
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 Green Slime
›G1968 · Science Fiction, Horror · 90m · Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel
A giant asteroid is heading toward Earth so some astronauts disembark from a nearby space station to blow it up. The mission is successful, and they return to the station unknowingly bringing back a gooey green substance that mutates into one-eyed tentacled monsters that feed off electricity. Soon the station is crawling with them, and people are being zapped left and right!

Gutterballs
›2008 · Horror · 96m · Alastair Gamble, Mihola Terzic, Nathan Witte
A brutally sadistic rape leads to a series of bizarre gory murders during a midnight disco bowl-a-rama at a popular bowling alley. One by one, players of two teams meet blood-drenched gruesome deaths at the hand of a black bowling-gloved masked killer. This alley runs red with blood by sunrise.

Growth
›NR2010 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 90m · Mircea Monroe, Christopher Shand, Brian Krause
In 1989, a breakthrough in "advanced parasitic research" on Cuttyhunk Island gave scientists a jump in human evolution. Initial tests proved promising, as subjects experienced heightened physical and mental strength and awareness. But - something in the experiment went horribly wrong, and the island mysteriously lost three quarters of its population.

The Inheritance
›2024 · Horror · 84m · Bob Gunton, Peyton List, Briana Middleton
Billionaire Charles Abernathy, on the eve of his 75th birthday, invites his four estranged children back home out of fear that tonight someone – or something – is coming to kill him. To ensure his family will help protect him from whatever’s coming, Abernathy puts each of their inheritances on the line – they’ll get nothing if he’s found dead by dawn.

Howling VI: The Freaks
›R1991 · Horror · 102m · Brendan Hughes, Michele Matheson, Sean Sullivan
A villainous carnival owner traps a young werewolf to include in his growing menagerie of inhuman exhibits.

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
›NR1977 · Horror, Comedy, Fantasy · 77m · Demene E. Hall, William Russ, Julie Ritter
In a one-room stone building near a dilapidated mansion, a demon has condemned an artist to living behind a painting in a state of limbo, forcing him to watch in vain as trespassers' lives are taken by a ravenous bed.

Rogue River
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Michelle Page, Art Alexakis, Chris Coy
When a young woman takes a trip down Rogue River, her car mysteriously disappears. Lost without transport or communication, she accepts the hospitality of a stranger who offers her shelter for the night at his cabin. With no other options available, she reluctantly accepts only to forever regret it. The ensuing hours yield nothing but torture, indescribable pain, and horrific agony. If you've seen Misery, you've seen nothing. This movie starts where horror films end and leaves viewers paralysed by fear and disgust.

Remains
›NR2011 · Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Grant Bowler, Miko Hughes, Lance Reddick
The story centers on two lone survivors of a bizarre accident that reduced most of the world's population to zombies. They take refuge in a vacant casino and fight a losing battle against the undead.

The Unspoken
›2015 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 90m · Jodelle Ferland, Sunny Suljic, Neal McDonough
In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their home without a trace. No bodies were ever found and no explanation satisfied curiosity. For 17 years the house has remained undisturbed...until now. This eerily expert frightener is further enlivened by terrific performances from ‘Suits’/’Arrow’ star Neal McDonough and SILENT HILL/THE TALL MAN/TIDELAND’s Jodelle Ferland.

Nightworld
›2017 · Thriller, Horror · 92m · Jason London, Robert Englund, Gianni Capaldi
When former LAPD officer Brett Anderson takes a job as head of security at an old apartment building in Sofia, Bulgaria, he soon begins to experience a series of bizarre and terrifying events. Soon after delving into the building's sinister history and investigate its shadowy owners and past employees, Brett uncovers a malevolent force nestled deep in the bowels of the building that will do anything to be set free into our world.

Witchcraft (Evil Encounters)
›R1988 · Horror · 95m · David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Catherine Hickland
A student and her photographer boyfriend visit an island off of Massachusetts to research a hotel supposedly haunted by a witch.

Recovery
›R2016 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Rachel DiPillo, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Alex Shaffer
The night before their high school graduation, Jessie and her friends are guided by a 'Find My iPhone' app to recover her lost device from a house whose demented tenants are hell bent on making her a flesh and blood member of the family.

The Presence
›PG2010 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 83m · Mira Sorvino, Shane West, Justin Kirk
In this darkly romantic ghost story, a woman travels to an isolated cabin where she is stalked by an apparition who inhabits her space as his own. With the unexpected arrival of the woman’s boyfriend, the dark spirit’s haunting grows obsessive. Soon the woman begins to exhibit weirdly irrational behavior as the thin line between sanity and possession begins to unravel. Is she battling her inner demons, or is a much darker presence threatening them all?

The Plague
›R2006 · Thriller, Horror · 88m · James Van Der Beek, Ivana Miličević, Brad Hunt
Ten years have passed since the world's children fell into a coma. Tonight they're waking up and all hell is breaking loose. An unholy battle between the generations is being waged, and time is not on the side of adults.

Castle Freak
›2020 · Horror · 106m · Clair Catherine, Jake Horowitz, Chris Galust
After she’s permanently blinded in a tragic car accident, Rebecca receives some bizarre news: her long-lost mother has recently passed away, leaving her their family’s ancestral castle in rural Albania. Traveling to the estate with a group of friends, Rebecca hopes it will be an opportunity for her to reconnect with a past she never knew and a mother who seemingly left her behind. When mysterious events begin to occur and her friends begin to die, Rebecca must unravel the secrets of her family’s history before she too falls prey to the Castle Freak.

Amber Alert
›2012 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 81m · Jasen Wade, Summer Bellessa, Chris Hill
When a group of friends decides to follow a car they've seen posted on an Amber Alert, things start to go very wrong.

Ghoul
›2015 · Thriller, Horror · 86m · Jennifer Armour, Jeremy Isabella, Paul S. Tracey
A small group of Americans travel to Ukraine to film a documentary about the cannibalism epidemic that swept through the country during the famine of 1932. After being lured deep into the Ukrainian forest for an interview with one of the last known survivors, they quickly find themselves trapped in a supernatural hunting ground.

Class of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown
›R1991 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Brick Bronsky, Lisa Gaye, Leesa Rowland
At the Tromaville Institute of Technology's nuclear plant, Prof. Holt has perfected "subhumanoids": living beings without emotions who perform menial tasks. When school reporter Roger Smith meets a beautiful subhumanoid named Victoria, they fall in love and he becomes determined to save her and the school from a giant mutant squirrel, Tromie.

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
›PG-131989 · Horror, Comedy, Adventure · 89m · Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Karen M. Waldron
The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only good as a source of food. Accompanying Dr. Hunt on her trip are Jim, a guide of questionable competence, and Bunny, a student of unquestionable incompetence.

Barricade
›PG-132012 · Horror · 82m · Eric McCormack, Jody Thompson, Conner Dwelly
A father's quiet retreat to the woods with his two children turns into a fight for survival.

Carved
›R2024 · Horror, Comedy · 94m · Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Corey Fogelmanis, Jackson Kelly
On Halloween 1993, the staff of a historic pioneer village attraction must work together to survive the attack of a monstrous killer pumpkin set on revenge.

Founders Day
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller, Comedy · 107m · Naomi Grace, Devin Druid, William Russ
A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

The Lullaby
›2018 · Horror · 86m · Reine Swart, Deanre Reiners, Thandi Puren
Returning to her home town, overwhelmed by the birth of her firstborn, nineteen-year-old Chloe van Heerden tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her own mother, Chloe struggles with the demands of caring for a newborn child. The incessant crying of her baby, the growing sense of guilt and paranoia send her into a dark depression. With a heightened urge to protect her son, she sees danger everywhere.

Squealer
›R2023 · Thriller, Action, Horror · 99m · Wes Chatham, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Tyrese Gibson
When young women begin to disappear across a small town, a police officer and a street-smart social worker follow clues to a remote pig farm and discover the local butcher has been bringing his work home.






















