
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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Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
›2002 · Horror, Music · 74m · Wei-Qiang Zhang, Tara Birtwhistle, David Moroni
A cinematic version of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula. Filmed in a style reminiscent of silent Expressionist cinema of the early 20th century (complete with intertitles and monochrome photography), it uses dance to tell the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women.

Rillington PlaceSeries
›2016 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Tim Roth, Samantha Morton, Nico Mirallegro
A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.

The Face Behind the Mask
›NR1941 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 69m · Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe
A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.

Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial KillerSeries
›TV-MA2025 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Jaclyn Gallucci
This tense true-crime series examines the hunt for the Long Island serial killer through the perspective of his victims, their loved ones and the police.

A Gifted ManSeries
›TV-PG2011 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Ehle, Liam Aiken
A talented but self-absorbed surgeon starts questioning his purpose in life when he is visited by the spirit of his deceased ex-wife.

A Warning to the Curious
›1972 · TV Movie, Horror, Drama · 50m · Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Julian Herrington
Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according to legend, protect the county from invasion. On digging the crown up, Paxton is stalked by its supernatural guardian.

Those Who KillSeries
›2014 · Action & Adventure, Crime · 1 season · Chloë Sevigny, James D'Arcy
Follows Catherine Jensen, a recently promoted homicide detective who enlists the help of Thomas Schaeffer, a forensic psychologist, to track down serial killers and relentlessly seeks the truth behind the disappearance of her brother.

The American Nightmare
›R2000 · Documentary, Horror · 73m · George A. Romero, John Carpenter, Tom Savini
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.

Paranormal LockdownSeries
›TV-142016 · Reality, Documentary · 4 seasons · Nick Groff, Katrina Weidman
Nick Groff, a paranormal investigator who's "on a mission to discover something new in the paranormal field", and his paranormal researcher Katrina Weidman spend 72 hours together locked down in the most haunted locations in their quest to learn more about the unknown. They stay with the dead at these reportedly haunted places, many of which have never been filmed for a production and some will be investigated for the first time on television. Groff and Weidman believe, that "the longer they stay, the more the spirits will communicate with them and the more information they can gather about the unknown".

Family
›2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 58m · George Wendt, Matt Keeslar, Meredith Monroe
Harold is a seemingly peaceful neighbor in a quiet mid-western neighborhood, but underneath, he's a murderous psychopath who sets his eyes on a couple that have moved in across the street.

Intensity
›1997 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 186m · John C. McGinley, Molly Parker, Blu Mankuma
Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in the Napa Valley. A serial killer named Edgler Foreman Vess breaks into the house, killing Laura and her parents. Chyna survives, but she learns of Vess's captive: a girl, just as innocent as Chyna, trapped in Vess's home far from the Napa Valley.

Frankenstein: The True Story
›1974 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 186m · James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.

Above SuspicionSeries
›2009 · Mystery, Crime, Drama · 4 seasons · Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall
Above Suspicion is a British crime drama programme starring Kelly Reilly as Anna Travis, a rookie detective determined to prove herself in the male-dominated police department by solving a trail of gruesome murders left by an unknown serial killer. Each series is based on a novel by Lynda La Plante: Above Suspicion (2009), The Red Dahlia (2010), Deadly Intent (2011), and Silent Scream (2012).

Haunters: The Art of the Scare
›NR2017 · Documentary, Horror · 88m · Russ McKamey, Carol Schultz, Shar Mayer
A heart-warming and heart-stopping documentary about people who sacrifice everything to create the most popular and polarizing haunted houses for Halloween - from boo-scare mazes to a controversial new subculture of extreme terror experiences.

Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
›2016 · Horror, Music · 97m · Terrance Zdunich, Paul Sorvino, Emilie Autumn
Lucifer incites Heaven’s wrath by dispatching train cars of condemned souls a-crashin’ through the pearly gates. As God plots to put an end to the rebellious deeds, a fable is told, and the midway gets set for a fateful reunion between God’s Agent and Hell’s Painted Doll, promising to make sinner and saint alike scream Alleluia!

Catch Me a KillerSeries
›TV-MA2024 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Charlotte Hope, Steven John Ward, Lemogang Tsipa
Follow South Africa’s first forensic and investigative psychologist, Micki Pistorius (played by Charlotte Hope), as she studies the minds of South Africa's serial killers. Catch Me A Killer is an adaptation of Micki's autobiography that details her work as the first female criminal profiler in the country, which is brought to life as the events are depicted in the series.

Durham CountySeries
›TV-MA2007 · Drama · 3 seasons · Hugh Dillon, Louis Ferreira, Helene Joy
Detective Mike Sweeney has just moved with his wife and daughters from Toronto to his hometown of Durham County after the death of his partner. Hoping to escape the violent world of big city police work, Mike falls into a suburban world besieged by crime, abuse and murder.

Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder TapesSeries
›TV-142021 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Paul Bernardo, Karla Homolka
Three schoolgirl murders. Two killers hiding in plain sight. Six video tapes that horrify the world and lead to one of the most controversial murder trials in modern history: one that left a nation shamed, victims denied justice, and a serial killer roaming free in Canada today. Over the course four parts, THE KEN AND BARBIE KILLERS: THE LOST MURDER TAPES follows the extraordinary twists and turns of the case and trial of glamour couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, the "demonic duo of dark kink", who quickly became the most notorious killers in Canadian history.

Neon Joe, Werewolf HunterSeries
›TV-PG2015 · Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2 seasons · Jon Glaser
Set in the pretend sleepy enclave of Garrity, Vermont, Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter is the story of a neon-clad man with a mysterious past and a highly specialized skill set - hunting werewolves.

HollistonSeries
›2012 · Comedy · 2 seasons · Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Corri English
In the small New England town of Holliston, MA, Adam and Joe, two friends in their post-college years, navigate life, relationships, and their dream of becoming horror filmmakers, all while hosting a late-night movie show called 'The Movie Crypt'.

Five DaughtersSeries
›2010 · Drama · 1 season · Juliet Aubrey, Ian Hart, Sarah Lancashire
The stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.

Dracula: The SeriesSeries
›1990 · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy · 1 season · Geordie Johnson, Bernard Behrens, Jacob Tierney
Dracula: The Series is a short-lived syndicated children's horror television series developed by Glenn Davis and William Laurin, about Count Dracula (aka Alexander Lucard; A. Lucard, if you will) and his struggles with Gustav Helsing, Gustav's young nephews Max and Chris Townsend, and schoolgirl Sophie Metternich, with whom Chris develops romantic feelings. The series formula is relatively straightforward, with the four heroes learning of some nefarious plot by Dracula and setting out to foil it, with some success. In keeping with the novel, but not most media lore, vampires can travel in sunlight but lack their abilities. Anyone bitten just once by a vampire transform into a zombie-like servant; this process is preventable by applying holy water to the bite.

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: TitansSeries
›TV-MA2022 · Reality · 2 seasons · Dracmorda Boulet, Swanthula Boulet
This spin-off series of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula stars monster drag artists from the show's previous seasons returning to the competition for a chance to win a $100,000 grand prize and the title of Queen of the Underworld. Each week the returning drag monsters must compete in makeup, costume creation, and performance based challenges to prove that they are the best of the best, while the weakest among them must face terrifying physical feats or risk elimination until only the true Titan of Dragula remains.

Dead LastSeries
›2001 · Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Sara Downing, Tyler Labine, Birkett Turton
A fledgling rock band on the verge of being discovered make a discovery of their own: a magical ancient amulet that gives them the power to see ghosts – whether they want to or not. Slightly deterred from fame by their newfound responsibility of helping an endless parade of desperate, and sometimes angry, apparitions resolve their unfinished business, the band begrudgingly intertwines their desire for rock and roll success with the lifelong gig of ushering the dead to the other side.






















