
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

Maggie
›PG-132015 · Horror, Drama, Science Fiction · 95m · Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson
There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to eradicate those with the virus, Wade is pushed to the limits in an effort to protect her. Joely Richardson co-stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Robert Englund, Rodney Eastman, Danny Hassel
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.

Until Dawn
›R2025 · Horror, Mystery · 103m · Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Belmont Cameli
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one...only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.

The Descent: Part 2
›R2009 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 94m · Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Gavan O'Herlihy
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.

Stigmata
›R1999 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce
A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking cardinal requests that the Rev. Andrew Kiernan investigate her case. Soon Kiernan realizes that very sinister forces are at work, and tries to rescue Frankie from the entity that is plaguing her.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
›R2010 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 99m · Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

Untraceable
›R2008 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · 101m · Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.

P2
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley, Simon Reynolds
A businesswoman finds herself locked with a unhinged security guard in a parking garage after getting stuck working late on Christmas Eve.

Diary of the Dead
›R2007 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 96m · Michelle Morgan, Joshua Close, Shawn Roberts
A group of young filmmakers encounter real zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.

Teeth
›R2008 · Comedy, Horror · 94m · Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais
Dawn is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey, nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly turn.

The Lie
›R2018 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 95m · Peter Sarsgaard, Mireille Enos, Joey King
A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.

Pet
›R2016 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, Jennette McCurdy
A man bumps into an old crush and becomes obsessed. After several failed attempts at winning her over, he kidnaps her and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.

No One Lives
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Luke Evans, Adelaide Clemens, Laura Ramsey
A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.

Malevolent
›2018 · Horror · 89m · Florence Pugh, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Celia Imrie
A brother-sister team who fake paranormal encounters for cash get more than they bargained for when a job at a haunted estate turns very, very real.

The Town that Dreaded Sundown
›R2014 · Thriller, Horror · 85m · Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Travis Tope
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

Intruders
›R2015 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 90m · Beth Riesgraf, Martin Starr, Jack Kesy
Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.

Silent Night, Deadly Night
›R1984 · Thriller, Horror · 79m · Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick
After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.

Psycho III
›R1986 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 93m · Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.

Sightless
›2020 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · Madelaine Petsch, Alexander Koch, December Ensminger
After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.

Backtrack
›R2015 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 90m · Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Malcolm Kennard
Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making.

Hostile
›R2018 · Drama, Horror, Romance · 82m · Brittany Ashworth, Grégory Fitoussi, Javier Botet
Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only come out at nighttime.

Nightbitch
›R2024 · Comedy, Horror · 98m · Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Snowden
A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a dog.

ABCs of Death 2
›NR2014 · Horror · 124m · Eric Jacobus, Julian Barratt, Ian Virgo
Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

Half Light
›R2006 · Thriller, Horror, Drama · 110m · Demi Moore, Henry Ian Cusick, Jordan El-Balawi
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.
