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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148 titles
Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My LifeSeries
›2023 · Documentary, Mystery · 2 seasons · Dani Romero
Master of Horror Eli Roth presents true stories of hauntings that have shattered the lives of the people who have experienced them.
Event Horizon
›R1997 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 96m · Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
Pandorum
›R2009 · Action, Horror, Mystery · 108m · Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid, Cam Gigandet
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
V/H/S/Beyond
›NR2024 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 114m · Brian Baker, Trevor Dow, Gerry Eng
The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.
True HauntingSeries
›TV-MA2025 · Documentary, Mystery · 1 season
Paranormal encounters from the viewpoint of those who lived them are detailed through immersive reenactments and present-day interviews.
Hostile Dimensions
›2024 · Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · Annabel Logan, Joma West, Josie Rogers
Two documentary filmmakers travel through alternate dimensions to uncover the truth about a graffiti artist who has vanished.
HellierSeries
›2019 · Mystery, Documentary, Reality · 2 seasons · Greg Newkirk, Dana Newkirk, Connor Randall
Driven by a plea for help from a man in Appalachia under supernatural assault, a small crew of paranormal researchers find themselves in a dying coal town, where a series of strange coincidences leads them to a decades-old mystery with far-reaching implications.
The Black Door
›2001 · Horror · 96m · Sergio Gallinaro, Staci Tara Moore, Kevin Blatch
Seattle, USA, 1999. At the demand of MEG, a camera crew investigates the strange course of events that brought STEVEN H., her boyfriend, to be hospitalized. Steven's condition is serious. His body has been severely lacerated by an unknown assailant. The doctors think it could be a wild animal, or maybe even a man with extremely long and hard nails. Steven is also suffering from a mysterious infection that spreads inside him at an alarming speed...
Satan's Triangle
›1975 · TV Movie, Mystery, Horror · 74m · Kim Novak, Doug McClure, Alejandro Rey
The female survivor of a shipwreck and two Coast Guard helicopter pilots sent to rescue her find themselves trapped in a mysterious part of the ocean known as Satan's Triangle.
Significant Other
›R2022 · Science Fiction, Mystery, Horror · 85m · Maika Monroe, Jake Lacy, Matthew Yang King
Ruth and Harry decide to take a romantic backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but amongst the beautiful scenery, Ruth makes an unexpected discovery that sets her off on a strange, frightening new path. The couple aren't alone in the woods, and they might not be the same when they come out...if they come out.
The RigSeries
›TV-142023 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2 seasons · Emily Hampshire, Iain Glen, Martin Compston
When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting paranoia and rising tensions. But as the threat facing them reveals itself to be something beyond their wildest imagination, the divided crew must form an alliance to ensure survival.
Underwater
›PG-132020 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 95m · Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Mamoudou Athie
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
V/H/S
›R2012 · Thriller, Horror · 116m · Calvin Lee Reeder, Lane Hughes, Kentucker Audley
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
Necronomicon
›R1993 · Horror · 96m · Jeffrey Combs, Tony Azito, Juan Fernández
H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments "The Drowned", "The Cold", and "Whispers".
The Rejected
›2018 · Horror · 63m · Richard S. Blake, Jake Bowman
Recovered footage and self-filmed documentary that journals a UFO sighting and possible abduction. This found footage film will test even those with the most open-minded beliefs. Is "The Rejected" actual proof of aliens on Earth or is this an elaborate hoax? We let you decide.
Digging Up the Marrow
›NR2015 · Horror · 88m · Ray Wise, Adam Green, Kane Hodder
A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated entirely by monsters.
Lovely, Dark, and Deep
›2023 · Horror · 87m · Georgina Campbell, Nick Blood, Wai Ching Ho
Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child.
Night of the Big Heat
›1967 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 94m · Christopher Lee, Patrick Allen, Peter Cushing
While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.
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.
Sequence Break
›NR2017 · Horror, Romance, Science Fiction · 80m · Chase Williamson, Fabianne Therese, Audrey Wasilewski
A reclusive video arcade technician experiences bizarre biomechanical mutations and hallucinations when a mysterious new arcade machine appears in his shop.
Banshee Chapter
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Ted Levine, Katia Winter, Michael McMillian
On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin.
At First Light
›PG-132018 · Thriller, Science Fiction · 91m · Stefanie Scott, Théodore Pellerin, Saïd Taghmaoui
High school senior Alex has an encounter with mysterious lights that appear over her small town. She soon develops dangerous, supernatural abilities, and turns to her childhood friend Sean. The authorities target them and a chase ensues as officials try to discover the truth behind Alex's transformation.
Monster Portal
›2022 · Horror, Mystery, Fantasy · 80m · Sian Altman, Sarah Alexandra Marks, Louis James
A young woman inherits her estranged father's estate after his mysterious death. Once she and her friends arrive at the mansion, they discover that the home is on an old cemetery, which has the power of opening a portal to another realm, which contains the creatures foretold to the world by writer H.P. Lovecraft.
After Midnight
›R1989 · Thriller, Horror · 90m · Jillian McWhirter, Pamela Adlon, Ramy Zada
A college professor teaching a course called "The Psychology of Fear" brings his students (including a psychic) to his home, one dark and stormy night to tell scary stories. The first involves a young couple whose car breaks down by an old, abandoned house. The second has four trendy teenage girls getting lost in a bad part of town and chased by a pack of vicious dogs. Last, a woman on crutches confronting a stalker at the answering service where she works the night shift.