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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83 titles
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.
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
›R1990 · Horror · 87m · Maud Adams, Tommy Hinkley, Allyce Beasley
A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.
All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
›2005 · Horror · 88m · Marisa Ramirez, Travis Wester, Nichole Hiltz
During a Day of the Dead celebration, the dead come to life to prey upon the living. In the remote Mexican village of Santa Bonita, a nightmare lay buried for over a century. But when a group of hard-partying students from the OC are stranded in this strange town, they discover an innkeeper with a dark secret a sheriff with a shocking past and a holiday that demands the most horrific sacrifice of all. Now the ceremony can commence. The hordes of the undead have been unleashed. And on this day, an unstoppable feast of human flesh has begun!
Teenagers from Outer Space
›1959 · Crime, Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · David Love, Dawn Bender, Harvey B. Dunn
A young alien falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts, who intend to use Earth as a food-breeding ground for giant lobsters from their planet.
Rings
›PG-132017 · Horror · 102m · Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki
Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.
Minotaur
›R2006 · Horror, Adventure, Fantasy · 93m · Tom Hardy, Michelle Van Der Water, Tony Todd
Long ago in the Iron Age, a shadow loomed over a lonely village. For generations, the village youths are stolen from their families and delivered as sacrifice to a mythical beast - the Minotaur, that dwells beneath a great palace. Theo, haunted by the loss of his love in an earlier sacrifice is convinced that the beast isn't real and that his girl still lives as a slave within the palace.
The Wicker Tree
›R2011 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Graham McTavish, Honeysuckle Weeks, Christopher Lee
Gospel singer Beth and her cowboy boyfriend Steve leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they're about to learn the real meaning of sacrifice.
Legion of the Dead
›R2005 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Courtney Clonch, Claudia Lynx, Bruce Boxleitner
When the mummified remains of an evil Egyptian queen are brought back to life, she resurrects an army of living dead to help fulfill the prophecy that promises her all the powers of the Underworld.
The Wicker Man
›PG-132006 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 102m · Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Beneath
›2013 · Horror · 90m · Daniel Zovatto, Bonnie Dennison, Jonny Orsini
Six high school seniors celebrating with day's excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-eating fish and must decide who must be sacrificed as they fight their way back to shore.
Manos: The Hands of Fate
›NR2022 · Horror · 69m · Harold P. Warren, Tom Neyman, John Reynolds
A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo.
