
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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Frayed
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 111m · Tony Doupe, Don Brady, Aaron Blakely
Pat Baker is a small town sheriff. His son, Kurt, is a deranged young man with a dark secret. Sheriff Baker's worst nightmare comes true when Kurt escapes from a psychiatric hospital where he was locked away for the brutal murder of his mother thirteen years earlier. Gary, a hospital security guard, sets out into the woods to stop him, but soon finds himself relentlessly hunted by the deranged psychopath intent on killing him and anyone who crosses his path. Sheriff Baker launches an intense search to find his son, only to discover that his daughter, Sara, and her friends are camping in the same woods where Kurt has escaped. Kurt's psychosis escalates, as does his vengeful killing spree, culminating in a terrifying, climactic confrontation with Kurt, the sheriff and his family.

Sorry, Charlie
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 75m · Colton Tran, Kathleen Kenny, Marisa Brown
A remote helpline volunteer is targeted by "The Gentleman," a stranger who lures women from their homes with a recording of a crying baby.

Beaten to Death
›NR2023 · Horror · 92m · Thomas Roach, David Tracy, Nicole Tudor
A desperate choice leads Jack down a path that leaves him beaten and bruised as he struggles against man, nature and his own insanity. Stranded in the middle of nowhere after barely surviving a horrific assault, Jack encounters one local after another and quickly learns that a sick game of cat and mouse is about to begin. Battling the deranged country psychos and the harsh landscape, Jack must go to extreme lengths to survive.

The Ungodly
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Wes Bentley, Beth Grant, Joanne Baron
When struggling filmmaker inadvertently records a notorious serial killer in the middle of a murderous act, he decides to use the footage to blackmail the madman into being the subject of a disturbing new documentary.

The Night Flier
›R1997 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan
For cynical tabloid journo Richard Dees, facts are always stranger than fiction. Every headline is a dead-line. Serial killers, UFO abductions, tales of molestation, mayhem and murder. To some the tales are mere sleazy fantasy – but his faithful readers believe. And now there's a new story: The Night Flier. What is it that travels by night in a dark-winged Cessna, lands at secluded airfields and murders local residents? Dees begins to track the unknown killer in a Cessna of his own, uncovering clues that reveal a pilot more terrifying than he could have ever imagined.

Vamp
›R1986 · Comedy, Horror · 93m · Grace Jones, Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron
Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.

Blacula
›PG1972 · Horror, Fantasy · 93m · William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.

Shuttle
›R2008 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · 107m · Peyton List, Cameron Goodman, Tony Curran
When two friends return from a girls weekend vacation in Mexico, they find themselves stranded at the airport. Trying to get home safely, they board an airport shuttle for the short trip. But once their feet cross the threshold of the shuttle, a night that had started like any other turns terrifying, and the ride home becomes a descent into darkness.

Kiss of the Damned
›R2012 · Thriller, Horror, Romance · 95m · Joséphine de la Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida
Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo, but eventually gives in to their passion. When her seductive and highly volatile sister Mimi unexpectedly comes to visit, she threatens Djuna's new relationship, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.

Road Games
›2015 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Andrew Simpson, Joséphine de la Baume, Frédéric Pierrot
When hitchhiker Jack rescues Véronique from a road rage altercation, the twosome decide to travel together for safety’s sake after learning a serial killer is cutting a murderous swathe through the region. Tired and hungry, they decide against their better judgment to take up an offer to stay the night at a mysterious elderly couple’s mansion…

The Beast Must Die
›PG1974 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark
Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in the world. But one creature still evades him, the biggest game of all - a werewolf.

After Midnight
›R1989 · Thriller, Horror · 90m · Jillian McWhirter, Pamela Adlon, Ramy Zada
A college professor teaching a course called "The Psychology of Fear" brings his students (including a psychic) to his home, one dark and stormy night to tell scary stories. The first involves a young couple whose car breaks down by an old, abandoned house. The second has four trendy teenage girls getting lost in a bad part of town and chased by a pack of vicious dogs. Last, a woman on crutches confronting a stalker at the answering service where she works the night shift.

Prey
›1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Barry Stokes, Sally Faulkner, Glory Annen
A deadly shape-shifting alien infiltrates a country house occupied by two lesbians, and proceeds to study their behaviour for a sinister purpose.

How to Be a Serial Killer
›R2009 · Comedy, Horror, Crime · 91m · Dameon Clarke, Matthew Gray Gubler, Laura Regan
HOW TO BE A SERIAL KILLER is the story of Mike Wilson, a charismatic, educated, and articulate young man who has found his life's purpose in exterminating people. Mike is determined to spread his message about the joy of serial killing and recruits a lost soul named Bart to be his pupil. Mike leads Bart through the ethics of serial killing as well as teaching him various lessons in disposing corp

Nightalk
›2022 · Thriller, Romance, Mystery · 89m · Ashley Bryant, Al Mukadam, Ted Hallett
A female cop goes undercover on a phone-sex app to solve a murder investigation as she risks becoming the killer's next victim.

Night Hunter
›R2019 · Drama, Thriller · 95m · Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley, Alexandra Daddario
A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.

Night Teeth
›R2021 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 107m · Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Debby Ryan, Lucy Fry
A college student moonlighting as a chauffeur picks up two mysterious women for a night of party-hopping across LA. But when he uncovers their bloodthirsty intentions—and their dangerous, shadowy underworld—he must fight to stay alive.

Knight Moves
›R1992 · Mystery, Thriller · 116m · Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt
A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to try and figure out the game, he cooperates with police and a psychologist to try and catch the killer, but doubts linger about the grandmaster's innocence as the string of grisly murders continues.

Babysitter Wanted
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Tina Houtz, Sarah Thompson, Kristen Dalton
When she takes a job babysitting a young boy for a night at his family's remote farmhouse, sweet college co-ed Angie Albright becomes the target of a scar-covered creep making mysterious phone calls and prowling outside the windows. Angie gets the drop on the would-be killer, but quickly discovers that her nightmare has just begun.

Venom
›R1981 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson
International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck, however, when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and terrorizes both them and their hostages.

Ravage
›2020 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Robert Longstreet, Bruce Dern
When a nature photographer explains to the Police how she fought her way out of the Watchatoomy Valley, they dismiss her crazed and violent story as a meth-induced nightmare. But when they discover that she's telling the truth, it's too late.

Skinner
›R1993 · Horror · 90m · Ted Raimi, Traci Lords, Ricki Lake
A man rents a room in a couple's house and roams the streets at night looking for victims to skin, while constantly being followed by a junkie he mutilated who is now looking for revenge.

Midnight Ride
›1990 · Thriller, Action, Horror · 93m · Michael Dudikoff, Mark Hamill, Robert Mitchum
A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin McKay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.

Luther the Geek
›NR1989 · Horror, Comedy · 80m · Edward Terry, Joan Roth, Stacy Haiduk
A psychotic killer convicted of multiple murders is released on parole after spending twenty years in prison. His psychosis immediately takes over and he goes on a killing spree.






















