
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

Worldbreaker
›R2025 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Billie Boullet, Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. But when the world is about to break, no place is safe.

Flowers in the Attic
›R1987 · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 93m · Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant, Kristy Swanson
After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health, and more concerned about herself and the inheritence she plans to win back from her dying father.

American Carnage
›R2022 · Mystery, Thriller, Comedy · 101m · Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jenna Ortega, Allen Maldonado
After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the elder care facility, however, they discover more twisted secrets than they could have possibly imagined.

Day of the DeadSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Keenan Tracey, Daniel Doheny, Natalie Malaika
A group of strangers try to survive the first 24 hours of an undead invasion.

The Jack in the Box Rises
›2024 · Horror · 92m · Nicholas Anscombe, Isabella Colby Browne, Derek Nelson
When a creepy Jack-in-the-Box is discovered and opened on the grounds of an exclusive girls' school, six brave students soon enter a fight to the finish against the unleashed demon.

Feast II: Sloppy Seconds
›R2008 · Horror, Action, Comedy · 97m · Diane Ayala Goldner, Jenny Wade, Clu Gulager
The monsters have made it into a small neighboring town in the middle of nowhere and the locals have to band with the survivors of the bar slaughter to figure out how to make it.

Summer Camp
›2016 · Horror · 81m · Maiara Walsh, Diego Boneta, Jocelin Donahue
A group of people have just signed up to be camp Councillors at a foreign country. They expect the camp to be the place for a memorable summer. Instead, something strange is going on and some of the campers begin to act strange. Things go terribly wrong real fast as a terrible game of tag has the campers running for their lives or going after the campers.

Clownhouse
›R1990 · Horror · 81m · Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Bobby Salem
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.

Beneath
›NR2013 · Horror · 89m · Brent Briscoe, Kurt Caceres, Eric Etebari
A crew of coal miners becomes trapped 600 feet below ground after a disastrous collapse. As the air grows more toxic and time runs out, they slowly descend into madness and begin to turn on one another. Inspired by true events.

Re-Kill
›R2015 · Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Roger Cross, Bruce Payne, Scott Adkins
Five years after a zombie outbreak, the men and women of R-Division hunt down and destroy the undead. When they see signs of a second outbreak, they fear humanity may not survive.

The January Man
›R1989 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 97m · Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, and corruption all are in the background as Nick tries to uncover the secret of where the killer will strike next, and finally must lay a trap without the police.

Fear Island
›2009 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 95m · Aaron Ashmore, Haylie Duff, Lucy Hale
Five students on spring break meet at a secluded island cabin for a weekend getaway. Stranded on the island they become the prey of a mysterious killer who seems bent on revenge for something the friends have done.

Donkey Punch
›R2008 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 99m · Nichola Burley, Sian Breckin, Jaime Winstone
Three hot girls, four guys, and one mega-swanky yacht collide for a serious night of drugs and sexual deviancy. One debaucherous act goes too far though, turning this teen joy ride into a weekend of bloody bedlam.

The Dare
›R2019 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 97m · Bart Edwards, Richard Brake, Richard Short
A rare family night for Jay takes a brutal twist when he awakens in a basement with three other prisoners. As their vengeful captor runs riot, Jay engages in a twisted battle to solve the puzzle to his past and save his family's future.

Old Man
›NR2022 · Thriller, Horror · 98m · Stephen Lang, Marc Senter, Patch Darragh
Deep in the woods, a lost hiker stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive old man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.

The Shed
›NR2019 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · Jay Jay Warren, Cody Kostro, Sofia Happonen
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.

Without Warning
›R1980 · Horror, Science Fiction · 89m · Tarah Nutter, Christopher S. Nelson, Jack Palance
When a mountain town is besieged by aliens, stranded teens Sandy and Greg team up with a local hunter as a paranoid war vet becomes convinced they're the enemy.

An Affair to Die For
›2019 · Thriller, Horror · 83m · Claire Forlani, Jake Abel, Titus Welliver
A weekend get-away for two lovers turns into a nightmare of psychological mind games when their infidelity is discovered.

The Shortcut
›R2009 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 100m · Drew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, Dave Franco
When Derek moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the warning, Derek and his friends set out to uncover the dark secret that's buried deep in the woods. But will they survive to tell it?

The Curse
›R1987 · Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare
Nathan Hayes is a religious man trying to hold onto his farm and keep his family in line. A real estate developer is trying to buy most of the farm property in the area, including Mr. Hayes’ family farm, in the hope that the Tennesse Valley Authority will choose the town for the site of a new dam and recreational area. The night of a terrible storm, an unidentified, glowing object crashes on the Hayes farm and with it comes a horrible curse for the family and other members of the community.

Scarecrows
›R1988 · Horror · 83m · Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan
Five men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico. Enroute a double cross has one of the thieves parachute with the loot into an abandoned farm surrounded by strange scarecrows. The rest of the team jump after their loot and their former partner. Everything happens during the course of one very dark night.

Botched
›2007 · Comedy, Crime, Horror · 95m · Stephen Dorff, Sean Pertwee, Jamie Foreman
Ritchie Donovan is a professional thief whose luck has just run out. The only survivor from a heist that goes terribly wrong, Ritchie is forced to take the rap and is sent to Russia to steal a priceless antique cross locked in a safe on the penthouse floor of a Moscow skyscraper.

Stepfather 2
›R1989 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Terry O'Quinn, Meg Foster, Caroline Williams
"Stepfather" Jerry Blake escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor. With a future wife and new stepson who love him, Blake eliminates anyone who stands in his way to building the perfect family.

A Force of One
›PG1979 · Action, Adventure, Crime · 90m · Jennifer O'Neill, Chuck Norris, Clu Gulager
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
