
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

Prey
›1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Barry Stokes, Sally Faulkner, Glory Annen
A deadly shape-shifting alien infiltrates a country house occupied by two lesbians, and proceeds to study their behaviour for a sinister purpose.

The Turn of the Screw
›2009 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 89m · Michelle Dockery, Eva Sayer, Josef Lindsay
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Illicit Desires
›NC-172018 · Thriller, Horror · 81m · August Ames, Valerie Baber, Kira Noir
Peeks behind the curtain into the world of an adult toy manufacturer. And what a world it is! Greed and betrayal run wild in the corporate world of sensual oddities as a new, young, office intern sets her sights on moving right to the top. What she's willing to do to get where she wants to be will absolutely kill you. It also helps if you're a psychopathic murderess.

Born for Hell
›1976 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Mathieu Carrière, Debra Berger, Christine Boisson
Loosely based on the notorious Richard Speck murders, this is the grim tale of a disturbed Vietnam vet returning home via Belfast, who invades a house shared by eight nurses and proceeds to terrorize and murder them.

Echoes of Fear
›2019 · Horror · 90m · Trista Robinson, Hannah Race, Paul Chirico
After inheriting her grandfather's house, a young woman must confront the mystery of his sudden death and the evil that hides inside.

Angelica
›NR2017 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 95m · Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard
A couple living in Victorian London endure an unusual series of psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.

The Watch
›2008 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 90m · Clea DuVall, James A. Woods, Elizabeth Whitmere
Cassie, a psych student, was kidnapped and traumatized as a child by a disturbed person. To exorcise her demons and to finish her thesis, she decides on an experiment in isolation, working at a secluded watch tower as a fire lookout. But once she's alone, strange things start happening. Or is she just paranoid? Cassie is terrified that her past may be coming back to haunt her.

How to Be a Serial Killer
›R2009 · Comedy, Horror, Crime · 91m · Dameon Clarke, Matthew Gray Gubler, Laura Regan
HOW TO BE A SERIAL KILLER is the story of Mike Wilson, a charismatic, educated, and articulate young man who has found his life's purpose in exterminating people. Mike is determined to spread his message about the joy of serial killing and recruits a lost soul named Bart to be his pupil. Mike leads Bart through the ethics of serial killing as well as teaching him various lessons in disposing corp

Victim
›2010 · Horror · 74m · Stephen Weigand, Bob Bancroft, Brendan Kelly
After being mysteriously kidnapped by a Doctor and his violent henchman, a young man is held captive in the converted cellar of an old mansion. For reasons unknown, he's forced to endure heinous physical and psychological torture, but slowly realizes the worst is yet to come when the Doctor's brutal plan for him is finally revealed….

Bowery at Midnight
›NR1942 · Crime, Horror, Action · 62m · Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Wanda McKay
A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the gang as they commit a series of robberies, murders and bizarre experiments on corpses.

The Arbors
›2020 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 116m · Drew Matthews, Ryan Davenport, Sarah Cochrane
Set against a dreary small town, reclusive locksmith Ethan Daunes struggles to keep ties with his younger brother Shane. Ethan's life takes an unsettling turn after finding a strange small creature and forming a mysterious connection. After a string of unexplained killings, the creature's true nature is soon revealed, and Ethan finds himself at the center of panic and paranoia.

Olivia
›1983 · Crime, Horror, Drama · 85m · Suzanna Love, Robert Walker Jr., Bibbe Hansen
Nightmares of the past haunt the beautiful, mysterious Olivia, a London resident who begins a passionate affair with American businessman Mike. Trapped in a loveless marriage and traumatized by memories of her mother's brutal murder, Olivia hopes her lover will offer a chance at a new life. However, ghostly voices and brutal murders ignite a fiendish, twist-filled story of double identities, deception, and erotic terror.

The Reading
›2023 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 96m · Mo'Nique, Chasity Sereal, Denisha Hardeman
After a deadly home invasion, Emma (Mo'Nique Hicks) copes by writing a book, but when a young psychic and her team perform a reading in her home, a new terror is unleashed.

#No_Filter
›2022 · Horror, Thriller, Fantasy · 87m · Hannah McIver, Jasmine Daoud, Samuel van der Zwalmen
As the #1 social influencer at her high school, Anna is still discovering the advantages and drawbacks of this new status. Home alone, she’s determined to gain as many followers as possible but when the line between real and virtual is getting blurry, the night becomes bloody.

Killers
›1996 · Action, Thriller, Horror · 87m · Dave Larsen, David Gunn, Burke Morgan
Odessa and Kyle James were just your average American boys until the night they went upstairs and killed their parents in cold blood... and smiled.

The Bloodhound
›2020 · Horror, Mystery · 71m · Liam Aiken, Joe Adler, Annalise Basso
A visit to a wealthy and reclusive friend lands a young man in a world of fear and despair.

Disappearance
›2002 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 92m · Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Jer Adrianne Lelliott
A family driving through Nevada decides to take some snapshots at an out-of-the-way ghost town named Weaver, and horrible things start happening.

Crucible of Horror
›1971 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Michael Gough, Yvonne Mitchell, Sharon Gurney
A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch.

The Glow
›PG-132002 · TV Movie, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Portia De Rossi, Dean Cain, Hal Linden
A newly-wed NYC couple move into a low-rent luxury apartment only to be harassed by cryptic elderly neighbors.

Daughter of Darkness
›R1990 · TV Movie, Horror · 93m · Anthony Perkins, Mia Sara, Jack Coleman
An atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing a young woman is the identity of her father. Unfortunately for her, she becomes drawn into a small Romanian underworld of brooding menace, darkness, torture chambers, and vampires.

Chasing Ghosts
›2005 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 119m · Michael Madsen, Corey Large, Shannyn Sossamon
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, the truth slowly begins to reveal itself.

Hypochondriac
›NR2022 · Horror, Drama · 96m · Zach Villa, Devon Graye, Madeline Zima
A young potter’s life devolves into chaos as he loses function of his body while being haunted by the physical manifestation of his childhood trauma.

Lost Things
›R2004 · Thriller, Horror · 83m · Leon Ford, Charlie Garber, Lenka Kripac
Four teenagers; Gary (Leon Ford), Brad (Chalie Garber), Emily (Lenka Kripac) and Tracey (Alex Vaughan) travel to a desert paradisiacal beach and spend the weekend together. When they arrive, they meet the older Zippo (Steve Le Marquand), and experience a sense of Déjà vu with weird events, feeling that they had previously been in that place. That Saturday, they start to realize that they are actually trapped in a nightmare.

Bone Daddy
›1998 · Thriller, Crime, Horror · 90m · Rutger Hauer, Barbara Williams, R.H. Thomson
Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the book, the madman gets caught, but in reality he is still uncaught. After the book is released, Palmer's editor is kidnapped. Palmer soon is sent a present containing a page of his book, and a bone from his editor. Together with the police, Palmer tries to find his editor, who might still be alive. In addition, his own son becomes one of the main suspects. Written by Julian Reischl
