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 Unseen
›R1980 · Horror · 94m · Barbara Bach, Stephen Furst, Sydney Lassick
A trio of female reporters find themselves staying overnight in a house occupied by a hostile being lurking in the basement
Whisper
›R2022 · Horror, Thriller · 76m · Linda Louise Duan, Penelope Read, Arron Blake
A young Nurse is assigned to look after a patient in a remote location in the English countryside. As the night continues she finds herself terrorized by an unseen force that is connected with her patient.
The Blood Beast Terror
›G1968 · Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng, Wanda Ventham
A scientist working with genetics creates a horrifying flying creature that feeds on human blood. Following a gruesome trail of dead bodies, Scotland Yard investigators must scramble to halt its ravenous rampage.
VANish
›R2015 · Crime, Thriller, Action · 79m · Maiara Walsh, Tony Todd, Danny Trejo
Three thugs kidnap Emma, the daughter of a drug kingpin, and have no idea that murderous blood that runs through her veins. As time passes, the unlucky threesome finds themselves in danger from the police, gangsters and their captive.
Kolobos
›R1999 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Amy Weber, Donny Terranova, Nichole Pelerine
Five young individuals agree to live in an isolated lodge together and have their daily activities filmed. But soon the house is locked down and they each run into the murderous clutches of a faceless serial killer who may not be working alone.
The Sonata
›2018 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 88m · Freya Tingley, Simon Abkarian, James Faulkner
After a gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances, she discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret, triggering dark forces that reach beyond her imagination.
Eat
›2014 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Meggie Maddock, Ali Francis, Jeremy Make
Novella McClure is like most struggling actresses in Los Angeles: she's in her early 30s, her fake name sounded cooler ten years ago, and she hasn't landed a role in three years. To top it all off, she's developed a disturbing habit of eating her own flesh. Novella desperately tries to hide her strange condition from her motherly landlord, Eesha, and somewhat psychopathic best friend, Candice, but her body and mind continue to deteriorate in the depressing world of failed auditions and sketchy night clubs. Can a romantic relationship with her psychiatrist prevent her from self destruction? Or will her fatal habit continue to eat away at her?
Wrinkles the Clown
›2019 · Documentary, Horror, Comedy · 75m · Wrinkles the Clown, Lillian Grubbs, D.B. Lambert
In Florida, parents can hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their misbehaving children.
She Came from the Woods
›2023 · Horror · 101m · Cara Buono, Clare Foley, Spencer List
In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.
April Apocalypse
›NR2013 · Romance, Comedy, Horror · 84m · Reece Thompson, Rebekah Brandes, Brent Tarnol
Artie is pure bred trailer trash. He has zero ambition, is everyone's favorite punching back at school and bears the burden of his virginity in silence. And then April moves out of the state. She's his best friend and support since kindergarten and the love of his life. Three years later Artie finally has the courage to take to the road and go see April to tell her how he feels about her. One car-crash later Artie wakes up in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. But this time he's not going to hide. Artie's love for April doesn't give him wings, but does give him the courage to hack, slash, punch and kick himself a part towards the girl he loves. Time is of the essence, because that bite on his hand will make the difference between a French kiss and a bite out of April's brains.
Color Me Blood Red
›1965 · Comedy, Horror · 79m · Gordon Oas-Heim, Candi Conder, Elyn Warner
A crackpot painter kills people to use their blood as his new crimson red color for his art.
Secrets in the Walls
›2010 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 89m · Jeri Ryan, Kay Panabaker, Peyton List
A single mom and her two daughters move from their cramped Detroit apartment to a large house in the suburbs, but scratching, cries and shadows haunt their new home.
Invisible Ghost
›NR1941 · Horror, Crime, Thriller · 64m · Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young, John McGuire
The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
Burial
›2022 · Thriller, War, Horror · 95m · Charlotte Vega, Barry Ward, Dan Renton Skinner
Set in the last days of World War II, a small band of Russian soldiers led by intelligence officer Brana Vasilyeva, who is tasked with trafficking the remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia. En route, the unit is attacked by German ‘Werewolf’ partisans and picked off one-by-one. Brana leads her surviving comrades in a last stand to ensure their ‘cargo’ doesn’t fall into the hands of those who would see it buried in order to hide the truth forever.
Schizoid
›R1980 · Horror, Mystery · 89m · Klaus Kinski, Donna Wilkes, Marianna Hill
When Dr. Pieter Fales' patients start receiving ominous letters and getting murdered by an unknown black-clad assailant, he and his daughter both come under suspicion.
Mostly Ghostly
›PG2008 · Family, Fantasy, Horror · 93m · Madison Pettis, Sterling Beaumon, Luke Benward
Based on the successful book series by R.L. Stine, this spooky tale finds 11-year-old Max making a deal with the ghosts who haunt his home. If Max helps them find what was responsible for their parents' disappearance, they'll help him transform from a social nobody to the most popular kid in school.
Golden Years
›PG1991 · Science Fiction, Thriller, TV Movie · 232m · Keith Szarabajka, Felicity Huffman, Ed Lauter
When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious chemicals causes him to undergo a bizarre transformation. He is slowly... incredibly... growing younger every day. Now, a ruthless CIA assassin will stop at nothing to take him prisoner and turn him into a government guinea pig. With his future on the line, the janitor goes on the run with his wife and a feisty female agent. All the while, he continues to transform... into a being with powers that are as deadly as they are unimaginable.
King of the Zombies
›NR1941 · Horror, Comedy · 67m · Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland
During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.
Hide and Go Shriek
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · George Thomas, Donna Baltron, Brittain Frye
A group of teenagers spend the night in a furniture shop for a graduation party. When one of them talks her boyfriend into a game of hide-and-seek, a psycho killer starts hunting them down one by one.
Ghostkeeper
›R1981 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Riva Spier, Murray Ord, Sheri McFadden
A group of three friends on a snowmobiling trip find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge isolated in the mountains. They discover that an old woman resides in the hotel, along with an evil entity that she is keeping in the basement.
Meridian
›R1990 · Horror, Mystery, Romance · 85m · Sherilyn Fenn, Malcolm Jamieson, Charlie Spradling
After her father’s death, Catherine returns to her family’s gothic castle in Italy and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle.
Blood Beat
›R1983 · Horror · 86m · Helen Benton, Terry Brown, Dana Day
Sarah and her boyfriend have decided to spend Christmas at his home in rural Wisconsin. However, upon arriving, she begins to feel a strange presence around her, and a mysterious figure garbed in a Samurai outfit begins murdering the townsfolk.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2
›R1996 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 87m · Neil Giuntoli, Rich Komenich, Kate Walsh
Henry has wandered into a small town looking for work and a place to stay. He gets a job delivering and cleaning porto-potties and moves in with a co-worker until he gets his feet off of the ground. Henry and his new friend soon start to kill.
The Atomic Submarine
›1959 · Science Fiction, Thriller · 72m · Arthur Franz, Dick Foran, Brett Halsey
Ships disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a special submarine is sent to investigate.