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
MonstersSeries
›TV-141988 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy · 3 seasons
Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. Similarly to Tales from the Darkside, Monsters shared the same producer, and in some ways succeeded the show. It differed in some respects nonetheless. While Tales sometimes dabbled in stories of science fiction and fantasy, this series was more strictly horror. As the name implies, each episode features a different monster, from the animatronic puppet of a fictional children's television program to mutated, weapon-wielding lab rats.
Starship Troopers
›R1997 · Adventure, Action, Thriller · 129m · Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
Alien: Romulus
›R2024 · Horror, Science Fiction · 119m · Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Alien: EarthSeries
›TV-MA2025 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
My Babysitter's a VampireSeries
›TV-PG2011 · Comedy, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2 seasons · Vanessa Morgan, Kate Todd, Matthew Knight
Ethan, Benny and fledgling vampire Sarah battle zombies, demons and the other supernatural beasties that regularly threaten their school.
Channel ZeroSeries
›TV-142016 · Drama · 4 seasons · Brandon Scott, Maria Sten, Steven Robertson
A horror anthology series inspired by “Creepypasta” online tales.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?Series
›TV-PG2019 · Mystery · 3 seasons · Conor Sherry, Telci Huynh, Luca Padovan
Each season of this horror anthology series follows a different group of kids, members of the Midnight Society, as they discover terrifying curses and creatures.
Prometheus
›R2012 · Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror · 124m · Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Cloverfield
›PG-132008 · Action, Thriller, Science Fiction · 85m · Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
The Mist
›R2007 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 126m · Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Toby Jones
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
›G1954 · Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction · 79m · Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansSeries
›TV-PG2023 · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 2 seasons · Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri
Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus's master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his friends Annabeth and Grover, Percy's journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, and who he's destined to be.
The Hidden
›R1987 · Action, Science Fiction, Horror · 97m · Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Ed O'Ross
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
The Curse of Frankenstein
›NR1957 · Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
CreepshowSeries
›TV-MA2019 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 4 seasons
A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
Beauty and the BeastSeries
›TV-PG1987 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime, Drama · 3 seasons · Ron Perlman, Roy Dotrice, Jay Acovone
Savvy Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler is saved by a noble, beast-like man named Vincent, who lives in a secret, utopian community beneath New York City. They share a psychic bond, and he protects her from above.
The Quatermass Xperiment
›1955 · Science Fiction, Horror · 82m · Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth, David King-Wood
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
›1953 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 80m · Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
Quatermass 2
›1957 · Science Fiction, Horror · 85m · Brian Donlevy, John Longden, William Franklyn
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Frankenstein: The True Story
›1974 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 186m · James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: TitansSeries
›TV-MA2022 · Reality · 2 seasons · Dracmorda Boulet, Swanthula Boulet
This spin-off series of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula stars monster drag artists from the show's previous seasons returning to the competition for a chance to win a $100,000 grand prize and the title of Queen of the Underworld. Each week the returning drag monsters must compete in makeup, costume creation, and performance based challenges to prove that they are the best of the best, while the weakest among them must face terrifying physical feats or risk elimination until only the true Titan of Dragula remains.
Jurassic World
›PG-132015 · Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller · 124m · Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Irrfan Khan
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Pitch Black
›R2000 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Action · 108m · Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
ItSeries
›TV-141990 · Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Tim Curry, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an ancient shape-shifting alien who poses as a child-killing clown, while also dealing with bullies and abusive parents. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the creature once and for all when it returns to their hometown.