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
First Man into Space
›NR1959 · Science Fiction, Horror, Drama · 77m · Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...
It Conquered the World
›1956 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 71m · Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland, Peter Graves
An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife try to intervene.
Outcast
›R2010 · Fantasy, Horror · 98m · James Nesbitt, Kate Dickie, Thérèse Bradley
When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their lives on the run, hiding from someone or something, terrified of being found. Their hunter, Cathal, soon picks up the trail. Intent on tracking Mary and Fergal, he will go to any lengths to succeed in his quest, often using dark arts to aid him. Mary’s only defence is to use an ancient form of her own magic to protect her only son. When local residents begin to be brutally murdered by an unknown life force, the sense of fear escalates. Is Cathal the beast responsible for the killing? Or is it the beast that he is trying to destroy?
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu
›2009 · Comedy, Horror, Adventure · 78m · Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Gregg Lawrence
Jeff, a down on his luck office worker finds out he is the last living relative of horror novelist H.P. Lovecraft. What he doesn't know is that Lovecraft's monsters are real and will soon threaten the very existence of mankind. Jeff and his best friend Charlie are forced to embark on a perilous adventure and they enlist the help of high school acquaintance, Paul, a self proclaimed Lovecraft specialist. Together the three unlikely heroes must protect an alien relic and prevent the release of an acient evil, known as Cthulhu.
The Manster
›1959 · Horror, Science Fiction · 73m · Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Tetsu Nakamura
An American journalist stationed in Japan is given a mysterious injection by a mad scientist, turning him into a murderous, two-headed monster.
The Arbors
›2020 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 116m · Drew Matthews, Ryan Davenport, Sarah Cochrane
Set against a dreary small town, reclusive locksmith Ethan Daunes struggles to keep ties with his younger brother Shane. Ethan's life takes an unsettling turn after finding a strange small creature and forming a mysterious connection. After a string of unexplained killings, the creature's true nature is soon revealed, and Ethan finds himself at the center of panic and paranoia.
The Sound
›R2025 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 99m · William Fichtner, Jocelyn Hudon, David Clennon
A group of climbers embarks on a dangerous climb that has been off-limits for years. What initially begins as an audacious expedition transforms into a battle for survival against a force that toys with them.
Medusa's Venom
›2023 · Horror · 83m · Becca Hirani, Sarah T. Cohen, Connor Powles
The beast is back and her venom is deadlier than ever. When newcomer Lola is welcomed into Medusa's circle, she endures a ritual to bring her closer to her new sisters.
Beast of Blood
›PG1970 · Adventure, Horror · 92m · John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie Garcia
A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.
Unknown Island
›1948 · Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure · 75m · Virginia Grey, Phillip Reed, Richard Denning
Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs...
The Monster of Piedras Blancas
›NR1959 · Science Fiction, Horror · 71m · Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, John Harmon
An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose.
Clown
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 99m · Andy Powers, Laura Allen, Peter Stormare
A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.
Eight Legged Freaks
›PG-132002 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 99m · David Arquette, Kari Wührer, Doug E. Doug
The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs. It's then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople, including the Sheriff's young son, Mike, her daughter, Ashley, and paranoid radio announcer Harlan, into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.
Lake Placid
›R1999 · Horror, Comedy, Action · 82m · Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Anaconda
›PG-132025 · Adventure, Comedy, Horror · 100m · Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn
A group of friends facing mid-life crises head to the rainforest with the intention of remaking their favorite movie from their youth, only to find themselves in a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes and violent criminals.
Willy's Wonderland
›NR2021 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 89m · Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Beth Grant
When his car breaks down, a quiet loner agrees to clean an abandoned family fun center in exchange for repairs. He soon finds himself waging war against possessed animatronic mascots while trapped inside Willy's Wonderland.
Wolf Man
›R2025 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth
With his marriage fraying, Blake persuades his wife Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit his remote childhood home in rural Oregon. As they arrive at the farmhouse in the dead of night, they're attacked by an unseen animal and barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. But as the night stretches on, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable.
Leviathan
›R1989 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 98m · Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.
Split Second
›R1992 · Science Fiction, Action, Crime · 90m · Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Michael J. Pollard
In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since — but he soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
C.H.U.D.
›R1984 · Horror, Science Fiction · 96m · John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.
Assimilate
›PG-132019 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 93m · Andi Matichak, Cam Gigandet, Calum Worthy
Three friends making a web series about their town discover that their neighbors are being killed and replaced by creatures who are perfect copies of their victims.
The Deaths of Ian Stone
›R2008 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Mike Vogel, Michael Dixon, Christina Cole
Deaths tells the story of an all-American guy who is murdered each day by horrifying pursuers, only to wake up in slightly different lives to experience the terror of being murdered again.
Siren
›2016 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Chase Williamson, Justin Welborn, Hannah Fierman
A bachelor party becomes a savage fight for survival when the groomsmen unwittingly unleash a fabled predator upon the festivities.
Dark Was the Night
›2014 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Kevin Durand, Lukas Haas, Bianca Kajlich
An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods. Isolated and threatened, a mysterious force hidden within the trees outside the small town of Maiden Woods, strikes fear in the townspeople as Sheriff Paul Shields attempts to overcome the demons of his past while protecting those that he loves.