Sub-genre
Survival
🪓 Every survival title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
2812 titles
Trench 11
›2017 · Horror, Thriller, War · 90m · Rossif Sutherland, Robert Stadlober, Charlie Carrick
In the final days of WWI a shell-shocked soldier must lead a mission deep beneath the trenches to stop a German plot that could turn the tide of the war.
Marshmallow
›NR2025 · Horror, Science Fiction · 93m · Pierson Fodé, Corbin Bernsen, Giorgia Whigham
At a secluded summer camp, timid and introverted 12-year-old Morgan is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface.
A Wounded Fawn
›NR2022 · Horror · 91m · Josh Ruben, Sarah Lind, Malin Barr
A local museum curator who is dipping her toe back into the dating pool is targeted by a charming serial killer. When a fateful romantic getaway between the two becomes a tense game of cat and mouse, both must confront the madness within him.
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
›R2020 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 98m · Melinda Page Hamilton, Bailey Edwards, Ed Asner
A distraught mother suspects her teenage son is a psychopath who may shoot up his high school, but when he outsmarts the mental healthcare system she is forced to take matters into her own hands.
Blood Star
›2024 · Thriller, Horror · 97m · Britni Camacho, John Schwab, Sydney Brumfield
A young woman is driving through the desert alone when she is drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic Sheriff. The chase escalates to deadly levels, and she must use her street-smarts to turn the tables against him.
Sole Survivor
›R1984 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson, Robin Davidson
After inexplicably surviving a plane crash, TV station worker Denise tries to get on with her life. She soon learns that she was actually supposed to die in the crash. Death refuses to be cheated and starts sending its minions, people that have recently died, to collect her.
The Dogs
›2025 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 97m · Donovan Colan, Kathleen Munroe, Kristen Holden-Ried
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
Blood Moon
›NR2021 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 82m · Megalyn Echikunwoke, Yonas Kibreab, Joshua Dov
When Esme and her ten-year-old son, Luna move to a small desert town looking for a fresh start, they attract all the wrong kinds of attention. Esme must battle to protect her son and a terrifying secret before the next full moon reveals all.
Text
›NR2008 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Hanna Hall, Lane Compton, Michael Kaiser
Four friends search for the answers to a series of deadly text messages killing students at their high school.
Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story
›2019 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 87m · Alyson Hannigan, Daphne Hoskins, Howie Lai
High school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.
Homecoming
›2005 · Thriller, Horror, TV Movie · 58m · Thea Gill, Jon Tenney, Terry David Mulligan
A hotshot White House speech writer deals with the publicity nightmare of his life when recently deceased soldiers return from beyond the grave.
The House by the Lake
›R1976 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata
Harry is a rich dentist who often brings women up to his rural lakehouse. One weekend, he invites Diane, a former fashion model. On their way to the house, Diane runs a gang of thugs off the road. Humiliated, the thugs track down the couple for revenge.
Freehold
›2017 · Comedy, Thriller, Horror · 80m · Mim Shaikh, Javier Botet, Mandeep Dhillon
An oily, amoral estate agent is preyed upon by one of his victims, who quietly moves into his flat and, unseen, begins a deliciously malicious campaign of revenge.
Trapped
›R1982 · Crime, Adventure, Thriller · 95m · Henry Silva, Nicholas Campbell, Barbara Gordon
A group of college students accidentally see a local redneck kill his wife's lover. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues, with the students trying to escape the area while the killer sets out to eliminate the witnesses who can tie him to the murder.
True Fiction
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Sara Alicia Garcia, John Cassini, Julian Black Antelope
Avery Malone, a wannabe writer and lonely librarian, gets her big break when she's hand-selected to assist her hero, reclusive author, Caleb Conrad. Whisked away to Caleb's remote estate, Avery is given her one and only task; to participate in a controlled psychological experiment in fear that will serve as the basis for Caleb's next novel.
Goatman
›2023 · Horror · 87m · Micha Marie Stevens, Jason R. Davis, Chance Gibbs
A series of grisly murders point to the terrifying cryptid.
The Pack
›PG1977 · Horror, Adventure, Thriller · 98m · Joe Don Baker, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard B. Shull
The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers.
Kill
›2011 · Horror, Comedy, Thriller · 90m · Ry Barrett, Jennifer de Lucia, Pete Soltesz
Six strangers awake to find themselves the new tenants of a mysterious old house. Terrorized by insane Tiki-men in masks and taunted by their deranged captors,it soon becomes clear that only one singular action will save them: Kill.
Don't Say Its Name
›R2021 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Julian Black Antelope, Samuel Marty, Sera-Lys McArthur
After environmental activist Kharis Redwater is called back to the living world by her mother Mary Lynn after a questionable “accident” that cost Kharis her life, an ancient spirit is reborn outside of a small northern town out of revenge for the loss of her daughter’s life. Kharis returns as a Wheetago, a ferocious creature that only gets hungrier the more it eats. Can an ex-military Park Ranger, Stacy Cole, and Police Officer, Betty Stonechild, call back their traditional teachings to stop Kharis before she continues to feed on all who get in her way?
The Deadly Little Mermaid
›2026 · Horror · 80m · Elliott Eason, Sophia Carroll, Eleanor Mackenzie
Some secrets are better left at the bottom of the ocean. Once she's in your house, there is no escape. When a struggling artist pulls a beautiful, unconscious woman from the freezing coastal waters, he thinks he’s performed a miracle. But as she recovers within the walls of his secluded home, a series of unsettling events leads him to a terrifying realization: her presence is no coincidence. She is inextricably linked to the same watery grave that claimed his family years ago.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
›PG-132015 · Science Fiction, Action, Thriller · 131m · Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
Predator 2
›R1990 · Science Fiction, Action, Thriller · 108m · Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades
A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
Jeepers Creepers
›R2001 · Horror · 90m · Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.
Vivarium
›R2019 · Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror · 99m · Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Senan Jennings
A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.
