
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

Splinter
›R2008 · Horror, Thriller, Crime · 82m · Jill Wagner, Charles Baker, Rachel Kerbs
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. Along the way, they encounter an increasingly terrifying horde of parasites, and if any of them intend to survive, they'll have to outsmart the deadly organisms.

John Dies at the End
›R2013 · Horror, Comedy · 99m · Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

Nightbreed
›R1990 · Horror, Fantasy · 121m · Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.

Q
›R1982 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 93m · Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine
A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent.

Sweetheart
›2019 · Horror · 82m · Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan Lawrence
Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.

Absentia
›R2011 · Horror, Mystery · 91m · Katie Parker, Courtney Bell, Morgan Peter Brown
Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

October FactionSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Aurora Burghart, Gabriel Darku, Tamara Taylor
Monster hunters Fred and Deloris Allen tangle with evil ... and family drama with their teenage twins. From the comics by Steve Niles and Damien Worm.

This Island Earth
›1955 · Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror · 85m · Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.

Roar
›1981 · Adventure, Comedy, Horror · 95m · Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

It! The Terror from Beyond Space
›NR1958 · Science Fiction, Horror · 69m · Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.

Slash/Back
›2022 · Science Fiction, Action, Thriller · 87m · Tasiana Shirley, Alexis Vincent-Wolfe, Nalajoss Ellsworth
In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

Fiend Without a Face
›1958 · Horror, Science Fiction · 74m · Marshall Thompson, Kynaston Reeves, Kim Parker
An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate of disappearances. A captain from the airbase is assigned to investigate, and begins to suspect that an elderly British scientist who lives near the base and conducts research in the field of mind over matter knows more than he is letting on..

X: The Unknown
›1956 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 81m · Dean Jagger, Leo McKern, William Lucas
Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.

Lost TapesSeries
›2008 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 3 seasons
Lost Tapes is an American television horror series that aired on Animal Planet. Produced by Go Go Luckey Entertainment, the program presents found footage depicting traumatic encounters with cryptozoological creatures, including the Chupacabra and Bigfoot, and even supernatural creatures such as the Werewolf and Vampire, and extraterrestrials: Alien and Reptilian. The pilot aired on Animal Planet October 30, 2008 for Halloween, but the series officially premiered on January 6, 2009. Animal Planet commissioned a second season, which premiered on September 29, 2009. Season 3 premiered on September 28, 2010, with episodes featuring zombies and the Kraken. The show also used to air on Planet Green.

Resident Evil
›R2002 · Horror, Action, Science Fiction · 100m · Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

Pandorum
›R2009 · Action, Horror, Mystery · 108m · Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

Krampus
›PG-132015 · Horror, Comedy, Fantasy · 98m · Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner
When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.

Lee Cronin's The Mummy
›R2026 · Horror, Mystery · 133m · Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy
The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

Tremors II: Aftershocks
›PG-131996 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 100m · Fred Ward, Helen Shaver, Chris Gartin
Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil.

Piranha
›R1978 · Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy · 94m · Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.

The Reef
›R2010 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Damian Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Adrienne Pickering
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
›R1990 · Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy · 93m · Debbie Harry, Matthew Lawrence, David Forrester
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Black Water
›R2008 · Adventure, Drama, Horror · 90m · Maeve Dermody, Diana Glenn, Andy Rodoreda
Based on true events, Grace, her boyfriend Adam, and her younger sister, Lee, are on holiday in Northern Australia when they decide to take a tour down a river. As they drift into a swamp, their boat suddenly capsizes. Stranded in the flooded swamp, the three tourists must figure out what to do to survive as they realize they are being watched through the black water.

Willard
›PG-132003 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 100m · Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.
