
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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Man Vs.
›2015 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror · 85m · Chris Diamantopoulos, Chloe Bradt, Michael Cram
As host of his own hit TV series, 'MAN VS', Doug Woods is forced to fend for himself for five days in remote locations with no crew, food, or water, only the cameras he carries on his back to film his experiences. Doug's in the remote woods for a routine episode, until he's awoken by an earth-shaking crash. Things get weirder as it becomes clear Doug isn't alone. Someone or something is watching him.

Dark Was the Night
›2014 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Kevin Durand, Lukas Haas, Bianca Kajlich
An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods. Isolated and threatened, a mysterious force hidden within the trees outside the small town of Maiden Woods, strikes fear in the townspeople as Sheriff Paul Shields attempts to overcome the demons of his past while protecting those that he loves.

Shepherd
›R2021 · Horror · 103m · Tom Hughes, Kate Dickie, Gaia Weiss
When a deadly secret rots the mind of a grieving widower, the decision to work alone on a deserted island morphs into a terrifying race to save his sanity and his life.

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
›PG-132004 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 101m · Michael Gross, Sara Botsford, Billy Drago
In 1889, seventeen men die under mysterious circumstances, and spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of a community.

Swamp Thing
›PG1982 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise
Mutated by his own secret formula, Dr. Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing, a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue government agent Alice Cable and defeat his evil arch nemesis...even if it costs him his life.

The Legend of Boggy Creek
›G1972 · Adventure, Mystery, Horror · 87m · Vern Stierman, Chuck Pierce Jr., William Stumpp
A documentary-style drama based on true accounts of the Fouke Monster in Arkansas.

Creature from Black Lake
›PG1976 · Mystery, Horror, Drama · 95m · Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple
When the word gets out of a mysterious Bigfoot-type creature, two researchers come to a small town to study and hopefully discover the true nature of the beast. With some help from the locals, the two men to learn that the creature may be a very angry and murderous missing link.

Abominable
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Matt McCoy, Haley Joel, Christien Tinsley
A man, crippled in an accident, returns to the woods after rehabilitation, certain that he'll not see Bigfoot again.

Blood Moon
›2014 · Western, Horror · 90m · Shaun Dooley, George Blagden, Anna Skellern
A stagecoach full of passengers and an enigmatic gunslinger are held hostage by two outlaws on the run from the law but events take an unexpected turn when the travelers are stalked by a mythical beast that only appears on the night of a blood red moon.

Godmonster of Indian Flats
›NR1973 · Horror, Science Fiction, Western · 89m · Christopher Brooks, Stuart Lancaster, E. Kerrigan Prescott
A mutant sheep is on the move near a ranch in the American West.

Devil in the Dark
›2017 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Dan Payne, Robin Dunne, Daniel Cudmore
When estranged brothers Adam and Clint attempt to reconnect over a week-long hunting trip in remote British Columbia, they find the tables turned by a mysterious presence lurking in the forest. Convinced that they are now besieged by a supernatural presence, the siblings begrudgingly agree on only one thing: they will have to put aside their differences and work together if they plan on making it out these dark woods alive.

Shark Killer
›2015 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Derek Theler, Erica Cerra, Paul du Toit
The services of shark killer have been engaged by his brother Jake, the head of a West Coast crime ring. The gig: kill the black-finned shark that swallowed a valuable diamond during a gang transaction.

Deep Space
›R1988 · Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Charles Napier, Ann Turkel, Bo Svenson
Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounters. As the death toll rises, veteran cop McLemore bravely steps forward to crush the scary creature.

The Hunted
›PG-132014 · Thriller · 88m · Josh Stewart, Skipp Sudduth, Katherine Von Till
Chasing their dream of landing their own hunting show, Jake and Stevie head to the dense, secluded mountains of West Virginia. Equipped with only their bow and camera, they have just three days to kill a monster buck big enough to grab the attention of the network...and they've found him. But the sun has set, and they realize they're not alone.

Grizzly
›PG1976 · Horror, Adventure, Thriller · 91m · Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel
An eighteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area.

Beast from Haunted Cave
›1959 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 66m · Michael Forest, Sheila Noonan, Frank Wolff
A gold thief and his gang use a skier's lodge and meet a monster covered with cobwebs.

Spasms
›R1983 · Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane
A gigantic serpent is captured on a remote island and shipped to an American college for experimentation.

Maneater
›2007 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Gary Busey, Ian D. Clark, Ty Wood
When a dismembered body is found in the Appalachian Mountains, a county Sheriff is shocked to discover that the predator is a six-hundred pound Bengal tiger.

Lavalantula
›2015 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 83m · Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Patrick Renna
Giant lava breathing tarantulas – Lavalantulas – erupt out of ancient volcanos in the Santa Monica Mountains, raining death and destruction upon Los Angeles. With the City of Angels on the verge of incineration, only a washed up ‘90s action hero actor stands in the way of this monstrous swarm of bloodthirsty creatures who burn their victims alive.

Swamp Devil
›2008 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 90m · Bruce Dern, Cindy Sampson, Nicolas Wright
SWAMP DEVIL is the story of young Melanie Blaime (Cindy Sampson) and her father Howard (Bruce Dern). After a long estrangement from her father for reasons not entirely clear, Melanie returns to her childhood home of Gibbington, Vermont to confront the realization that her father is wanted for murder. As Melanie digs a little more deeply into the stories of the past, she uncovers a tale wound about the town like Spanish moss, composed of secrets and lies, murder and revenge.

Bugs
›2003 · Horror, Science Fiction · 82m · Antonio Sabàto Jr., Angie Everhart, R. H. Thompson
A cop on the track of a criminal finds himself in the midst of an unfinished subway tunnel, when his flashlight reveals a startling discovery: a three meter long scorpion-like Bug. With one slice of its massive tail the bug fells the man and devours him. FBI agent Matt Pollack is brought in to investigate, and when forensics reveal the source of the problem, he turns to his friend and entomologist Emily Foster for help.

Attack of the Meth Gator
›2024 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 85m · LaRonn Marzett, Ray Acevedo, Vanessa Tamayo
On a small island in the Florida Everglades, a DEA agent and a local sheriff gather a team of locals to take down a giant meth-fueled alligator.

Food of the Gods II
›R1989 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · Paul Coufos, Lisa Schrage, Réal Andrews
A growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows.

Watchers III
›1994 · Horror, Science Fiction · 84m · Wings Hauser, Gregory Scott Cummins, Daryl Keith Roach
A top-secret experiment spawns two highly intelligent life-forms: Einstein, a golden retriever with an IQ of 175; and The Outsider, a deformed monstrosity that exists to kill... and avenge its creators. When the Outsider escapes into the jungles of South America, the government sends in some ex-military convicts to catch the beast. But what starts out as a high-speed chase ends up in bloody carnage. Only Einstein knows the Outsider's motives, and only the canine can outsmart the creature. Now, it's a battle of beasts as man's best friend confronts man's worst nightmare.






















