
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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Bram Stoker's Van Helsing
›2021 · Horror · 86m · Mark Topping, Charlie Bond, Tom Hendryk
England, 1897. Abraham Van Helsing receives a letter from his former student Dr John Seward requesting his urgent assistance in the northern town of Whitby, where his fiancée Lucy is showing all the signs of vampirism. Van Helsing follows the bloody trail to the coffin of Count Dracula himself. Van Helsing is a fresh take on the legend of Dracula through the eyes of his greatest enemy.

The Frankenstein Theory
›NR2013 · Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Heather Stephens, Kris Lemche, Eric Zuckerman
When he is suspended from his university job for his outlandish ideas, Professor John Venkenheim leads a documentary film crew to the rim of the Arctic Circle in a desperate effort to vindicate his academic reputation. His theory: Mary Shelley's ghastly story, "Frankenstein," is, in fact, a work of non-fiction disguised as fantasy. In the vast, frozen wilderness, Venkenheim and his team search for the legendary monster, a creature mired in mystery and drenched in blood. What they find is an unspeakable truth more terrifying than any fiction...a nightmare from which there is no waking.

Ghost Team
›PG-132016 · Comedy, Horror · 83m · Amy Sedaris, Martin Barabas, Justin Long
A paranormal-obsessed man mounts his own investigation into the beyond with his depressed best friend, misfit nephew, a cable access medium and an overeager security guard.

13 Fanboy
›NR2021 · Horror · 99m · Dee Wallace, Hayley Greenbauer, Corey Feldman
An obsessed fan stalks his favorite actors from the Friday the 13th films and beyond, mirroring his idol Jason Voorhees.

Trauma
›2004 · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 94m · Colin Firth, Mena Suvari, Naomie Harris
Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a beautiful young neighbour Charlotte. His life may be turning around but all is not what it seems and, haunted by visions of his dead wife, Ben starts to lose his grip on reality.

In a Dark Place
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Leelee Sobieski, Tara Fitzgerald, Christian Olson
The disturbed arts teacher, Anna Veigh, is hired by Mr. Laing as a governess to raise Flora and her brother Miles. Anna believes that the ghosts of the former governess, Miss Jessel, and housekeeper, Peter Quint, are in the property haunting the children, and she decides to help them to face the spirits and get their souls free.

Beyond Loch Ness
›R2008 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 91m · Brian Krause, Niall Matter, Don S. Davis
James Murphey is a rugged cryptozoologist, who thirty years earlier, during a trip to Loch Ness, Scotland, had a fatal encounter with the fabled "Nessie" creature that killed his father, and left James with deep facial scar. Twenty years later, James is hunting for Nessie, when his search leads him to the sleepy town of Pike Island, Ashburn, on Lake Superior. Hiring Josh Riley as his guide, James and Josh bond over their mutual scientific interests and deceased fathers, while James tries to convince Josh's mother, Sheriff Karen Riley, that the 60-foot plesiosaur is killing and breeding.

Night Game
›R1989 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 95m · Roy Scheider, Karen Young, Richard Bradford
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.

Excess Flesh
›NR2015 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 103m · Effie Lavore, Mary Loveless, Wes McGee
Obsessed with her sexy roommate, Jill violently imprisons Jennifer in their apartment in a twisted attempt to bring them closer together.

Blood Feast
›2016 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Robert Rusler, Sophie Monk, Herschell Gordon Lewis
Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run a American diner. Since business is not going too well, Fuad also works night shifts in a museum of Egyptian culture. During these long lonely nights he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive ancient goddess ISHTAR. He becomes more and more allured by the goddess as she speaks to him in visions. Eventually he succumbs to her deadly charms.

Crystal Skulls
›2014 · Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie · 88m · Richard Burgi, Wendy Glenn, Sam Redford
A millionaire philanthropist collects the famous Crystal Skulls trying to tap into their ancient powers. It is up to a team lead by a college professor whose father disappeared searching for the 13th skull to save the world when the first 12 skulls are united and reek havoc on the earth without the control of the 13th skull.

Brutal
›R2007 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 91m · Crystal Stone, Eric Lange, Sarah Thompson
In a small town, a serial killer mutilates the bodies of his victims and leaves a flower on the corpses. The sheriff and his wife/deputy investigate the murders while trying to keep from alarming the citizens. They team up with an autistic hound dog trainer to try to track the killer.

Bad Karma
›2002 · Thriller, Horror · 92m · Patsy Kensit, Patrick Muldoon, Amy Locane
Mental Patient terrorizes her Psychiatrist who she believes is the reincarnation of Jack the Ripper.

The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
›R2021 · History, Horror, Drama · 80m · Toby Wynn-Davies, Reece Putinas, Louisa Warren
Harry Price investigates the ghosts of Borley Rectory during his stay there.

Damaged
›R2024 · Action, Drama, Thriller · 98m · Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Cassel, Gianni Capaldi
A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.

Embrace of the Vampire
›R1995 · Horror, Fantasy, Romance · 92m · Alyssa Milano, Martin Kemp, Harold Pruett
An 18-year-old college freshman is seduced by a handsome vampire lover who introduces her to a dark world of carnal desires.

Strangeland
›R1998 · Horror · 86m · Kevin Gage, Elizabeth Peña, Brett Harrelson
A pierced and tattooed sadist, Captain Howdy, trolls the Internet for naive teens, luring them to his home to torture and defile them. When Howdy kidnaps and tortures the daughter of police Detective Mike Gage, he is caught. Deemed insane, he is sent to an asylum but is released soon after, seemingly better. However, Gage knows it is only a matter of time before Howdy strikes again, and he's ready to unleash his own form of retribution when the time comes.

Hero and the Terror
›R1988 · Drama, Action, Thriller · 96m · Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has started killing women again, and O'Brien is the only man who can stop him.

Ghosthunters
›2016 · Horror · 90m · Francesca Santoro, Stephen Manley, David O'Donnell
When one of their own loses his wife and daughter at the hands of a serial killer, a team of ghost hunters is determined to capture the spirits of the loved ones so their spirits can finally rest in peace. But as the team goes deeper into the house, the ghosts become more hostile, and the group discovers the true secrets of the house and its murderer.

Bloodline Killer
›2024 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Bruce Dern, Tyrese Gibson, Shawnee Smith
Moira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.

Sisters
›2006 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Chloë Sevigny, Stephen Rea, Lou Doillon
A reporter witnesses a brutal murder and becomes entangled in a mystery involving a pair of twins.

The Creature Below
›2017 · Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Anna Dawson, Michaela Longden, Johnny Vivash
A young scientist discovers a malevolent entity which sets her on a bloody descent into the jaws of insanity.

Frankenstein Reborn
›NR2005 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 84m · Rhett Giles, Thomas Downey, Joel Ezra Hebner
The latest psychiatrist assigned to assess whether inmate Victor Frank is mentally fit to stand trial for murder gives up in frustration and so the asylum head Dr Robert Walton steps in to do the job. Frank tells Walton his story. He was a scientist experimenting in the field of nanotechnology. Using nanobots that were capable of rebuilding the human body, Frank and his team had great success in helping the crippled, wheelchair-ridden Bryce Daniels regain use of his faculties. But then Bryce started to become unstable...

Crush
›2009 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 82m · Emma Lung, Christopher Egan, Brooke Harman
Julian is perfectly happy in his relationship with the pretty blond Clare. That is, until he meets Anna, a dark-haired, bikini-clad beauty who he encounters while he is house-sitting. Passion reigns in their relationship, and soon Julian learns that Anna is more dangerous than he ever would have thought.






















