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.
3197 titles
The Black Door
›2001 · Horror · 96m · Sergio Gallinaro, Staci Tara Moore, Kevin Blatch
Seattle, USA, 1999. At the demand of MEG, a camera crew investigates the strange course of events that brought STEVEN H., her boyfriend, to be hospitalized. Steven's condition is serious. His body has been severely lacerated by an unknown assailant. The doctors think it could be a wild animal, or maybe even a man with extremely long and hard nails. Steven is also suffering from a mysterious infection that spreads inside him at an alarming speed...
Dead Dicks
›2019 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Jillian Harris, Heston Horwin, Matt Keyes
After Becca receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie, she rushes over to his apartment and finds him alive and well - surrounded by copies of his own dead body.
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead
›PG-132025 · Horror, Fantasy · 91m · Bean Reid, Adeline Lo, Seth Isaac Johnson
When his brother disappears and everyone forgets he existed, Sam must unravel the mystery before Finn is gone forever.
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
›2020 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Taika Waititi
A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult.
The Hypnotic Eye
›1960 · Horror · 79m · Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson
A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.
Butter on the Latch
›2013 · Horror, Drama, Fantasy · 72m · Isolde Chae-Lawrence, Sarah Small, Charlie Hewson
Sarah and Isolde share an interest in the traditional music and dance of the Balkans, but it turns out that shared interests don’t always unite them. Their trip, initially a fun bonding experience, takes a southward turn when Sarah becomes interested in handsome fellow camper Steph. A seemingly innocent romantic overture touches off an abrupt shift in the dynamic between the two girlfriends, steering a previously ecstatic camp outing down a psychological rabbit hole.
Theatre of Death
›1967 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Christopher Lee, Julian Glover, Lelia Goldoni
The Theatre of Death in Paris specialises in horror presentations. A police surgeon finds himself becoming involved in the place through his attraction to one of the performers. When bloodless bodies start showing up all over town he realises there could be links with the theatre.
Escape from Marwin
›2018 · Horror · 102m · Camilla Mathias, John De Luca, David Chevers
In life, we all deserve second chances. It doesn't matter what we have done. What if we were given a second opportunity in the form of an "escape room"? Annually, prisoners sentenced to the death penalty have the option to play this game and be able to get the great prize that they desire, their freedom.
Rufus
›2012 · Drama, Horror · 110m · Rory J. Saper, Christina Jastrzembska, Tom Carey
Rufus is a shy and lonely boy determined to make a new start. Sure he has some quirks. So what if he likes the taste of blood? It's not like he's addicted. When a cunning vampire hunter slips into town searching for the fountain of youth, Rufus fears his darkest secret is about to be revealed.
The Purge: Election Year
›R2016 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 109m · Elizabeth Mitchell, Frank Grillo, Mykelti Williamson
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
Final Destination 5
›R2011 · Horror, Mystery · 91m · Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher
Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.
Hostel
›R2006 · Horror · 94m · Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
The Thing
›R2011 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 103m · Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.
The Pope's Exorcist
›R2023 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe
Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
The Strangers
›R2008 · Horror · 86m · Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward
After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.
Solace
›R2015 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · 101m · Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Blitz
›R2011 · Crime, Action, Thriller · 97m · Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
Anon
›R2018 · Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery · 100m · Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Feore
Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.
Grave Encounters
›2011 · Thriller, Horror · 93m · Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
The Uninvited
›PG-132009 · Horror · 87m · Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.
The Raven
›R2012 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 111m · John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Antlers
›R2021 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 99m · Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas
A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.
The Boogeyman
›PG-132023 · Horror · 99m · Sophie Thatcher, Vivien Lyra Blair, Chris Messina
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
Maniac
›NR2012 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
