
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

Rumpelstiltskin
›R1995 · Horror · 87m · Kim Johnston Ulrich, Tommy Blaze, Allyce Beasley
In the 1400s, Rumpelstiltskin is imprisoned inside a small jade figurine. In modern-day Los Angeles, the recently widowed wife of a police officer, with baby in tow, finds her way into a witch's shop and purchases a certain figurine, resulting in the cackling beast being freed and demanding possession of the baby.

The Axiom
›R2019 · Horror, Mystery, Fantasy · 98m · Hattie Smith, Zac Titus, Nicole Dambro
At the risk of her group's safety, a young woman travels into a National Forest where her sister has become trapped in a multi-dimensional world of monsters.

Operation Blood Hunt
›2024 · Action, Adventure, Horror · 94m · Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Louis Mandylor
Prolific expert of the occult and whiskey, Reverend Conte, accompanies a ragtag group of military rejects to a remote South Pacific Island to investigate the disappearance of Marines units stationed there in 1944, said to be at the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army. Upon speaking with the island’s inhabitants, they soon discover the Marines had actually been massacred by a group of Lycanthropes, known to most as WEREWOLVES.

Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes
›R2012 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Noah Weisberg
Sean Reynolds, a highly acclaimed investigative journalist (who strongly believed in paranormal phenomena), destroyed his career when the most watched episode of his reality show, based on paranormal phenomena, turned out to be a hoax. Sean saw a news report on a "Bigfoot Hunter" (Carl Drybeck) who claimed to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch. He believes Drybeck is a phony and decides to create a new show that reveals people's paranormal claims as hoaxes. Sean assembles his old film crew and heads to Northern California's "Lost Coast" to meet with and interview Drybeck. Obsessed, Sean is staking his comeback, his life and the lives of his documentary film crew on proving Drybeck's claim to be a hoax.

Welcome to the Jungle
›2007 · Horror · 83m · Sandi Gardiner, Veronica Sywak, Callard Harris
Two young couples head into the New Guinea wilderness in an effort to find Michael Rockefeller, the heir to the Rockefeller fortune who disappeared in 1961.

The Being
›R1983 · Horror, Science Fiction · 81m · Martin Landau, Marianne Gordon, Bill Osco
Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up to stop the monster, which is quickly killing off the town's citizenry.

Eye of the Beast
›NR2007 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 90m · James Van Der Beek, Alexandra Castillo, Arne MacPherson
This menacing monster yarn stars James Van Der Beek as government scientist Dan Leland, who's sent to investigate reported sightings of a giant squidlike beast that's put the entire population of a fishing village on edge. Though Leland starts his journey confident that this sea creature with an insatiable appetite is the stuff of old legends, a string of horrific occurrences soon begins to change his mind.

Metamorphosis
›R1990 · Horror, Science Fiction · 96m · Gene LeBrock, Catherine Baranov, Harry Cason
A geneticists working on a drug to stop ageing tries it upon himself with horrendous consequences.

Jurassic Domination
›2022 · Action, Science Fiction, Adventure · 90m · Jamie Bernadette, DeAngelo Davis, Kahlo De Jesus Buffington
When two military-made, weaponized dinosaurs attack a small mountain town, it's up to the sheriff to figure out a way to stop the creatures before the dinos escape and wreak havoc nationwide.

How to Make a Monster
›R2001 · TV Movie, Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Tyler Mane
Video game developer Clayton Software enlists the talents of a misfit group of programmers to develop the scariest computer combat game: EVILUTION. With four weeks to bring the game to market and a million-dollar bonus on the line, they utilize a telemetry suit to render a 3-D version of the onscreen player. But when a power surge gives the hard drive a mind of its own, the suit comes to life to play the game for real and the programming team find themselves in the middle of a chilling virtual nightmare beyond their wildest imagination.

The Night of a Thousand Cats
›R1972 · Horror · 93m · Anjanette Comer, Zulma Faiad, Hugo Stiglitz
Lured to a demented playboy's secluded castle for a romantic evening, unsuspecting women become dinner for his 1000 cats.

Konga
›1961 · Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Michael Gough, Margo Johns, Jess Conrad
Dr. Decker returns from Africa after a year, presumed dead. In that year, he discovered a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee to test out his theory. As he has many enemies at home, he decides to use his chimp, 'Konga', to 'get rid of them'. Then Konga grows to gigantic proportions and wreaks havoc all over London!

What Lurks Beneath
›2024 · Horror, Thriller · 102m · Dela Reilley, Ryan Giesen, Simon Phillips
The crew of USS Titan find themselves on the brink of World War 3 with Russia, when a naked stowaway appears in one of their torpedo tubes. The captain banks fears she may be Russian, but she's something far more dangerous.

The Beast in the Cellar
›1971 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · Beryl Reid, Flora Robson, John Hamill
Soldiers in a rural English town are being brutally murdered by an unknown creature. Two nearby sisters realise they might understand what's happening.

Barracuda
›PG1978 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · Wayne Crawford, Jason Evers, Roberta Leighton
Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.

Vampire Bats
›NR2005 · Horror, Science Fiction, TV Movie · 90m · Lucy Lawless, Timothy Bottoms, Brett Butler
A biology professor discovers a deadly species of vampire bats are responsible for a series of bizarre murders and now she must find a way to stop them before they are completely out of control.

Black Forest
›PG2012 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Tinsel Korey, Dhafer L'Abidine, Andy Clemence
Tourists trapped in an enchanted forest do battle with evil fairy tale creatures.

Triassic World
›2018 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Shellie Sterling, Hayley J Williams, Joseph Michael Harris
In the future, scientists found a way to grow human organs inside dinosaurs to harvest them for profit. But when the dinosaurs break out, the scientists that created them have to find ways undo the terrible mistakes they have done.

Proteus
›R1995 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 97m · Craig Fairbrass, Toni Barry, William Marsh
Group of heroin smugglers finds shelter on abandoned oil rig after their ship had exploded. Soon they find that the oil rig was just cover for biological experiment. One of the results is Charlie - shape-shifting monster with ability to absorb the memory of its victims. However, even such creatures have their own bad habits.

Red Billabong
›2016 · Action, Adventure, Horror · 113m · Dan Ewing, Tim Pocock, Jessica Green
In the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares - But is it just - A story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real?

Tethered
›2022 · Horror, Drama, Mystery · 88m · Alexandra Paul, Kareem Ferguson, Jared Laufree
Miles from civilization, a blind teenager and the hunter he befriends are tormented by a mysterious creature lurking in the woods.

The Beast of Bray Road
›R2005 · Horror · 80m · Sarah Lieving, Jeff Denton, Thomas Downey
Based on actual accounts of werewolf sightings in Walworth County, Wisconsin, the film follows a local sheriff who is finally forced to accept that a string of horrifying deaths is linked to a predator which possesses DNA of both man and wolf.

Hunting Grounds
›2015 · Horror · 91m · Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Jason Vail, David Saucedo
After losing their home following a devastating tragedy, a father and son are forced to move to an old family cabin. Neither reacts well to being thrown into this new world. The son's attempts to relate to his father are complicated when two old friends arrive for a weekend of hunting. This trip into the forest will unearth not only buried feelings of guilt and betrayal, but also a tribe of Sasquatch that are determined to protect their land.

Swamp Devil
›2008 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 90m · Bruce Dern, Cindy Sampson, Nicolas Wright
SWAMP DEVIL is the story of young Melanie Blaime (Cindy Sampson) and her father Howard (Bruce Dern). After a long estrangement from her father for reasons not entirely clear, Melanie returns to her childhood home of Gibbington, Vermont to confront the realization that her father is wanted for murder. As Melanie digs a little more deeply into the stories of the past, she uncovers a tale wound about the town like Spanish moss, composed of secrets and lies, murder and revenge.
