
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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Howling V: The Rebirth
›R1989 · Horror · 96m · Phil Davis, Victoria Catlin, Ben Cole
When a group of people from different walks of life converge in a Hungarian castle situated in Budapest which has been sealed for 500 years, they bring with them a werewolf which slowly begins to cut their numbers down.

Nightworld
›2017 · Thriller, Horror · 92m · Jason London, Robert Englund, Gianni Capaldi
When former LAPD officer Brett Anderson takes a job as head of security at an old apartment building in Sofia, Bulgaria, he soon begins to experience a series of bizarre and terrifying events. Soon after delving into the building's sinister history and investigate its shadowy owners and past employees, Brett uncovers a malevolent force nestled deep in the bowels of the building that will do anything to be set free into our world.

Goblin
›2010 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 92m · Gil Bellows, Tracy Spiridakos, Camille Sullivan
Every Halloween, a small hamlet in the deep woods is visited by a fierce goblin, intent on capturing infants and brutally murdering anyone in its path.

Blood Tide
›1982 · Adventure, Horror, Action · 82m · James Earl Jones, José Ferrer, Lila Kedrova
An adventurer hunting for treasure in Greece accidentally frees a monster that forces local villagers to sacrifice virgins.

Bloat
›R2025 · Horror · 87m · Ben McKenzie, Bojana Novaković, Sawyer Jones
After a near-death drowning accident, a young boy's family is horrified to discover he has become possessed by a legendary demon from the depths of the lake. As the family races against time to save the boy's soul, the evil monster inside the child tears the family apart as it seeks to destroy everyone in its path.

The Eternal
›R1998 · Horror, Mystery · 95m · Alison Elliott, Jared Harris, Christopher Walken
An alcoholic American couple travel to Ireland with their son so he can meet his grandmother but they walk in on their crazed uncle who is in the midst of reviving a centuries-old Druid witch.

Red Sands
›R2009 · Action, Horror, War · 89m · Shane West, Leonard Roberts, Aldis Hodge
A group of U.S. soldiers on a mission in the Middle East find themselves with nothing to do in their free time. Out of sheer boredom they end up destroying an old statue in the desert, only to unleash a horrific entity.

The Maus
›2017 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 90m · Alma Terzić, August Wittgenstein, Aleksandar Seksan
Alex and Selma are a couple in love on a trip to the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Suddenly, Selma feels a mysterious force is chasing them.

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
›R2010 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Robert Patrick, Danielle Harris, James Duval
Nine friends take a holiday at a Victorian home on a private island and uncover a game that when played brings out the worst in each of them. Jealously, greed, hatred, lust, all of the things they keep buried deep inside themselves rise to the surface and come to a boil.

Inkubus
›R2011 · Horror · 82m · Robert Englund, William Forsythe, Jonathan Silverman
Inkubus tells the story of a skeleton crew working the final shift at a soon to be demolished police station. The night takes a gruesome turn when the demon, Inkubus, calmly walks into the station holding the severed head of a murdered girl. Inkubus toys with the crew, allowing himself to be restrained, and begins to proudly confess to his litany of crimes, some dating back to the Middle Ages. Why? Inkubus has a score to settle with the one detective that almost put him away some thirteen years ago. To their dismay, the cops quickly become pawns in Inkubus' brutal crowning achievement of murder, gore, and mayhem. They ultimately realize it's his world, they only die in it. Written by Anonymous (www.imdb.com)

Blood Feast
›2016 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Robert Rusler, Sophie Monk, Herschell Gordon Lewis
Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run a American diner. Since business is not going too well, Fuad also works night shifts in a museum of Egyptian culture. During these long lonely nights he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive ancient goddess ISHTAR. He becomes more and more allured by the goddess as she speaks to him in visions. Eventually he succumbs to her deadly charms.

Suburban Sasquatch
›2004 · Horror · 100m · Sue Lynn Sanchez, Bill Ushler, Dave Bonavita
A mystical Sasquatch is on the loose in suburbia and only a Native American warrior can stop it.

Krampus Origins
›2018 · Horror · 86m · Maria Olsen, Anna Harr, Katie Peabody
The first World War rages on when a group of American soldiers find a mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus. After the men are killed in action, the artifact is sent to the commanding officer's widow who is a teacher at a small-town orphanage. The orphans accidentally summon the Krampus and the teacher, and her pupils are forced to battle this ancient evil.

Cherry Tree
›2015 · Horror · 85m · Naomi Battrick, Sam Hazeldine, Anna Walton
Faith’s world is turned upside down after she finds out that her beloved father is dying. When the mysteriously alluring Sissy Young becomes her field hockey coach, Faith finds a compassionate spirit and much-needed mother figure. Little does she know that Sissy is the head of a centuries-old witches’ coven that uses the fruit of an ancient cherry tree in a secret ritual that restores life to the dead and dying. Offering to cure her father in exchange for a child, Sissy strikes a bargain with Faith, who suddenly finds herself pregnant with a baby that’s growing at an alarming rate. But with the clock to the child’s birth ticking down and the true intention of Sissy’s plans for humanity becoming more apparent, Faith and her father must stand together in order to save both their lives.

The Dunwich Horror
›R2009 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Griff Furst, Sarah Lieving, Jeffrey Combs
In Louisiana, in the wicked Whateley House, Lavina delivers two babies whose fate is written. Ten years later, three scholars of the occult discover that one page of the “Necronomicon,” the unspeakable book, is missing and the Black Brotherhood has summoned the ancient gate keeper to free legions of evil gods and monsters from the dimension of chaos.

Aura
›2018 · Horror · 82m · Shane Taylor, Rula Lenska, Denise Moreno
A couple discovers a Kirlian Photography apparatus in their new house. Intrigued by the concept of photographing peoples' Auras they unwittingly release an ancient evil. Only the local psychic can help and she knows far more than she reveals.

Beyond the Woods
›2018 · Horror · 84m · Ross Mac Mahon, John Ryan Howard, Irene Kelleher
A gathering of friends is thrown into chaos by the opening of a mysterious fiery sinkhole near their secluded holiday home.

The Sickhouse
›NR2008 · Horror · 100m · Gina Philips, Alex Hassell, Kellie Shirley
Terror lurks in the old orphanage, beneath a disused London hospital - a Seventeeth Century malevolence, the Plague Doctor, has returned to complete his evil masterpiece

WarHunt
›R2022 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Robert Knepper, Jackson Rathbone, Mickey Rourke
1945. A U.S. military cargo plane loses control and violently crashes behind enemy lines in the middle of the German black forest. Major Johnson sends a squad of his bravest soldiers on a rescue mission to retrieve the top-secret material the plane was carrying, led by Sergeants Brewer and Walsh. They soon discover hanged Nazi soldiers and other dead bodies bearing ancient, magical symbols. Suddenly their compasses fail, their perceptions twist and straying from the group leads to profound horrors as they are attacked by a powerful, supernatural force.

The Awakening
›R1980 · Horror · 105m · Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.

Hollow
›2011 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Emily Plumtree, Sam Stockman, Jessica Ellerby
An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life for the town.

It Waits
›NR2005 · Horror · 88m · Cerina Vincent, Dominic Zamprogna, Greg Kean
A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.

The Pyramid
›R2014 · Horror · 89m · Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O'Hare, James Buckley
An archaeological team attempt to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature.

Dead Awake
›NR2016 · Horror, Thriller · 99m · Jocelin Donahue, Jesse Bradford, Jesse Borrego
Kate Bowman (Jocelin Donahue) is an average social worker who, after the sudden death of her twin sister, is investigating the mysterious deaths of other people who died in their sleep. Shortly before their deaths, the victims all reported a supernatural force that appeared to them while they were suffering from sleep paralysis. When Kate investigates further into the case, she opens herself up to the creature's wrath and soon finds herself and her family suffering from an ancient evil.






















