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 Omen
›R1976 · Horror, Thriller · 111m · Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
Werewolf by Night
›PG-132022 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 55m · Gael García Bernal, Laura Donnelly, Harriet Sansom Harris
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic—a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster.
The Haunting of Bly ManorSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Henry Thomas
After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling tale.
Don't Look Now
›R1973 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 110m · Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
Dead Ringers
›R1988 · Thriller, Horror · 115m · Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
ServantSeries
›TV-MA2019 · Drama, Mystery · 4 seasons · Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free
A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
Cat People
›NR1942 · Mystery, Horror, Romance · 73m · Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
The Old Dark House
›1932 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 70m · Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton
In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
›2009 · Thriller, Mystery, Crime · 106m · Andrew Garfield, Warren Clarke, Sean Bean
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.
Son of Frankenstein
›1939 · Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
The Body Snatcher
›NR1945 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
Jack the RipperSeries
›NR1988 · Drama, Mystery, Crime · 1 season · Michael Caine, Jane Seymour, Lewis Collins
Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders.
Dead Ringer
›1964 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 116m · Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.
Lured
›NR1947 · Mystery, Crime, Thriller · 102m · George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
The Cat and the Canary
›1927 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 87m · Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley
Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.
The Queen of Spades
›NR1949 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 95m · Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell
A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.
Kindred: The EmbracedSeries
›1996 · Drama · 1 season · C. Thomas Howell, Mark Frankel, Kelly Rutherford
Kindred: The Embraced is an American television series produced by John Leekley Productions and Spelling Television. Loosely based on the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, the series premiered on Fox on April 2, 1996, and ran for eight episodes before it was canceled on May 9, 1996. The series focused on San Francisco Police Detective Frank Kohanek who discovers his city is home to numerous vampires while investigating alleged mobster, Julian Luna. Julian is the "prince" of the city, ruler of five groups of vampires in the city, collectively called "The Kindred". The vampires survive through the "masquerade", disguising themselves as humans, and Julian strictly enforces the laws that govern them to protect their anonymity. Julian and Frank form an uneasy bond as they work together to try to prevent a vampire war and Julian struggles with his romantic feelings for human reporter Caitlin Byrne. The eight episodes of the series have been released on VHS and DVD.
Sherlock Holmes
›PG-132009 · Action, Adventure, Crime · 129m · Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
Nosferatu
›R2024 · Horror, Fantasy · 133m · Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Let Me In
›R2010 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 116m · Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
The Dead Zone
›R1983 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 103m · Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Sleepy HollowSeries
›TV-142013 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 4 seasons · Tom Mison, Janina Gavankar, Lyndie Greenwood
Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Phantom of the Paradise
›PG1974 · Comedy, Horror, Music · 92m · William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper
Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.
Dracula
›1958 · Horror · 82m · Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.