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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The Raven
›R2012 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 111m · John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Maniac
›NR1980 · Horror · 88m · Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.
The Canal
›NR2014 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 93m · Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra
A man who suspects his wife is cheating on him begins having nightmarish visions of an evil presence that he believes inhabits his house.
Switchback
›R1997 · Thriller, Mystery · 118m · Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, R. Lee Ermey
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
Monolith
›R2023 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 94m · Lily Sullivan, Ling Cooper Tang, Ansuya Nathan
A desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.
Still of the Night
›PG1982 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 91m · Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
Fear City
›R1984 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · 95m · Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Lullaby
›NR2022 · Horror · 86m · Oona Chaplin, Ramón Rodríguez, Liane Balaban
A new mother discovers a lullaby in an ancient book and soon regards the song as a blessing. But her world transforms into a nightmare when the lullaby brings forth the ancient demon Lilith.
Room for Rent
›2019 · Thriller, Horror · 81m · Lin Shaye, Oliver Rayon, Valeska Miller
Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.
Otis
›R2008 · Comedy, Horror · 100m · Bostin Christopher, Ashley Johnson, Daniel Stern
After being captured and tortured by the psychopath Otis, teen cheerleader Riley Lawson escapes and informs her parents, who quickly sidestep sluggish FBI agents and take matters into their own hands. But the Lawsons' revenge plan hits a snag when Otis's unusual brother enters the picture.
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
›R1975 · Horror, Mystery · 105m · Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, Margot Kidder
When college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but which seems familiar and where he soon finds his previous incarnation's wife.
The Vagrant
›R1992 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Bill Paxton, Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell
A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.
The Night Visitor
›PG1971 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 106m · Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Liv Ullmann
An insane Swedish farmer escapes from an asylum to get revenge on his sister, her husband and others.
Lisa
›PG-131990 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 95m · Staci Keanan, Cheryl Ladd, D.W. Moffett
A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a stranger who is, unbeknownst to her, a serial killer.
Harlequin
›PG1980 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 95m · Robert Powell, David Hemmings, Carmen Duncan
Up-and-coming senator Nick Rast's young son is terminally ill with leukemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe, appears and seems to cure the boy. Rast's wife Sandy falls in love with Wolfe, but the powerful interests behind Rast's career, represented by geriatric monster Doc Wheelan are less happy with events.
RagdollSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Mystery, Crime, Drama · 1 season · Lucy Hale, Ali Cook, Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Detectives look to untangle the case of the Ragdoll Killer, who has killed six people and sewn their bodies into the shape of one grotesque body nicknamed the Ragdoll.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
›PG1986 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 100m · George C. Scott, Rebecca De Mornay, Ian McShane
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.
Relentless
›R1989 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Leo Rossi
Two Los Angeles police detectives hunt for a serial killer who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
The Sight
›PG-132000 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 86m · Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Tighe, Amanda Redman
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying to contact him to solve murders of a serial killer. Michael, with the support of Jake, Detective Pryce and the ghosts, try to avoid the ninth crime and find the serial-killer.
Love Me Deadly
›R1973 · Horror, Drama · 95m · Mary Charlotte Wilcox, Lyle Waggoner, Christopher Stone
A young socialite struggling to control her necrophiliac urges is torn between her affection for a kind businessman and the mortician who supplies her with bodies.
Lady Usher
›R2021 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Theresa Santiago, Billie D. Merritt, John Tupy
An updated re-telling based in the Gothic South with the Usher Family, led by Mother. The family has been cursed by madness, unrequited love and when Roderick comes home with his girlfriend Morgan, it spells the beginning of the end as her sister Madeline will stop at nothing to prevent their marriage as Morgan fights to take Roderick away from the madness that is the House of Usher.
Stalked by My Doctor: Patient's Revenge
›2018 · Thriller, TV Movie, Horror · 88m · Eric Roberts, Anna Marie Dobbins, Brianna Joy Chomer
After being found not guilty for his crimes, Dr. Albert Beck takes a teaching job at a university, where his blossoming relationship with a student is threatened when one of his previous victims begins a campaign of terror against him.
Ganymede
›2023 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 97m · Jordan Doww, Pablo Castelblanco, David Koechner
After a small-town wrestling star develops a crush on an openly gay classmate, he is stalked by a grotesque creature that invades his thoughts as he navigates his feelings and struggles to live up to his legacy-obsessed family.
Legend of the Werewolf
›1975 · Horror · 85m · Peter Cushing, Ron Moody, Hugh Griffith
In 19th-century Paris, a man raised by wolves works at a travelling circus, but on full moon nights, he transforms into a dangerous beast. Professor Paul Cataflanque is in charge of hunting him down as the young man develops an obsession for a prostitute.