
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 Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
›PG-132013 · Fantasy, Action, Mystery · 130m · Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan
In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.

Terminal Invasion
›R2002 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 90m · Bruce Campbell, Chase Masterson, Jason Jones
Aliens in human disguise commandeer a rural airport during a snowstorm. To survive, the people trapped inside must determine which of their own is not of this Earth.

Consecration
›R2023 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Jena Malone, Danny Huston, Thoren Ferguson
After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself.

Hospital Massacre
›R1981 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Barbi Benton, Charles Lucia, Jon Van Ness
When Susan was a little girl, she rejected the Valentine of a lovestruck classmate. Decades later, she’s come to the hospital for a routine medical examination, and finds herself trapped in a bizarre nightmare, made all the worse as her vengeful childhood valentine, disguised among the hospital staff, begins murdering everyone in his path as a means of proving his undying ‘romantic’ obsession…

Girls Nite Out
›R1982 · Horror · 96m · Julia Montgomery, James Carroll, Suzanne Barnes
The students of DeWitt University are preparing themselves for a night of fun and frolics in the form of an all-night scavenger hunt. Little do they know that they are in fact the ones being hunted.

The Haunted House of Horror
›1969 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Frankie Avalon, Jill Haworth, Dennis Price
Teenagers in an old mansion are being murdered one by one. The survivors must discover who among them is the killer before they're all finished off.

Night of the Missing
›NR2023 · Horror · 73m · Meredith Thomas, Jill Awbrey, Gigi Gustin
Set on a stormy night on Christmas Eve, a small town female sheriff who secretly is a serial killer gets a visit from a mysterious woman who tells four bizarre stories.

The Invitation
›PG-132022 · Horror, Thriller · 105m · Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Sean Pertwee
After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history.

The Stepfather
›PG-132009 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley
Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?

A Good Marriage
›R2014 · Thriller · 103m · Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

Stranger in Our House
›PG-131979 · Horror, TV Movie · 99m · Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, Jeremy Slate
After a country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, their teenage daughter Rachel grows to suspect that Julie has a sinister agenda.

The Killing Jar
›2010 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 92m · Amber Benson, Michael Madsen, Harold Perrineau
A stranger armed with a shotgun takes seven patrons hostage in a remote roadside diner. But as the body count increases, the desperate survivors discover that one of the hostages may be even more dangerous than their captor.

High Heel Homicide
›NC-172017 · Thriller, Horror · 81m · Carter Cruise, Brent Harvey, Mia Li
As a string of brutal murders plague the city, two undercover detectives race to solve the mystery and unmask the killer. Their only clues: each victim is a former cop and each has a blood-red letter painted on their body. How many will have to die before the killer spells out their message in blood?

Red Riding Hood
›PG-132011 · Thriller, Drama, Fantasy · 100m · Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie's older sister is killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect ... and bait.

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
›2016 · Thriller, TV Movie, Horror · 86m · Emily Meade, James Franco, Leila George
Theater major Leah brings her new love home to meet her mom, Julie, who is surprised when Pearl comes to the door. Julie tries to embrace the idea of Leah’s new love interest, but she can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong. Julie’s suspicions lead to a startling discovery about Pearl that puts Leah in serious danger. Will Julie be able to save her daughter from an eternity of heartache before it’s too late?

Eternal
›R2004 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 107m · Conrad Pla, Caroline Néron, Victoria Sanchez
Detective Raymond Pope is a detective of questionable morals, searching for his missing wife. His investigation leads him to the wealthy estate of the enigmatic Elizabeth Kane and her young maid Irina. Under Elizabeth's fascinating looks and aristocratic manners hides a terrifying secret,shared by her companion Irina. As Detective Pope finds himself perversely drawn to the powerful Elizabeth, bodies begin to surface, his inquiries only deepening the mystery surrounding Elizabeth's past. Pope's obsession grows so intense that he completely fails to anticipate Elizabeth's reaction to his intrusion into her dark world, a fatal mistake that might cost him his life and the lives of those close to him.

Howling V: The Rebirth
›R1989 · Horror · 96m · Phil Davis, Victoria Catlin, Ben Cole
When a group of people from different walks of life converge in a Hungarian castle situated in Budapest which has been sealed for 500 years, they bring with them a werewolf which slowly begins to cut their numbers down.

Not Forgotten
›R2009 · Thriller, Horror · 100m · Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Michael DeLorenzo
Set in a Tex-Mex border town, Not Forgotten is a classic psychological thriller about Jack and Amaya Bishop, a couple who must come to terms with their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter. It is a tale taut with intrigue and steeped in Latino mysticism, where the line between what's real and what's imagined becomes hopelessly blurred.

Ripper Untold
›2021 · Horror · 85m · Jonathan Hansler, Phil Molloy, Dawn Butler
A detective and a medical examiner join forces to solve a series of horrific murders in Victorian London - but one of them harbors a deadly secret.

Breathing Room
›R2008 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Ailsa Marshall, Michael McLafferty, David Higlen
Thrown naked into a desolate room with thirteen strangers, Tonya discovers that she is the final contestant in a deadly game. Restrained by lethal electronic collars, the players must utilize hints and tools from a box marked "pieces" to find both an exit and the reason for their abduction. One by one the players are eliminated as their "curfew" begins and the lights go out. With each dead body comes another clue, which they use to discover that one of them is the killer. The question is ... which one?

What Lies Below
›2020 · Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Ema Horvath, Mena Suvari, Trey Tucker
A socially awkward teenager is blindsided when her mother introduces her to her new fiancée. At first, his charm, intelligence, and beauty seem too good to be true, and after a series of strange occurrences, the teenage daughter realizes that this new member of their family is not exactly who he seems.

Terror Train
›2022 · Horror · 90m · Robyn Alomar, Mary Walsh, Nadine Bhabha
Alana and a group of college seniors board a party train for a Halloween-themed bash, but their fun spirals into fear when a mysterious assailant begins killing the passengers one-by-one.

The Ninth Passenger
›2018 · Horror · 93m · Jesse Metcalfe, Alexia Fast, Sabina Gadecki
A group of salacious students party aboard a luxury yacht only to turn on each other as a 9th PASSENGER picks them off one by one.

The Second Arrival
›R1998 · Science Fiction, Horror · 105m · Patrick Muldoon, Jane Sibbett, Michael Sarrazin
After Zane Ziminski is found dead five people received envelopes with details of an alien invasion. This group of five includes 3 scientists, Zane's brother Jack, and a reporter. Quickly, the group is down to three and then Jack and Bridget, the reporter. With a small piece of alien technology, they must escape from the aliens, who take human form, and try to convince others that aliens exist.






















