
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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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh
Seventeen-year-old Jesse has been hearing terrifying sounds coming from his neighbor’s apartment, but when he turns on his camera and sets out to uncover their source, he encounters an ancient evil that won’t rest until it’s claimed his very soul.

Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
›R2005 · Horror, Drama · 116m · Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, Clara Bellar
Father Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to devote himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith.

Hellbound
›R1994 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 95m · Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels, Christopher Neame
Two Chicago police officers are sent to investigate the brutal murder of a rabbi. As the investigation begins, Shatter and Jackson are summoned to Israel for questioning. Upon arrival they realize that they are, in fact, pursuing a supernatural being.

Itsy Bitsy
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Bruce Davison, Denise Crosby, Elizabeth Roberts
A family moves into a secluded mansion where they soon find themselves being targeted by an entity taking the form of a giant spider.

The Unnamable
›R1988 · Horror · 87m · Charles Klausmeyer, Mark Kinsey Stephenson, Alexandra Durrell
Students from Miskatonic University decide to spend the night in the Winthrop house, a spot widely believed to have been haunted for the past 300 years, ever since Joshua Winthrop was horribly murdered and mutilated by the hideous creature born of his wife.

Equinox
›PG1970 · Adventure, Horror · 82m · Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Jack Woods
Due to their possession of an ancient mystic book, four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic and find themselves pitched into a world of evil that overlaps their own. The film was originally made in 1967 by Dennis Muren as The Equinox: Journey into the Supernatural. Jack Woods was hired to shoot additional footage and expand on Muren's work.

Hotel Inferno
›NR2013 · Action, Horror · 77m · Michael Howe, Rayner Bourton, Jessica Carroll
Contract killer Frank Zimosa has been hired for a ridiculously lucrative mission by the rich and powerful Jorge Mistrandia. The objective: kill a couple of people hiding in one of his European hotels. What would look like one of the simplest jobs Frank has ever had is about to turn into a living nightmare. He will soon realize he's nothing more than prey for Mistrandia and his army of mutated henchmen that have been hiding in the hotel along with an ancient and unstoppable horror.

Boogeyman
›2012 · Horror · 85m · Eddie McClintock, Amy Bailey, Emma Samms
A group of young boys inadvertently free the creature from captivity. Going on a rampage, the Boogeyman, whose origin dates back to the time of Genesis, targets an innocent child – whose father is the town Sheriff.

Deadtime Stories
›R2009 · Horror · 77m · George A. Romero, Amy Marsalis, Marty Schiff
An anthology of three horror stories presented by George A. Romero. In "Valley of the Shadow," a woman searches for her missing husband in the jungles of South America, only to be in great danger herself. In "Wet," a lonely man finds an empty box on the beach and opens it, with disastrous results. In "House Call," a doctor is called to a rural farm house to diagnose a strange ailment. This segment is a short film directed by Tom Savini in 2004 as a failed television pilot.

Queen of the Damned
›R2002 · Fantasy, Horror, Romance · 101m · Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau
Vampire Lestat awakens from his slumber and becomes a rock star. But chaos strikes when his music awakens Akasha, the vampire queen, who may not rest until she makes Lestat her new king.

Mara
›R2018 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Olga Kurylenko, Javier Botet, Mitch Eakins
Criminal psychologist Kate Fuller is assigned to the murder of a man who has seemingly been strangled in his sleep by his wife and the only witness is their eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. As Kate digs into the mystery of an ancient demon which kills people in their sleep, she experiences the same petrifying symptoms as all previous victims and spirals through a chilling nightmare to save herself and Sophie before she dares fall asleep again.

Phantoms
›R1998 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 96m · Ben Affleck, Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan
In the peaceful Colorado town of Snowfield, something evil has wiped out the community. And now, it's up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.

The Damned
›R2014 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 87m · Peter Facinelli, Sophia Myles, Nathalia Ramos
After suffering the recent loss of his wife, David Reynolds decides to take his family on a cathartic trip to her home village in Columbia. While en route, they get into a car accident and seek refuge in a secluded inn. While there they find a mysterious young girl, Ana Maria, locked up with cryptic symbols painted on the walls of her cell. Shocked by the treatment of her caretaker, the family sets Ana free only to realize that she is possessed by an evil spirit from centuries past. What’s worse, the spirit can jump from person to person, creating a deadly dynamic amongst the once loving family. Now, David must figure out a way to lock the spirit up for good before it destroys him and his family.

Dolly Dearest
›R1991 · Horror · 93m · Denise Crosby, Sam Bottoms, Rip Torn
An American family moves to Mexico to fabricate dolls, but their toy factory happens to be next to a Sanzian grave and the toys come into possession of an old, malicious spirit.

Older Gods
›2023 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 82m · Rory Wilson, Leuan Coombs, Lynsey Bennett-Thompson
After the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.

Demonic Toys: Personal Demons
›NR2010 · Horror · 81m · Selene Luna, Michael Citriniti, Lane Compton
A group of people on a world wide search for oddities find themselves trapped in a nine hundred year old Italian castle when they accident unleash the Demonic Toys.

Coven
›2020 · Horror · 80m · Lizze Gordon, Jennifer Cipolla, Margot Major
Five undergrad witches come together in order to perform a ritual to invoke the ancient powers of the witch Ashura.

Black Site
›2018 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Jessica-Jane Stafford, Mike Beckingham, Lauren Ashley Carter
80's inspired John Carpenteresque Action. A young woman is forced to push past her worst fears and battle to deport an ancient entity back to where it came from. Set inside an underground military base known as The Artemis Black Site, the movie mixes an Escape From New York style survival story with Lovecraftian elements and large scale mythology building.

Djinn
›2013 · Horror · 85m · Khalid Laith, Aiysha Hart, Razane Jammal
Desperate to put the traumatic loss of their infant child behind them, newlywed couple Khalid and Salama return to their home in the United Arab Emirates. Unknown to the couple, their new luxury apartment block, Al Hamra, was built on the site of an old abandoned fishing village of the same name. Legend has it the village was abandoned after malevolent beings haunted its inhabitants. Unsettled by her new surroundings and the eerie hallways of Al Hamra, Khalid worries his wife is failing to battle her personal demons – but could it be something far more sinister?

On Halloween
›2020 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Giselle van der Wiel, Telen Rodwell, Aaron J. March
A journalist goes in search of the truth after a series of brutal deaths and disappearances lead back to an urban legend about a serial killing clown that has stalked the woods of Century Park for over a hundred years.

The Devil's Men
›PG1976 · Horror · 90m · Donald Pleasence, Peter Cushing, Luan Peters
A satanic cult led by Baron Corofax kidnaps three young people and Father Roche & Milo must save them from the hands of this evil.

Exorcist: The Beginning
›R2004 · Horror, Mystery · 114m · Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy
Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.

Return to House on Haunted Hill
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Amanda Righetti, Cerina Vincent, Erik Palladino
Eight years have passed since Sara Wolfe and Eddie Baker escaped the House on Haunted Hill. Now the kidnapped Ariel, Sara's sister, goes inside the house with a group of treasure hunters to find the statue of Baphomet, worth millions and believed to be the cause of the House's evil.

5ive Girls
›NR2007 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Ron Perlman, Amy Lalonde, Terra Vnesa
Five wayward teenage girls are sent to a reformatory and discover they possess unique powers to battle the ancient demon, Legion, which holds thrall over the sinister institution.






















