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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87 titles
Bordello of Blood
›R1996 · Horror, Comedy · 87m · Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart
Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current.
The Curve
›R1998 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 91m · Matthew Lillard, Michael Vartan, Randall Batinkoff
Two roommates plan to kill a third to take advantage of college policy giving a 4.0 grade to a suicide's roommates.
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow
›R2009 · Horror · 94m · Norman Reedus, Heather Stephens, Claire Holt
The family man farmer John Rollins is stressed with his financial situation: the crows and the lack of irrigation are destroying his crop of corn; the bank is near closure of his mortgage; he does not have credit to fix the water pump or to buy seeds; and his marriage is in crisis and his wife Mary is giving too much attention to her friend Tommy. When John accidentally discovers a hidden compartment in the barn, he finds a creepy scarecrow but his son Michael makes him promise to destroy it. However, his neighbor Jude Weatherby visits him, gives a six-pack of beer to the abstemious John and convinces him to put the scarecrow in the cornfield. Out of the blue, the life of John changes: the crows die; the pump works again irrigating the land; and the banker responsible for the closure has an accident and dies. However, he feels that his land is possessed by something evil that is threatening his beloved family.
DarkGame
›2024 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Ed Westwick, Andrew P. Stephen, Natalya Tsvetkova
A determined detective is in a race against time to stop a twisted game show on the dark web, where captives are forced to compete for their lives.
The Ape
›NR1940 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 62m · Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection?
Eternal
›R2004 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 107m · Conrad Pla, Caroline Néron, Victoria Sanchez
Detective Raymond Pope is a detective of questionable morals, searching for his missing wife. His investigation leads him to the wealthy estate of the enigmatic Elizabeth Kane and her young maid Irina. Under Elizabeth's fascinating looks and aristocratic manners hides a terrifying secret,shared by her companion Irina. As Detective Pope finds himself perversely drawn to the powerful Elizabeth, bodies begin to surface, his inquiries only deepening the mystery surrounding Elizabeth's past. Pope's obsession grows so intense that he completely fails to anticipate Elizabeth's reaction to his intrusion into her dark world, a fatal mistake that might cost him his life and the lives of those close to him.
Frankenstein's Daughter
›NR1958 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Donald Murphy, Sandra Knight, John Ashley
Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern day L.A.
The Tortured
›R2010 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Erika Christensen, Jesse Metcalfe, Bill Moseley
An upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunity to kidnap the killer.
Underworld
›R1985 · Horror, Action, Science Fiction · 103m · Denholm Elliott, Steven Berkoff, Nicola Cowper
When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder that's coveted by a race of deformed human beings who live in the underworld in the sewers below the city.
Cradle of Fear
›2001 · Horror · 120m · Emily Booth, Dani Filth, David McEwen
A gruesome homage to the cult Amicus anthology Asylum, Cradle of Fear unfolds four screamplays all linked by the unspeakable need of an incarcerated child killer to wreak vengeance on those responsible for his imprisonment. Helped by deranged angel Dani Filth, who leaves a trail of charnel house death in his crimson wake, the cannibal convict forces two Goth vamps to endure a one night stand from hell, two tough female robbers to see through each other, an obscenely rich coke-head to chop up more than a few lines and an internet surfer to descend into madness when he uncovers the ultimate web depravity.
Wounds
›R2019 · Horror, Mystery · 95m · Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz
Disturbing and mysterious things begin to happen to a bartender in New Orleans after he picks up a phone left behind at his bar.
Hellraiser: Judgment
›NR2018 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Damon Carney, Randy Wayne, Paul T. Taylor
Three detectives trying to stop a diabolical serial killer are sucked into a maze of otherworldly horror, where hellish denizens including the Auditor, the Assessor, and the Jury await to pass judgment.
Crescent City
›R2024 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 103m · Terrence Howard, Esai Morales, Nicky Whelan
When a ruthless serial killer terrorizes a small Southern town, everyone becomes a suspect -- including local authorities. As the body count rises and the dark mystery deepens, the chief detective becomes haunted by the horrors of his past.
Zodiac Killer
›NC-172005 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 83m · Vladimir Maksic, Ulli Lommel, Peter Beckman
A young man who works at a nursing home uses the legendary Zodiac killer's M.O. to kill people who neglect their elderly relatives.
Sunset Strip Killers
›2026 · Horror, Crime, Thriller · 88m · Susan Priver, Max E. Williams, Ezra Buzzington
Based on a true story, in 1980s Los Angeles, nurse Carol Bundy falls for the charming but deadly Doug Clark. Drawn into his world of murder, obsession, and blood, she becomes complicit in shocking crimes across the city.