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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314 titles
Channel ZeroSeries
›TV-142016 · Drama · 4 seasons · Brandon Scott, Maria Sten, Steven Robertson
A horror anthology series inspired by “Creepypasta” online tales.
Oddity
›R2024 · Horror, Mystery · 98m · Carolyn Bracken, Gwilym Lee, Steve Wall
After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.
The ReturnedSeries
›TV-142015 · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Kevin Alejandro, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Agnes Bruckner
A small town that is turned upside down when several local people, who have long been presumed dead, suddenly reappear; their presence creates both positive and negative consequences. As families are reunited, the lives of those who were left behind are challenged both physically and emotionally.
The Curse of the Cat People
›1944 · Fantasy, Drama, Horror · 70m · Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial KillerSeries
›TV-MA2025 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Jaclyn Gallucci
This tense true-crime series examines the hunt for the Long Island serial killer through the perspective of his victims, their loved ones and the police.
A Gifted ManSeries
›TV-PG2011 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Ehle, Liam Aiken
A talented but self-absorbed surgeon starts questioning his purpose in life when he is visited by the spirit of his deceased ex-wife.
Five DaughtersSeries
›2010 · Drama · 1 season · Juliet Aubrey, Ian Hart, Sarah Lancashire
The stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
1408
›PG-132007 · Horror, Mystery · 104m · John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Dead Calm
›R1989 · Thriller, Horror · 96m · Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane
An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
The Last Man on Earth
›1964 · Science Fiction, Drama, Horror · 87m · Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli
When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
The Invitation
›NR2016 · Thriller, Horror · 100m · Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
Mandy
›NR2018 · Fantasy, Action, Horror · 122m · Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache
The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
The Secret of Crickley HallSeries
›2012 · Drama · 1 season · Suranne Jones, Maisie Williams, Tom Ellis
A year after the disappearance of their son, Gabe and Eve Caleigh and their two daughters attempt to start anew, they head to Crickley Hall - a seemingly perfect countryside house. But when cellar doors start to open on their own, phantom children's cries are heard through the night and a frenzied cane-wielding specter rears its head - the Caleigh's realize the house comes with a lot more than they bargained for. Just as they're ready to move out, Eve Caleigh hears Cam's cries and all bets are off.
The Surrender
›2025 · Drama, Horror · 95m · Kate Burton, Colby Minifie, Neil Sandilands
A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
LightfieldsSeries
›2013 · Drama · 1 season · Karla Crome, Dakota Blue Richards, Sam Hazeldine
The story follows three families that each lived in Lightfields farmhouse at different time periods (1944, 1975 and 2012) but who are linked by a spine-chilling presence: the ghost of a teenage girl who died in mysterious and tragic circumstances.
His House
›NR2020 · Horror, Drama · 93m · Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
Phantasm
›R1979 · Horror, Science Fiction · 89m · A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
Lake Mungo
›R2009 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe
After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.
Redux Redux
›R2025 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 109m · Michaela McManus, Stella Marcus, Jeremy Holm
In an attempt to avenge her daughter’s death, Irene Kelly travels through parallel universes, killing her daughter’s murderer again and again. As she becomes consumed by vengeance, her humanity begins to slip away—until the cycle is disrupted when she rescues Mia, a sharp-witted teenager already marked by the killer.
Paranoiac
›1963 · Thriller, Horror · 80m · Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell
Eleven years ago, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide. All who remains is cruel Simon, an alcoholic in desperate need of funds; his mentally fragile sister Eleanor; and his protective aunt Harriet. Simon is just weeks away from receiving his inheritance, but there's a hitch in his plans when the long-believed dead Tony suddenly arrives.
Celia
›1989 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 103m · Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie, Mary-Anne Fahey
In 1950s Australia, young Celia is growing up with a sense of isolation and mistrust of the world that surrounds her. Her mother and father won't let her play with the kids next door because their parents are communists. Then her pet bunny is taken away because of rabbit overpopulation. And, more traumatizing yet, when her grandmother dies, she's the one to discover the corpse. To cope, she retreats into elaborate fantasies.
Lake Michigan Monster
›2018 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 78m · Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Beulah Peters, Erick West
An eccentric sea captain assembles a motley ship crew in a revenge mission to slay the sea monster lurking in Lake Michigan that killed his father.
Crimson Peak
›R2015 · Horror, Mystery, Romance · 119m · Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
M3GAN
›PG-132022 · Science Fiction, Horror · 102m · Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald
A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.