
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

Happy Birthday
›2016 · Horror, Thriller, Comedy · 93m · Matt Bush, Riley Litman, Britne Oldford
When two friends embark on a journey to Mexicali for a Birthday celebration, they soon realize their psychedelic shenanigans have taken a turn for the worse.

Mercy Christmas
›2017 · Action, Horror, Comedy · 83m · Steven Hubbell, Casey O'Keefe, Gwen Van Dam
When Michael Briskett meets the perfect woman, his ideal Christmas dream comes true when she invites him to her family's holiday celebration. Dreams shattered, Michael struggles to survive once he realizes HE will be Christmas dinner.

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.

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.

The Dead Come Home
›NR1989 · Horror · 94m · Mark Zobain, Victor Verhaeghe, Sarah Newhouse
A group of friends decide to renovate an old house located in the middle of nowhere, in the hope of turning it into their crash pad, but shortly after arriving, a strange and seemingly senile old woman is found to be lurking around the premises.

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.

The Sound
›R2025 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 99m · William Fichtner, Jocelyn Hudon, David Clennon
A group of climbers embarks on a dangerous climb that has been off-limits for years. What initially begins as an audacious expedition transforms into a battle for survival against a force that toys with them.

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.

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….

#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.

Lasso
›2017 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Sean Patrick Flanery, Lindsey Morgan, Andrew Jacobs
The story of Simon and Kit, two young leaders of an Active Senior adventure tour group that take a day trip out to a small-town Rodeo located deep in the woods. Their lives are turned upside down when they find themselves fighting to stay alive against a group of psycho, bloodthirsty cowboys from the local rodeo.

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.

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.

Blood Salvage
›R1990 · Horror, Comedy · 98m · Danny Nelson, Lori Birdsong, Christian Hesler
Twisted tale about a crazy, preaching redneck named Jake who kidnaps people off the highway and performs sick medical experiments on them. He then proceeds to sell their organs on the black market to Mr. Stone. Everything is fine until he kidnaps the handicapped April and finds that she is harder to control than the others.

Nightalk
›2022 · Thriller, Romance, Mystery · 89m · Ashley Bryant, Al Mukadam, Ted Hallett
A female cop goes undercover on a phone-sex app to solve a murder investigation as she risks becoming the killer's next victim.

Blood Conscious
›2021 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 80m · Nick Damici, Lenny Thomas, DeShawn White
A vacationing family turns the tables on a mass shooter who claims to be fighting demonic forces.

Hunt Her, Kill Her
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · Natalie Terrazzino, JC Oakley III, Larry Bunton
A desperate young mother, Karen, takes a job as the night shift janitor at a large furniture factory. She is told that she is the only one working at this time. But, after seeing a strange vehicle idling in the parking lot and finding a door to the factory ajar, she gets the feeling she might not be alone after all.

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
›R2013 · Fantasy, Horror, Action · 88m · Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.

The Babysitter: Killer Queen
›R2020 · Comedy, Horror · 101m · Judah Lewis, Jenna Ortega, Robbie Amell
Two years after defeating a satanic cult led by his babysitter Bee, Cole's trying to forget his past and focus on surviving high school. But when old enemies unexpectedly return, Cole will once again have to outsmart the forces of evil.

The Invasion
›PG-132007 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 99m · Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jackson Bond
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
›R1984 · Horror · 91m · Judie Aronson, Kimberly Beck, Joan Freeman
After his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis family and a group of hitherto carefree teenagers.

Tau
›R2018 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 97m · Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein, Gary Oldman
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.

Lake Placid
›R1999 · Horror, Comedy, Action · 82m · Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
