
Cinema of the Damned
A directory of horror — thousands of films and series, each scored by the Crypt Score, our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and the reviews of this coven. Hunt by sub-genre, decade, or dread.
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Friday the 13th
›R1980 · Horror · 95m · Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

Event Horizon
›R1997 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 96m · Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

Devil
›PG-132010 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 80m · Chris Messina, Bojana Novaković, Jenny O'Hara
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.

Pandorum
›R2009 · Action, Horror, Mystery · 108m · Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

Vacancy
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.

The Lodge
›R2020 · Horror, Mystery · 108m · Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

Wolf Creek
›R2005 · Horror, Thriller · 99m · John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.

Cujo
›R1983 · Drama, Horror · 93m · Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly
A friendly St. Bernard named "Cujo" contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

Tremors II: Aftershocks
›PG-131996 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 100m · Fred Ward, Helen Shaver, Chris Gartin
Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil.

Southbound
›NR2015 · Fantasy, Thriller, Horror · 89m · Fabianne Therese, Larry Fessenden, Kate Beahan
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.

Bug
›R2007 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 98m · Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr.
In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel, meets Peter, a quiet and mysterious man with whom she establishes a peculiar relationship.

The Reef
›R2010 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Damian Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Adrienne Pickering
A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.

Below
›R2002 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 105m · Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany
In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine USS Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission. But for the shell-shocked crew, trapped together in the sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces, this is about to become a journey into the sensory delusions, mental deceptions and runaway fears that lurk just below the surface of the ocean.

The Sacrament
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 99m · Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Kentucker Audley
Two journalists set out to document their friend's journey to reunite with his estranged sister. They track her to an undisclosed location where they are welcomed into the remote world of "Eden Parish," a self-sustained rural utopia composed of nearly two hundred members and overseen by a mysterious leader known only as "Father." It quickly becomes evident to the newcomers that this paradise may not be as it seems. Eden Parish harbors a twisted secret. What started as just another documentary shoot soon becomes a fight for survival.

Body Snatchers
›R1993 · Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.

The Vigil
›PG-132020 · Horror, Mystery · 88m · Dave Davis, Lynn Cohen, Menashe Lustig
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.

Black Water
›R2008 · Adventure, Drama, Horror · 90m · Maeve Dermody, Diana Glenn, Andy Rodoreda
Based on true events, Grace, her boyfriend Adam, and her younger sister, Lee, are on holiday in Northern Australia when they decide to take a tour down a river. As they drift into a swamp, their boat suddenly capsizes. Stranded in the flooded swamp, the three tourists must figure out what to do to survive as they realize they are being watched through the black water.

The ShiningSeries
›TV-141997 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Wil Horneff
A new caretaker moves with his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter.

Tourist Trap
›PG1979 · Horror, Fantasy · 89m · Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness
After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the enigmatic Mr. Slausen and populated by his collection of life-like wax mannequins.

Caveat
›NR2021 · Horror, Mystery · 88m · Jonathan French, Leila Sykes, Ben Caplan
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.

Castle Freak
›R1996 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 90m · Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jonathan Fuller
John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.

New Life
›NR2023 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 84m · Sonya Walger, Hayley Erin, Tony Amendola
A mysterious woman on the run, and the resourceful fixer assigned to bring her in. Their two unique stories inextricably link, as the stakes of the pursuit rise to apocalyptic proportions.

Cold Meat
›2024 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · Allen Leech, Nina Bergman, Yan Tual
David Petersen is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again alone through a dangerous snow blizzard. One false move behind the wheel has him waking up inside a ravine, in the eye of the storm. But the cold is the least of his worries when a beast starts prowling outside. How will he survive?

One Point O
›R2004 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 95m · Jeremy Sisto, Udo Kier, Deborah Kara Unger
Paranoid computer programmer Simon wakes up to find a package in his room one day. Despite attempts at securing his apartment, the packages keep arriving. While cameras watch Simon's every move, he struggles to find the answers to the mysterious forces taking over his life.






















