
Sub-genre
Psychological
🧠 Every psychological title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
3196 titles

Mid-Century
›R2022 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 105m · Shane West, Sarah Hay, Bruce Dern
A husband and wife's weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband discovers the owner is a psychopath with a backyard of buried secrets and designs on his wife.

The Orphan Killer
›R2011 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Diane Foster, David Backus, Matt Farnsworth
The Orphan Killer is a tour de force murder flick that defies classification. It goes far beyond current trends in gore and breaks open a new suffering genre of horror. Marcus Miller is a serial murderer hellbent on teaching his estranged sister Audrey what it means to have family loyalty. His lessons are taught in massive doses of vulgar and unimaginable pain. Throughout her brutal torture we learn that Marcus is not the only Miller with Killer in the bloodline as Audrey proves to be a formidable adversary.

Ayla
›2017 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 86m · Nicholas Wilder, Tristan Risk, Dee Wallace
A man haunted by the mysterious death of his 4-year-old sister brings her back to life thirty years later as an adult woman, with dire consequences.

The School
›2018 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 89m · Megan Drury, Will McDonald, Jack Ruwald
When a doctor looking for her missing child awakens to find herself in an abandoned school, she must survive the supernatural terror and face her own demons if she is to find the truth about where her son is.

From the Depths
›NR2020 · Drama, Horror · 85m · Angelica Briones, Liz Fenning, Terra Strong
After surviving a shark attack, a young woman is plagued by nightmares of being stalked in the dark sea by a ravenous predator, and by hallucinations of visits from her sister and boyfriend, both whom were killed in the attack.

Vindicta
›R2023 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 87m · Michasha Armstrong, Sean Astin, Jaime M. Callica
When a city is terrorized by a sadistic serial killer, a seasoned detective and a newly recruited paramedic discover the key to stopping the bloodshed lies in unlocking the truth of their own haunted pasts.

All Light Will End
›2018 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Sarah Butler, Andy Buckley, Katie Garfield
When a capricious young author with a dark secret returns home for her brother's graduation, she finds herself haunted by the past and tormented by night terrors.

Splintered
›2010 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Sacha Dhawan, Sadie Pickering, Jonathan Readwin
Sophie is a troubled young girl, haunted by the abuse she suffered as a child and harbouring a deep fascination with the unexplained. In the hope of satiating her obsession with the latter, she instigates a trip to the Welsh countryside with four friends, aimed at tracking down the legendary Beast of Bodmin. It seems the mythical creature – often thought to be a large wildcat or fox – has caught the public's attention once more thanks to a spate of attacks on livestock and one local farmer. Armed with a video camera and a case of beer, the group head off into the woods but they soon uncover much more than they bargained for, with Sophie falling foul of a mysterious madman who locks her away in an apparent attempt to protect her from some unnamed terror.

Knock Knock
›2008 · Horror · 92m · Nicole Abisinio, Chris Bashinelli, Kat Castaneda
Knock Knock is a horror film that combines fear with revenge, hate with justice and responsibility with sacrifice. The bible says an "Eye for an Eye." Rico was just a big fun loving son of a hard working neighborhood business man. The problem is his dad is an undertaker. Some popular high school Students thought he was weird because of it. Rico kept to himself...

Hideout
›R2021 · Horror, Crime · 114m · Katie Lyons, Bryan Enright, Audrey Kovár
Evading police at a remote farmhouse after fumbling a robbery, four criminals discover that the family living there is not who they appear to be.

Cellphone
›2024 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 88m · Whitney Rose Pynn, Justin Malik Jackson, Jared Noble
Wynne, who is suffering PTSD from the death of her fiancé, starts seeing disturbing images on her cell phone about her future. If she doesn't figure them out in time, she will die.

She Freak
›1967 · Horror · 83m · Claire Brennen, Lee Raymond, Lynn Courtney
Jade is a waitress who leaves the greasy-diner business for the excitement of the carnival. She quickly discovers that she despises freaks and human oddities.

Dark Reel
›2008 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 108m · Lance Henriksen, Daniel Wisler, Edward Furlong
Murder, mystery and mayhem as B movie fan, Adam Waltz, wins Walk on Role in a film Featuring Scream Queen, Cassie Blue (Tiffany Shepis). Thinking his luck had changed for the better he steps into chaos with a killer loose and no one on the production safe.

The Grudge
›R2019 · Horror, Mystery · 94m · Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho
After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to discover that the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost. Now targeted by the demonic spirits, the detective must do anything to protect herself and her family from harm.

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
›R1985 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · John Shepherd, Tiffany Helm, John Robert Dixon
Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start happening at the secluded halfway house for troubled teens where he now lives, it seems like his nightmarish nemesis, Jason, is back for more sadistic slaughters.

Secret Obsession
›PG-132019 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 97m · Brenda Song, Mike Vogel, Dennis Haysbert
Newlywed Jennifer is brutally attacked at a dark rest stop. While healing from her injuries, she can’t recall anything from her past, including the ordeal. Her husband, Russell , is just thankful she’s alive and eager to get her home. As he reintroduces her to their secluded mountain estate, Detective Page pursues Jennifer’s assailant — his own daughter went missing and was never found. The same fate now awaits Jennifer, unless someone realizes that her loving caretaker is actually her captor.

The Roommate
›PG-132011 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 91m · Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.

The AcolyteSeries
›TV-142024 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure · 1 season · Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae
A hundred years before the rise of the Empire, the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic have prospered for centuries without war. During this time, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past.

Wounds
›R2019 · Horror, Mystery · 95m · Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz
Disturbing and mysterious things begin to happen to a bartender in New Orleans after he picks up a phone left behind at his bar.

Firestarter
›R2022 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 94m · Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron, Sydney Lemmon
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family's location, a mysterious operative is deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all. Charlie has other plans.

Escape Room
›R2017 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Evan Williams, Annabelle Stephenson, Elisabeth Hower
Six friends test their intelligence when an escape room they participate in takes a dark and twisted turn.

Pulse
›PG-132006 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 88m · Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian
When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.

Godsend
›PG-132004 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 102m · Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Robert De Niro
A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.

Mindcage
›R2022 · Mystery, Thriller, Crime · 97m · Martin Lawrence, Melissa Roxburgh, John Malkovich
Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.
