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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73 titles
Killer Tomatoes Eat France!
›NR1992 · Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction · 94m · John Astin, Tom Katsis, Marc Price
After being busted out of jail by his tomatoes, Professor Mortimer Gangreen begins a new plot to take over the world by inserting his hapless lackey Igor into the throne of the King of France.
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
›NR1962 · Horror, Science Fiction · 82m · Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Leslie Daniels
Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body.
Bride of the Monster
›1955 · Horror, Science Fiction · 70m · Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy
Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly haunted house.
Nightmare Weekend
›1986 · Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · Debbie Laster, Dale Midkiff, Debra Hunter
A female scientist performs experiments on three college girls that turn them into drooling, murderous mutants.
Army of Frankensteins
›2013 · Comedy, Adventure, Horror · 109m · Jordan Farris, Christian Bellgardt, Eric Gesecus
A young man travels back in time, finding himself entrenched in the Civil War with an army of Frankensteins.
Sherlock Holmes
›2010 · Fantasy, Horror, Action · 89m · Ben Syder, Gareth David-Lloyd, Dominic Keating
Sherlock Holmes and Watson are on the trail of a criminal and scientific mastermind who seems to control monsters and creations which defy belief.
Blackenstein
›R1973 · Science Fiction, Action, Horror · 87m · John Hart, Ivory Stone, Joe De Sue
Eddie is a Vietnam veteran who loses his arms and legs when he steps on a land mine, but a brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs. Unfortunately, an insanely jealous assistant (who has fallen in love with Eddie's fiancée) switches Eddie's DNA injections, transforming him into a gigantic killer.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
›2016 · TV Movie, Comedy, Science Fiction · 88m · Laverne Cox, Victoria Justice, Ryan McCartan
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.
The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
›R1971 · Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Bruce Dern, Pat Priest, Casey Kasem
Dr. Roger Girard is a rich scientist conducting experiments on head transplantation. His caretaker has a son, Danny, who, although fully grown, has the mind of child. One day an escaped psycho-killer invades Girard's home, killing Danny's father before being gunned down himself. With the maniac dying and Danny deeply unsettled by his father's death, Dr. Girard decides to take the final step and transplant the killer's head onto Danny's body.
The Mad Monster
›NR1942 · Horror · 77m · George Zucco, Anne Nagel, Johnny Downs
A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories - and exact revenge.
Dickshark
›NR2016 · Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror · 172m · Kayla Browne, John Giancaspro, Rachel Crow
Rachel's lover has been secretly using penis-enlargement cream that has an unusual side effect which ultimately leads to an abomination. Meanwhile, Vanna supports her boyfriend Dick, who is a modern-day Victor Frankenstein. The search for the rampaging monster intensifies as more victims fall prey.
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
›1952 · Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror · 74m · Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo
The entertainment duo Mitchell & Petrillo, en route to a USO show for troops in Guam, fall out of their plane and end up on the jungle island of Cola Cola, where the mad scientist Dr. Zabor is conducting evolutionary experiments.
The Unearthly
›NR1957 · Science Fiction, Horror · 73m · John Carradine, Myron Healey, Allison Hayes
A mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls.
House of the Dead 2
›R2006 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 95m · Emmanuelle Vaugier, Ed Quinn, Sticky Fingaz
At Guesta Verde University, deranged Professor Curien is trying to revive the dead, killing students for the experiment. As such, there's an outbreak of zombies, and the government sends a NSA medical research team, formed by Dr. Alexandra 'Nightingale' Morgan and Lt. Ellis, with a special force leaded by Lt. Dalton, trying to get the zero sample from the first generation zombie. The team has little time to accomplish and depart before missiles are sent to destroy the area.
Teenage Zombies
›PG1959 · Horror, Science Fiction · 73m · Don Sullivan, Katherine Victor, Steve Conte
A boating trip to an uncharted island becomes a fight for survival when two men happen upon a mad scientist, her brainwashed minions and a murderous gorilla.
Hammerhead
›R2005 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · William Forsythe, Hunter Tylo, Lydie Denier
When he began fusing human and shark DNA, his colleagues laughed at him. Now his creation is taking his revenge, and they aren't laughing anymore.
The Killer Eye
›R1999 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 72m · Jacqueline Lovell, Jonathan Norman, Nanette Bianchi
A mad scientist's experiment goes awry, turning a homeless man's eyeball into a giant killing machine that has an insatiable appetite for young women.
The Astro-Zombies
›1968 · Horror, Science Fiction, Crime · 91m · Wendell Corey, John Carradine, Tom Pace
For devilishly mad "astro-scientist" Dr. DeMarco (John Carradine), a typical day involves run-ins with reanimated corpses, bloodthirsty solar-powered killer robot zombies, Chinese communist spies and vicious Mexican secret agents. But when a bloody trail of young female murder victims leads an intrepid CIA agent to his door, things get really interesting. Ted V. Mikels directs this unique B horror-thriller.
Werewolves of the Third Reich
›NR2018 · Horror, War · 90m · Annabelle Lanyon, Lee Bane, Derek Nelson
In Germany at the height of World War II, a ragtag group of American soldiers discover Doctor Mengele's diabolical plan to create an unstoppable army of Nazi werewolves.
Carnosaur
›R1993 · Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Diane Ladd, Raphael Sbarge, Jennifer Runyon
After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
›1966 · Horror, Western, Science Fiction · 83m · John Lupton, Narda Onyx, Estelita Rodriguez
Dr. Frankenstein's Granddaughter Maria, and her brother assistant Rudolph, moved to the old west because the lightning storms there are more frequent and intense, which allows them to work on the experiments of their grandfather. But the experiments are failing and Rudolph's been secretly killing the corpses afterwards. Meanwhile, the Lopez family leaves the town because of the evil going on there
Cocaine Shark
›NR2023 · Horror, Science Fiction · 76m · Titus Himmelberger, Ken Van Sant, Natalie Himmelberger
A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects. After an explosion and leak at the lab, an army of mutated, bloodthirsty sharks and other creatures are set loose on the world.
Monstrosity
›NR1963 · Horror, Science Fiction · 65m · Marjorie Eaton, Frank Gerstle, Frank Fowler
A rich but unscrupulous old woman plots with a scientist to have her brain implanted in the skull of a sexy young woman.
Mesa of Lost Women
›NR1953 · Horror, Science Fiction · 69m · Jackie Coogan, Allan Nixon, Richard Travis
A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.