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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Suburban Gothic
›R2014 · Horror, Comedy · 90m · Matthew Gray Gubler, Ray Wise, Kat Dennings
An awkward, unemployed man who can talk to the dead teams up with a rebellious bartender to find the vengeful ghost that's been terrorizing their town.
Kiss of the Damned
›R2012 · Thriller, Horror, Romance · 95m · Joséphine de la Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida
Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo, but eventually gives in to their passion. When her seductive and highly volatile sister Mimi unexpectedly comes to visit, she threatens Djuna's new relationship, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.
The Butterfly Room
›NR2012 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Barbara Steele, Heather Langenkamp, Ray Wise
A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster.
Prison
›R1987 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 102m · Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Lane Smith
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.
Landmine Goes Click
›2015 · Action, Crime, Drama · 110m · Sterling Knight, Spencer Locke, Dean Geyer
After an American tourist steps on a landmine, he is forced to watch his girlfriend get assaulted.
The Beach House
›NR2020 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 88m · Liana Liberato, Noah Le Gros, Jake Weber
A romantic getaway for two troubled college sweethearts turns into a struggle for survival when unexpected guests – and the surrounding environment – exhibit signs of a mysterious infection.
Two Thousand Maniacs!
›NR1964 · Horror · 87m · Connie Mason, William Kerwin, Jeffrey Allen
Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
Master
›R2022 · Horror, Drama, Mystery · 98m · Regina Hall, Zoë Renee, Amber Gray
At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, two black women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past… and present.
The Kindred
›2021 · Horror · 94m · April Pearson, Blake Harrison, James Cosmo
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.
Pooka!
›NR2018 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 83m · Nyasha Hatendi, Latarsha Rose, Jon Daly
A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, Pooka; he slowly develops two personalities—one when he's in the suit and one that's outside it.
To the Devil a Daughter
›R1976 · Horror · 95m · Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Nastassja Kinski
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
The Visitor
›1979 · Horror, Science Fiction · 109m · Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.
Dark Encounter
›2019 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 97m · Laura Fraser, Mel Raido, Sid Phoenix
A year after the mysterious disappearance of an 8 year-old girl, we meet her grieving family as they return home from her memorial service in their small town. Later that evening, strange lights appear in the nearby forest and the family is exposed to an inexplicably strange phenomenon that rattles them to the core. The origin of the lights appear to be visitors from another world that seemingly terrorize the family. What they don't realize is that these 'beings' will lead the family to the truth behind the little girl's disturbing disappearance.
Evilspeak
›R1981 · Horror, Science Fiction · 93m · Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joe Cortese
Bullied by classmates, a pudgy military-school student fights back by computer with the devil.
Resurrected
›2023 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 90m · Dave Davis, Karli Hall, Erika Chase
In a dystopian future, the Vatican knows how to resurrect people. A priest discovers a conspiracy behind the resurrections and their possible link to a series of murders.
Tentacles
›NR2021 · Horror, Romance, Science Fiction · 84m · Dana Drori, Casey Deidrick, Kasey Elise
A young Los Angeles couple Tara and Sam fall head over heels into a new romance, entwining their lives—until their intimacy transforms into something terrifying.
Monster Island
›2025 · Horror, Fantasy, Action · 83m · Dean Fujioka, Callum Woodhouse, Alan Maxson
In the Pacific, 1944, a Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. Two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
Ritual
›2012 · Horror, Mystery · 87m · Rio Dewanto, Hannah Al Rashid, Marsha Timothy
A father on vacation wakes up separated from his family and races through the woods to find them.
Head Count
›2019 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 90m · Isaac Jay, Ashleigh Morghan, Chelcie May
Newcomer Evan joins a group of teens on a getaway in Joshua Tree. While exchanging ghost stories around the campfire, Evan reads aloud a mysterious chant from an internet site. From that moment, someone--or something--is among them.
Jamie Marks Is Dead
›NR2014 · Drama, Thriller · 101m · Noah Silver, Cameron Monaghan, Morgan Saylor
No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.
Alive
›2018 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Thomas Cocquerel, Camille Stopps, Angus Macfadyen
A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity.
Home Movie
›R2008 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 77m · Adrian Pasdar, Cady McClain, Amber Joy Williams
Reverend David Poe and his psychiatrist wife trade hectic New York life for an idyllic rural farmhouse; the perfect place for 10 year old twins Jack & Emily to run, play and imagine. Documenting this lifestyle change, David decides to film every holiday and special family event. To the Poe's horror their home movies reveal an increasing malice and evil within their children.
Two Witches
›R2023 · Horror · 95m · Rebekah Kennedy, Belle Adams, Jacob DeMonte-Finn
A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.
The Heretics
›2017 · Horror, Fantasy · 87m · Nina Kiri, Ry Barrett, Jorja Cadence
A young girl is abducted by a man, who claims that a cult is hunting her. His goal is to protect her until sunrise but while restrained, the young girl falls deathly ill. While her friends and family search for her, the source of her illness becomes more and more apparent. She’s not sick…she’s changing.