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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Family
›2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 58m · George Wendt, Matt Keeslar, Meredith Monroe
Harold is a seemingly peaceful neighbor in a quiet mid-western neighborhood, but underneath, he's a murderous psychopath who sets his eyes on a couple that have moved in across the street.
Death Proof
›R2007 · Action, Thriller · 113m · Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson
Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.
The Frighteners
›R1996 · Horror, Comedy · 110m · Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
Stir of Echoes
›R1999 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 99m · Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Body Double
›R1984 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 114m · Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.
The Loved Ones
›R2010 · Horror · 84m · Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton
When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
Sisters
›R1973 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 93m · Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch, who helps her to uncover a secret about Danielle's past that has them both seeing double.
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
›NR1963 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 79m · Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone
A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.
I Am the NightSeries
›TV-MA2019 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Chris Pine, India Eisley, Jefferson Mays
Fauna Hodel, who was given away by her teenage birth mother, begins to investigate the secrets to her past, following a sinister trail that swirls ever closer to an infamous Hollywood gynecologist connected to the legendary Black Dahlia murder.
The Lodger
›1944 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 84m · Merle Oberon, Laird Cregar, George Sanders
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
Twisted Nerve
›PG1968 · Thriller, Horror · 112m · Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.
Dead Mail
›2024 · Crime, Thriller, Music · 102m · Sterling Macer Jr., John Fleck, Tomas Boykin
An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to a kidnapped keyboard technician.
The Capture of the Green River KillerSeries
›2008 · Drama · 1 season · Tom Cavanagh, Currie Graham, Amy Davidson
Detective David Reichert begins a relentless search for a serial killer in Washington state.
Hellraiser
›R1987 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Sean Chapman
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
I See You
›R2019 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 98m · Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Owen Teague
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
Magic
›R1978 · Drama, Horror · 107m · Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
The RiverSeries
›TV-MA2012 · Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Bruce Greenwood, Joe Anderson, Leslie Hope
Wildlife expert and TV personality Emmet Cole sets course around the world with his wife, Tess, and son, Lincoln, while filming what would become one of the most popular shows in television. After he goes missing deep in the Amazon, his family, friends and crew set out on a mysterious and deadly journey to find him.
Tales of Terror
›1962 · Horror, Comedy, Mystery · 89m · Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
Trilogy of Terror
›1975 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 72m · Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen
A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines that her free-spirited blonde sister is evil; and a woman's night turns upside down after she purchases an ancient Zuni fetish doll.
The Sorcerers
›1967 · Horror · 86m · Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey, Elizabeth Ercy
An aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.
Deep WaterSeries
›2016 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Noah Taylor, Yael Stone, William McInnes
Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned a brutal murder case in Bondi, where they begin to uncover mounting evidence to suggest the killing is connected to a spate of unexplained deaths, "suicides" and disappearances of gay men throughout the 80s and 90s. Haunted by the disappearance of her teenage brother, Tori's fascination with the case soon turns to fixation. When more ritualistic murders occur with the same bizarre signature, Tori and Nick will need to put their relationships, their careers and their lives on the line to finally reveal the truth.
Sinister
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 110m · Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Vincent D'Onofrio
True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.
Stoker
›R2013 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 99m · Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode
After India’s father dies suddenly, her uncle Charlie, whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother. Soon after his arrival, she begins to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. But instead of feeling outrage or horror, the friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Candyman
›R1992 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 100m · Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.