
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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Jack's Back
›1988 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 97m · James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie
A young doctor is suspected when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. However, when the doctor himself is murdered, his identical twin brother claims to have seen visions of the true killer.

For the Sake of Vicious
›2021 · Action, Horror, Mystery · 80m · Lora Burke, Nick Smyth, Colin Paradine
An overworked nurse returns home to find a maniac hiding out with a bruised and beaten hostage. When an unexpected wave of violent intruders descend upon her home, it becomes a fight for survival.

The Purge: Election Year
›R2016 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 109m · Elizabeth Mitchell, Frank Grillo, Mykelti Williamson
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.

Blitz
›R2011 · Crime, Action, Thriller · 97m · Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.

Fear City
›R1984 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · 95m · Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

Otis
›R2008 · Comedy, Horror · 100m · Bostin Christopher, Ashley Johnson, Daniel Stern
After being captured and tortured by the psychopath Otis, teen cheerleader Riley Lawson escapes and informs her parents, who quickly sidestep sluggish FBI agents and take matters into their own hands. But the Lawsons' revenge plan hits a snag when Otis's unusual brother enters the picture.

Redd Inc.
›R2012 · Thriller, Horror, Comedy · 93m · Nicholas Hope, Kelly Paterniti, Sam Reid
Six captive office workers are literally chained to their desks by a demented, escaped serial killer; former regional manager Thomas Reddmann. He assigns his 'human resources' the impossible task of proving his innocence or suffering gruesome consequences.

House of Whipcord
›1974 · Horror · 102m · Barbara Markham, Patrick Barr, Ray Brooks
Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their crimes. Here they mete out their own form of justice and ensure that the girls never return to their old ways.

Assault
›R1971 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 91m · Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.

Clown in a Cornfield
›R2025 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Katie Douglas, Carson MacCormac, Kevin Durand
Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.

Maniac Cop
›R1988 · Action, Horror, Mystery · 85m · Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon
A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

10 to Midnight
›R1983 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 102m · Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.

Patchwork
›2015 · Horror, Comedy · 86m · Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway, Maria Blasucci
A delightfully dark, Frankenstein-themed horror comedy about a re-animated corpse, made from the stitched together body parts of three murdered young women, that decides to go on a bloody quest to find their killer and avenge their deaths!

Act of Vengeance
›R1974 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 90m · Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Jennifer Lee Pryor
A woman is sexually assaulted by a serial rapist wearing a hockey mask. She and other victims form a squad that targets would-be rapists, all the while searching for the mask wearing maniac that raped them all.

Locked
›R2025 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Bill Skarsgård, Anthony Hopkins, Ashley Cartwright
When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justice. With no means of escape, Eddie must fight to survive in a ride where escape is an illusion, survival is a nightmare, and justice shifts into high gear.

Eyes of a Stranger
›R1981 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Lauren Tewes, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John DiSanti
A TV newswoman catches a pervert watching her sister who cannot see, hear or speak.

Christmas Evil
›R1980 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull
Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save the spirit of Christmas is to become Santa Claus himself and make all of the naughty townspeople pay... in blood!

Full Eclipse
›1993 · Horror, Action, TV Movie · 97m · Mario Van Peebles, Patsy Kensit, Bruce Payne
The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other big cities, but his methods are unconventional, and so is he - he's a werewolf.

Night Hunter
›R2019 · Drama, Thriller · 95m · Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley, Alexandra Daddario
A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.

The Exterminator
›R1980 · Action, Crime, Drama · 98m · Robert Ginty, Christopher George, Samantha Eggar
When a man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York, he transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a war zone.

Nightmare Beach
›R1989 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Nicolas De Toth, Sarah Buxton, Rawley Valverde
In Miami, Florida, biker gang leader Edward "Diablo" Santer is about to be executed for murder when he proclaims his innocence and vows revenge from the grave. When a mysterious biker comes to town during Spring Break festivities, leaving several teenagers electrocuted to death, some begin to suspect that Santer has made good on his promise.

Pale Blood
›1990 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · George Chakiris, Wings Hauser, Pamela Ludwig
3 dead women, blood drained through small bites and placed around L.A. The murders catch international attention of a lonely man looking to teach a suspected vampire some morals.

Take Back the Night
›2022 · Horror · 90m · Emma Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Lafleur, Angela Gulner
Finding herself the victim of a violent monster attack, Jane launches a vigilante campaign to hunt the beast that tried to kill her. Jane's efforts intensify, but her troubling history of drug use and mental illness bubbles to the surface causing her family, community, and authorities to question the authenticity of her account. Suddenly alone in her fight, Jane starts to doubt her own memory of the attack...to doubt if Monster exists at all.

555
›R1988 · Horror · 90m · Greg Kerouac, B.K. Smith, Mara Lynn Bastian
A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings have occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he's dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam.






















