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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166 titles
Life of Belle
›2024 · Horror, Thriller · 73m · Syrenne Robinson, Zachary Robinson, Sarah Mae Robinson
This is the true story of how on July 18th, 2018 an 8 year old Annabelle Starnes went missing. What was found in the home would shock this small town of South Carolina.
The Vampire
›NR1957 · Horror, Science Fiction · 76m · John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey
A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
Needful Things
›R1993 · Drama, Horror · 121m · Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
The Prowler
›R1981 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 89m · Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
Cheat
›2023 · Thriller, Horror · 85m · Corin Clay, Mick Thyer, April Clark
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.
Macabre
›1958 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 72m · William Prince, Jacqueline Scott, Jim Backus
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.
The Silencing
›R2020 · Thriller, Action, Crime · 93m · Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis, Zahn McClarnon
A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.
Winterbeast
›1992 · Horror, Comedy · 76m · Tim R. Morgan, Mike Magri, Charles Majka
People are being killed off near a popular New England mountain lodge, with a legend claiming that the mountain is haunted by a deadly Native American demonic curse.
Population 436
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Jeremy Sisto, Charlotte Sullivan, Fred Durst
A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
From Within
›R2008 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Blatz
When the citizens of a small evangelical town systematically begin committing suicide, a young girl struggling to reconcile her Christian upbringing with her desire to experience the outside world finds her faith put to the ultimate test.
Strange Invaders
›PG1983 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 92m · Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid
Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.
Just Buried
›2007 · Comedy, Drama, Horror · 94m · Jay Baruchel, Rose Byrne, Graham Greene
A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out she's offing people to keep the place in business!
Night of the Scarecrow
›R1995 · Horror · 85m · Elizabeth Barondes, John Mese, Stephen Root
A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter of the mayor try to stop it before it is too late and the warlock can reincarnate...
The Fear Footage 3AM
›NR2021 · Horror · 70m · Ricky Umberger, Dennis Frazier, Alex Ahmer
Dennis Rosen disappeared on September 19th, 2020, while filming an episode for his urban exploration channel ‘Dennis the Explorer.’ He was exploring Darkbluff, Maryland — a town that authorities discovered abandoned during their search for Dennis. They also discovered a camera. This footage was on that camera.
The Evictors
›PG1979 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 92m · Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper
A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history.
Dead Silence
›R2007 · Horror · 89m · Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.
Dark Harvest
›R2023 · Horror, Fantasy, Thriller · 96m · Casey Likes, Luke Kirby, West Mulholland
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
Suburban Gothic
›R2014 · Horror, Comedy · 90m · Matthew Gray Gubler, Ray Wise, Kat Dennings
An awkward, unemployed man who can talk to the dead teams up with a rebellious bartender to find the vengeful ghost that's been terrorizing their town.
My Bloody Valentine
›R2009 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith
Ten years after a Valentine's Day tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, Harry Warden returns for a vengeful massacre among teen sweethearts gearing up for another party.
Salem's Lot
›R2024 · Horror · 113m · Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Jordan Preston Carter
Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.
Cherry Falls
›R2000 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 92m · Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, Michael Biehn
When students in the small town of Cherry Falls learn a serial killer is targeting virgins, they realize their only chance of survival is to throw a “Pop Your Cherry” party.
Assimilate
›PG-132019 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 93m · Andi Matichak, Cam Gigandet, Calum Worthy
Three friends making a web series about their town discover that their neighbors are being killed and replaced by creatures who are perfect copies of their victims.
Re-Cut
›R2010 · Horror, Thriller · 80m · Ross Kohn, Meredith Phillips, Austin Basis
When twin girls are found dead in their family’s barn, reality star turned TV-reporter Meredith Phillips and her de-facto camera crew are dispatched to rural Wisconsin to investigate the gruesome deaths. In their relentless drive to break the story, the reporters become entangled in a deadly mystery and uncover the small town’s shocking secret. Edited together from the crew’s multiple cameras, the film documents their struggle to survive the most terrifying night of their lives and becomes the only evidence of a crime too horrific to imagine.
Head of the Family
›R1996 · Comedy, Horror · 82m · Blake Adams, Jacqueline Lovell, Alexandra Quinn
In the midst of a torrid affair, Lance discovers that Nob Hollow's weirdest residents, the Stackpoole family, have been doing hideous human experiments in the bowels of their basement.
