
Sub-genre
Gothic
🏰 Every gothic title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
981 titles

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.

The Blackcoat's Daughter
›R2017 · Horror, Mystery · 94m · Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton
Two young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're stranded over winter break.

Below
›R2002 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 105m · Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany
In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine USS Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission. But for the shell-shocked crew, trapped together in the sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces, this is about to become a journey into the sensory delusions, mental deceptions and runaway fears that lurk just below the surface of the ocean.

Nightbooks
›NR2021 · Fantasy, Horror, Family · 101m · Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett, Krysten Ritter
Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.

Let Us Prey
›R2014 · Thriller, Horror · 92m · Liam Cunningham, Niall Greig Fulton, Pollyanna McIntosh
Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the bitter-and-twisted who all think that, really, they deserve to be somewhere else. They all think they're there by accident and that, with a little luck, life is going to get better. Wrong, on both counts. Six is about to arrive - and All Hell Will Break Loose!

The IrregularsSeries
›TV-142021 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Royce Pierreson, McKell David
In Victorian London, a gang of troubled street teens are manipulated into solving crimes for the sinister Doctor Watson and his mysterious business partner, the elusive Sherlock Holmes. As the crimes take on a horrifying supernatural edge and a dark power emerges, it'll be up to the Irregulars to come together to save not only London but the entire world.

Two Evil Eyes
›R1990 · Horror · 120m · Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

The Head Hunter
›2019 · Horror, Fantasy · 72m · Christopher Rygh, Cora Kaufman, Aisha Ricketts
On the outskirts of a kingdom, a quiet but fierce medieval warrior protects the realm from monsters and the occult. His gruesome collection of heads is missing only one - the monster that killed his daughter years ago. Driven by a thirst for revenge, he travels wild expanses on horseback. When his second chance arrives, it’s in a way far more horrifying than he ever imagined.

Possum
›2018 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 85m · Sean Harris, Alun Armstrong, Andy Blithe
A disgraced children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.

Snow White: A Tale of Terror
›R1997 · Fantasy, Horror · 100m · Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Monica Keena
When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things. After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds herself lost in a dark forest, where living happily ever after seems unlikely.

Caveat
›NR2021 · Horror, Mystery · 88m · Jonathan French, Leila Sykes, Ben Caplan
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.

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.

The Shrouds
›R2025 · Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror · 120m · Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce
Inconsolable since the death of his wife, prominent businessman Karsh Relikh invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators.

Scars of Dracula
›R1970 · Horror · 96m · Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.

Nina Forever
›2016 · Horror, Comedy, Romance · 98m · Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Rob is grief-stricken following the death of his girlfriend Nina, but after a failed suicide attempt he begins to move on from the tragedy and falls for his colleague Holly. Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with Nina, who comes back from the dead, bloody and broken, every time they make love.

Like Minds
›PG-132006 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 110m · Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Toni Collette
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

Madhouse
›PG1974 · Horror, Mystery · 92m · Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after spending years in a mental institution, but the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
›R1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

Beloved
›R1998 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 172m · Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Kimberly Elise
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

Immortality
›R1998 · Fantasy, Romance, Thriller · 98m · Jude Law, Elina Löwensohn, Timothy Spall
A vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to 'redeem' him.

Rasputin: The Mad Monk
›1966 · Horror · 91m · Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco
Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his power over the beautiful women who serve at the Tsar's palace. Even the Tsarina herself is seduced by his evil ways and, as his influence begins to dominate government policy, there is only one course of action left... to destroy him before he destroys them all.

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.

Circus of Horrors
›NR1960 · Horror, Crime · 88m · Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
›PG1972 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
