
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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Highwaymen
›R2004 · Action, Thriller, Crime · 80m · Jim Caviezel, Rhona Mitra, Frankie Faison
James Cray watched as his wife was killed by Fargo, a hit-and-run serial murderer. After severely injuring Fargo and going to prison for several years, James is now determined to avenge his wife's death. He drives across the country looking for Fargo's 1972 Cadillac Eldorado, which the now-disabled killer has turned into a rolling death trap. James' search is helped by a state traffic officer and a singer with her own agenda.

A Savannah Haunting
›2022 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 103m · Gena Shaw, Dean J. West, Tommi Rose
Based on true events and filmed in the actual haunted house upon which the script is based, A Savannah Haunting is a chilling supernatural thriller about a family that is torn apart by evil forces inside their new home.

Orca
›PG1977 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.

Shelby Oaks
›R2025 · Horror, Mystery · 91m · Camille Sullivan, Sarah Durn, Brendan Sexton III
A woman's obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an unknown evil.

Horsehead
›NR2014 · Fantasy, Horror · 89m · Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux, Catriona MacColl, Fu'ad Aït Aattou
Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy with Sean, her mentor and boyfriend, to try and understand the origin of her nightmares. Following the death of her maternal grandmother she hardly knew, Jessica reluctantly returns to the family home. Jessica then begins to wander in a nightmarish world inhabited by twisted versions of her family members. She gradually improves her skills as a lucid dreamer and investigates to solve the mystery that gnaws her and haunts the family home...

Danika
›R2006 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 79m · Marisa Tomei, Hannah Marks, Guy Camilleri
Traumatized since childhood by her brother's accidental death, Danika Merrick hallucinates a bank robbery and quits her job. Despite support from her three children and loving husband, Danika continues to experience unnerving visions. She seeks help from therapist Evelyn Harris but pervasive reports of violent incidents involving children make Danika fear for her own family, and she grows increasingly paranoid, worrying she may be going insane.

Black Hollow Cage
›2017 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama · 116m · Lowena McDonell, Haydée Lysander, Julian Nicholson
A girl who lives in a secluded house with her father and her dog finds a mysterious black cube in the woods with the ability to change the past.

Reunion
›2020 · Horror · 95m · Julia Ormond, Emma Draper, Cohen Holloway
A pregnant woman returns to her recently-deceased grandparents’ old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying.

Ghost Son
›R2007 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 97m · Laura Harring, John Hannah, Pete Postlethwaite
A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems to be possessed by the dead man.

The Skeptic
›2009 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Tim Daly, Tom Arnold, Zoe Saldaña
After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something about the house which gnaws at Becket - some strange connection he senses he has with the house's past. Soon, the haunting turns personal.

30 Miles from Nowhere
›2018 · Horror, Comedy · 83m · Carrie Preston, Seana Kofoed, Rob Benedict
When five college pals return to rural Wisconsin for their estranged friend's funeral, what begins as an uneasy reunion becomes a terrifying fight for survival.

Last Kind Words
›2012 · Romance, Drama, Mystery · 85m · Brad Dourif, Spencer Daniels, Alexia Fast
17-year old Eli moves with his family to the isolated farm of reclusive Waylon, a man whose dark past threatens to overtake him. Eli’s family works to restore the desolate fields, while he becomes fascinated with the forests. While on the farm, Eli meets the mysterious Amanda when she gives him an apple. The next day she extracts a promise from him to avoid the deep woods. Reeling from a violent encounter with his father, one night he breaks this promise and finds her body hanging from a tree.

The Haunting of Sorority Row
›PG-132007 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 90m · Leighton Meester, Kailin See, Lisa Marie Caruk
Samantha Willows, a college freshman, looks to pledge a sorority. Unbeknownst to Sam, it is haunted by a former pledge taking revenge on those who wronged her.

The Curse of La Llorona
›R2019 · Horror · 93m · Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velásquez
In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

Jack Goes Home
›2016 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 100m · Rory Culkin, Lin Shaye, Daveigh Chase
After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family, his friends, and his very identity.

A Haunting at Silver Falls
›NR2013 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Steve Bacic, Tara Westwood, Tadhg Kelly
A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is only to find the killer is very close to her.

The Marsh
›R2006 · Horror, Mystery · 92m · Gabrielle Anwar, Louis Ferreira, Forest Whitaker
Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown to her is haunted by the ghost of a little girl and a teenage boy. Claire enlists the help of Geoffry Hunt to help uncover a decade old tragedy.

Run Rabbit Run
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Sarah Snook, Lily LaTorre, Damon Herriman
Sarah is a fertility doctor with a firm understanding of the cycle of life. When she is forced to make sense of the increasingly strange behavior of her young daughter Mia, she must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.

Storm Cell
›PG-132008 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 92m · Mimi Rogers, Robert Moloney, Andrew Airlie
A brother and sister are torn apart when their parents die tragically in a tornado. While he moves to Seattle to be away from the memory, she devotes her life to studying storms and weather patterns. When she discovers the threat of a powerful series of tornadoes are heading for Seattle, she must convince her brother and the entire city that she is not crazy; and they are in grave danger

Wolf Mountain
›R2022 · Action, Horror · 94m · Keli Price, Tobin Bell, Malu Trevejo
Aj and his brother revisit the spot where their parents were killed. But legend has it there is something mysterious roaming these woods.

The Caretaker
›2016 · Thriller, Horror · 80m · Meegan Warner, Sondra Blake, Sophia Santi
A young woman returns home to care for her gravely ill grandmother, only to begin sleepwalking and envisioning spirits.

Muse
›2017 · Thriller, Horror · 107m · Elliot Cowan, Franka Potente, Ana Ularu
Samuel Salomon, a literature professor, has been off work for almost a year after the tragic death of his girlfriend. Samuel has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered in a strange ritual. Suddenly, the same woman who appears every night in his dreams is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. Samuel sneaks into the crime scene and there he meets Rachel who has also dreamed about the murder. Together, they will do whatever they can to discover the identity of the mystery woman, entering a terrifying world controlled by the figures who have inspired artists throughout time: the Muses.

Riding the Bullet
›R2004 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 98m · Jonathan Jackson, Barbara Hershey, David Arquette
In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.

Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Rob Lowe, Marnie McPhail, Ben Lewis
A soldier returns home from the Iraq war only to be haunted by visions of the dead.






















