
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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Beyond the Sky
›2018 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 85m · Ryan Carnes, Jordan Hinson, Don Stark
A documentary filmmaker travels to a UFO convention in New Mexico where he meets a local artist with a dark secret. As they follow a trail of clues they discover disturbing sightings and question all they believe when they become immersed in the enigmatic culture of the Pueblo Indians.

The Demolisher
›NR2015 · Thriller, Action, Horror · 85m · Ry Barrett, Tianna Nori, Jessica Vano
Bruce is a repairman tormented by a crippling sense of responsibility for his disabled wife Samantha, an ex-policewoman. Bruce’s increasing hypersensitivity to the injustice suffered by his wife steers him down a dark path of vigilantism. His disintegrating mental health, paranoia and overwhelming sense of doom causes Bruce to channel his rage towards a young woman.

Monstrous
›PG-132022 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Christina Ricci, Santino Barnard, Don Baldaramos
Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with…

The Afflicted
›NR2011 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Leslie Easterbrook, Kane Hodder, J.D. Hart
A story of incomprehensible abuse delivered by an explosively violent mother of four. Journey through the mind of a child that experiences a living hell, defined and defended by the twisted religious beliefs of her mother.

Visions
›R2015 · Horror, Mystery · 82m · Isla Fisher, Anson Mount, Gillian Jacobs
After moving to a vineyard with her family, a pregnant woman experiences horrifying visions.

Wake Up
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Kelly Frances Fischer, Scott Broughton, Traci L. Newman
When a psychiatric doctor researches a young girls' diary to find out why she murdered her entire family, he begins to fall into the same state of insomnia and confusion that led her to lose her mind.

Scrapbook
›NR2000 · Horror, Drama · 95m · Emily Haack, Tommy Biondo
A young woman named Clara is captured by a serial killer named Leonard who records his “life story” by keeping a scrapbook of his many victims. In addition to adhering Polaroids, scraps of clothing, and other small trophies to the pages, Leonard has forced his victims to personally write in the scrapbook about their individual ordeals. Clara is beaten, raped, starved, and locked up like an animal, filthy and naked. She is forced to write in the scrapbook, adding her agony to the pages. She soon realizes that her only hope for survival is to manipulate Leonard through her writings in his cherished scrapbook.

The Rage: Carrie 2
›R1999 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 105m · Emily Bergl, Jason London, Amy Irving
A horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high school jocks, all of them unaware of her cutthroat telekinetic powers.

The Scarehouse
›2014 · Thriller, Horror · 82m · Sarah Booth, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Katherine Barrell
When two friends open a Halloween fun house on Devil's Night it is all fun and games until their former sorority sisters begin to arrive. These six sisters are confronted by their past as the night spins out of control.

Dark Windows
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 80m · Rory Alexander, Vanessa Borgli, Anna Bullard
A group of teenagers grieving the death of their friend takes a trip to an isolated summerhouse in the countryside. What starts as a peaceful getaway turns into a horrific nightmare when a masked man begins to terrorize them in the most gruesome ways.

Choose
›R2011 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 83m · Katheryn Winnick, Nicholas Tucci, Kevin Pollak
Fiona Wagner, a journalism student, tracks a cold-blooded killer with the help of her detective father and a therapist.

Castle Freak
›2020 · Horror · 106m · Clair Catherine, Jake Horowitz, Chris Galust
After she’s permanently blinded in a tragic car accident, Rebecca receives some bizarre news: her long-lost mother has recently passed away, leaving her their family’s ancestral castle in rural Albania. Traveling to the estate with a group of friends, Rebecca hopes it will be an opportunity for her to reconnect with a past she never knew and a mother who seemingly left her behind. When mysterious events begin to occur and her friends begin to die, Rebecca must unravel the secrets of her family’s history before she too falls prey to the Castle Freak.

The Executioners
›2018 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Natalie Burn, Jemma Dallender, Rachel Rosenstein
Four female friends spend the night in a mansion. Their joy is quickly shattered when three men break in and cruelly attack them. As the night takes a darker turn, they find themselves relishing in the violence they had once suffered.

Return to Sleepaway Camp
›R2008 · Horror, Comedy · 86m · Vincent Pastore, Jackie Tohn, Jonathan Tiersten
When campers and staff at Camp Manabe mysteriously begin disappearing and turning into gruesome corpses, paranoid Ronnie can't shake the memory of a series of grisly murders that took place at Camp Arawak two decades earlier.

Student Body
›NR2022 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Montse Hernandez, Cheyenne Haynes, Anthony Keyvan
High school student Jane Shipley seeks to mend her splintering relationship with childhood best friend Merritt, and fit in with her rebellious peers. When Jane's math teacher oversteps his bounds, an apathetic high school administration forces Jane and Merritt to take matters into their own hands, driving their relationship into further turmoil and inciting deadly consequences.

The Ascent
›R2019 · Horror, Action, Science Fiction · 103m · Shayne Ward, Bentley Kalu, Samantha Schnitzler
Special ops squad "Hell's Bastards" are sent to infiltrate a civil war to retrieve intel. The unit soon find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.

Strangeland
›R1998 · Horror · 86m · Kevin Gage, Elizabeth Peña, Brett Harrelson
A pierced and tattooed sadist, Captain Howdy, trolls the Internet for naive teens, luring them to his home to torture and defile them. When Howdy kidnaps and tortures the daughter of police Detective Mike Gage, he is caught. Deemed insane, he is sent to an asylum but is released soon after, seemingly better. However, Gage knows it is only a matter of time before Howdy strikes again, and he's ready to unleash his own form of retribution when the time comes.

Hero and the Terror
›R1988 · Drama, Action, Thriller · 96m · Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has started killing women again, and O'Brien is the only man who can stop him.

Darkroom
›2013 · Thriller, Horror · 81m · Kaylee DeFer, Elisabeth Röhm, Christian Campbell
Michelle kills three of her friends in a horrific car accident while driving under the influence. After rehab, Michelle takes a job recommended by her counselor that lands her trapped in a mansion with three psychotic siblings hell bent on physical torture to purge Michelle of her sins.

Sisters
›2006 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Chloë Sevigny, Stephen Rea, Lou Doillon
A reporter witnesses a brutal murder and becomes entangled in a mystery involving a pair of twins.

The Forest
›R2016 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 93m · Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt
Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.

Vindicta
›R2023 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 87m · Michasha Armstrong, Sean Astin, Jaime M. Callica
When a city is terrorized by a sadistic serial killer, a seasoned detective and a newly recruited paramedic discover the key to stopping the bloodshed lies in unlocking the truth of their own haunted pasts.

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
›R1998 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 100m · Freddie Prinze Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Matthew Settle
Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him after her. When her best friend Karla wins free tickets to the Bahamas, Julie finds this a perfect opportunity to finally relax. But someone is waiting for her. Someone who she thought was dead. Someone who is out again for revenge.

Lemon Tree Passage
›2014 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 84m · Jessica Tovey, Nicholas Gunn, Pippa Black
An Australian urban legend comes screaming on the Ozploitation scene. It’s said that if you drive down the creepy road of Lemon Tree Passage, and witness a sudden flash of light in the trees, you'll be forever haunted by the tormented spirit of a man killed by thrill speeding teenagers. Wanting to put this old wives’ tale to the test, a car-load of non-believers take the supposedly cursed journey and do indeed see a strange manifestation. But it’s not the one of popular myth - this sudden possession of one of their number involves another altogether more shocking crime. That of a young girl raped and murdered on the same stretch of highway. As one urban legend trumps another, the scared passengers must sort out the facts of both cases before vengeful justice from beyond the grave can be meted out with moody atmosphere, ghostly thrills and supernatural suspense.






















