
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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When a Stranger Calls Back
›R1993 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 94m · Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen
A retired detective and a crisis-center counselor hunt a killer stalking a coed.

The Monster and the Girl
›1941 · Science Fiction, Horror, Crime · 65m · Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Paul Lukas
After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.

Under Suspicion
›R2000 · Thriller, Crime, Drama · 110m · Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.

The Hunt for the BTK Killer
›2005 · TV Movie, Crime, Thriller · 82m · Robert Forster, Michael Michele, Maury Chaykin
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.

A Child's Voice
›2018 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Joey Burke, Angela Mavropoulos, Joseph Lopez
A homeless teen answers the voice of a child calling out for help and is sent on a journey to find a human trafficking network run by the child's killer.

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
›PG1986 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 100m · George C. Scott, Rebecca De Mornay, Ian McShane
A detective comes out of retirement to help his daughter's fiance prove that he did not commit a series of murders.

Cry of the Banshee
›R1970 · Horror · 91m · Vincent Price, Essy Persson, Hilary Dwyer
In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting unknowing help from one of the household.

Tell-Tale
›2009 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 92m · Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox
A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.

Cold Moon
›2016 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 92m · Candy Clark, Josh Stewart, Robbie Kay
Cold Moon takes place in tiny Babylon, Fla., where the granddaughter of Clark’s character is murdered by a mysterious assailant, her body sunk into the black waters of the Styx River — the river where her parents disappeared from their boat a decade earlier. Suspicion falls on a duplicitous banker and his wealthy father, played by Stewart and Lloyd.

Prom Night
›R1980 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens
At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.

Body Cam
›R2020 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 96m · Mary J. Blige, Nat Wolff, David Zayas
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.

Init!ation
›R2021 · Horror, Mystery · 96m · Lindsay LaVanchy, Isabella Gómez, Froy Gutierrez
During a Whiton University's pledge week, the carefree partying turns deadly when brutal murders start befalling the students, sending Ellery into a race against time to uncover the truth behind the school's dark secrets and the horrifying meaning of a recurring symbol: a single exclamation mark.

The Lodger
›R2009 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 95m · Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West
Follows a seasoned detective on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering prostitutes along West Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It appears that the murderer's grisly methods are identical to that of London's infamous 19th century psychopath Jack the Ripper – a relentless serial killer who was never caught by police. To make matters worse, the detective soon notices the parallels between the crimes committed by the West Hollywood stalker and those of a serial murderer incarcerated years ago. Could the wrong man be behind bars?

Student Body
›NR2022 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Montse Hernandez, Cheyenne Haynes, Anthony Keyvan
High school student Jane Shipley seeks to mend her splintering relationship with childhood best friend Merritt, and fit in with her rebellious peers. When Jane's math teacher oversteps his bounds, an apathetic high school administration forces Jane and Merritt to take matters into their own hands, driving their relationship into further turmoil and inciting deadly consequences.

Night Game
›R1989 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 95m · Roy Scheider, Karen Young, Richard Bradford
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.

Damaged
›R2024 · Action, Drama, Thriller · 98m · Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Cassel, Gianni Capaldi
A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.

Hero and the Terror
›R1988 · Drama, Action, Thriller · 96m · Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has started killing women again, and O'Brien is the only man who can stop him.

Dracula: The Original Living Vampire
›NR2022 · Horror, Fantasy, Thriller · 86m · Michael Ironside, Jake Herbert, Christine Prouty
Detective Amelia Van Helsing is on the desperate hunt for the killer responsible for a string of grisly murders targeting young women. Matters only worsen when all evidence leads to the seemingly untouchable Count Dracula. And when Van Helsing’s girlfriend vanishes, she is forced to question the very existence of monsters in a final showdown with the enigmatic count.

Vindicta
›R2023 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 87m · Michasha Armstrong, Sean Astin, Jaime M. Callica
When a city is terrorized by a sadistic serial killer, a seasoned detective and a newly recruited paramedic discover the key to stopping the bloodshed lies in unlocking the truth of their own haunted pasts.

From Hell It Came
›1957 · Horror · 73m · Tod Andrews, Tina Carver, Linda Watkins
A wrongfully accused South Seas prince is executed and returns as a walking tree stump.

I Am The Bride
›G2026 · Horror · 90m · Krl Dj, Arianna Alfano, Harry Pino
On The Death's Curve there's a legend: at 3:00 a.m. a bride dressed in white appears, waiting for her next victim. A detective teams up with a priest, a paranormal investigator, and a medium, to bring an end to this puzzle.






















