
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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Trick
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Omar Epps, Tom Atkins, Jamie Kennedy
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.

Drive Thru
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller, Comedy · 82m · Leighton Meester, Van De La Plante, Nicholas D'Agosto
A high-school student must save townspeople from a murderous clown who works at a fast-food place.

Unhuman
›NR2022 · Horror, Comedy · 87m · Brianne Tju, Ali Gallo, Benjamin Wadsworth
After their school bus crashes, a group of high school students is thrown into a terrifying fight for survival as they try to take down a group of unhuman savages… before they kill each other first.

Prowl
›R2010 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Ruta Gedmintas, Joshua Bowman, Perdita Weeks
Amber dreams of escaping her small town existence and persuades her friends to accompany her to find an apartment in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, she and her friends gratefully accept a ride in the back of a semi. But when the driver refuses to stop and they discover the cargo is hundreds of cartons of blood, they panic. Their panic turns to terror when the truck disgorges them into a dark, abandoned warehouse where blood-thirsty creatures learn to hunt human prey, which, the friends realize, is what they now are... Written by Svetlio Svilenov

V for Vengeance
›R2022 · Horror, Action · 85m · Jocelyn Hudon, Grace Van Dien, Sean Maguire
After learning that their younger sibling escaped an earlier kidnapping attempt that also killed their parents, two estranged sisters must join forces to rescue her from a group of bloodthirsty vampires. Out for revenge and control of a vampirism vaccine, Thorn and his band of the undead soon learn that they messed with the wrong family.

The Convent
›2018 · History, Horror · 86m · Michael Ironside, Hannah Arterton, Clare Higgins
During the 17th century, a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.

The Front Room
›R2024 · Horror · 95m · Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap, Kathryn Hunter
Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda after her mother-in-law moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere.

Havenhurst
›2016 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 80m · Julie Benz, Fionnula Flanagan, Belle Shouse
A troubled young woman takes up residence in a gothic apartment building where she must confront a terrifying evil.

Psycho Killer
›R2026 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 91m · Georgina Campbell, James Preston Rogers, Malcolm McDowell
Following the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial killer, and the depth of his mental depravity and his sinister agenda is more twisted than anyone could have imagined.

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.

The Pool
›R2001 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · Kristen Miller, Elena Uhlig, Thorsten Grasshoff
International students at an elite Prague school are stalked and murdered by a masked killer while holding a party in an abandoned water park.

Mr. Jones
›PG-132013 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 90m · Jon Foster, Rachel O'Meara, Mark Steger
Scott (Jon Foster) is a filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny (Sarah Jones) move into a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover their neighbor, the elusive Mr. Jones. Famous for his haunting sculptures, Mr. Jones has remained a mystery to the world. Scott and Penny, convinced that they have found the perfect film subject, sneak into his workshop and realize that their curiosity may have chilling consequences. Who is Mr. Jones?

Spookies
›R1986 · Horror · 85m · Felix Ward, Maria Pechukas, Dan Scott
Taking a wrong turn, travelers find themselves trapped in a mysterious house. One horror after another threatens them, as the sorcerer who lives within needs sacrifices to give eternal life to his beautiful bride.

Here After
›PG-132024 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Connie Britton, Giovanni Cirfiera, Tommaso Basili
When her teen daughter displays increasingly disturbing behavior after a near death experience, a mother becomes convinced the girl brought something evil back from the other side.

Choose
›R2011 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 83m · Katheryn Winnick, Nicholas Tucci, Kevin Pollak
Fiona Wagner, a journalism student, tracks a cold-blooded killer with the help of her detective father and a therapist.

Quicksand
›2023 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 86m · Carolina Gaitán, Allan Hawco, Sebastián Eslava
A married couple on the brink of divorce becomes trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It’s a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to escape.

5ive Girls
›NR2007 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Ron Perlman, Amy Lalonde, Terra Vnesa
Five wayward teenage girls are sent to a reformatory and discover they possess unique powers to battle the ancient demon, Legion, which holds thrall over the sinister institution.

Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud
›R2007 · Horror, Fantasy, TV Movie · 95m · Lance Henriksen, Rob Freeman, Amy Manson
During a bitter family feud, Jodie Hatfield, and her boyfriend Ricky McCoy, decide to leave town to avoid being found out, but are soon caught in the act. Wanting vengeance, he seeks out the monster Pumpkinhead, and resurrects it seek revenge on the family. Despite being warned away by the ghost of Ed Harley, his vengeance plan starts out, and the Hatfield family is soon under siege by the powerful demon. Not accepting the legend of the creature and believing their arch-rivals are the real cause, the two families attempt to go to war, only to be stopped when Pumpkinhead attacks the Hatfield house. Putting aside their differences, they band together to stave off the creature before it's vengeance pact is completed.

Howling V: The Rebirth
›R1989 · Horror · 96m · Phil Davis, Victoria Catlin, Ben Cole
When a group of people from different walks of life converge in a Hungarian castle situated in Budapest which has been sealed for 500 years, they bring with them a werewolf which slowly begins to cut their numbers down.

New Year's Evil
›R1980 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace
During a live punk-rock New Year's Eve TV programme, the presenter gets a phone call from a psycho calling himself "Evil" saying that when New Year's strikes in each US time zone, he will murder someone.

Dark Ride
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the park.

Not Forgotten
›R2009 · Thriller, Horror · 100m · Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Michael DeLorenzo
Set in a Tex-Mex border town, Not Forgotten is a classic psychological thriller about Jack and Amaya Bishop, a couple who must come to terms with their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter. It is a tale taut with intrigue and steeped in Latino mysticism, where the line between what's real and what's imagined becomes hopelessly blurred.

Watchers
›R1988 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 91m · Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams
A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that it's an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unbeknownst to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature that's not quite so friendly.

Summer's Blood
›R2009 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Ashley Greene, Peter Mooney, Barbara Niven
A demented handyman comes to the rescue of a young woman, then imprisons her in his basement.






















