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
The Nightcomers
›1972 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 96m · Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird
Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care.
The Vampire Bat
›NR1933 · Horror, Thriller · 64m · Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas
A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.
Fright
›PG1971 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Susan George, Honor Blackman, Ian Bannen
Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves on edge. The real terror begins, however, when the child's biological father appears after recently escaping from a nearby mental institution.
The Return of Dracula
›NR1958 · Horror · 77m · Francis Lederer, Norma Eberhardt, Ray Stricklyn
After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.
The Ghoul
›NR1933 · Horror, Mystery · 77m · Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger
British Egyptologist Professor Morlant seeks immortality through a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to Earth to seek vengeance upon those who removed the jewel from his grave.
Faceless
›1988 · Horror · 98m · Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas
A detective investigating a missing model in Paris uncovers a plastic surgeon’s horrifying secret.
Gwen
›2018 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 84m · Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Maxine Peake, Richard Harrington
A mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and sister on their hillside farm in this folk story set in the dark hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
The Night Visitor
›PG1971 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 106m · Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Liv Ullmann
An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others.
Silent Scream
›1979 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Rebecca Balding, Barbara Steele, Yvonne De Carlo
Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic, but her son Mason helps the students get settled. Soon one of the students is killed. The policemen on the case begin uncovering the Engels family secret as the remaining students become endangered
Murders in the Rue Morgue
›PG-131971 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 87m · Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann
In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.
Macabre
›1958 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 72m · William Prince, Jacqueline Scott, Jim Backus
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.
The Return of Count Yorga
›R1971 · Horror · 97m · Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry
Count Yorga continues to prey on the local community while living by a nearby orphanage. He also intends to take a new wife, while feeding his bevy of female vampires.
The Dark Eyes of London
›NR1939 · Horror · 76m · Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt
Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
The Shuttered Room
›1967 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 99m · Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Oliver Reed
In a small island off the American coast, the Whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. After her parents get killed by lightning, young Susannah is sent to New York by her aunt Agatha, who wants her to avoid the family curse. Years later Susannah, now married, persuades her husband to spend a holiday in the abandoned mill. Once on the island, Susannah and Mike soon find themselves exposed to the hostility of a gang of thugs led by Ethan, Susannah's brutal cousin.
Schizo
›R1976 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 109m · Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham
A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.
Straight On Till Morning
›R1972 · Thriller, Mystery · 96m · Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, Katya Wyeth
Brenda, a timid, withdrawn woman, meets Peter, a man she believes is finally the love of her life. However, little does Brenda know that Peter is a vicious serial killer.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
›PG1986 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 100m · George C. Scott, Rebecca De Mornay, Ian McShane
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.
The Rosary Murders
›R1987 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 105m · Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Belinda Bauer
A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him.
The Attic
›PG1980 · Horror · 101m · Carrie Snodgress, Ray Milland, Ruth Cox
A librarian devotes her life to caring for her wheelchair-bound tyrannical father after being stood up at altar. She fantasizes his death and finds joy only with her pet monkey. When the monkey disappears, a shocking past is revealed.
Lady Usher
›R2021 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Theresa Santiago, Billie D. Merritt, John Tupy
An updated re-telling based in the Gothic South with the Usher Family, led by Mother. The family has been cursed by madness, unrequited love and when Roderick comes home with his girlfriend Morgan, it spells the beginning of the end as her sister Madeline will stop at nothing to prevent their marriage as Morgan fights to take Roderick away from the madness that is the House of Usher.
Legend of the Werewolf
›1975 · Horror · 85m · Peter Cushing, Ron Moody, Hugh Griffith
In 19th-century Paris, a man raised by wolves works at a travelling circus, but on full moon nights, he transforms into a dangerous beast. Professor Paul Cataflanque is in charge of hunting him down as the young man develops an obsession for a prostitute.
Dante's CoveSeries
›TV-MA2005 · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Soap · 3 seasons · Tracy Scoggins, William Gregory Lee, Gregory Michael
A young gay couple must overcome dark, mystical forces conspiring against them, starting with a vengeful 19th century witch and her cheating warlock fiance.
Arnold
›PG1973 · Thriller, Horror, Comedy · 94m · Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester
Karen marries Arnold at his funeral and continues to get his money as long as she stays by his coffin. Meanwhile, various oddball relatives after Arnold's wealth are being killed in a creative variety of ways.
Rose: A Love Story
›2020 · Horror · 86m · Sophie Rundle, Matt Stokoe, Olive Gray
The story of a young couple living alone in the woods, who must contend with a life-altering illness that manifests itself in a violent and terrifying way. Rose’s disease is a vampiric, parasitic thirst for blood. As her hunger grows, all humanity seems to give way to a feral violence that harms both her and those around her. Their loving relationship strains under the burden of Rose’s illness, and it is only a matter of time until the secluded life that they have built is upended entirely.