
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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Roman
›2006 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Lucky McKee, Nectar Rose, Kristen Bell
Roman (Lucky McKee) is a lonely young man who yearns to find love, happiness and companionship. Tormented by his ungrateful co-workers and trapped in a life of tedium as a welder in a local factory, Roman's one pleasure is his obsession with the elusive beauty (Kristen Bell) who lives in another apartment in his building complex. When a chance encounter with the young woman goes horribly wrong, a moment of frenzied desperation triggers a chilling turn of events leading to the girl's murder. As he teeters between deranged fantasy and cold reality, Roman's struggle to hide his grisly secret is further complicated by an eccentric neighbor named Eva (Nectar Rose) who develops an unlikely attraction to Roman and forces herself into his dark and tortured world.

The Lie
›R2018 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 95m · Peter Sarsgaard, Mireille Enos, Joey King
A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.

Psycho III
›R1986 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 93m · Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.

Half Light
›R2006 · Thriller, Horror, Drama · 110m · Demi Moore, Henry Ian Cusick, Jordan El-Balawi
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.

Bone Daddy
›1998 · Thriller, Crime, Horror · 90m · Rutger Hauer, Barbara Williams, R.H. Thomson
Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the book, the madman gets caught, but in reality he is still uncaught. After the book is released, Palmer's editor is kidnapped. Palmer soon is sent a present containing a page of his book, and a bone from his editor. Together with the police, Palmer tries to find his editor, who might still be alive. In addition, his own son becomes one of the main suspects. Written by Julian Reischl

Karma
›2018 · Horror · 90m · Mandela Van Peebles, Brytni Sarpy, Kanoa Goo
When recent college grad Manny has trouble making ends meet, his father-in-law offers him a job evicting delinquent tenants. Manny soon finds himself unleashing a karma demon which stalks him at every turn.

Wrecked
›R2010 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 86m · Adrien Brody, Caroline Dhavernas, Ryan Robbins
A man awakens in a car wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. He can't remember who he is or how he got there, but a report over the radio fills in some of the blanks, as it describes a violent bank robbery and names a perpetrator who happens to be sitting dead in the back seat.

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?

Solstice
›PG-132008 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 91m · Elisabeth Harnois, Shawn Ashmore, Amanda Seyfried
While on a summer trip with her friends, Megan begins to feel the presence of Sophie, her twin sister who recently committed suicide.

The Apology
›NR2022 · Thriller, Horror · 91m · Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, Janeane Garofalo
Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret.

Removal
›R2010 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Billy Burke, Mark Kelly, Osgood Perkins
Witnessing a murder and a suicide caused Cole to have hallucinations that cost him his marriage and job. Now working as a cleaner he must clean a stately home outside of the city, owned by the sadistic Henry.

Nightmares
›1980 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Jenny Neumann, Gary Sweet, Nina Landis
A little girl named Cathy tries to keep her mother from making out with a man while driving one day, and she inadvertently causes her mother's death in the car crash. 16 years later, Cathy has changed her name to Helen and has become a psychotic actress. Things are going fine until horrible things starts to happened with the cast of her new play.

Prom Night
›R1980 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens
At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.

Clinical
›2017 · Thriller, Horror · 104m · Vinessa Shaw, Kevin Rahm, Aaron Stanford
A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history.

The Dark
›R2005 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 87m · Maria Bello, Sean Bean, Abigail Stone
In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, Sarah mysteriously vanishes in the ocean. Not long after, a little girl bearing a striking resemblance to their missing daughter reveals that she has retuned from the dead — and that Sarah has been taken to the Welsh underworld.

Fear Island
›2009 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 95m · Aaron Ashmore, Haylie Duff, Lucy Hale
Five students on spring break meet at a secluded island cabin for a weekend getaway. Stranded on the island they become the prey of a mysterious killer who seems bent on revenge for something the friends have done.

An Affair to Die For
›2019 · Thriller, Horror · 83m · Claire Forlani, Jake Abel, Titus Welliver
A weekend get-away for two lovers turns into a nightmare of psychological mind games when their infidelity is discovered.

Dark Remains
›2005 · Horror · 91m · Cheri Christian, Greg Thompson, Scott Hodges
After their daughter is brutally murdered in their home, a grieving young couple, Allena and Julie Pkye; escape the city to find solace in the mountains. Julie photographs an abandoned prison she finds in the woods. Upon developing the prints, she becomes convinced her dead daughter is contacting her through the photographs.

Truth or Dare
›NR2012 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 95m · Liam Boyle, Jack Gordon, Florence Hall
A group of friends are lured to an isolated cabin by a promise of heavy partying, only to find themselves in a nightmarish game of truth or dare.

Dementia 13
›NR2017 · Horror, Fantasy, Thriller · 83m · Julia Campanelli, Ana Isabelle, Marianne Noscheze
A vengeful ghost, a mysterious killer, and a family where everyone has a secret converge in one night of terror in this remake of Francis Ford Coppola's first feature film.

House of Last Things
›NC-172013 · Fantasy, Thriller, Horror · 110m · Lindsey Haun, Blake Berris, RJ Mitte
A mind-bending thriller set in Portland, Oregon about an unspoken tragedy and its effects on a house, its temporary caretakers and the owners, a classical music critic and his wife on a recuperative trip to Italy.

Mirrors 2
›R2010 · Horror, Mystery, Fantasy · 86m · Nick Stahl, William Katt, Emmanuelle Vaugier
When Max, who is recovering from a traumatic accident, takes a job as a nighttime security guard, he begins to see visions of a young mysterious woman in the store's mirror.

The Haunted
›NR2018 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 75m · Sophie Stevens, Ray MacAllan, Nick Bayly
In a rambling, isolated house, Emily’s first night-shift as carer to an elderly dementia patient turns into a nightmare as she is tormented by a vengeful spirit and uncovers the house's dark secrets.

There's Someone Inside Your House
›NR2021 · Horror, Mystery · 96m · Sydney Park, Théodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper
As the countdown to graduation begins, students at Osborne High are being stalked by a maniac intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire town, terrorizing victims while wearing a life-like mask of their own face. With a mysterious past of her own, Makani and her friends must discover the killer's identity before they become victims themselves.






















