
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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Midnighters
›NR2018 · Thriller, Horror · 94m · Alex Essoe, Perla Haney-Jardine, Ward Horton
Midnight, New Year’s Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life – except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian web of deceit and madness.

Gates of Flesh
›2025 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 91m · Rae Olivier, Daniel Annone, Jarrod Beck
A group of friends attempt to escape the city after an outbreak of demon-possessions. The friends seek shelter in an abandoned church, but their plans for escape are ruined when one of them becomes possessed.

The Girl in Black Stockings
›1957 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 75m · Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren
Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the investigation and must discover who among the terrified guests and staff -- including bodacious vixen Harriet Ames, the hotel's bitter, crippled proprietor, visiting lawyer David Hewson and his secretary, Beth -- is the culprit, even as murders continue to take place.

Eight Eyes
›2023 · Horror · 88m · Emily Sweet, Bradford Thomas, Bruno Veljanovski
At the breaking point of their dysfunctional marriage, Cass and Gav take a trip through Serbia. After meeting a mysterious local, Saint Peter, who eagerly offers to be their guide, the couple embarks on an impromptu sightseeing expedition that soon takes a series of sinister turns.

Open Grave
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 102m · Sharlto Copley, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Kretschmann
A man awakes -- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer.

My Little Eye
›R2002 · Horror · 95m · Sean Cw Johnson, Kris Lemche, Stephen O'Reilly
Five young people apply to live in an isolated house together for six months whilst their every move is filmed by numerous cameras.

Containment
›R2015 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · Louise Brealey, Lee Ross, Sheila Reid
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

Night Train
›R2009 · Thriller, Crime, Horror · 87m · Danny Glover, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski
Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they decide to keep for themselves...

Link
›R1986 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp, Steven Finch
Young graduate student Jane Chase becomes the new assistant to an eccentric zoology professor at the remote home he shares with two brilliant chimpanzees and an elderly orangutan butler named Link. But when one of the chimps is found dead and the professor mysteriously disappears, Link becomes dangerously aggressive towards Jane. Now, the time for “monkey business” is over and the true terror is about to begin.

Ruin Me
›2017 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Marcienne Dwyer, Matt Dellapina, Chris Hill
Six strangers sign up for a slasher movie re-enactment, in which they are dropped into the woods and pursued by knife wielding assassins. But when the body count becomes real, Alexandra must unravel the mystery of who is responsible if she wants to survive the ordeal.

Things Will Be Different
›2024 · Horror, Science Fiction · 102m · Adam David Thompson, Riley Dandy, Chloe Skoczen
In order to escape the police after a robbery, two estranged siblings lay low in a metaphysical farmhouse that hides them away in a different time. There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.

The Exorcism of Hannah Stevenson
›2022 · Fantasy, Horror · 75m · Hannah Rose, Tom Hogan, Edward Gist
Hannah and Matt, a young couple on their first holiday together, quickly discover that they may not see eye-to-eye. Feeling as though she let her boyfriend down, Hannah enlists the help of a mysterious gypsy woman, in the hope that the couple's troubles can be overcome. However, when Matt wakes to find his girlfriend has disappeared, the gypsy woman's sinister intentions become all too clear.

Case 39
›R2009 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 109m · Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.

The Descent: Part 2
›R2009 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 94m · Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Gavan O'Herlihy
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.

Happy Birthday
›2016 · Horror, Thriller, Comedy · 93m · Matt Bush, Riley Litman, Britne Oldford
When two friends embark on a journey to Mexicali for a Birthday celebration, they soon realize their psychedelic shenanigans have taken a turn for the worse.

Blood Conscious
›2021 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 80m · Nick Damici, Lenny Thomas, DeShawn White
A vacationing family turns the tables on a mass shooter who claims to be fighting demonic forces.

Striking Distance
›R1993 · Crime, Action, Mystery · 102m · Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.

I Know What You Did Last SummerSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Madison Iseman, Bill Heck, Brianne Tju
In a sun-soaked Hawaiian town with a mysterious past, a group of friends is left with a dark secret after a tragic accident. One year later, a member of the group receives a threatening message, and the friends now know that someone intends to make them pay for last summer.

The Black Room
›R1982 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Stephen Knight, Cassandra Gava, Jimmy Stathis
An unfaithful businessman rents a spare room from two siblings to use for his sexual conquests, unaware that they're serial killers who murder every woman he brings there.

All-American Murder
›1991 · Horror, Mystery, Romance · 94m · Christopher Walken, Charlie Schlatter, Josie Bissett
Artie Logan is the new guy on Campus. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller: the most popular and beautiful girl at Fairfield college and she finally agrees to go on a date with him. But that night she is brutally killed by a blowtorch-wielding maniac and Artie is wrongfully arrested. Despite protests from other Police officers, detective P.J. Decker believes Artie's story and gives him 24 hours to track down the real killer.

Resident Evil: Afterlife
›R2010 · Action, Adventure, Horror · 97m · Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
›R2006 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 90m · Amber Heard, Michael Welch, Whitney Able
Beautiful Mandy Lane isn't a party girl but, when classmate Chloe invites the Texas high school student to a bash in the countryside, she reluctantly accepts. After hitching a ride with a vaguely scary older man, the teens arrive at their destination. Partying ensues, and Mandy's close pal, Emmet, keeps a watchful eye on the young males making a play for Mandy. Then two of the students are murdered.

Panic Button
›2011 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Scarlett Alice Johnson, Jack Gordon, Michael Jibson
Four young men have won a trip with their favorite social network. On board the private plane that took him to New York, they are invited to participate in an in-flight entertainment: a new online gaming experience. But this is no ordinary Thurs Trapped at 30,000 feet, they will play for their lives and those of their families. They will discover the hard way that put his life online can have dire consequences...

Kill Theory
›2009 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 82m · Don McManus, Ryanne Duzich, Teddy Dunn
While celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.






















