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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The Hound of the Baskervilles
›NR1939 · Mystery, Crime, Horror · 80m · Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Mad Love
›1935 · Horror, Romance · 68m · Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
ManhuntSeries
›TV-PG2019 · Drama, Crime · 2 seasons · Martin Clunes, Claudie Blakley, Sule Rimi
The true story of London Metropolitan police detective Colin Sutton's manhunt for serial criminals.
The Long ShadowSeries
›2023 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Lee Ingleby
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.
MessiahSeries
›2001 · Mystery, Drama, Crime · 5 seasons · Marc Warren, Marsha Thomason, Daniel Ryan
Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.
Touching EvilSeries
›NR1997 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · 3 seasons · Nicola Walker, Robson Green, Shaun Dingwall
Follow the exploits of the Organized and Serial Crime Unit (OSC). Maverick Detective Inspector Dave Creegan is the newest member of the unit, an elite, rapid-response crime squad. The OSC uses their diverse crime-fighting skills to bring justice to society.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
›R2007 · Drama, Horror · 116m · Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
›R1999 · Thriller, Crime, Drama · 140m · Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
The Haunting
›G1963 · Horror · 112m · Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
›NR1927 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 91m · Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
The Uninvited
›NR1944 · Mystery, Horror, Fantasy · 99m · Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell
A pair of siblings from London [Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey] purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, England. Only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price, and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. Rich in atmosphere, The Uninvited, directed by Lewis Allen, was groundbreaking for the seriousness with which it treated the supernatural, haunted house genre, and it remains an elegant and eerie experience, featuring a classic score by Victor Young. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night - this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.
Touching EvilSeries
›2004 · Drama, Crime · 1 season · Jeffrey Donovan, Brian Markinson, Vera Farmiga
Returning from a year-long psychological leave of absence after surviving an almost-fatal gunshot wound to the head, Detective David Creegan is assigned to the FBI's Organized and Serial Crime Unit – a rapid-response, elite crime investigation squad – where he and his new partner, Detective Susan Branca, find themselves committed to saving lives and solving cases. In spite of his inability to abide by common sense and the laws he's sworn to uphold, Creegan, with the help of Branca, works on hunting down the most vicious criminals on the streets.
Manhunter
›R1986 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 120m · William L. Petersen, Tom Noonan, Dennis Farina
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.
Dead Ringers
›R1988 · Thriller, Horror · 115m · Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
ServantSeries
›TV-MA2019 · Drama, Mystery · 4 seasons · Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free
A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
The FollowingSeries
›TV-142013 · Crime, Drama · 3 seasons · Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Shawn Ashmore
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
›2009 · Thriller, Crime, Drama · 93m · Paddy Considine, Warren Clarke, Maxine Peake
After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.
I'll Be Gone in the DarkSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Amy Ryan
An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims.
Jack the RipperSeries
›NR1988 · Drama, Mystery, Crime · 1 season · Michael Caine, Jane Seymour, Lewis Collins
Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders.
The Queen of Spades
›NR1949 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 95m · Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell
A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.
Nosferatu
›R2024 · Horror, Fantasy · 133m · Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Possession
›R1981 · Horror · 124m · Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
Phantom of the Paradise
›PG1974 · Comedy, Horror, Music · 92m · William Finley, Paul Williams, Jessica Harper
Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.
Archive 81Series
›TV-MA2022 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Mamoudou Athie, Dina Shihabi, Evan Jonigkeit
An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.