
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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SuperstitionSeries
›TV-142017 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Brad James, Morgana Van Peebles
The Mosley family keeps the secrets and dark history of a town located on the outskirts of New Orleans that is also a landing patch for the world's darkest manifestations of fear, guided into the world by a mysterious malefactor named The Dredge.

The Damned Thing
›2006 · Horror, TV Movie, Drama · 57m · Sean Patrick Flanery, Marisa Coughlan, Brendan Fletcher
Sheriff Reddle thinks there's a connection between a mysterious, invisible force that made his father kill his mother back in 1981. He sets out to uncover and stop the so-called "dammed thing" before it decimates the whole town by forcing the residents to kill each other and then finally... themselves.

The Painted
›2024 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Aleksa Palladino, Sean Bridgers, Jadon Cal
When Evelyn Elster inherits her estranged cousin's fortune she thinks her family has finally gotten the break they've needed. Little do they know they've not only inherited her cousin's riches, but also a family curse, and must do whatever they can to avoid becoming its latest victims.

Mausoleum
›R1983 · Horror · 97m · Marjoe Gortner, Bobbie Bresee, Norman Burton
By way of an unnatural urge during her Mother's funeral, Susan enters her family's mausoleum, which unleashes an evil presence to lurk inside of her.

Perpetrator
›2023 · Horror · 101m · Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Chris Lowell
Jonny Baptiste is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie. On the event of her eighteenth birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis: a family spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator.

The Puppetman
›2023 · Horror · 96m · Alyson Gorske, Angel Prater, Kio Cyr
The Puppetman, a convicted killer on death row, always maintained his innocence saying that it was an evil force controlling his body as he slaughtered his victims. Now Michal, the killer's daughter, begins to suspect that there may be some truth to her father's claim when those around her begin to die in brutal ways. She must try and break the curse of The Puppetman before all her loved ones are killed.

Bloody Axe Wound
›2024 · Horror, Comedy · 83m · Sari Arambulo, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Billy Burke
Abbie Bladecut is a teenager torn between the macabre traditions of her family’s bloody trade and the tender stirrings of her first crush. In the small town of Clover Falls, Abbie’s father Roger has built an infamous legacy by capturing real-life killings on tape and selling them to eager customers, but as Abbie delves deeper into the grisly family business, she begins to wonder if it’s time to take the family tradition in a new direction.

House II: The Second Story
›PG-131987 · Fantasy, Horror, Comedy · 88m · Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Royal Dano
Jesse moves into an old family property where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. He soon finds himself with unexpected guests in the form of his mummified great-great grandfather, a mystical crystal skull, and a zombie cowboy.

Ghost Chase
›PG1987 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 90m · Jason Lively, Tim McDaniel, Jill Whitlow
In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of an old family retainer inhabits an old grandfather clock. When a movie company uses the mansion for a film, the spirit inhabits the body of an alien and persuades the two filmmakers to track down an old house that will resolve a family scandal.

Rippy
›R2024 · Horror, Mystery · 83m · Michael Biehn, Tess Haubrich, Aaron Pedersen
Young police officer Maddy is determined to live up to her deceased father's legacy. Her courage is put to the test when locals are found brutally ripped to shreds by the zombie kangaroo. As the undead beast leaves a trail of carnage, Maddy, with the help of her eccentric Uncle Schmitty and resilient Aunt Donna, must embark on a high-stakes battle to save the town.

Walled In
›R2009 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Mischa Barton, Cameron Bright, Deborah Kara Unger
Having finally secured her first assignment from her family's demolition business, Sam Walczak is sent to supervise the destruction of an apartment house, only to discover a group of tenants still living in the condemned building. One such tenant, Jimmy, tells Sam an urban legend about a serial murderer who used to live in the building and entomb his victims in the walls. What's worse, the dead are believed to still harass the residents to this day.

Halloweed
›2016 · Horror, Comedy · 101m · Simon Rex, Shannon Brown, Jim O'Heir
A comedic blend of murder, mystery and marijuana. Trying to escape the infamy of a serial killer father, Trent Modine and his goof-ball stepbrother Joey, both seeking a new start, find refuge in the small town of Mooseheart.

Beyond Loch Ness
›R2008 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 91m · Brian Krause, Niall Matter, Don S. Davis
James Murphey is a rugged cryptozoologist, who thirty years earlier, during a trip to Loch Ness, Scotland, had a fatal encounter with the fabled "Nessie" creature that killed his father, and left James with deep facial scar. Twenty years later, James is hunting for Nessie, when his search leads him to the sleepy town of Pike Island, Ashburn, on Lake Superior. Hiring Josh Riley as his guide, James and Josh bond over their mutual scientific interests and deceased fathers, while James tries to convince Josh's mother, Sheriff Karen Riley, that the 60-foot plesiosaur is killing and breeding.

Dark House
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 102m · Tobin Bell, Luke Kleintank, Zack Ward
A young man sets out on a trip that takes him to an abandoned mansion that holds the origins of his dark family legacy.

Hayride
›2012 · Thriller, Horror · 93m · Richard Tyson, Sherri Eakin, Jeremy Ivy
A college student returning home for Halloween is forced to face his childhood fears when an escaped killer takes refuge in his family's "Haunted Hayride".

House IV
›R1992 · Thriller, Horror, Comedy · 94m · Terri Treas, William Katt, Scott Burkholder
Unaware that it's plagued by a host of supernatural phenomena, a mother and her daughter, still reeling from a car crash which claimed the life of Roger Cobb, move into the hold family homestead to start a new life.

Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys
›NR2004 · Horror, Comedy, TV Movie · 88m · Corey Feldman, Vanessa Angel, Danielle Keaton
A group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that they plan to unleash on Christmas Eve.

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
›R1995 · Horror · 88m · Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan
Six years after being presumed dead in a fire, and just as the town prepares to finally celebrate Halloween again, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield to continue his reign of terror.

The Ouija Exorcism
›R2015 · Horror · 87m · Ben Morrison, Michael Palladino, Laura Kirchner
In 1985 an exorcist locked a demonic spirit inside a Ouija board. Now, when his grandson stumbles upon the board game, the evil is unleashed and free to torment those responsible for its banishment.

Sharks in Venice
›2008 · Horror, Action, Adventure · 88m · Stephen Baldwin, Vanessa Johansson, Hilda van der Meulen
The seemingly tranquil waterways of Venice are terrorized by the perfect killing machine. In search of his father who has mysteriously disappeared diving in the city, David stumbles across the cryptic trail leading to the long-lost fortune of the Medici. As the unwitting pawn in a Mafia plot to recover the treasure, David's girlfriend is kidnapped at gunpoint, plunging him into a desperate race against time. If he has any hope of saving her he must enter the deadly waters. Can David out-gun the Mafia assassins and survive the voracious sharks laying in wait beneath the surface, or will he succumb to the same fate as his father?






















