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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66 titles
Squirm
›R1976 · Horror · 92m · Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R.A. Dow
A violent electrical storm topples power lines into the rain soaked earth that is home for an aggressive breed of worms. The high voltage causes the worms to mutate into larger, hostile hordes of man-eating worms that lie in wait for the residents of Fly Creek.
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
›PG-132004 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 96m · Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden
A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant extended life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.
The Bees
›PG1978 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · John Saxon, Angel Tompkins, John Carradine
Corporate smuggling of South American killer bees into the United States results in huge swarms terrorizing the northern hemisphere. A small team of scientists work desperately to destroy the threat, but the bees soon mutate into a super-intelligent species that threatens the world.
Swarmed
›PG-132005 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Carol Alt, Jonathan Malen, Maria Brooks
Residents of a small town find themselves battling a swarm of wasps which has been sprayed by a super pesticide.
Frogs
›PG1972 · Horror · 90m · Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark
Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a pollution layout for an ecology magazine. Jason Crockett hates nature, poisoning anything that crawls on his property. On the night of his birthday the frogs and other members of nature begin to pay Crockett back.
Long Weekend
›R2009 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 87m · Jim Caviezel, Claudia Karvan, Robert Taylor
Peter and Carla, a couple whose marriage is faltering, decide to go on a camping weekend. When they become lost, the pair sets up camp on a remote beach that doesn't seem to be on any map. At first the trip is the romantic getaway they imagined – then slowly things begin to go wrong. After Peter disrespects the unspoiled habitat, it seems as if the surroundings are exacting revenge on the couple, as insects, animals, and then nature itself become the enemy.
Grizzly Park
›2008 · Horror, Comedy · 91m · Glenn Morshower, Randy Wayne, Zulay Henao
A giant grizzly bear stalks 8 troubled young adults and a park ranger in a forest reserve called Grizzly Park after making the demise of an escaped serial killer.
The Food of the Gods
›PG1976 · Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker
Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.
Crocodile 2: Death Roll
›2002 · Horror · 89m · Heidi Lenhart, Jon Sklaroff, Martin Kove
After a bank robbery, four criminals escape to Mexico, but a storm causes an accident which takes down the plane where several die in the crash. The criminals take it into their own hands to continue when one survivor is attacked and eaten by a crocodile. The criminals kill it, but from then on the mother Crocodile is on a killing spree with a goal to kill each survivor. But that is not the only worry, because they're trapped within it's world, and if it doesn't kill them, the criminals will.
Up from the Depths
›R1979 · Horror · 85m · Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Virgil Frye
The staff and vacationers at a first-class resort on the island of Maui are beginning to mysteriously disappear. A biologist believes that an underwater earthquake has caused a giant and very hungry dormant prehistoric fish to be released from its slumber. The fish voraciously helps itself to a tourist buffet. Now it is open season for the local fishermen to find and kill the creature.
Bog
›PG1979 · Horror · 86m · Gloria DeHaven, Aldo Ray, Marshall Thompson
Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive.
Toxic Shark
›2017 · Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy · 88m · Kabby Borders, Christina Masterson, Michelle Cortés
A tropical singles retreat takes a terrifying turn when guests realize a poisonous shark is infesting the surrounding water. Not only will it rip apart its victims, but it also uses projectile acid to hunt - in and out of the water.
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys
›2014 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 90m · Shannen Doherty, Jason Brooks, Zack Ward
After chomping through the fish population, thousands of starved lampreys begin attacking the citizens of a sleepy lake town, and the community scrambles to stay alive.
Bull Shark
›NR2022 · Horror, Thriller, Comedy · 80m · Thom Hallum, Billy Blair, Lindsey Marie Wilson
A hungry shark begins feeding on some unsuspecting lake goers in a small Texas town.
The Crater Lake Monster
›PG1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Richard Cardella, Glen Roberts, Mark Siegel
The heat of a meteor crashing into the lake incubates a prehistoric egg, which grows into a plesiosaur-like monster that terrifies the community.
Crocodile
›R2000 · Horror · 94m · Mark McLachlan, Caitlin Martin, Chris Solari
Eight college students board a houseboat for spring break that promises to be the best of their young lives...how many will survive?
Mongolian Death Worm
›2010 · Horror, Science Fiction, TV Movie · 90m · Sean Patrick Flanery, Victoria Pratt, George Cheung
When an American oil company sets up an experimental drilling plant out in the vast deserts of Mongolia, they awaken a nest. The deadly creatures begin to breed and spread, devouring everyone in their path. The only person who can stop them is treasure hunter and adventure seeker who spent his life searching for a legendary tomb, fabled to be protected by the Death Worms. He knows he must do what he can to kill the creatures, but stopping these monsters may mean destroying his life's work forever!
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre
›2015 · TV Movie, Science Fiction, Action · 84m · Dominique Swain, Traci Lords, Christine Nguyen
When a fracking mishap accidentally rips apart the earth’s crust, the resulting hole opens up a gaping underground water way to a vast and mysterious ocean somewhere deep below. Instantly, giant prehistoric sharks begin wending their way upward toward a murky bog in the heart of the Arkansas Bayou. Unfortunately, for a group of female prisoners on a work detail in the swamp, the deadly sharks attack without warning – pinning a hapless group of intended victims in a small deserted cabin in the heart of the wetlands. Death may be the only means of escape!
Krocodylus
›R2000 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 88m · Kate Fischer, Duncan Regehr, Matt Borlenghi
A sleazy producer develops a concept he dubs "blood surfing" -- tossing bloody fish remains into the water to lure sharks and then surfing through the animals as they chomp about. Along with his camerawoman, the producer brings two thrill-seeking surfers to the coast of Florida to capture some gnarly footage. But, as they blood surf, they encounter something even more deadly: a colossal prehistoric crocodile intent on devouring them.
The Birds II: Land's End
›R1994 · Horror, TV Movie · 86m · Brad Johnson, Chelsea Field, James Naughton
Ted and his family have just moved to the sleepy coastal town of Gull Island so that he can complete work on his thesis. Everything couldn’t seem more picturesque about their new, seaside home… that is, except for the increasing number of aggressively behaving birds.
New Alcatraz
›R2001 · Science Fiction, Horror, Action · 95m · Dean Cain, Lisa Lackey, Mark Sheppard
Paleontologist Robert Trenton is called to Northeastern Antarctica near the Indian Ocean to help the FBI build an underground maximum-security military base and prison for the world's most dangerous criminals and terrorists, which is dubbed "New Alcatrax" by the staff. While building the prison, the staff accidentally awaken and unleash a prehistoric Boa Constrictor from its 200 year hibernation.
Leeches!
›R2003 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Matthew Twining, Josh Henderson, Stacey Nelson
When a crop of doped-up athletes from the Lakecrest College swim team dive into the campus lake to blow off some steam, the bloodsucking leeches below the surface undergo a stunning transformation. After ingesting small amounts of the swimmers' steroid-laced blood, the slimy creatures grow to unusual sizes and set out to sink their teeth into an unsuspecting student population.
The Black Demon
›R2023 · Thriller, Horror · 101m · Josh Lucas, Fernanda Urrejola, Julio Cesar Cedillo
Oilman Paul Sturges' idyllic family vacation turns into a nightmare when they encounter a ferocious megalodon shark that will stop at nothing to protect its territory. Stranded and under constant attack, Paul and his family must somehow find a way to get his family back to shore alive before it strikes again in this epic battle between humans and nature.
Sharktopus
›2010 · TV Movie, Horror, Science Fiction · 89m · Eric Roberts, Kerem Bürsin, Sara Malakul Lane
The U.S. Navy's special group "Blue Water" builds a half-shark, half-octopus for combat. But the sharktopus escapes and terrorizes the beaches of Puerto Vallarta.