
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 Wolfman
›R2010 · Horror · 103m · Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.

Mirrors
›R2008 · Horror, Mystery · 111m · Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
›R2010 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 99m · Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

The Offering
›R2022 · Drama, Horror · 93m · Nick Blood, Emm Wiseman, Paul Kaye
In the wake of a young Jewish girl’s disappearance, the son of a Hasidic funeral director returns home with his pregnant wife in hopes of reconciling with his father. Little do they know that directly beneath them in the family morgue, an ancient evil with sinister plans for the unborn child lurks inside a mysterious corpse.

Half Light
›R2006 · Thriller, Horror, Drama · 110m · Demi Moore, Henry Ian Cusick, Jordan El-Balawi
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.

The Satanic Rites of Dracula
›R1973 · Horror · 88m · Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.

The Butterfly Room
›NR2012 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Barbara Steele, Heather Langenkamp, Ray Wise
A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster.

Kiss of the Damned
›R2012 · Thriller, Horror, Romance · 95m · Joséphine de la Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida
Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo, but eventually gives in to their passion. When her seductive and highly volatile sister Mimi unexpectedly comes to visit, she threatens Djuna's new relationship, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.

To the Devil a Daughter
›R1976 · Horror · 95m · Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Nastassja Kinski
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.

Jamie Marks Is Dead
›NR2014 · Drama, Thriller · 101m · Noah Silver, Cameron Monaghan, Morgan Saylor
No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.

Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature
›R2001 · Horror, Fantasy, TV Movie · 91m · Rufus Sewell, Carla Gugino, Jim Piddock
Two carnies (Sewell and Gugino) abduct a mermaid in Ireland, circa 1900, and decide to transport her to America. As their ship loses its way and heads towards the mythical Forbidden Islands, the mermaid begins to display its deadly side.

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›NR2020 · Horror · 99m · Tshamano Sebe, Inge Beckmann, Keita Luna
An old man, fated to collect souls for eternity, seeks atonement after trading his daughter's soul.

The Passion of Darkly Noon
›R1995 · Mystery, Drama, Thriller · 99m · Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, Viggo Mortensen
Desire torments a former cultist taking refuge at the home of a scantily clad woman whose husband is away.

Curse of the Crimson Altar
›R1968 · Horror, Mystery · 87m · Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Mark Eden
When his brother disappears, a man visits the remote country house where he was last seen. While the host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, there's a feeling of menace in the air with the overhanging legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh.

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
›2020 · Horror, Drama · 93m · Catherine Walker, Jared Abrahamson, Hannah Emily Anderson
A devout community suffering from a plague is torn apart by a beautiful young woman and the forces of witchcraft, black magic, and possession.

Cry of the Banshee
›R1970 · Horror · 91m · Vincent Price, Essy Persson, Hilary Dwyer
In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting unknowing help from one of the household.

Estranged
›2015 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · James Cosmo, Amy Manson, Nora-Jane Noone
Due to a near-fatal accident that has left her incapacitated and depleted of her long-term memory, a temporarily wheelchair-bound woman returns home after being abroad for six years accompanied by her bohemian boyfriend, the apparent cause of the accident. Unable to remember her family or her own childhood, she sets out, with the help of her boyfriend, to find the reason for her leaving all those years ago and quickly discovers her relatives may not be as loving as she’d thought

No Such Thing
›R2002 · Fantasy, Drama, Horror · 102m · Sarah Polley, Robert John Burke, Helen Mirren
A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.

The Old Dark House
›PG1963 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 86m · Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott
An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.

The Nude Vampire
›1970 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Caroline Cartier, Olivier Rollin, Maurice Lemaître
A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she's being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she's a vampire.

Count Yorga, Vampire
›PG-131970 · Horror · 93m · Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, Michael Murphy
Posing as a hip medium, a bloodthirsty old-world undead gent attracts young lovelies to his mansion by holding séances in modern-day Los Angeles.

Night of Dark Shadows
›PG1971 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 95m · David Selby, Kate Jackson, Grayson Hall
Recently married, Quentin and Tracy Collins have just moved into Collinwood, a New England estate that has long been in the Collins family and which Quentin has just inherited. They soon find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.

Heart of Midnight
›R1988 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 93m · Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brenda Vaccaro, Jack Hallett
A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. Carol decides to renovate the venue, but, in the process, uncovers dark secrets about the club and her dead relative. After a series of disturbing events, Carol becomes increasingly unstable, but she finds some measure of comfort in Sharpe, an enigmatic older detective.

Welcome to Mercy
›2018 · Drama, Horror · 103m · Lily Newmark, Eileen Davies, Kristen Ruhlin
When a single mother begins to experience symptoms of the stigmata, she seeks the help of a local priest and nun to help her understand what is seen and unseen.
