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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154 titles
Return of Punch and Judy
›2023 · Horror · 89m · Chris Cordell, Samantha Cull, Ben J. Williams
Val, plagued with memories of the past, becomes convinced that a demon entity has possessed her puppets "Punch and Judy." She becomes sick, and her family thinks that she is close to death and losing her mind. Celebrating Val's birthday, the family begins to disappear, and those that remain have horrifying experiences with the puppets- and they soon learn the true story of Punch and Judy.
The Plastic Men
›2026 · War, Drama, Horror · William Fichtner, James Preston, Aaron Dalla Villa
Vietnam veteran Jonathan Teller suffers from guilt and paranoid delusions. He decides to take his own life, but as he struggles to come to terms with his choice and reality, a chance encounter changes everything.
A Desert
›NR2025 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · David Yow, Kai Lennox, Sarah Lind
A photographer’s road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.
Bodies Bodies Bodies
›R2022 · Comedy, Mystery, Horror · 94m · Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha'la
In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
The Bat Whispers
›NR1930 · Mystery, Comedy, Crime · 83m · Chester Morris, Chance Ward, Una Merkel
Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of the criminal as well. Meanwhile, Cornelia Van Gorder has various people arrive at her old mansion, including her niece, Dale, a bank employee, and police detective Anderson. When guests start turning up dead, Cornelia begins to suspect that The Bat may be lurking around the estate.
Unearthly Stranger
›1963 · Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror · 78m · John Neville, Philip Stone, Gabriella Licudi
A series of scientists working on a new techology to facilitate man's conquest of space are killed in mysterious circumstances. Suspicion falls on the wife of another scientist on the project, who may not be what she seems.
Harpoon
›2019 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 82m · Munro Chambers, Emily Tyra, Chris Gray
Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean under suspicious circumstances.
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County
›1998 · Horror, Science Fiction, TV Movie · 93m · Benz Antoine, Kristian Ayre, Gillian Barber
After a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow he and his brothers back to their home all hell breaks lose.
Home for the Holidays
›1974 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 73m · Jessica Walter, Sally Field, Jill Haworth
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
The Mothman Prophecies
›PG-132002 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 119m · Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton
Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
The Arrival
›PG-131996 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 115m · Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
When a Stranger Calls
›R1979 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.
You'll Never Find Me
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Brendan Rock, Jordan Cowan, Elena Carapetis
Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick’s intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality...
Baghead
›R2008 · Comedy, Drama, Horror · 84m · Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, Greta Gerwig
Four actors go to a cabin in the woods to write, direct, and act in a film that will jump-start their careers. Their idea is a horror film about a man with a bag over his head, but what happens when that man mysteriously shows up?
Leaving D.C.
›2013 · Mystery, Drama, Horror · 77m · Karin Crighton, Josh Criss, Jeff Manney
After 20 years of living in Washington, D.C., Mark Klein seeks much-needed solace by moving to the remote wilds of West Virginia. To ease his loneliness, he sends regular video updates to members of his OCD-support group back in the city. But Mark gradually realizes that despite his new, isolated setting, he may not be alone. From the endless woods surrounding his home, something else is watching.
When Michael Calls
›1972 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 73m · Ben Gazzara, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Douglas
A woman begins to receive ominous phone calls from her nephew, who died 15 years earlier. With each phone call, a family member dies. Will she be the next in line?
Tales from the VoidSeries
›TV-MA2024 · Drama, Mystery · 1 season
An episodic horror anthology series based on the most viral and haunting stories from the r/NoSleep community
Devil
›PG-132010 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 80m · Chris Messina, Bojana Novaković, Jenny O'Hara
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.
Alone in the Dark
›R1982 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
Fear in the Night
›PG1972 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 94m · Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Judy Geeson
It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled down in a pretty house in the grounds of the public school where Robert was a master. But the headmaster of the school is not what he seems and Peggy is convinced he means to harm her - is her fear a figment of her tortured imagination or are there forces at work that intend to manipulate her anxieties with fatal consequences?
Hostel
›R2006 · Horror · 94m · Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
The Uninvited
›PG-132009 · Horror · 87m · Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.
The Canal
›NR2014 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 93m · Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra
A man who suspects his wife is cheating on him begins having nightmarish visions of an evil presence that he believes inhabits his house.
April Fool's Day
›R1986 · Horror, Mystery · 89m · Amy Steel, Ken Olandt, Deborah Foreman
On April Fool's Day weekend, a group of college friends gather together at a secluded island mansion to celebrate their final year of school, where they soon become prey for an unseen murderer.