
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

Dark Ride
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the park.

Watchers
›R1988 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 91m · Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams
A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that it's an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unbeknownst to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature that's not quite so friendly.

Summer's Blood
›R2009 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Ashley Greene, Peter Mooney, Barbara Niven
A demented handyman comes to the rescue of a young woman, then imprisons her in his basement.

Growth
›NR2010 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 90m · Mircea Monroe, Christopher Shand, Brian Krause
In 1989, a breakthrough in "advanced parasitic research" on Cuttyhunk Island gave scientists a jump in human evolution. Initial tests proved promising, as subjects experienced heightened physical and mental strength and awareness. But - something in the experiment went horribly wrong, and the island mysteriously lost three quarters of its population.

The Inheritance
›2024 · Horror · 84m · Bob Gunton, Peyton List, Briana Middleton
Billionaire Charles Abernathy, on the eve of his 75th birthday, invites his four estranged children back home out of fear that tonight someone – or something – is coming to kill him. To ensure his family will help protect him from whatever’s coming, Abernathy puts each of their inheritances on the line – they’ll get nothing if he’s found dead by dawn.

Rogue River
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Michelle Page, Art Alexakis, Chris Coy
When a young woman takes a trip down Rogue River, her car mysteriously disappears. Lost without transport or communication, she accepts the hospitality of a stranger who offers her shelter for the night at his cabin. With no other options available, she reluctantly accepts only to forever regret it. The ensuing hours yield nothing but torture, indescribable pain, and horrific agony. If you've seen Misery, you've seen nothing. This movie starts where horror films end and leaves viewers paralysed by fear and disgust.

Remains
›NR2011 · Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Grant Bowler, Miko Hughes, Lance Reddick
The story centers on two lone survivors of a bizarre accident that reduced most of the world's population to zombies. They take refuge in a vacant casino and fight a losing battle against the undead.

Recovery
›R2016 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Rachel DiPillo, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Alex Shaffer
The night before their high school graduation, Jessie and her friends are guided by a 'Find My iPhone' app to recover her lost device from a house whose demented tenants are hell bent on making her a flesh and blood member of the family.

The Plague
›R2006 · Thriller, Horror · 88m · James Van Der Beek, Ivana Miličević, Brad Hunt
Ten years have passed since the world's children fell into a coma. Tonight they're waking up and all hell is breaking loose. An unholy battle between the generations is being waged, and time is not on the side of adults.

Amber Alert
›2012 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 81m · Jasen Wade, Summer Bellessa, Chris Hill
When a group of friends decides to follow a car they've seen posted on an Amber Alert, things start to go very wrong.

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
›PG-131989 · Horror, Comedy, Adventure · 89m · Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Karen M. Waldron
The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only good as a source of food. Accompanying Dr. Hunt on her trip are Jim, a guide of questionable competence, and Bunny, a student of unquestionable incompetence.

Barricade
›PG-132012 · Horror · 82m · Eric McCormack, Jody Thompson, Conner Dwelly
A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.

Carved
›R2024 · Horror, Comedy · 94m · Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Corey Fogelmanis, Jackson Kelly
On Halloween 1993, the staff of a historic pioneer village attraction must work together to survive the attack of a monstrous killer pumpkin set on revenge.

Squealer
›R2023 · Thriller, Action, Horror · 99m · Wes Chatham, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Tyrese Gibson
When young women begin to disappear across a small town, a police officer and a street-smart social worker follow clues to a remote pig farm and discover the local butcher has been bringing his work home.

Single White Female 2: The Psycho
›R2005 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 93m · Kristen Miller, Allison Lange, Brooke Burns
A warped woman takes deadly measures to help a new roommate get rid of her problems.

Red: Werewolf Hunter
›NR2010 · Fantasy, Horror, Action · 88m · Felicia Day, Kavan Smith, Stephen McHattie
The modern-day descendant of Little Red Riding Hood brings her fiancé home to meet her family and reveal their occupation as werewolf hunters, but after he is bitten by a werewolf, she must protect him from her own family.

Night Shadows
›R1984 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 99m · Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, Jody Medford
When brothers Josh and Mike go to a small southern town for a vacation, they find most of the residents either dead or missing. Mike soon disappears as well, leaving Josh to team up with the local sheriff and school teacher to find him in a town that’s hiding a dark, twisted secret.

Arbor Demon
›2016 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 92m · Fiona Dourif, Jake Busey, Rob Bouton
An adventurous woman with a secret from her husband insists they go for a romantic camping trip in a remote wood to reconnect and share some quality time. But their idyll is shockingly cut short after a group of nearby hunters are brutally killed by a mysterious creature. Trapped inside their tent, the couple is forced to help one of the injured hunters and together they plan their escape. Is there really something supernatural hidden in the forest? Or is it just their imaginations running riot. Soon they must determine if the real threat is inside or outside their enclosure

Red Christmas
›R2016 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Dee Wallace, Geoff Morrell, Sam Campbell
A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell bent on tearing them apart.

Dead Zone
›R2022 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Michael Jai White, Chad Michael Collins, Jeff Fahey
To stop the collapse of humanity, an elite team of soldiers must descend on a radiation-poisoned town and perform the ultimate stealth mission using high-tech armor and weapons.

Steel Trap
›2007 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · Pascal Langdale, Georgia Mackenzie, Julia Ballard
A who-is-it setting in the claustrophobic corridors of an abandoned and locked-off office building that has several guests invited to a party by their mysterious, unknown host. Only it is they who are the victims of their crimes. Suspense and mistrust are not the only stalker in this cat and mouse game of wits and fear. Who is the stalker? Why is he killing? And what is it exactly that everyone here has in common?

Indestructible Man
›1956 · Crime, Horror, Science Fiction · 72m · Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr
A scientific experiment involving subjecting a corpse to an extreme charge of electricity accidentally revives an executed criminal and makes him impervious to harm, allowing him to seek revenge on his former partners, and deal similarly with anyone else who gets in his way.

Sea Beast
›2008 · Horror, Science Fiction, TV Movie · 87m · Corin Nemec, Miriam McDonald, Camille Sullivan
In the fishing village of Cedar Bay, terror lies within the water. And now it has surfaced in search of something more substantial to devour than marine life: human flesh. A captain and a sea biologist must wage a terrifying battle against the deadly creatures in order to save mankind from total extinction.

100 Tears
›NC-172007 · Horror · 91m · Raine Brown, Joe Davison, Georgia Chris
After being accused of crimes he did not commit, a lonely circus performer exacts his revenge on those who unjustly condemned him. The act sparks something inside of him which he cannot stop and now, years later, his inner-demons have truly surfaced. Part urban legend, part tabloid sensationalism... he is now an unstoppable murderous juggernaut, fueled only by hate.
