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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314 titles
Don't Let Go
›R2019 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 107m · David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson
A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs.
The Head Hunter
›2019 · Horror, Fantasy · 72m · Christopher Rygh, Cora Kaufman, Aisha Ricketts
On the outskirts of a kingdom, a quiet but fierce medieval warrior protects the realm from monsters and the occult. His gruesome collection of heads is missing only one - the monster that killed his daughter years ago. Driven by a thirst for revenge, he travels wild expanses on horseback. When his second chance arrives, it’s in a way far more horrifying than he ever imagined.
Nina Forever
›2016 · Horror, Comedy, Romance · 98m · Abigail Hardingham, Cian Barry, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Rob is grief-stricken following the death of his girlfriend Nina, but after a failed suicide attempt he begins to move on from the tragedy and falls for his colleague Holly. Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with Nina, who comes back from the dead, bloody and broken, every time they make love.
BeforeSeries
›TV-MA2024 · Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Billy Crystal, Judith Light, Rosie Perez
After tragically losing his wife, child psychiatrist Dr. Eli Adler encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli's past.
Nadja
›R1995 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Elina Löwensohn, Suzy Amis, Galaxy Craze
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
Supernatural
›1933 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 64m · Carole Lombard, Alan Dinehart, Vivienne Osborne
After her brother's death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When a fake psychic claims to have a message from her dead brother, he coaxes her into participating in a séance. While her fiancé first believes the séance is nothing more than a scam, he eventually realizes that the vengeful spirit of an executed murderer has possessed Roma's body.
The Mafu Cage
›R1978 · Thriller, Horror · 102m · Lee Grant, Carol Kane, Will Geer
Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity.
The Deadly Little Mermaid
›2026 · Horror · 80m · Elliott Eason, Sophia Carroll, Eleanor Mackenzie
Some secrets are better left at the bottom of the ocean. Once she's in your house, there is no escape. When a struggling artist pulls a beautiful, unconscious woman from the freezing coastal waters, he thinks he’s performed a miracle. But as she recovers within the walls of his secluded home, a series of unsettling events leads him to a terrifying realization: her presence is no coincidence. She is inextricably linked to the same watery grave that claimed his family years ago.
Insidious: Chapter 3
›PG-132015 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Stefanie Scott, Lin Shaye, Dermot Mulroney
A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm, 'The Further'.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
›R1994 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 123m · Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce
Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.
Pumpkinhead
›R1988 · Fantasy, Horror · 86m · Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D'Aquino
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
Pyewacket
›NR2017 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Laurie Holden, Nicole Muñoz, Chloe Rose
A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
The Block Island Sound
›NR2021 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 100m · Chris Sheffield, Michaela McManus, Neville Archambault
Something lurks off the coast of Block Island, silently influencing the behavior of fisherman, Tom Lynch. After suffering a series of violent outbursts, he unknowingly puts his family in grave danger.
Stopmotion
›R2024 · Horror · 94m · Aisling Franciosi, Stella Gonet, Tom York
Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.
Razorback
›R1984 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr
In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.
Heartless
›2010 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 114m · Jim Sturgess, Luke Treadaway, Clémence Poésy
Jamie Morgan is a troubled young man with a facial birthmark, which has left him isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End, notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According to news reports, the gangs are now wearing demon masks. But, one night, after the murder of his mother, Jamie discovers the terrifying truth.
Dig Two Graves
›2014 · Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy · 85m · Ted Levine, Samantha Isler, Danny Goldring
A girl's obsession with her brother's disappearance leads her on a nightmarish journey through a small town's Gothic landscape where she is faced with a deadly proposition. How far will she go to save the people she loves?
The Moor
›2024 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 120m · Sophia La Porta, David Edward-Robertson, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips
Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the haunted moor he believes is his son's final resting place.
Eye for an Eye
›2025 · Horror · 101m · Whitney Peak, Golda Rosheuvel, Finn Bennett
Anna, grieving the sudden death of her parents, relocates from New York to a small Florida town to live with the grandmother she has never met. Isolated, vulnerable, and in need of friends, she finds brief solace in the company of two local teens. But when she becomes complicit to their unforgivable act of violence, she finds herself ensnared by Mr. Sandman – the twisted soul of a tormented child who haunts bullies’ dreams before feasting on their eyeballs when they finally wake - Anna must right her wrong before becoming a victim of this gruesome curse.
The Colossus of New York
›NR1958 · Horror, Science Fiction · 70m · John Baragrey, Mala Powers, Otto Kruger
A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...
The Disappeared
›2008 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Harry Treadaway, Greg Wise, Alex Jennings
Following the disappearance of his younger brother Tom, Matthew Ryan tries to put his life and sanity back together. However the past keeps coming back to haunt him.
The Uninvited
›PG-132009 · Horror · 87m · Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
›PG-132022 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 105m · Donald Sutherland, Jaeden Martell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Craig, a young boy living in a small town befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone.
We Have a Ghost
›PG-132023 · Horror, Comedy · 127m · David Harbour, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Anthony Mackie
After Kevin finds a ghost named Ernest haunting his new home, he becomes an overnight social media sensation. But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of the latter's past, they become targets of the CIA.