
Sub-genre
Monster & Creature
🐙 Every monster & creature title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
1284 titles

The Flesh Eaters
›1964 · Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Martin Kosleck, Byron Sanders, Barbara Wilkin
An alcoholic actress, her personal assistant, and their pilot are downed on a secluded isle by bad weather, where a renegade Nazi scientist is using ocean life to develop a solvent for human flesh. The tiny flesh-eating sea critters that result certainly give our heroes a run for their money - and lives.

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.

Ganymede
›2023 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 97m · Jordan Doww, Pablo Castelblanco, David Koechner
After a small-town wrestling star develops a crush on an openly gay classmate, he is stalked by a grotesque creature that invades his thoughts as he navigates his feelings and struggles to live up to his legacy-obsessed family.

Jurassic Park III
›PG-132001 · Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction · 92m · Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni
In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.

Cowboys & Aliens
›PG-132011 · Action, Science Fiction, Thriller · 119m · Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

Underwater
›PG-132020 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 95m · Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.

Come Play
›PG-132020 · Horror, Mystery · 97m · Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Azhy Robertson
Oliver, a lonely autistic boy, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy's devices against him, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.

Tales of Halloween
›R2015 · Horror, Comedy, Thriller · 97m · Adrienne Barbeau, Keir Gilchrist, Kristina Klebe
Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. This creepy anthology combines classic Halloween tales with the stuff of nightmares.

Sting
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Alyla Browne, Ryan Corr, Penelope Mitchell
After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the truth about her pet and fight for her family's survival.

The Gate
›PG-131987 · Horror, Fantasy · 86m · Stephen Dorff, Christa Denton, Louis Tripp
Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth.

My Name Is Bruce
›R2007 · Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · 84m · Bruce Campbell, Taylor Sharpe, Grace Thorsen
B-movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.

Bad Milo!
›R2013 · Comedy, Horror · 84m · Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Peter Stormare
A horror comedy centered on a guy who learns that his unusual stomach problems are being caused by a demon living in his intestines.

Infestation
›R2009 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 91m · Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Brooke Nevin, Wesley Thompson
After being stung by a giant insect, Cooper learns that these bugs are attacking the whole city. He joins forces with the survivors, in order to find a way to counter-attack.

Monster Summer
›PG-132024 · Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery · 98m · Mel Gibson, Mason Thames, Julian Lerner
When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous adventure to save their island.

Necronomicon
›R1993 · Horror · 96m · Jeffrey Combs, Tony Azito, Juan Fernández
H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers".

The Island of Dr. Moreau
›PG1977 · Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure · 99m · Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport
A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turned beasts into human beings.

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
›R2007 · Horror, Action, Comedy · 85m · Trevor Matthews, Robert Englund, Daniel Kash
As a child Jack Brooks witnessed the brutal murder of his family. Now a young man he struggles with a pestering girlfriend, therapy sessions that resolve nothing, and night classes that barely hold his interest. After unleashing an ancient curse, Jack's Professor undergoes a transformation into something not-quite- human, and Jack is forced to confront some old demons... along with a few new ones.

Mulberry Street
›R2006 · Horror · 84m · Nick Damici, Tim House, Antone Pagán
A deadly infection breaks out in Manhattan, causing humans to devolve into blood-thirsty rat creatures. Six recently evicted tenants must survive the night and protect their downtown apartment building as the city quickly spirals out of control.

After Midnight
›NR2019 · Drama, Horror, Romance · 83m · Jeremy Gardner, Henry Zebrowski, Brea Grant
Dealing with a girlfriend suddenly leaving is tough enough. But for Hank, heartbreak couldn’t have come at a worse time. There’s also a monster trying to break through his front door every night.

Out of Darkness
›R2024 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 87m · Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young, Chuku Modu
In the Old Stone Age, a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisaged.

The Pit
›R1981 · Horror, Comedy · 92m · Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Sonja Smits
Twelve year-old Jamie Benjamin is a solitary misunderstood boy in his preteens. His classmates pick on him, his neighbors think he's weird and his parents ignore him. But now Jamie has a secret weapon: deep in the woods he has discovered a deep pit full of man-eating creatures he calls Trogs... and it isn't long before he gets an idea for getting revenge and feeding the Trogs in the process!

Crawlers
›NR2020 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 81m · Giorgia Whigham, Pepi Sonuga, Cameron Fuller
On Saint Patrick's day—a night of wild parties and drunken revelry—three unlikely friends band together to save a college town from a vicious horde of body-snatching aliens.

Trilogy of Terror II
›R1996 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 90m · Lysette Anthony, Geraint Wyn Davies, Matt Clark
Three tales of terror: in "The Graveyard Rats" lovers murder the woman's older husband and encounter horror when they attempt to rob his grave; "Bobby" is the story of a woman who summons her son back from the dead; and in "He Who Kills" an African doll goes on a murderous rampage.

Salvage
›NR2009 · Horror · 79m · Neve McIntosh, Shaun Dooley, Dean Andrews
When a container washes ashore the residents of a sleepy cul-de-sac are plunged into violence, terror and paranoia. Ring fenced by the military a single mother must overcome all the odds to save her daughter.
