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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72 titles
Place of Bones
›R2024 · Western, Thriller, Horror · 93m · Heather Graham, Tom Hopper, Corin Nemec
On a remote ranch, a mother and her daughter fight for survival when a wounded outlaw seeking refuge brings a notorious bank robber and his ruthless gang, all desperate to reclaim a stolen fortune, right to their doorstep.
Tenement
›NC-171985 · Action, Thriller, Crime · 94m · Joe Lynn, Mina Bern, Walter Bryant
A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.
Night Train
›R2009 · Thriller, Crime, Horror · 87m · Danny Glover, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski
Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they decide to keep for themselves...
Satanic Panic
›2019 · Horror, Comedy · 89m · Hayley Griffith, Rebecca Romijn, Arden Myrin
A pizza delivery girl is suddenly in for the fight of her young life when encountering a group of Satanists in need of a virgin to ritually sacrifice.
Swallowed
›R2022 · Thriller, Horror · 96m · Cooper Koch, Jose Colon, Jena Malone
Benjamin and Dom have been best friends since they were kids. On their last night together, Dom plans to send Benjamin off with a pocketful of cash. All he has to do is deliver a package over the border for a friend...
Farm House
›2008 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 92m · Jamie Anne Allman, William Lee Scott, Steven Weber
Stranded in the remote countryside after wrecking their car, a couple seeking to start over discovers that there's no escape from the sins of their past.
Target Earth
›1954 · Science Fiction, Horror · 75m · Richard Denning, Kathleen Crowley, Richard Reeves
Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are Frank and Nora (who has recently attempted suicide). They meet a celebrating couple at a café, Vicki Harris and Jim Wilson. The quartet escape the robot patrol and take refuge in a large hotel. There, they encounter a new danger in Davis, a psychopathic killer.
Dark August
›PG1976 · Horror, Mystery · 87m · Kim Hunter, J.J. Barry, Carolyne Barry
A young girl is accidentally run down by a car driven by a careless city slicker. This careless injustice provokes the girl's grandfather into summoning his mystical powers and placing a death curse on the young man. Desperate to stave off the dire consequences of the hex, Barry seeks the counsel of a local psychic medium.
Crucible of Horror
›1971 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Michael Gough, Yvonne Mitchell, Sharon Gurney
A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch.
Play Dead
›R2022 · Horror, Thriller · 106m · Bailee Madison, Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Turpel
Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is using the corpses for his sick and twisted business, and when he realises that Chloe still has a pulse, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues.
Nine Dead
›R2010 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 98m · Melissa Joan Hart, John Terry, Chip Bent
Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?
Elevator
›NR2013 · Thriller, Horror · 84m · Christopher Backus, Anita Briem, John Getz
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
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?
Bloodwork
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Travis Van Winkle, Tricia Helfer, John Bregar
A couple of college students decide to sign up for pharmaceutical testing of a new allergy drug to make some extra cash for their spring break trip. They quickly discover their two week stay will not be as easy as they first believed and fight to save themselves from the grips of the facility.
Thinner
›R1996 · Fantasy, Horror · 92m · Robert John Burke, Michael Constantine, Lucinda Jenney
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
Hunger
›R2009 · Horror · 101m · Lori Heuring, Linden Ashby, Joe Egender
Five strangers face the unthinkable when they wake up and find themselves trapped. With no idea how they got there they frantically try to figure out how to escape. The disoriented group quickly realise the truth about their situation when they discover another room containing enough water to survive for 30 days… and a razor sharp surgical knife. The intention becomes quite clear. Whoever put them in this place wants to see just how long it will take before the hunger makes them commit unspeakable acts and cross a very deadly line.
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
›NR2009 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 91m · Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid
While driving to Las Vegas for the bachelor party of her sister Melissa and her fiance Bobby, Kayla stops the car at a gas station to meet her date, Nik, a guy she met on the internet. Nik convinces her to take a secondary road under the protest of Bobby but the car breaks down. They find a house in the middle of nowhere and decide to take the car parked in the house's garage to the next city...
Blackout
›2008 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Amber Tamblyn, Aidan Gillen, Armie Hammer
Three people from different walks of life find themselves trapped inside a stalled elevator. What at first seems like an inconvenience rapidly escalates into a nightmare.
The Odds
›NR2019 · Horror · 107m · Abbi Butler, James J. Fuertes, Katie Gunn
A young woman enlists in an underground game of pain endurance in the hope of winning the million dollar prize. She soon learns the real opponent is the man who's running the game, as he employs horrific methods to manipulate and defeat her.
Snake Hotel
›2023 · Horror · 88m · Kelly Rian Sanson, Natasha Tosini, Jase Rivers
A group of female inmates wanting to shorten their prison sentences take part in a hellish game of cat and mouse with a giant mutated snake.
The Nameless Days
›2022 · Horror · 92m · Alexia Ioannides, Charles Halford, Andrew Roach
Young immigrant Rahui and his pregnant sister are attacked and separated by a demonic spirit as they embark on a dangerous trek across the U.S. border. Injured but determined to survive, Rahui must rescue his sister before the demon takes the one thing she was denied in life–a baby.
Trespassers
›2019 · Horror, Thriller, Crime · 88m · Angela Trimbur, Janel Parrish, Jonathan Howard
Two dysfunctional couples rent a modern luxury desert home for the weekend hoping to sort out their messed-up lives. Just as they are about to settle in for a fun night, a neighbor turns up at their front door saying she has car trouble. But soon they discover the person they let into their home may have nefarious intents.
The Leech Woman
›NR1960 · Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · Coleen Gray, Grant Williams, Phillip Terry
An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.
Children of Sorrow
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Bill Oberst Jr., Hannah Levien, Whitney Nielsen
Simon Leach is a very, very sick man. Thriving on despair, pain, and panic, he unites a group of broken and desperate people in the middle of the desert. He showers them with the love and affection they’re so desperate for, but Simon has a much greater plan for his followers.