
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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YellowBrickRoad
›R2010 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Michael Laurino, Anessa Ramsey, Alex Draper
In the Fall of 1940, the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. Without warning, they left behind everything: their homes, their clothes, and their money. The only clue where they went was a single word etched into stone near the forest’s edge: YELLOWBRICKROAD.

The Barrens
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Stephen Moyer, Mia Kirshner, Allie MacDonald
A man takes his family on a camping trip and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: the Jersey Devil.

The Abandoned
›2015 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 86m · Jason Patric, Louisa Krause, Mark Margolis
A troubled young woman who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury apartment building. Stuck with a brusque rent-a-cop as her partner, she tries to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the empty halls. But as the night progresses strange things begin to happen - and she realizes it may not all be in her head.

Charlie's Farm
›NR2014 · Horror · 93m · Tara Reid, Bill Moseley, Kane Hodder
Four friends head into the Australian Outback to investigate an urban legend about Charlie's Farm, where legend has it that an angry mob killed a sadistic family, and encounter a demented giant with a big thirst for revenge.

13 Eerie
›NR2013 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Katharine Isabelle, Michael Shanks, Brendan Fehr
Forensics students arriving on an isolated island "body farm" get to try out their CSI skills on a bunch of corpses under the watchful eye of their grumpy professor. The island used to house a state penitentiary, where the authorities were experimenting on death row inmates, and now the bodies won't stay still.

The Stranger
›2014 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 93m · Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns
A supernatural thriller, laced by flashbacks, and set in Canada’s North-West, “The Stranger” turns on the mysterious titular figure of Martin, who comes to a small quiet town seeking to kill his wife Ana who suffers from a very dangerous decease that makes her addicted to human blood - just like himself-. However, when he arrives to the town, he discovers that Ana has been dead for a couple of years and decides to commit suicide to definitely eradicate this dangerous decease, but, before he can do it, Martin's brutally attacked by three local thugs led by Caleb, the son of a corrupt police lieutenant, and the incident suddenly starts a snowball that will plunge the community into a bloodbath.

Deadline
›R2009 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 89m · Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch, Tammy Blanchard
A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.

Penance Lane
›2020 · Horror · 84m · Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, John Schneider
A hardened criminal fresh out of the joint takes a job as a handyman in a dilapidated house; but the twisted horrors he finds inside are enough to send anyone running. So why does he stay? And why are so many people drawn to Penance Lane?

We Need to Do Something
›NR2021 · Horror, Mystery · 97m · Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw, Pat Healy
Seeking shelter from a storm, a family finds themselves trapped in a bathroom for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the walls.

Cell 213
›R2011 · Horror · 109m · Bruce Greenwood, Eric Balfour, Michael Rooker
Cocky young attorney Michael Gray finds himself framed for murder when an inmate he is defending violently kills himself during their interview at South River State Penitentiary. Now locked in the same nightmarish Cell 213 where his client died, he soon realizes that unnatural forces are behind a string of inmate suicides, making matters of guilt and innocence not as cut and dry as they seem.

Arctic Void
›2022 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 85m · Michael Weaver, Tim Griffin, Justin Huen
When the power mysteriously fails, and almost everyone vanishes from a small tourist vessel in the Arctic, fear becomes the master for the three who remain. Forced ashore, the men deteriorate in body and mind until a dark truth emerges that compels them to ally or perish.

Fertile Ground
›R2011 · Horror · 95m · Leisha Hailey, Gale Harold, Jami Bassman
Emily and Nate Weaver leave the city for the rural comfort of Nate’s ancestral home in the country. Once there, Emily is plagued by horrifying visions and haunted by the ghosts inhabiting their isolated new home. When Nate’s behavior undergoes a strange and fearful metamorphosis, Emily fears she might be the latest target in a murderous tradition.

Night Skies
›2007 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 85m · Jason Connery, A.J. Cook, George Stults
On March 13th, 1997 one of the largest UFO sightings ever recorded took place across the southwestern United States...

Red Woods
›2021 · Horror, Adventure, Mystery · 95m · Michael Barnett, Brian E Stead, Jacquelynn Ware
A group of urbex enthusiasts travel to the backwoods of Appalachia to capture footage of abandoned houses, when they unwittingly become the subjects of a much darker video - made by a different kind of "enthusiast".

Dead Mary
›NR2007 · Horror · 103m · Dominique Swain, Marie-Josée Colburn, Steven McCarthy
During a fun-filled getaway at a remote lake, teenager Kim and her friends unwittingly unleash a murderous spirit when they make the mistake of playing the game 'Dead Mary' in this horror story. The body count rises as good friends are forced to hack each other to death, or face death themselves.

The Prey
›R1983 · Horror · 80m · Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond, Lori Lethin
Three couples go on a camping trip in the woods of southern California during the summer, where a deformed man is stalking their camp.

Psych:9
›R2010 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 98m · Sara Foster, Cary Elwes, Michael Biehn
A young woman with a troubled past takes a job at recently closed down hospital. Working the night shift alone she begins to experience a series of unsettling events that lead her to believe that the hospital may be connected to a number of recent murders in the area. To uncover the truth she will have to revisit the past behind the walls of Psych:9.

Fog City
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Victoria Konefal, Connor Weil, Reese Mishler
A group of friends seal themselves inside a secluded Cape Cod vacation home after a mysterious orange fog leaks from an old nearby factory. Once trapped, they quickly learn there is no escape.

WTF!
›2017 · Horror · 80m · Callie Ott, Nicholas James Reilly, Andrea Hunt
Three years ago, twenty-two year old "girl-next door" Rachel barely survived a brutal massacre that left all of her friends murdered. Time has passed, and Rachel has moved on, but unfortunately her close friends are spending Spring Break in a secluded house in the woods, and they have cordially invited her to join. She would never have accepted the invitation if she realized that another bloodbath would be showing up as plus one. Once Rachel and her friends arrive at the cabin, the partying, sex, and...terror begins. From girls' only pillow fights to debauchery in a bedroom, it's going to be a blast...aside from the stabbing, flesh melting, and castration. Seven friends will go into a secluded house for the best Spring Break of their lives, but only one will be alive to post about it on Facebook the next week, as Rachel's biggest fears become a reality once again! Can Rachel survive another bloody massacre?

Christina's House
›R2000 · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 90m · Brendan Fehr, Brad Rowe, Allison Lange
A teenage girl is plagued by bizarre occurrences and deaths related to her new home.

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.

Echoes
›2014 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Steven Brand, Kevin Brewerton, Ivory Dortch
A young writer experiences visions during episodes of sleep paralysis, and she retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated house in the desert. As the visions worsen, she teeters on the edge of insanity as she uncovers a life-threatening secret.

Eye of the Beast
›NR2007 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 90m · James Van Der Beek, Alexandra Castillo, Arne MacPherson
This menacing monster yarn stars James Van Der Beek as government scientist Dan Leland, who's sent to investigate reported sightings of a giant squidlike beast that's put the entire population of a fishing village on edge. Though Leland starts his journey confident that this sea creature with an insatiable appetite is the stuff of old legends, a string of horrific occurrences soon begins to change his mind.

Entity
›2012 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Dervla Kirwan, Charlotte Riley, Branko Tomović
In 1998, thirty four unidentified bodies were found in shallow graves in a remote Siberian forest. After subsequent investigations, no official explanation by the Russian authorities was ever offered about the circumstances of the deaths.






















