
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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I Survived a Serial KillerSeries
›TV-142021 · Crime, Documentary · 1 season
The harrowing, heroic stories of one or more survivors of the same serial killers. Told from the survivors’ point of view, the series highlights the strength and perseverance of regular people encountering and overcoming pure evil.

Mystery and ImaginationSeries
›1966 · Drama, Mystery · 5 seasons
Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 on ITV and produced by ABC and Thames Television.

Pinocchio: Unstrung
›R2026 · Horror, Fantasy, Mystery · 82m · Jude Evan Lloyd, Robert Englund, Cameron Bell
Influenced by a sinister Cricket and created by Geppetto, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.

Happy Death Day
›PG-132017 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 97m · Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Charles Aitken
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.

Zombieland: Double Tap
›R2019 · Horror, Comedy · 99m · Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

Crimson Peak
›R2015 · Horror, Mystery, Romance · 119m · Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

Halloween
›R2018 · Horror, Thriller · 106m · Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

M3GAN
›PG-132022 · Science Fiction, Horror · 102m · Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald
A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.

Smile
›R2022 · Horror, Mystery · 115m · Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Jessie T. Usher
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

Child's Play
›R1988 · Horror · 87m · Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her 6-year old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
›PG-132024 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 105m · Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
›PG-131990 · Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · 106m · Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

A Haunting in Venice
›PG-132023 · Mystery, Thriller, Crime · 104m · Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

Abigail
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 109m · Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir
A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over time, they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl. After the kidnappers begin to diminish, one by one, they discover, to their increasing horror, that they are locked inside with no normal little girl.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
›R1987 · Horror, Thriller, Fantasy · 96m · Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Craig Wasson
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Creep
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice, Katie Aselton
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

Stonehearst Asylum
›PG-132014 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 112m · Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, David Thewlis
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

The Witches of Eastwick
›R1987 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 118m · Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.

The Gift
›R2000 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 112m · Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

The Night House
›R2021 · Horror, Mystery · 107m · Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall
Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

The First Omen
›R2024 · Horror · 119m · Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Sonia Braga
When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.

Copycat
›R1995 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · 124m · Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

Ghost Stories
›2018 · Horror, Drama · 98m · Andy Nyman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther
Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.

Watcher
›R2022 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.






















