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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.

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R1986 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp, Steven Finch

Young graduate student Jane Chase becomes the new assistant to an eccentric zoology professor at the remote home he shares with two brilliant chimpanzees and an elderly orangutan butler named Link. But when one of the chimps is found dead and the professor mysteriously disappears, Link becomes dangerously aggressive towards Jane. Now, the time for “monkey business” is over and the true terror is about to begin.

IMDb 5.9🍅 44%TMDB 6.25.7
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Gorgo

Gorgo

1961 · Science Fiction, Action, Horror · 78m · Bill Travers, William Sylvester, Vincent Winter

When an underwater volcanic eruption tears up the sea bed off the coast of Ireland, two treasure hunters make the discovery of a lifetime when they encounter a gigantic prehistoric monster that’s been unleashed from the earth’s crust. After capturing the beast, the pair transport the creature down to London where it’s given the name of “Gorgo” and put on display to an avid public. Little do they realize that Gorgo is just an infant, and that his exponentially larger mother is about to emerge from the depths to avenge the capture of her offspring.

IMDb 5.6TMDB 5.35.7
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There's Nothing Out There

There's Nothing Out There

NR1991 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · Craig Peck, Wendy Bednarz, Mark Collver

Mike's obsession with horror movies means he can't help but expect to find a monster lurking around every corner. When he joins his friends for a weekend away at a remote lodge, Mike instantly senses that something isn't right. Can Mike use his movie knowledge to save his pals from a bloody end?

IMDb 5.6TMDB 5.75.7
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The Black Scorpion

The Black Scorpion

1957 · Science Fiction, Horror · 88m · Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.

IMDb 5.4🍅 67%TMDB 5.25.7
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The Alligator People

The Alligator People

NR1959 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 74m · Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr.

Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.

IMDb 5.6TMDB 5.65.7
Night of the Big Heat

Night of the Big Heat

1967 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 94m · Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen, Peter Cushing

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.

IMDb 5.6TMDB 5.35.7
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Capsized: Blood in the Water

Capsized: Blood in the Water

2019 · Drama, TV Movie, Thriller · 83m · Josh Duhamel, Tyler Blackburn, Rebekah Graf

Based on the harrowing true story of an October 1982 shark encounter. After a yacht bound for Florida capsizes during an unexpected storm, its crew is left to drift for days in the chilling waters of the Atlantic where they become prey to a group of tiger sharks. With the hope of rescue dwindling, the crew must do everything in their power to survive as the sharks continue to hunt them.

IMDb 5.3TMDB 5.05.7
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Crabs!

Crabs!

2021 · Comedy, Horror · 80m · Dylan Riley Snyder, Jessica Morris, Allie Jennings

A horde of murderous crab monsters descend on a sleepy coastal town on Prom night, and only a ragtag group of outcasts can save the day.

IMDb 4.6🍅 80%TMDB 4.15.7
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A Breed Apart

A Breed Apart

R2025 · Horror, Mystery, Action · 100m · Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Riele Downs

When Violet accepts an invitation to a private island with some of the world's most famous social influencers, she expects a weekend of unrivaled viral opportunity. She soon becomes part of her own horrific reality show when the guests are pitted against each other to capture the island's legendary man-eating dogs before they become victims of the monstrous canines.

🍅 18%TMDB 5.45.7
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12 Days of Terror

12 Days of Terror

PG-132004 · Drama, Horror, TV Movie · 86m · Colin Egglesfield, Mark Dexter, Jenna Harrison

July of 1916 was a time of record heat, a polio epidemic, and a World War in Europe. But beachgoers in New Jersey are threatened by a even greater terror: a shark that has suddenly developed a taste for human flesh. Starting July 1st and lasting over a period of 12 days, the unidentified shark kills four people and seriously injures a fifth before the attacks stop, and threatens New Jersey's thriving tourist industry. Based on true events, and one of the inspirations behind Peter Benchley's Jaws.

IMDb 5.5TMDB 5.55.7
Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood

Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood

R1973 · Horror · 74m · Janine Carazo, Jerome Dempsey, Daniel Dietrich

After a young man goes missing at a run-down local amusement park, his family take jobs there in an effort to uncover what happened to him and, in the process, meet a cadre of unsettling characters.

IMDb 5.3TMDB 5.55.7
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Target Earth

Target Earth

1954 · Science Fiction, Horror · 75m · Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Richard Reeves

Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are Frank and Nora (who has recently attempted suicide). They meet a celebrating couple at a café, Vicki Harris and Jim Wilson. The quartet escape the robot patrol and take refuge in a large hotel. There, they encounter a new danger in Davis, a psychopathic killer.

IMDb 5.5TMDB 6.05.7
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Terror Is a Man

Terror Is a Man

NR1959 · Horror · 90m · Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr

A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.

IMDb 5.3TMDB 4.55.7
Chompy & the Girls

Chompy & the Girls

2021 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 89m · Christy St. John, Steve Marvel, Julie Dolan

A troubled woman meets her father for the first time and their encounter goes from awkward to alarming when they witness a man swallow a little girl whole.

IMDb 5.4TMDB 5.75.7
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Frogman

Frogman

NR2024 · Horror · 81m · Nathan Tymoshuk, Chelsey Grant, Benny Barrett

An amateur filmmaker, struggling to turn his passion into a career, returns with friends to Loveland, Ohio, the location of his first, notorious sighting of the Frogman, determined to obtain irrefutable proof that the cryptid legend exists.

IMDb 5.0🍅 82%TMDB 5.05.7
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All Eyes

All Eyes

2022 · Thriller, Horror · 87m · Jasper Hammer, Ben Hall, Danielle Evon Ploeger

A disgraced podcast host interviews an eccentric farmer who claims to have a monster living in the woods near his house.

IMDb 5.4TMDB 5.85.7
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The Meg

The Meg

PG-132018 · Action, Science Fiction, Horror · 113m · Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

IMDb 5.7MC 46🍅 47%TMDB 6.25.6
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

R2004 · Horror, Action, Science Fiction · 94m · Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.

IMDb 6.1MC 36🍅 18%TMDB 6.45.6
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47 Meters Down

47 Meters Down

PG-132017 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine

Two sisters on Mexican vacation are trapped in a shark observation cage at the bottom of the ocean, with oxygen running low and great whites circling nearby, they have less than an hour of air left to figure out how to get to the surface.

IMDb 5.6MC 52🍅 53%TMDB 5.85.6
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Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

R2010 · Comedy, Horror · 88m · Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Steven R. McQueen

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

IMDb 5.5MC 53🍅 76%TMDB 5.45.6
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Snakes on a Plane

Snakes on a Plane

R2006 · Action, Thriller, Adventure · 105m · Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips

FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.

IMDb 5.5MC 58🍅 69%TMDB 5.55.6
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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

PG2018 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 90m · Jeremy Ray Taylor, Madison Iseman, Caleel Harris

Be careful what you wish for. With their after school junk business, best friends Sonny and Sam hope to find treasure in other people’s trash. But when cleaning out the old Stine house, they open a locked book that frees a supernatural nightmare – Slappy! Now, with the help of Sonny’s sister Sarah, they’re in a race against time to get the sinister dummy and all the creatures he’s brought to life back into the pages before he unleashes total pandemonium!

IMDb 5.6MC 53🍅 48%TMDB 6.15.6
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Until Dawn

Until Dawn

R2025 · Horror, Mystery · 103m · Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Belmont Cameli

One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one...only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.

IMDb 5.7MC 47🍅 52%TMDB 6.35.6
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The Descent: Part 2

The Descent: Part 2

R2009 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 94m · Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Gavan O'Herlihy

Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.

IMDb 5.7🍅 49%TMDB 6.05.6
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