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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

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›R2025 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 109m · Michaela McManus, Stella Marcus, Jeremy Holm
In an attempt to avenge her daughter’s death, Irene Kelly travels through parallel universes, killing her daughter’s murderer again and again. As she becomes consumed by vengeance, her humanity begins to slip away—until the cycle is disrupted when she rescues Mia, a sharp-witted teenager already marked by the killer.

The Amusement Park
›NR1975 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 54m · Lincoln Maazel, Harry Albacker, Phyllis Casterwiler
An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the midst of a hellish nightmare.

Time After TimeSeries
›TV-142017 · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Freddie Stroma, Joshua Bowman, Genesis Rodriguez
A young H.G. Wells time travels to modern day New York City in pursuit of the charismatic—yet secretly psychopathic—Dr. John Stevenson, better known as "Jack the Ripper," following the doctor's brazen escape from the Victorian London authorities.

Bodycam
›2026 · Horror · 75m · Jaime M. Callica, Sean Rogerson, Catherine Lough Haggquist
A call to a quiet suburban home unleashes unthinkable carnage when two officers mistakenly shoot a man and his infant child, spiraling the tragedy into a fierce, unrelenting fall into the unknown.

A Nasty Piece of Work
›NR2019 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 77m · Julian Sands, Dustin Milligan, Angela Sarafyan
A mid-level corporate employee finds out he’s not getting the Christmas bonus he was expecting, but his boss invites him to earn a promotion by beating his professional rival in a violent competition.

The Beldham
›2025 · Horror · 85m · Patricia Heaton, Corbin Bernsen, Katie Parker
At the edge of postpartum psychosis, new mother Harper moves in with her own mother at their family's rural farmhouse. Soon she finds herself hunted by a threatening monster who has designs on her child.

Dark Age
›1987 · Adventure, Horror · 91m · John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, Max Phipps
In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that has been killing and eating the local populace..

ThorneSeries
›2010 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · David Morrissey, Eddie Marsan, Aidan Gillen
Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. Based on Mark Billingham's novels, the six-episode serial stars David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. Part one, Sleepyhead, follows Thorne, who, while investigating a series of attacks on young women, is dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races to find a killer. Part two, Scaredycat, sees two women murdered within hours of one another near St Pancras station, but in different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, Thorne realises two serial killers may be in a macabre partnership.

Happy Death Day
›PG-132017 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 97m · Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Charles Aitken
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.

Zombieland: Double Tap
›R2019 · Horror, Comedy · 99m · Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

Halloween
›R2018 · Horror, Thriller · 106m · Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
›R1987 · Horror, Thriller, Fantasy · 96m · Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Craig Wasson
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Creep
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice, Katie Aselton
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

Copycat
›R1995 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · 124m · Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Watcher
›R2022 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

Night of the Living Dead
›R1990 · Horror · 88m · Patricia Tallman, Tony Todd, McKee Anderson
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

Pontypool
›NR2009 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 96m · Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.

Ravenous
›R1999 · Adventure, Western, Horror · 101m · Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette
After arriving at his new, remote Army outpost, Capt. John Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide – a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

Black SummerSeries
›TV-MA2019 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure · 2 seasons · Jaime King, Christine Lee, Zoe Marlett
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.

Dangerous Animals
›R2025 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston
A savvy and free-spirited surfer is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer. Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.

Hunter Hunter
›NR2020 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 93m · Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell, Devon Sawa
A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their peaceful existence is disrupted.

Dust Bunny
›R2025 · Fantasy, Action, Horror · 106m · Mads Mikkelsen, Sophie Sloan, Sheila Atim
Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.

The Passenger
›NR2023 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · Kyle Gallner, Johnny Berchtold, Liza Weil
Randolph Bradley is perfectly content fading into the background, but when his coworker Benson snaps and goes on a violent killing spree, he’s forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past in order to find a way to survive.

Dark Night of the Scarecrow
›NR1981 · Horror, TV Movie · 97m · Charles Durning, Larry Drake, Robert F. Lyons
Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.
