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.
2813 titles
For the Sake of Vicious
›2021 · Action, Horror, Mystery · 80m · Lora Burke, Nick Smyth, Colin Paradine
An overworked nurse returns home to find a maniac hiding out with a bruised and beaten hostage. When an unexpected wave of violent intruders descend upon her home, it becomes a fight for survival.
Sun Choke
›2015 · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Sarah Hagan, Barbara Crampton, Sara Malakul Lane
Janie’s just trying to get well. As she recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie's buried demons begin to surface.
The First Deadly Sin
›R1980 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 112m · Frank Sinatra, Faye Dunaway, David Dukes
A serial killer is stalking New York City. Inspector Edward Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
Scream for Help
›R1984 · Horror, Mystery, Crime · 90m · Rachael Kelly, David Allen Brooks, Marie Masters
A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
Drawn Into the Night
›2022 · Horror, Thriller · 67m · Jessica Sonneborn, Michael McLafferty, Paulie Redding
While investigating the disappearance of several high school girls, an undercover cop posing as a student finds herself fighting for her life.
Undocumented
›2010 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Scott Mechlowicz, Alona Tal, Yancey Arias
A documentary film crew runs afoul of sadistic radicals when they follow illegal immigrants sneaking over the U.S. border.
Whirlpool
›1970 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 87m · Karl Lanchbury, Vivien Neves, Pia Andersson
Tulia, a young model, is invited to a photographer's country home for what purports to be a quiet weekend retreat - but soon appears to be anything but.
The Hunt for the BTK Killer
›2005 · TV Movie, Crime, Thriller · 82m · Robert Forster, Michael Michele, Maury Chaykin
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.
The Gray Man
›R2007 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 97m · Patrick Bauchau, Jack Conley, John Aylward
In the late 1920s, Albert Fish, a seemingly benevolent father and grandfather who reared his family by himself after his wife deserted them, turns out to be a serial child molester and murderer. Based on a true story.
Kill Me Again
›2025 · Thriller, Horror · 108m · Brendan Fehr, Majandra Delfino, Raoul Max Trujillo
Charlie, a notorious serial killer known as the Midnight Mangler finds himself trapped, reliving the same violent night over and over. Initially embracing his grisly urges, Charlie soon becomes desperate to escape the endless nightmare.
A Child's Voice
›2018 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Joey Burke, Angela Mavropoulos, Joseph Lopez
A homeless teen answers the voice of a child calling out for help and is sent on a journey to find a human trafficking network run by the child's killer.
Curse of Crom: The Legend of Halloween
›2022 · Fantasy, Horror · 92m · Chelsea Jurkiewicz, Tanner Gillman, Colin Cunningham
High school teenagers accidentally unleash an ancient Irish entity on their hometown and must stop it before midnight on Halloween.
Satan's Triangle
›1975 · TV Movie, Mystery, Horror · 74m · Kim Novak, Doug McClure, Alejandro Rey
The female survivor of a shipwreck and two Coast Guard helicopter pilots sent to rescue her find themselves trapped in a mysterious part of the ocean known as Satan's Triangle.
The Carrier
›R1988 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 99m · Gregory Fortescue, Stevie Lee, Steve Dixon
An orphaned teen is attacked by a mysterious beast and struck with an infectious disease that turns everything he touches into a death trap.
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.
EtheriaSeries
›2020 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 6 seasons
From post-apocalyptic westerns to demented comedies to terrifying horror and gore, ETHERIA serves up the perfect blend of mind-bending and panic-inducing excitement from the best emerging women genre directors in the world. Each episode showcases a vision of the fantastic in this new anthology series created to introduce amazing directors to devoted genre fans.
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 2
›R2003 · Horror, Mystery · 90m · Ali Larter, A.J. Cook, Michael Landes
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
Army of the Dead
›R2021 · Crime, Action, Horror · 148m · Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
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 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.
Deep Blue Sea
›R1999 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 105m · Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J
Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.
