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 Nightmare
›2015 · Horror, Documentary · 90m · Forrest Borie, Korinne Wilson, Andrew Schwarz
Eight people experience sleep paralysis, a condition which leaves them unable to move, speak or react.
Joshua
›R2007 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 105m · Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Bloodline
›R2019 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Seann William Scott, Mariela Garriga, Dale Dickey
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Switchback
›R1997 · Thriller, Mystery · 118m · Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, R. Lee Ermey
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
The RigSeries
›TV-142023 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2 seasons · Emily Hampshire, Iain Glen, Martin Compston
When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting paranoia and rising tensions. But as the threat facing them reveals itself to be something beyond their wildest imagination, the divided crew must form an alliance to ensure survival.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
›R1976 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 86m · Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells
When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.
The Dark
›2018 · Horror, Drama, Fantasy · 95m · Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics
A murderous, flesh-eating undead young girl haunting the remote stretch of woods where she was murdered decades earlier, discovers a kidnapped and abused boy hiding in the trunk of one of her victim’s cars. Her decision to let the boy live throws her aggressively solitary existence into upheaval, and ultimately forces her to re-examine just how much of her humanity her murderer was able to destroy.
Bone Lake
›R2025 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 94m · Alex Roe, Maddie Hasson, Marco Pigossi
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.
Scare Campaign
›2016 · Horror · 76m · Meegan Warner, Ian Meadows, Olivia DeJonge
A popular prank TV show, Scare Campaign, has been entertaining audiences for the last 5 years with its mix of old school scares and hidden camera fun. But as we enter a new age of online TV, the producers find themselves up against a new hard edged web series that makes their show look decidedly quaint. It's time to up the ante, but will the team go too far this time, and are they about to prank the wrong guy?
Monolith
›R2023 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 94m · Lily Sullivan, Ling Cooper Tang, Ansuya Nathan
A desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.
Dementia 13
›NR1963 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 75m · William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton
A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
Still of the Night
›PG1982 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 91m · Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
Hush
›2008 · Thriller, Horror, Action · 91m · William Ash, Christine Bottomley, Andreas Wisniewski
A young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver when they see something disturbing in the back of his vehicle.
Scare Package
›NR2019 · Horror, Comedy · 106m · Jeremy King, Byron Brown, Hawn Tran
Chad Buckley is super crazy about horror movies, but also very lonely. He mostly spends his days in his small movie shop having wild discussions with his only returning customer, Sam.
Daddy's Head
›2024 · Horror · 92m · Julia Brown, Nathaniel Martello-White, Charles Aitken
A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.
The Pit and the Pendulum
›R1991 · Horror, Romance · 97m · Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.
The Resurrected
›1991 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 105m · John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
The 4th Floor
›R1999 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 90m · Juliette Lewis, William Hurt, Shelley Duvall
A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.
End of the Line
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Ilona Elkin, Nicolas Wright, Neil Napier
Karen, a young psychiatric nurse, boards the last subway train of the night only to have it stop in the middle of the tunnel. Suddenly, her nightmare begins: a mysterious cult has decided that it's the end of the world and the only way to save the souls of the living is to kill them in cold blood. As those around her are brutally murdered, Karen and a handful of survivors must face the homicidal cult, supernatural forces, and their own fears of Armageddon in order to survive.
Night Shift
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Phoebe Tonkin, Lamorne Morris, Madison Hu
A young woman working her first night shift at a remote motel begins to suspect that she is being followed by a dangerous character from her past. As the night progresses and increasingly supernatural events occur, she quickly finds out that nothing is what it appears to be.
American Gothic
›R1987 · Horror · 90m · Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Michael J. Pollard
When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.
Good Neighbours
›R2011 · Thriller, Drama · 99m · Jay Baruchel, Scott Speedman, Emily Hampshire
Neighbors Spencer and Louise have bonded over their fascination with a recent string of murders terrorizing their community. When a new tenant named Victor moves into the building, all three quickly hit it off. However, they soon discover each has his or her own dark secret. As the violence outside mounts, the city retreats indoors for safety. But the more time these three neighbors spend together in their apartment building, the clearer it becomes that what they once thought of as a safe haven is as dangerous as any outside terrors they could imagine.
Campfire Tales
›R1997 · Horror · 88m · James Marsden, Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor
Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.
She Will
›2022 · Drama, Horror · 95m · Alice Krige, Kota Eberhardt, Malcolm McDowell
Veronica, an aging film star, retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse Desi to recover from a double mastectomy. While there, mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.
