
Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.
Dracula
›1958 · Horror · 82m · Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
The Wolf Man
›NR1941 · Horror, Drama · 70m · Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy
After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
›PG1971 · Horror, Comedy · 95m · Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Hugh Griffith
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
The Lost World
›1925 · Adventure, Fantasy, Drama · 104m · Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
The Nanny
›1965 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 91m · Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett
Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents -- workaholic Bill and neurotic Virgie -- are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny.
The Mummy
›NR1932 · Horror, Fantasy · 73m · Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.