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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
YouSeries
›TV-MA2018 · Mystery, Crime, Drama · 5 seasons · Penn Badgley, Charlotte Ritchie, Griffin Matthews
A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
›R1974 · Horror · 83m · Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Weapons
›R2025 · Horror, Mystery · 129m · Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
The OutsiderSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Drama, Mystery, Crime · 1 season · Ben Mendelsohn, Bill Camp, Jeremy Bobb
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
Frenzy
›1972 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 116m · Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
GoosebumpsSeries
›TV-G1995 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Kids · 4 seasons
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
›NR1957 · Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror · 81m · Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Seconds
›R1966 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 107m · Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.
Interview with the VampireSeries
›TV-MA2022 · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2 seasons · Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Assad Zaman
A century-old vampire from New Orleans reunites with an ailing journalist to recount his life of bloodlust and his tumultuous relationship with the rakish Frenchman who turned him.
The SerpentSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Drama, Crime · 1 season · Tahar Rahim, Jenna Coleman, Billy Howle
The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the grasp of authorities worldwide to become Interpol's most wanted man, with arrest warrants on three different continents.
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
›1964 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 133m · Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
›NR1939 · Mystery, Crime, Horror · 80m · Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
DesSeries
›2020 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.
CallsSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season
Interconnected phone conversations chronicle the mysterious story of a group of strangers whose lives are thrown into disarray in the lead-up to an apocalyptic event.
The BridgeSeries
›TV-MA2013 · Drama, Crime · 2 seasons · Diane Kruger, Demián Bichir, Annabeth Gish
A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
The Night Stalker
›NR1972 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 74m · Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.
Mad Love
›1935 · Horror, Romance · 68m · Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
›1964 · Crime, Thriller, Drama · 116m · Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lacey
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
Paranormal WitnessSeries
›TV-142011 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Documentary · 5 seasons · Kelaiah Guiel
A tense, filmic and high-octane drama-documentary series that brings to life the stories of people who have lived through paranormal experiences that defy explanation. Using a mixture of intimate first-hand testimony and grittily realistic drama, the audience is transported into a world turned upside down by extraordinary and terrifying events.
ManhuntSeries
›TV-PG2019 · Drama, Crime · 2 seasons · Martin Clunes, Claudie Blakley, Sule Rimi
The true story of London Metropolitan police detective Colin Sutton's manhunt for serial criminals.
The Night Strangler
›NR1973 · TV Movie, Horror, Mystery · 90m · Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?
The Long ShadowSeries
›2023 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Lee Ingleby
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.
Helter Skelter
›1976 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 184m · George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
Ted Bundy: Falling for a KillerSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Ted Bundy, Elizabeth Kendall, Molly Kendall
After years of silence, Ted Bundy’s long-term girlfriend Elizabeth Kendall, her daughter Molly, and other survivors come forward for the first time in a docuseries that reframes Bundy’s crimes from a female perspective. The series reveals how Bundy’s pathological hatred of women collided with the culture wars and the feminist movement of the 1970s in one of the most infamous crime stories of our time.
