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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Scream at the Devil
›2015 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 98m · Shari Shattuck, Eric Etebari, Jane Justice Park
A beautiful, schizophrenic, woman is pushed over the edge by her husbands illicit affairs. When her hallucinations become reality, the Devil comes to take his due. Is Miriam insane or has the Devil come to collect on her promise?
The Curse of Downers Grove
›2015 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 89m · Bella Heathcote, Lucas Till, Helen Slater
The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood -- but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret.... For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And this year, Chrissie Swanson has a terrible feeling that she is going to be the one to die. Can Chrissie survive the curse of Downers Grove or will she, like those seniors before her, fall prey to the town's deadly secret?
Grizzly Park
›2008 · Horror, Comedy · 91m · Glenn Morshower, Randy Wayne, Zulay Henao
A giant grizzly bear stalks 8 troubled young adults and a park ranger in a forest reserve called Grizzly Park after making the demise of an escaped serial killer.
Compulsion
›NC-172016 · Thriller, Horror, Fantasy · 92m · Lio Tipton, Marta Gastini, Jakob Cedergren
Sadie—a young female novelist—and an enigmatic woman named Francesca, are enticed by an ex-lover to join him at his Italian villa for a weekend celebration being held to honor the release of Sadie's latest book. Once there, Sadie begins to fear his true intentions as she and Francesca become embroiled in a dangerous game of moral and sexual discovery.
Terror Trap
›2010 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · David James Elliott, Heather Marie Marsden, Jeff Fahey
While driving, an estranged couple's car is hit twice. A sheriff takes them to a motel where they hear disturbing noises from a room, realizing they're part of a deadly game.
Zombie Tidal Wave
›2019 · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction · 86m · Ian Ziering, Erich Chikashi Linzbichler, Shelton Jolivette
A fisherman contends with an ocean-borne outbreak that threatens his seaside island community.
Bates Motel
›1987 · Horror, Drama · 95m · Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn
A mentally disturbed man who roomed with the late Norman Bates at a psychiatric facility inherits the infamous Bates Motel after his death and attempts to fix it up as a respectable business.
Hollow
›2011 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Emily Plumtree, Sam Stockman, Jessica Ellerby
An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.
Red Water
›2003 · Horror, Action · 92m · Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristy Swanson, Coolio
In the quiet waters of the Mississippi, body parts are being discovered. No one knows what is behind it all, until a huge man eating bull shark turns up. This bull shark is different, as it can breath in fresh water, making a deadly encounter between anyone who comes before it. John Sanders must now try and reach the surface, with his ex-wife and whilst being held hostage.
The Hangman
›2024 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · LeJon Woods, Daniel Martin Berkey, Lindsey Dresbach
Troubled father Leon takes son camping in Appalachia. Local cult summons evil Hangman demon. Son goes missing. Leon must confront cult, monster to find him amid rising body count.
Lake Dead
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Kelsey Crane, Kelsey Wedeen, Vanessa Viola
Three sisters and a group of their friends take a trip to the home of the recently deceased grandfather -- who died a particularly grisly death -- to learn more about the promise of an inheritance, only to encounter a family of psychos who have taken up residence in the old man's cabin.
It Waits
›NR2005 · Horror · 88m · Cerina Vincent, Dominic Zamprogna, Greg Kean
A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.
August Underground's Penance
›NR2007 · Horror · 85m · Fred Vogel, Cristie Whiles, Shelby Vogel
Has someone ever handed you a movie, not telling you one thing about it, only telling you to watch it. What if that tape was the personal home video of two sociopaths on a killing spree? This is their home movie, for their eyes-only. This is August Underground's Penance. The third and final film in the AU franchise directed by Fred Vogel and starring Cristie "Crusty" Whiles. Penance shows the dark decline of the two nameless killers from the previous films as they continue to videotape their madness on their path to destruction.
Croc
›2007 · Horror, Action, TV Movie · 100m · Michael Madsen, Peter Tuinstra, Sherry Edwards
A large man-eating crocodile terrorizes tourists and locals near Krabi, in Thailand. Michael Madsen plays a hunter stalking the immense reptile, while sub-plots include a rivalry between a foreigner, who owns a crocodile-farm, and a Thai man who plays a part in framing the foreigner for the crocodile's rampage.
The Nail Gun Massacre
›NR1985 · Horror · 85m · Rocky Patterson, Ron Queen, Beau Leland
Following the brutal rape of a young woman by a gang of construction workers, a mysterious figure wearing a motorcycle helmet and driving a gold hearse begins hunting the perpetrators down. The masked avenger's weapon of choice, obviously, is a nail gun, with which he (or could it be she?) takes out the rapists one by one. Just who is this murderous vigilante?
Hunt Club
›2023 · Action, Thriller, Horror · 87m · Mena Suvari, Casper Van Dien, Maya Stojan
Follows a group of male hunters who regularly lure women to their island with the chance to win 100K in a hunt, only to discover that they are the hunted, but this time they mess with the wrong girls and must deal with the consequences.
Basilisk: The Serpent King
›NR2006 · Action, Horror, TV Movie · 88m · Jeremy London, Wendy Carter, Cleavant Derricks
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison 'Harry' McColl's expedition. Despite a cryptic warning from tribal locals, everything goes to his Colorado university's museum. It's all exhibited during another eclipse, which leads to the monster reviving. Harry and some of his friends must try to petrify the monster again.
Unhinged
›2017 · Horror · 93m · Kate Lister, Becca Hirani, Lucy-Jane Quinlan
Four American best friends decide to take the back roads travelling to a wedding in England, on their way a deadly secret forces the girls to be stranded in the woods, where they discover a house occupied by Miss Perkins.
The Tooth Fairy
›2006 · Horror · 89m · Lochlyn Munro, Chandra West, Steve Bacic
A woman and her daughter (Nicole Muñoz) encounter a deadly legend at a bed-and-breakfast.
Tonight She Comes
›NR2018 · Horror · 84m · Nathan Eswine, Larissa White, Jenna McDonald
After a girl goes missing, two of her friends and a mysterious set of strangers find themselves drawn to the cabin in the woods where she disappeared. They will laugh, they will drink, they will kiss, they will make love, and THEY MUST ALL DIE.
Lantern's Lane
›2021 · Horror, Comedy · 95m · Brooke Serene Butler, Andy Cohen, Ashley Doris
A recent college graduate and her estranged high school friends return to Lantern's Lane, the location of an evil urban legend and must fight to survive the night.
Alien Convergence
›2017 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 86m · Caroline Ivari, Stephen Brown, Mishone Feigin
When flying reptilian creatures wreak havoc all over the world, the survivors’ only hope of stopping them is a new, state-of-the-art fighter jet piloted by the only team that knows how to use the technology.
A.M.I.
›R2019 · Horror · 77m · Debs Howard, Philip Granger, Bonnie Hay
A seventeen year old girl forms a co-dependent relationship with an artificial intelligence on her phone and goes on a murderous rampage.
Way of the Wicked
›R2014 · Thriller · 92m · Vinnie Jones, Emily Tennant, Jake Croker
Lawrence Salva's script centers on a detective on the trail of a murderer, who is led to believe that a local teenager, harboring some sort of strange supernatural power, may be involved. Slater plays a man of the cloth who aids the cop on his mission.