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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61 titles
Rush Week
›1989 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Pamela Ludwig, Dean Hamilton, Roy Thinnes
An ambitious young journalist working for her college newspaper becomes intrigued by the recent string of disappearances of several female students, which she believes to be connected to an on-campus murder that happened the previous year during the college's raucous Rush Week.
Secret Santa
›2018 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 89m · Michael Rady, Drew Lynch, Debra Sullivan
An unknown assailant spikes a family's Christmas punch with a military-grade drug, leaving them fighting to survive the night.
Blood River
›2009 · Horror, Thriller · 104m · Andrew Howard, Tess Panzer, Ian Duncan
A psychological thriller following a successful young married couple on their way to visit family. After a blowout on a desolate stretch of highway in Nevada, they head to the next town only to discover it long abandoned. Here they meet a mysterious stranger who seems to know decidedly more than he is sharing.
The Bat
›1959 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 80m · Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.
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.
The Watcher in the Woods
›2017 · Horror, TV Movie · 87m · Anjelica Huston, Nicholas Galitzine, Dixie Egerickx
Mrs. Aylwood is a distraught mother since her daughter, Karen, vanished in the English countryside over 20 years ago. When the Carstairs family move into the Aylwood manor for the summer, strange occurrences begin to unnerve the family and Jan begins to suspect that they are linked to Karen's disappearance. As Jan unravels the dark past hidden by the townspeople, she delves further into the mystery and deeper into danger, but now it might be too late to escape the Watcher in the Woods.
Rest in Pieces
›1987 · Horror · 90m · Scott Thompson Baker, Lorin Jean Vail, Dorothy Malone
A newlywed couple move into the mansion of the bride's recently dead aunt. Soon strange things begin to happen when the various tenants and servants of the mansion don't want to leave and the bride and groom are in a deadly predicament.
Come Back to Me
›R2014 · Horror · 90m · Matt Passmore, Katie Walder, Nathan Keyes
Sarah and Josh are married suburbanites. After a car accident, Sarah suffers blackouts and ends up pregnant though Josh is sterile. As her life spirals she hides a camera in her home and unlocks a horrific secret with far-reaching consequences.
The Ward
›R2010 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker
Kristen, a troubled young woman, is captured by the police after burning down a farmhouse and is locked in the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. Soon, she begins to suspect that the place has a dark secret at its core and she's determined to find out what it is.
Things Heard & Seen
›NR2021 · Horror · 120m · Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, Natalia Dyer
A young woman discovers that both her husband and their new home harbor sinister secrets after they leave Manhattan for small-town life.
No Escape Room
›2018 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 86m · Jeni Ross, Mark Ghanimé, Hamza Haq
A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place.
Old Man
›NR2022 · Thriller, Horror · 98m · Stephen Lang, Marc Senter, Patch Darragh
Deep in the woods, a lost hiker stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive old man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.
The Inhabitants
›2015 · Thriller, Horror · 90m · Elise Couture, Michael Reed, India Pearl
A young couple gets more than they bargained for when they buy an historic bed and breakfast in New England only to discover that the old house is hiding a dark secret within its walls.
House at the End of the Street
›PG-132012 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Nolan Gerard Funk
A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.
Barbarians
›2021 · Thriller, Horror · 90m · Tom Cullen, Inès Spiridonov, Iwan Rheon
A civilized dinner party in a country house sees four friends, Lucas, Adam, Chloe, and Eve, coming together for a birthday celebration. As the night progresses secrets and lies force themselves into the light and polite pretensions are dropped. A knock at the door reveals three masked intruders with an agenda of their own. Will their friendship stand the test? Can they survive the night or will their secrets eventually catch up with them?
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.
Pig Hunt
›2008 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 100m · Travis Aaron Wade, Tina Huang, Howard Johnson Jr.
When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns - despite the presence of John's sexy girlfriend Brooks. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise and the legend of The Ripper -- a murderous three-thousand-pound black boar!
Playdate
›NR2012 · Thriller, TV Movie, Horror · 82m · Marguerite Moreau, Richard Ruccolo, Abby Brammell
A new family moves into the house next door to the Valentine family. While they become fast friends, Emilie Valentine starts to notice bruises and odd behavior from the two sons in the new family. Are they victims of child abuse? Or are there twists and turns to finding out the real reason?
Triggered
›R2020 · Horror, Action · 90m · Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart, Sean Cameron Michael
Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.
Possessions
›2024 · Horror · 90m · Clive Standen, Yeardley Smith, Mason Wells
Follows a father who seeks a fresh start with his son after the loss of his wife, and purchased a storage unit facility sight unseen, but secrets buried behind the metal doors become a parent's worst nightmare.
The Wicked Within
›R2015 · Horror · 91m · Sienna Guillory, Gianni Capaldi, Enzo Cilenti
After a year passes since the sudden death of a child, a family gathering takes place whilst unexplainable events occur. Tension over peculiar circumstances cracks the veneer of cordiality and dark secrets emerge.
Grotesque
›R1988 · Horror · 89m · Linda Blair, Tab Hunter, Donna Wilkes
A gang of crazed punkers breaks into a family's vacation home in the mountains and slaughters the entire family, except for one daughter who gets away. As the gang pursues the girl through the snow, they slowly realize that some kind of murderous creature is chasing them...
Chop Chop
›2020 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 81m · Atala Arce, Jake Taylor, David Harper
A night of chaos ensues when a murderous psychopath targets a loving young couple who might be harboring a secret of their own.