
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

Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel
›NR2018 · Horror, Mystery · 90m · Vas Eli, Jillian Geurts, Joy Shatz
Eight years after the opening night tragedy of HELL HOUSE LLC, many unanswered questions remain. Thanks to an anonymous tip, an investigative journalist is convinced that key evidence is hidden inside the abandoned Abaddon Hotel. She assembles a team to break into the hotel in hopes of discovering the truth. But the source of the tip and the secrets of the Abaddon Hotel are more horrifying than any of them could have imagined.

Nine Miles Down
›R2009 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 86m · Adrian Paul, Kate Nauta, Meredith Ostrom
In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. A security patrolman battles through the high winds to investigate why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent on drilling deeper into the earth’s crust than ever before.

Shadow People
›PG-132013 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Dallas Roberts, Alison Eastwood, Anne Dudek
A radio talk show host unravels a conspiracy about encounters with mysterious beings known as The Shadow People and their role in the unexplained deaths of several hundred victims in the 1980s.

The Damned Thing
›2006 · Horror, TV Movie, Drama · 57m · Sean Patrick Flanery, Marisa Coughlan, Brendan Fletcher
Sheriff Reddle thinks there's a connection between a mysterious, invisible force that made his father kill his mother back in 1981. He sets out to uncover and stop the so-called "dammed thing" before it decimates the whole town by forcing the residents to kill each other and then finally... themselves.

Fire City: End of Days
›2015 · Thriller, Horror, Fantasy · 101m · Danielle Chuchran, Mary-Margaret Humes, Tobias Jelinek
In a decaying world where demons secretly thrive on human misery, a fragile peace is shattered when their vital life source vanishes, driving the species toward extinction. The disillusioned demon Vine finds himself the unwilling pivot in an apocalyptic clash, forced to decide between the survival of his kin and the life of an innocent girl. As the battle for Earth ignites, his choice will either preserve the shadows or burn both worlds to the ground.

The Runestone
›R1991 · Horror, Adventure · 105m · Peter Riegert, Joan Severance, William Hickey
A New York detective takes the case of a bulletproof monster sprung to life from Viking legend.

Flora
›2017 · Adventure, Drama, Horror · 99m · Teresa Marie Doran, Dan Lin, Caleb Noel
In 1929, an expedition of university botanists enter an uncharted forest where they discover, and must escape an ancient organism.

In the Tall Grass
›2019 · Horror · 101m · Laysla De Oliveira, Harrison Gilbertson, Avery Whitted
After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and enter the field, discovering that they are not alone and, for some reason, they are unable to escape a completely inextricable vegetable labyrinth.

Village of the Damned
›R1995 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.

Blood Creek
›R2009 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Dominic Purcell, Henry Cavill, Michael Fassbender
A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.

Jikirag
›2022 · Horror · 120m · Tracey Roath, Alexander J. Baxter, Roy Campsall
A pagan village, founded on the bones of both innocent and foul, is deeply rooted within the heart of an ancient Eden. When a balance of flesh and soil decays, the last surviving village elder battles madness and the macabre to save her people from not only themselves, but the monstrous judgement that burrows up from below.

The 7th Dimension
›2010 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 95m · Kelly Adams, Jonathan Rhodes, Lucy Evans
Two young women arrive at a curious penthouse apartment, led by one's crush on her tutor. However, her love interest doesn't live alone. He's part of a trio of computer hackers about to embark on the ultimate job on the world's most mysterious mainframe. Whilst doing so, they unlock more than they bargain for with supernatural and ultimately fatal results. Can this seemingly insignificant chain of events, which have thrown this group together, be construed as fate? Can the beacon provide a signal of hope or is it a web of manipulation, paranoia and ultimately... murder?

Shadowzone
›R1990 · Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Louise Fletcher, David Beecroft, James Hong
After someone is killed in the subterranean project called "Shadowzone," a NASA captain is called in to investigate. In the project, sleeping subjects are induced into a deep EDS state whereby they become portals to a parallel universe. Unfortunately this causes adverse reactions in the subject, and something gets through the portal, the consequence of which is an attrition problem.

AVP: Alien vs. Predator
›PG-132004 · Adventure, Science Fiction, Action · 101m · Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Ian Whyte
When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

Worldbreaker
›R2025 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Billie Boullet, Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.

Skinwalker Ranch
›R2013 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · Steve Berg, Kyle Davis, Erin Cahill
In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, but maybe most notable was the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller’s eight-year-old son Cody on November 11, 2010. Close to a year later, Modern Defense Enterprises has sent a team of experts to document and investigate the mysterious occurrences, which only escalate upon their arrival. Tensions rise as the team must decide how far they will go to unlock the mysteries of “Skinwalker Ranch.” The group debates whether the answers are worth risking their lives for, or if they should just call off the investigation and leave the ranch—that is, if leaving is actually an option…

Siberia
›R2020 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 91m · Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney
Clint is a dead man who lives alone in a frozen tundra. However, this isolation cannot bring either evasion or peace. One night, he begins a journey where he must confront his dreams, memories, and visions, crossing the darkness into the light.

Captain Hook: The Cursed Tides
›2025 · Adventure, Action, Horror · 90m · Sean Cronin, Ewen Weatherburn, Cameron Ashplant
In the aftermath of a devastating defeat by his archnemesis Admiral Smee, Captain Hook finds refuge in the coastal town of Eldritch Landing.

Housewife
›2017 · Horror · 82m · Clémentine Poidatz, David Sakurai, Alicia Kapudağ
Housewife is centered on Holly whose mother murdered her sister and father when she was seven. 20 years later and slowly losing her grip on the difference between reality and nightmares, she runs into a celebrity psychic who claims that he is destined to help her.

Call Girl of Cthulhu
›2014 · Comedy, Horror · 92m · Melissa LaMartina, David Phillip Carollo, Nicolette le Faye
When a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop an ancient cult from summoning their god and destroying mankind.

The Strangeness
›1985 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Dan Lunham, Terri Berland, Mark Sawicki
A group of young miners venture into the Gold Spike Mine in search of gold, even after being warned by old-time prospectors to stay away. The miners proceed into the caverns anyway and soon realize that there’s no gold in these mines, but also that they’re not alone.

The Cloverfield Paradox
›PG-132018 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 102m · Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daniel Brühl, Chris O'Dowd
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.

Skinamarink
›NR2023 · Horror · 100m · Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Ross Paul
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.

Phantasm IV: Oblivion
›R1998 · Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Angus Scrimm, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury
Taking off immediately where the last one ended, Mike travels across dimensions and time, fleeing from the Tall Man while trying to find the origins of his enemy and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie battles spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.
