
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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Burke & Hare
›R2010 · Comedy, Thriller, History · 91m · Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

12 Hour Shift
›NR2020 · Comedy, Crime, Horror · 88m · Angela Bettis, David Arquette, Chloe Farnworth
It's 1999 and over the course of one 12-hour shift at an Arkansas hospital, a junkie nurse, her scheming cousin and a group of black market organ-trading criminals start a heist that could lead to their collective demise.

I, Monster
›PG1971 · Horror, Science Fiction · 70m · Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.

The Picture of Dorian Gray
›2023 · Drama, Thriller, Fantasy · 100m · Leone Kessel, Lizzy Willis, Allison Blair
A modern day retelling of Oscar Wilde’s cautionary tale, it follows actress Dorian as she travels to Matera to be tutored by reclusive screen icon Lady Amelia Wotton for her upcoming Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth. When Wotton asks her granddaughter Evie to photograph Dorian, the girls grow close but is their relationship as innocent as it appears to be, or is there a more sinister curse at work?

Death of a Unicorn
›R2025 · Horror, Fantasy, Comedy · 107m · Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter
A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.

Beyond Re-Animator
›R2003 · Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction · 95m · Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry, Elsa Pataky
Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.

Night Train
›R2009 · Thriller, Crime, Horror · 87m · Danny Glover, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski
Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they decide to keep for themselves...

Candy Land
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Eden Brolin, Olivia Luccardi, William Baldwin
Remy, a seemingly naive and devout young woman, finds herself cast out from her religious cult. With no place to turn, she immerses herself into the underground world of truck stop sex workers. Under the watchful eye of their matriarch and an enigmatic local lawman, Remy navigates between her strained belief system and the code to find her true calling in life.

The Retaliators
›2022 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 96m · Michael Lombardi, Marc Menchaca, Joseph Gatt
An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder.

A Beginner's Guide to Snuff
›2016 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 87m · Joey Kern, Luke Edwards, Bree Williamson
Two brothers, desperate to break into the world of television and film, decide to enter a horror movie contest. And what could be more horrifying than the elusive snuff film?

Hannibal Rising
›R2007 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 121m · Gaspard Ulliel, Aaran Thomas, Gong Li
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.

The Boy
›2015 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 105m · David Morse, Rainn Wilson, Emma Breeze
An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.

The Black Room
›R1982 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Stephen Knight, Cassandra Gava, Jimmy Stathis
An unfaithful businessman rents a spare room from two siblings to use for his sexual conquests, unaware that they're serial killers who murder every woman he brings there.

Hard Luck
›2006 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 101m · Wesley Snipes, Jackie Quinones, Cybill Shepherd
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.

Thinner
›R1996 · Fantasy, Horror · 92m · Robert John Burke, Michael Constantine, Lucinda Jenney
An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the old man to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.

1 Buck
›2017 · Drama, Thriller · 89m · John Freeman, Katie Ryan, Cassi Colvin
Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man's drama to another, a lowly dollar bill, 'one buck' takes us on an odyssey through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana.

Dead Hooker in a Trunk
›2009 · Horror · 92m · Rikki Gagne, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska
Set in beautiful Vancouver, four friends set out on an everyday errand and end up in a fight for their lives when they discover the body of a dead hooker left in their trunk.

Deadgirl
›R2008 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen
When high school misfits Rickie and JT decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a body of a woman stripped naked, chained to a table and covered in plastic and soon realize she is anything but dead. Quickly the boys find themselves embarking on a twisted yet poignant journey testing the limits of their friendship, and forces both to decide just how far they're willing to stretch their understanding of right and wrong.

The Scientist
›NR2020 · Horror, Drama · 94m · Robb Hudspeth, Kristin Keith, Addison McGarry
An unconventional scientist, struggling to care for his terminally-ill wife, embarks on a journey to develop a cure for her. However, his methods of treatment and tampering with human DNA, could lead to the extinction of humanity.

The Unwilling
›2017 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Dina Meyer, Jake Thomas, Bree Williamson
After the death of a much despised patriarch, a mysterious box shows up during the reading of the will, forcing the family to reckon with each of their own deadly sins.

Tormented
›NR1960 · Thriller, Horror · 75m · Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders
A jazz pianist is haunted by his dead ex-lover's crawling hand and floating head.

Ballad in Blood
›2016 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Carlotta Morelli, Gabriele Mira Rossi, Edward Williams
Jacopo, Duke, and Lenka wake up in the apartment Lenka shares with her roommate Elizabeth to find Elizabeth mysteriously murdered. None of the three has any memory of what happened and they spend a drug-fueled day finding clues and piecing the event together.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
›PG2008 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 89m · Dougray Scott, Krista Bridges, Tom Skerritt
Dr. Henry Jekyll is a well-regarded physician whose evenings are spent researching a rare and sacred Amazonian flower so potent it's said to literally separate the soul, giving life to man's Dark Self. The obsessive experiments to isolate its psychotropic properties happen to coincide with a series of brutal murders gripping the city with fear. Jekyll knows it's no coincidence. While his nights are lost to him, he awakens with bloody mementos and violent memories of the screams of his victims.

Hellraiser: Inferno
›R2000 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Craig Sheffer, Nicholas Turturro, James Remar
A detective solves the puzzle box that releases the diabolical demon, Pinhead. As those around him begin to meet tragic fates, he sets out to conquer the horrifying villain.






















