Sub-genre
Witchcraft & Occult
🕯 Every witchcraft & occult title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
742 titles
Warlock
›R1989 · Horror, Fantasy, Action · 103m · Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant
In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about the end of the world. Redferne follows the enchanter into the modern era and continues his mission, but runs into trouble in such unfamiliar surroundings. With the help of a young woman, can Redferne finally defeat the warlock?
Pyewacket
›NR2017 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Laurie Holden, Nicole Muñoz, Chloe Rose
A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
Waxwork
›R1988 · Horror, Comedy · 97m · Zach Galligan, Jennifer Bassey, Joe Baker
Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, Mark becomes suspicious.
Nocebo
›2022 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 96m · Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
Heartless
›2010 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 114m · Jim Sturgess, Luke Treadaway, Clémence Poésy
Jamie Morgan is a troubled young man with a facial birthmark, which has left him isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End, notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According to news reports, the gangs are now wearing demon masks. But, one night, after the murder of his mother, Jamie discovers the terrifying truth.
Son of Dracula
›1943 · Horror · 77m · Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton
Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.
The Oblong Box
›PG1969 · Horror · 96m · Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies
Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.
I Drink Your Blood
›R1971 · Horror · 83m · Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Jadin Wong, Rhonda Fultz
A group of Satanic hippies wreak havoc on a small town where a young boy, whose sister and grandfather were victimized by them, tries to get even - with deadly results.
The Devil's Carnival
›2012 · Horror, Music · 55m · Sean Patrick Flanery, Briana Evigan, Jessica Lowndes
Sinners are invited to a theme park where they endure the repetition of their transgressions. What chances do a conniving kleptomaniac, a gullible teenager, and an obsessed father stand when facing their own moral failings? Lucifer and his colorful cast of singing carnies invite you to grab a ticket to The Devil’s Carnival to find out!
Don't Look at the Demon
›NR2022 · Horror · 95m · Fiona Dourif, Jordan Belfi, Malin Crépin
A spiritual medium leads a paranormal investigative TV crew to a haunted home only to discover that the evil spirit she’s facing holds the key to her troubled past.
Pure
›2019 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 90m · Jahkara Smith, McKaley Miller, Scott Porter
Teen girls perform a secret ritual at a Purity Retreat and, when one of them begins to see a supernatural entity, the terrifying question becomes what is more dangerous: the demon they’ve unleashed, or the pressure of their controlling fathers.
The Mask
›1961 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, Anne Collings
A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder. Before committing suicide, he mails the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, who is soon plunged into the nightmare world of the mask.
The Possession of Joel Delaney
›R1972 · Horror · 105m · Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
Cult of the Cobra
›1955 · Horror · 82m · Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson
While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.'s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When discovered by the cult, the High Lamian Priest vows that "the Cobra Goddess will avenge herself". Once back in the United States, a mysterious woman enters into their lives and accidents begin to happen. The shadow of a cobra is seen just before each death.
The Black Door
›2001 · Horror · 96m · Sergio Gallinaro, Staci Tara Moore, Kevin Blatch
Seattle, USA, 1999. At the demand of MEG, a camera crew investigates the strange course of events that brought STEVEN H., her boyfriend, to be hospitalized. Steven's condition is serious. His body has been severely lacerated by an unknown assailant. The doctors think it could be a wild animal, or maybe even a man with extremely long and hard nails. Steven is also suffering from a mysterious infection that spreads inside him at an alarming speed...
Alison's Birthday
›1981 · Horror · 99m · Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Bunney Brooke
During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyond the grave not to go home for her birthday three years later.
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
›2020 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Taika Waititi
A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult.
FreeridgeSeries
›TV-142023 · Comedy, Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Bryana Salaz, Tenzing Norgay Trainor
Four teen friends work to reverse a curse after a peculiar old box seems to bring misfortune — and more — into their lives.
The Pope's Exorcist
›R2023 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe
Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
Paranormal Activity 3
›R2011 · Horror, Mystery · 83m · Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
The Last Exorcism
›PG-132010 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 87m · Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr
After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will be another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic but instead comes upon the blood-soaked farm of the Sweetzer family and a true evil he would have never thought imaginable.
Needful Things
›R1993 · Drama, Horror · 121m · Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
Lord of Illusions
›R1995 · Horror, Fantasy, Drama · 109m · Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Famke Janssen
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
The Sentinel
›R1977 · Horror, Mystery, Fantasy · 92m · Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.
