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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98 titles
Mimic: Sentinel
›R2003 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 77m · Alexis Dziena, Tudorel Filimon, Rebecca Mader
A man enclosed in a plastic bubble, his sister, and their best friend must defend an apartment complex from the mutant Judas Breed insects.
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".
Headgame
›R2018 · Horror · 92m · Jamie Hill, Chris Hayes, Carly Steel
A group of young people awake, locked inside a warehouse with cameras screwed into their heads. It becomes apparent that they are unwilling competitors in a deadly game, and they will need to murder each other if they hope to survive.
Gut
›2012 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 91m · Jason Vail, Nicholas Wilder, Sarah Schoofs
Something is missing in Tom's life. His marriage has lost its spark, his job is suffocating him, and his childhood best friend Dan still clings to the past. Every day he goes through the motions, becoming increasingly detached from those around him. Dan has the solution... something Tom's got to see to believe... tonight. What Dan shows him leaves Tom unsettled, flooding his mind with disturbing images, and binding the two friends together with its ugly secret.
Snuff-Movie
›R2005 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Enos, Teri Harrison
Boris Arkadin is a horror film maker. His pregnant wife was brutally murdered by a Manson-like gang of hippy psychopaths during the 1960s. He becomes a virtual recluse - until years later he directs his own snuff inspired movies. He invites actors to take part in an audition at his country manor house - blurring the lines of what is real and what is fiction.
Psycho
›R1998 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 104m · Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
Eye of the Beholder
›R1999 · Mystery, Thriller · 109m · Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin
A reclusive surveillance expert is hired to spy on a mysterious blackmailer, who just may be a serial killer.
Alone at Night
›NR2023 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Ashley Benson, Jon Foster, Sky Ferreira
Having just been through a tumultuous breakup, cam-girl Vicky retreats to a friend’s remote cabin in the woods to clear her head. But when the power goes out, she discovers something terrifying awaiting her in the dark — a masked killer who’s hellbent on bringing her night to a grisly end.
Funhouse
›R2019 · Horror · 106m · Valter Skarsgård, Khamisa Wilsher, Gigi Saul Guerrero
When 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.
Mockingbird
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Todd Stashwick, Alexandra Lydon, Audrey Marie Anderson
A couple are given a camera and a set of instructions which they must follow or else someone will die.
The Task
›R2011 · Horror · 90m · Alexandra Staden, Victor McGuire, Adam Rayner
Something diabolical is taking place on the set of "The Task" a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable, Unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the centre of a blood-soaked night of terror.
14 Cameras
›2018 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Zach Dulin, Kodi Lane, Neville Archambault
When a family of four rent a beautiful house for their summer vacation, the price seems too good to be true. Unbeknownst to them, the lascivious owner has set up a series of spy cams throughout the house, documenting their most intimate moments and live streaming them to the dark web.
Deinfluencer
›2022 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Marie Luciani-Grimaldi, Simon Phillips, Caylin Turner
An influential cheerleader finds herself held captive by a masked psychopath with a God complex. She must complete a series of sadistic social media challenges to save her life and the lives of her fellow captives. However, the masked kidnapper has a secret agenda for his most recent victim.
The Invisible Maniac
›R1990 · Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror · 86m · Peter Noel Duhamel, Melissa Moore, Savannah
An invisible scientist escapes from an asylum and teaches high-school physics to nubile teens.
Terror Trap
›2010 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · David James Elliott, Heather Marie Marsden, Jeff Fahey
While driving, an estranged couple's car is hit twice. A sheriff takes them to a motel where they hear disturbing noises from a room, realizing they're part of a deadly game.
Paranoid
›R2000 · Horror, Crime, Thriller · 93m · Jessica Alba, Iain Glen, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Chloe Keane is an stressed American fashion model living in London who is about to have the worst weekend of her life. She and her boyfriend are invited to attend a party at the house of a former rock-star named Stan and his weird family who live in the countryside. Chloe awakes the next morning only to find her boyfriend has abandoned her at Stan's house and she has been drugged and handcuffed to the bed.
Playing with Dolls
›2015 · Horror · 86m · Natasha Blasick, Richard Tyson, Charlie Glackin
A serial killer is purposely released from an asylum for the criminally insane so that he can continue his rampage.
They're Inside
›NR2019 · Horror · 83m · Karli Hall, Amanda Kathleen Ward, Sascha Ghafoor
When two sisters go to an isolated cabin in the woods to film a passion project, family secrets start to get in the way, as do masked strangers filming a passion project of their own.
V/H/S: Viral
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Patrick Lawrie, Emilia Ares, Celia K. Milius
As the streets of Los Angeles overflow with camera-wielding gawkers seeking to capture images of a bizarre police pursuit, the same people who sought to exploit the suffering of others for amusement on the Internet become the stars of a gruesome viral video from which no one gets out alive.
Drive-In Massacre
›R1976 · Mystery, Horror · 74m · John F. Goff, Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye
Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.
Cam2Cam
›R2014 · Thriller, Horror · 91m · Tammin Sursok, Ben Wiggins, Sarah Bonrepaux
A serial killer terrorizes a woman searching for the remains of her dead sister, trapping her in a web of horror and erotic intrigue.
Amateur Porn Star Killer
›2006 · Horror, Crime · 71m · Shane Ryan-Reid, Michiko Jimenez, Jan Gould
The unofficial story of a killer who kidnaps and kills three girls is told through the tale of his last victim, 'Amateur Porn Star Killer' is about a girl he picks up on the street and convinces to go back to his hotel room. The girl is shy, unnerved, and yet unable to take herself out of a bad situation. The killer is a guy who seems at first nothing more than your standard, 18 year old pervert with a penchant for filming his sexual escapades. An unsettling darkness descends.
Faces of Death III
›1985 · Horror, Documentary · 86m · Michael Carr, John Alan Schwartz, Veronica Lakewood
Gory real-life footage of blood and guts on the German Autobahn, drug smugglers getting blown away, a parachutist landing in a crocodile pit, torture and murder in El Salvador, a PCP addict getting stoned, a videotaped rape/murder, a car thief getting ripped apart by two junkyard dogs, and much more.
August Underground's Mordum
›NR2003 · Horror · 77m · Fred Vogel, Cristie Whiles, Michael Todd Schneider
The sequel to the cult classic August Underground is a character study in the sick, an amoral putrid fantasy. The found footage contained in August Underground’s MORDUM documents extreme deviant sexuality, torture and murder, while unfolding a classic tale of a man and woman in love. However, the woman cannot give up her other lover, who also happens to be her younger brother. August Underground’s MORDUM will vomit all over you and leave you for dead!