
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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Assimilate
›PG-132019 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 93m · Andi Matichak, Cam Gigandet, Calum Worthy
Three friends making a web series about their town discover that their neighbors are being killed and replaced by creatures who are perfect copies of their victims.

The Watcher
›PG-132016 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Erin Cahill, Edi Gathegi, Denise Crosby
Unaware of its terrible history, a young couple purchases their dream home. But it soon becomes clear that they may not be alone in the house... and that someone -- or something -- is determined to drive them out.

The Amityville Horror
›R2005 · Horror · 90m · Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.

A Fantastic Fear of Everything
›R2012 · Comedy, Thriller, Horror · 100m · Simon Pegg, Paul Freeman, Clare Higgins
Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.

Communion
›R1989 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 103m · Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.

Static
›NR2012 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 83m · Milo Ventimiglia, Sarah Shahi, William Mapother
A couple facing marital problems after losing their child finds their life together further complicated by a mysterious visitor.

Kolobos
›R1999 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Amy Weber, Donny Terranova, Nichole Pelerine
Five young individuals agree to live in an isolated lodge together and have their daily activities filmed. But soon the house is locked down and they each run into the murderous clutches of a faceless serial killer who may not be working alone.

Close Calls
›2017 · Horror · 128m · Jordan Phipps, Greg Fallon, Carmen Patterson
Morgan, a troubled, drug-addled teen, must deal with her crazy grandma and a psycho caller when her father leaves her home alone. As the calls keep coming in, a paranoid Morgan is forced to face some of her worst fears and inner demons when she believes everyone she knows is either plotting against her - or trying to kill her.

Death Spa
›1988 · Horror · 87m · William Bumiller, Brenda Bakke, Shari Shattuck
Michael's health club is beseiged with a series of terrible murders involving killer saunas and other grisly devices. Michael's wife killed herself a while before and her brother holds Michael responsible. Michael needs to stop the bloodshed before he loses all of his clients.

Mortuary
›R1982 · Horror · 92m · Mary Elizabeth McDonough, David Wallace, Bill Paxton
A young woman investigates the seemingly accidental death of her father, revealing many unsettling secrets and putting her in mortal danger.

The 7th Dimension
›2010 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 95m · Kelly Adams, Jonathan Rhodes, Lucy Evans
Two young women arrive at a curious penthouse apartment, led by one's crush on her tutor. However, her love interest doesn't live alone. He's part of a trio of computer hackers about to embark on the ultimate job on the world's most mysterious mainframe. Whilst doing so, they unlock more than they bargain for with supernatural and ultimately fatal results. Can this seemingly insignificant chain of events, which have thrown this group together, be construed as fate? Can the beacon provide a signal of hope or is it a web of manipulation, paranoia and ultimately... murder?

Removal
›R2010 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Billy Burke, Mark Kelly, Osgood Perkins
Witnessing a murder and a suicide caused Cole to have hallucinations that cost him his marriage and job. Now working as a cleaner he must clean a stately home outside of the city, owned by the sadistic Henry.

Raised by Wolves
›2014 · Horror · 76m · Evan Crooks, Monty Geer, Leore Hayon
When a group of friends come across an abandoned house in the barren desert, what follows is a terrifying tale of evil possession causing the friends to slowly turn against each other.

Hold Your Breath
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 94m · Sarah Paulson, Amiah Miller, Annaleigh Ashford
In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.

Danika
›R2006 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 79m · Marisa Tomei, Hannah Marks, Guy Camilleri
Traumatized since childhood by her brother's accidental death, Danika Merrick hallucinates a bank robbery and quits her job. Despite support from her three children and loving husband, Danika continues to experience unnerving visions. She seeks help from therapist Evelyn Harris but pervasive reports of violent incidents involving children make Danika fear for her own family, and she grows increasingly paranoid, worrying she may be going insane.

The Uncanny
›1977 · Horror · 89m · Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Susan Penhaligon
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror.

388 Arletta Avenue
›2011 · Thriller, Horror · 87m · Nick Stahl, Mia Kirshner, Devon Sawa
A young couple find themselves in an unnerving situation with a mysterious stalker.

Last Girl Standing
›2015 · Drama, Horror · 91m · Akasha Villalobos, Danielle Evon Ploeger, JD Carrera
She survived a brutal massacre, but lost her life. What happens to the final girl once the credits have rolled? Five years ago, a masked killer brutally murdered a group of friends. Since then, Camryn, the lone survivor, has tried to make sense of the homicidal events and struggled to reclaim her shattered life. Wracked with guilt and paranoia, can Camryn ever have a normal existence again or is she destined to cope alone forever? Part slasher movie, part character study, take a penetrating and intimate look at what happens to the remaining true victim of every horror movie.

Ghost Project
›2023 · Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · Juan Cruz Rolla, Laura Casale, Zhongbo Li Zhang
Three young programmers come across an abandoned technology meant to detect supernatural presence. They reverse engineer the tech and create an app for their phones which allows them to see ghosts, thus endangering their own lives.

Island Zero
›NR2018 · Horror · 100m · Laila Robins, Teri Reeves, Matthew Wilkas
A fishing community on a remote Maine island finds itself suddenly cut off from the rest of the world after the ferry stops coming. When people start to vanish, the terrified survivors realize that someone - or something - is hunting them.

House of Good and Evil
›PG-132013 · Horror, Thriller · 108m · Rae Olivier, Christian Oliver, Marietta Marich
After a family tragedy in the chaotic city, Chris and Maggie Conley, in a last-ditch effort to save their dying marriage, purchase an isolated home in the deepest woods, to which they quickly discover evil has a key.

The Hitcher
›R2007 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 84m · Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.

Silent House
›R2011 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 86m · Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens
Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family's longtime summerhouse after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.

Sam Was Here
›2016 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 75m · Rusty Joiner, Sigrid La Chapelle, Rhoda Pell
California, Mojave Desert, 1998. A strange glow appears in the sky. Sam, a forty-something door-to-door salesman, travels through the few inhabited zones of the Californian desert in search of clients.






















