Sub-genre
Cosmic & Lovecraftian
🐙 Every cosmic & lovecraftian title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
241 titles
Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls
›2023 · Comedy, Horror · 110m · Andrew Bowser, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jeffrey Combs
Onyx joins a group of fellow occultists to attend a dark ritual at the mansion of their idol, Bartok. Suspecting Bartok’s nefarious intentions, Onyx is suddenly immersed in a world of monsters, mystery, and mayhem.
Born of Fire
›R1987 · Fantasy, Horror, Drama · 84m · Peter Firth, Suzan Crowley, Stefan Kalipha
For reasons unknown, a flautist and an astronomer find themselves drawn to one another. But, when the flautist stumbles upon a secret regarding his late father, the two wind up in a celestial duel against the ancient Master Flautist for earth's future.
The Mothman Prophecies
›PG-132002 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 119m · Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton
Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
John Dies at the End
›R2013 · Horror, Comedy · 99m · Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.
Q
›R1982 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 93m · Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine
A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.
Come True
›2020 · Science Fiction, Horror · 105m · Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski
Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery.
The Borderlands
›R2014 · Horror · 89m · Gordon Kennedy, Aidan McArdle, Robin Hill
Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
Phase IV
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
Something in the Dirt
›R2022 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 115m · Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Sarah Adina Smith
When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their LA apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives.
Children of the Damned
›NR1964 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 90m · Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
A Cure for Wellness
›R2017 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 146m · Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
Event Horizon
›R1997 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 96m · Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
The Midnight Meat Train
›R2008 · Horror, Mystery, Fantasy · 103m · Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Brooke Shields
A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham
Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.
Southbound
›NR2015 · Fantasy, Thriller, Horror · 89m · Fabianne Therese, Larry Fessenden, Kate Beahan
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.
Castle Freak
›R1996 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 90m · Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller
John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.
One Point O
›R2004 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 95m · Jeremy Sisto, Udo Kier, Deborah Kara Unger
Paranoid computer programmer Simon wakes up to find a package in his room one day. Despite attempts at securing his apartment, the packages keep arriving. While cameras watch Simon's every move, he struggles to find the answers to the mysterious forces taking over his life.
Dark Waters
›NR1993 · Horror, Mystery · 94m · Louise Salter, Venera Simmons, Mariya Kapnist
After the death of her father, a young woman travels to a remote convent on an island in the Black Sea to find out why her father funded it for years.
Hostile Dimensions
›2024 · Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · Annabel Logan, Joma West, Josie Rogers
Two documentary filmmakers travel through alternate dimensions to uncover the truth about a graffiti artist who has vanished.
HellierSeries
›2019 · Mystery, Documentary, Reality · 2 seasons · Greg Newkirk, Dana Newkirk, Connor Randall
Driven by a plea for help from a man in Appalachia under supernatural assault, a small crew of paranormal researchers find themselves in a dying coal town, where a series of strange coincidences leads them to a decades-old mystery with far-reaching implications.
Vivarium
›R2019 · Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror · 99m · Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Senan Jennings
A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.
Circle
›NR2015 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 86m · Julie Benz, Carter Jenkins, Cesar Garcia
In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two minutes, one of them must die…executed by a strange device in the center of the room.
The Void
›NR2016 · Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Aaron Poole, Kathleen Munroe, Art Hindle
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare before it's too late.
Lifeforce
›R1985 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 102m · Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.