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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97 titles
Pooka Lives!
›NR2020 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 80m · Malcolm Barrett, Lyndie Greenwood, Jonah Ray Rodrigues
A group of thirty-something friends from high school create their own Creepypasta about Pooka for laughs, but are shocked when it becomes so viral on the internet that it actually manifests more murdererous versions of the creature.
Kill Command
›2016 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Vanessa Kirby, Thure Lindhardt, David Ajala
Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit unit, descends into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is overrun by an enemy that transcends the human concept of evil.
Bad Match
›2017 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Jack Cutmore-Scott, Lili Simmons, Brandon Scott
An internet-dating playboy's life spirals out of control after meeting a woman online.
Willard
›PG1971 · Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine, Sondra Locke
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. However, when one of them is killed at work, he goes on a rampage using his rats to attack those who have been tormenting him.
The Possession of Joel Delaney
›R1972 · Horror · 105m · Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Michael Hordern
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.
The Vampire
›NR1957 · Horror, Science Fiction · 76m · John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey
A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
Kill Me Again
›2025 · Thriller, Horror · 108m · Brendan Fehr, Majandra Delfino, Raoul Max Trujillo
Charlie, a notorious serial killer known as the Midnight Mangler finds himself trapped, reliving the same violent night over and over. Initially embracing his grisly urges, Charlie soon becomes desperate to escape the endless nightmare.
The Golem
›R2018 · Horror, Drama · 95m · Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan, Lenny Ravich
A re-imagining of the old mystical folklore that follows a woman and a tight-knit Jewish community that is besieged by foreign invaders. She conjures a dangerous creature to protect them but it may be more evil than she ever imagined.
Chosen Survivors
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel
A group of diverse individuals are suddenly taken from their homes and flown via helicopter to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, nearly two miles below the surface of the Earth. There they learn that a nuclear holocaust is taking place and that they've been "chosen" by computer to survive in the shelter in order to continue the human race. The shelter is designed to allow the people to exist underground comfortably for years, but they are faced with a threat nobody could have predicted: a colony of thousands of bloodthirsty vampire bats finds a way into the shelter and launches a series of vicious attacks where they claim the humans one by one.
ROMI
›2023 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 85m · Alexa Barajas, Juan Riedinger, Pavel Kříž
Forced to hide out at a state of the art smart home, a young woman on the run is terrorized by ROMI, its sinister digital assistant.
Old
›PG-132021 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 108m · Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Morgan
›R2016 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 92m · Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
Seconds Apart
›R2011 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Orlando Jones, Edmund Entin, Gary Entin
Seth and Jonah are twins with a dangerous ability: telekinesis. Things start to spiral out of control as their classmates die in twisted and bizarre ways. Jealousy begins to divide them and soon they can no longer trust each other, leading up to a horrific battle against themselves.
Evolver
›R1995 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Ethan Embry, Cassidy Rae, William H. Macy
A teenage boy gets a robotic opponent after winning a laser tag contest; however the robot is not what it seems!
Shuttle
›R2008 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · 107m · Peyton List, Cameron Goodman, Tony Curran
When two friends return from a girls weekend vacation in Mexico, they find themselves stranded at the airport. Trying to get home safely, they board an airport shuttle for the short trip. But once their feet cross the threshold of the shuttle, a night that had started like any other turns terrifying, and the ride home becomes a descent into darkness.
At First Light
›PG-132018 · Thriller, Science Fiction · 91m · Stefanie Scott, Théodore Pellerin, Saïd Taghmaoui
High school senior Alex has an encounter with mysterious lights that appear over her small town. She soon develops dangerous, supernatural abilities, and turns to her childhood friend Sean. The authorities target them and a chase ensues as officials try to discover the truth behind Alex's transformation.
Let Her Out
›2016 · Horror · 89m · Alanna LeVierge, Nina Kiri, Adam Christie
Twenty-three years after her hooker mother tried to kill her in the womb Helen remains damaged psychological goods. A mindset that gets worse when she suffers a traumatic head injury in an accident. Awakening in hospital, it’s discovered Helen has a tumour growth in her brain causing her to experience dark visions, disembodied voices and the omnipresence of a strange young woman. Soon, lost in a walking nightmare, in which nothing is what it seems, and her vicious actions barely remembered, it becomes crystal clear that whatever is inside her cracked psyche will stop at nothing to get out.
The Terminal Man
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 107m · George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
Hypochondriac
›NR2022 · Horror, Drama · 96m · Zach Villa, Devon Graye, Madeline Zima
A young potter’s life devolves into chaos as he loses function of his body while being haunted by the physical manifestation of his childhood trauma.
Body Parts
›R1991 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney
A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.
The Black String
›2018 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 90m · Frankie Muniz, Ravi Patel, Jackie Moore
When a suburban slacker has a reckless encounter with a mysterious woman, his life begins to unravel in horrific fashion. His friends and family believe he's losing his mind, but he's convinced something far more sinister is taking place.
Heidi
›NR2014 · Horror · 93m · Samuel Brian, Joei Fulco, Joey Bell
After discovering a mysterious doll in an attic, two high school friends are increasingly plagued by a series of disturbing and unexplained events.
Discopath
›2013 · Crime, Horror · 81m · Jérémie Earp, Sandrine Bisson, Ingrid Falaise
The mid-70's: A timid young New Yorker leads an uneventful life until he is fatefully exposed to the pulsating rhythms of a brand-new genre of music....disco. Unable to control his murderous impulses that stem from a traumatic childhood experience, Duane Lewis transforms into a dangerous serial killer exiled to Montreal.
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
›R1985 · Horror · 87m · Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers
A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.