
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

The Attic Expeditions
›R2001 · Horror, Mystery · 100m · Andras Jones, Seth Green, Wendy Robie
Trevor Blackburn is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Faith, in a brutal ritual. He's sentenced to live in an experimental rehabilitation community and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he meets the mysterious Dr. Ek, who tortures Trevor in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of a powerful occult book. As other patients start to disappear, Trevor begins to wonder who and where he really is.

Bag of Lies
›2024 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · John Wells, Madison Pullins, Patrick Taft
Desperate to save his dying wife, Matt turns to The Bag, an ancient relic with dark magic. The cure demands a chilling ritual and strict rules. As his wife heals, Matt's sanity unravels, facing terrifying consequences.

Call Girl of Cthulhu
›2014 · Comedy, Horror · 92m · Melissa LaMartina, David Phillip Carollo, Nicolette le Faye
When a virginal artist falls in love with a call girl, she turns out to be the chosen bride of the alien god Cthulhu. To save her, he must stop an ancient cult from summoning their god and destroying mankind.

The Witch Files
›NR2018 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Britt Flatmo, Paget Brewster, Holly Taylor
A coven of young women with incredible powers and difficult pasts discovers that they are able to make their every wish come true. Things, however, take a dangerous turn when they discover that their newly-found abilities come with a price and that they may not be as in control as they think.

Necromancy
›PG1972 · Horror · 82m · Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell
After Lori suffers a stillbirth, her husband Frank obtains a job with a northern California toy company. Frank's new boss, the mysterious Mr. Cato, explains that Frank's position will involve magic. Cato, who seemingly holds enormous influence over the town, pursues the power of necromancy and believes that Lori holds the key that will help him resurrect his own dead son.

The Eighteenth Angel
›1997 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 88m · Christopher McDonald, Rachael Leigh Cook, Maximilian Schell
Mythology and religious dogma are slowly revealed when an attractive young woman is approached by a modeling agency that pulls her into an underworld of priests that are not Christian but rather want to resurrect Satan by collecting the souls of 18 beautiful children.

Dead Men Walk
›1943 · Horror, Mystery · 64m · George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young
When a small town doctor buries his twin brother, a practitioner of the black arts, he believes him dead; but subsequent events force him to realize that his brother has, in fact, returned from the dead as a vampire and is seeking revenge on the doctor, who had killed him in self-defense.

Headhunter
›R1989 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Wayne Crawford, Kay Lenz, Steve Kanaly
A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female lover, so he starts crashing on the couch of his female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon from Africa arrives among Miami's Nigerian community and begins decapitating some people and possessing others.

Beast Mode
›2020 · Comedy, Horror · 87m · C. Thomas Howell, Leslie Easterbrook, James Hong
After accidentally killing his lead star, a has-been hollywood producer turns to an ancient herbal elixir, in the hope that it will save his career. He makes a dark deal that unleashes a band of bloodthirsty, shape-shifting, ferocious beasts on LA.

The Nun
›R2018 · Horror · 96m · Taissa Farmiga, Demián Bichir, Bonnie Aarons
A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.

Regression
›R2015 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 106m · Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, David Thewlis
Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is brought in to help him relive his memories and what they discover unmasks a horrifying nationwide mystery.

The Other Side of the Door
›R2016 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky
Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.

The Reaping
›R2007 · Horror · 99m · Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba
Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.

Jessabelle
›PG-132014 · Thriller, Horror · 90m · Sarah Snook, Mark Webber, Joelle Carter
A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin
›R2021 · Horror, Mystery · 98m · Emily Bader, Ari Notartomaso, Alexa Shae Niziak
Margot is a documentary filmmaker looking to meet her long-lost mother and extended family in a secluded Amish community. She and her film crew soon realize the family that welcomes them into their home might be hiding a sinister secret.

All Cheerleaders Die
›NR2013 · Horror, Thriller, Comedy · 89m · Caitlin Stasey, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Brooke Serene Butler
When tragedy rocks Blackfoot High, rebellious outsider Mäddy Killian shocks the student body by joining the cheerleading squad. After a confrontation with the football team, Mäddy and her new cheerleader friends are sent on a supernatural roller coaster ride which leaves a path of destruction none of them may be able to escape.

The Guardian
›R1990 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 92m · Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell
Phil and Kate select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child, but the seemingly lovely Camilla is not what she appears to be...

The Dunwich Horror
›R1970 · Horror · 88m · Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, Ed Begley
Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.

Stranger in Our House
›PG-131979 · Horror, TV Movie · 99m · Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate
After a country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, their teenage daughter Rachel grows to suspect that Julie has a sinister agenda.

Gate II
›R1990 · Horror, Fantasy · 93m · Louis Tripp, Simon Reynolds, James Villemaire
It's been five years since Terry's friend Glen discovered The Gate to hell in his backyard. Glen has now moved away and Terry begins practicing rituals in Glen's old house and eventually bringing back demons through The Gate and leading to demoniac possession and near world domination.

Room 203
›NR2022 · Horror · 104m · Francesca Xuereb, Viktoria Vinyarska, Scott Gremillion
Two female roommates were tormented by the vengeful spirits dwelling in their gothic-style, rented apartment, which contains an ornate centerpiece.

Subconscious Cruelty
›2001 · Horror, Crime · 92m · Mitch Davis, Christopher Piggins, Sophie Lauzière
A surrealistic anthology of horror films; four segments structured as an intense fever dream...

The Possessed
›2021 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · John Jarratt, Lincoln Lewis, Lauren Grimson
A man with the ability to exorcise demons fights to protect his loved ones after a sudden surge in demonic possessions. After discovering his nephew's girlfriend has the same supernatural gift, they join forces for the ultimate confrontation. Inspired by actual events.

Sorority House Massacre II
›NR1990 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 80m · Gail Harris, Melissa Moore, Peter Spellos
Five college women buy the old Hokstedter place for their new sorority house. They got it cheap because of the bloody incidents from five years before. They decide to stay in it for the night so they can meet the movers in the morning, but begin to get the creeps when the weird neighbor Orville Ketchum starts poking around. Shortly after the women take showers and consult a Ouija board they begin experiencing an attrition problem.
