
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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Silent Warnings
›2003 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 87m · Stephen Baldwin, A.J. Buckley, Billy Zane
In a small Oregon town, mysterious crop circles have begun appearing in Joe's corn fields. When Joe's cousin, his five college friends and local Sheriff Willingham happen upon the otherworldly designs, they unleash unfathomable terror.

Getaway
›2020 · Horror · 76m · Jaclyn Betham, Scout Taylor-Compton, Landry Allbright
Tamara Miller has planned a weekend lake getaway with her two best friends. When she gets kidnapped by a backwoods cult, eerie and unexplained occurrences arise. Will she make it out alive or become the treasure of these deranged lunatics?

Leprechaun
›R1993 · Horror, Comedy · 93m · Warwick Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olandt
A demonic leprechaun terrorizes a group of young people whom he believes stole his gold.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man
›R2024 · Fantasy, Horror, Action · 100m · Jack Kesy, Jefferson White, Adeline Rudolph
Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent get stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past: the Crooked Man.

Be Afraid
›2017 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 99m · Brian Krause, Jaimi Paige, Louis Herthum
Not long after John Chambers and his family arrive at their new home in a small country town of Pennsylvania, John begins to experience sleep paralysis. Lying there paralyzed, trapped within his own nightmare, other-worldly beings visit John. They are entities which exist in the darkest shadows of the night and can only be seen out of the corner of one's eye. These encounters begin to haunt John, transforming to complete terror as he discovers the entities' sole purpose... the abduction of his seven year old son. In the end, John will uncover the town's horrific secret, a portal on his land, and make one last attempt to save his son before the shadow people permanently take him away to their world.

Scarecrow
›R2013 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 85m · Lacey Chabert, Brittney Wilson, Julia Maxwell
For generations, it was an urban legend that lived in the nightmares of children. Now, the season to rejuvenate the tale will revive a town's darkest fears. With the Scarecrow Festival on the horizon, school teacher Aaron Harris is doling out punishment for six students serving detention. Their task: help Aaron's girlfriend Amanda fix her family farm before it's sold. But the cornfields circling the farm come with a legend and Tyler takes macabre delight in recounting the tale: It never sleeps, it never dies, it can't be stopped, hear their cries.

Madison County
›2011 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 81m · Colley Bailey, Matt Mercer, Ace Marrero
A group of college kids travel to a small, mountain town called Madison County to interview the author of a tell-all book on the accounts of several grisly murders that happened there. But when the kids get to Madison County, the author is no where to be found and the towns people act like they haven't seen him in years. They also say that the killer never existed and the murders never happened. However, when the kids start digging around to get their own answers, they find out that the stories maybe more real than the townspeople are letting on!

Old 37
›2015 · Horror · 84m · Bill Moseley, Kane Hodder, Caitlin Harris
Two brothers intercept 911 calls in their Father's beat up old Ambulance to exact revenge on a group of careless teen drivers.

Staunton Hill
›NR2009 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Kathy Lamkin, Cristen Coppen, David Rountree
When a group of hikers take off for a weekend of fun and adventure in remote mountain region, they unwittingly stumble across the Staunton family - for whom the hill is named - and find themselves at the mercy of a depraved, diabolical brood that will stop at nothing to rid their property of these "trespassers." The only law on Staunton's Hill is the law of the Stauntons...and, in this case, the penalty for defying that law is death.

Lake Dead
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Kelsey Crane, Kelsey Wedeen, Vanessa Viola
Three sisters and a group of their friends take a trip to the home of the recently deceased grandfather -- who died a particularly grisly death -- to learn more about the promise of an inheritance, only to encounter a family of psychos who have taken up residence in the old man's cabin.

The Tooth Fairy
›2006 · Horror · 89m · Lochlyn Munro, Chandra West, Steve Bacic
A woman and her daughter (Nicole Muñoz) encounter a deadly legend at a bed-and-breakfast.

Hideout
›R2021 · Horror, Crime · 114m · Katie Lyons, Bryan Enright, Audrey Kovár
Evading police at a remote farmhouse after fumbling a robbery, four criminals discover that the family living there is not who they appear to be.

Evils of the Night
›R1985 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 84m · Aldo Ray, Neville Brand, Tina Louise
Sex-hungry teens are kidnapped by auto mechanics, who take them to a rural hospital run by aliens who need their blood as the key to their own longevity.

Hunter's Moon
›R2020 · Thriller, Horror, Crime · 81m · Thomas Jane, Jay Mohr, Sean Patrick Flanery
A trio of young sisters are attacked by local thugs. Then a force inhabiting the orchard exacts its revenge.

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
›R2007 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 90m · Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's" Leatherface, the story of real life serial killer Ed Gein is told once again. Nicknamed "The Butcher Of Plainfield," Gein was responsible for a rash of gory murders that sent shock waves through his rural Wisconsin town, and across America, in the late 1950's. Prepare to enter the evil mind and twisted world of "The Butcher Of Plainfield."

Gnaw
›2008 · Horror, Comedy · 90m · Hiram Bleetman, Carrie Cohen, Nigel Croft-Adams
In this dark, tongue in cheek, British Horror, six friends take a holiday in the heart of the English countryside which turns into a culinary nightmare when they discover that their hosts are a sadistic family of cannibals, set on turning their guests into their next meal! It's nice to have your friends for dinner

Bog
›PG1979 · Horror · 86m · Gloria DeHaven, Aldo Ray, Marshall Thompson
Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive.

A Werewolf in England
›2020 · Horror, Comedy · 85m · Reece Connolly, Tim Cartwright, Natalie Martins
In Victorian-Era England, a Parish Councillor and criminal take refuge from a storm, at a remote countryside Inn. Forced to stay the night, they soon uncover a deadly pact between the strange Innkeepers and the flesh-hungry werewolves that inhabit the surrounding woodlands... now, as the werewolves close in, the guests must band together and fight tooth and nail to survive the night!

Drive-In Massacre
›R1976 · Mystery, Horror · 74m · John F. Goff, Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye
Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.

Blood Widow
›2014 · Horror · 84m · Danielle Lilley, Brandon Kyle Peters, Christopher de Padua
Laurie and Hugh are a successful young couple who have just closed on a weekend home away from the city. Unbeknownst to them, the neighboring property contains the crumbling remains of a boarding school that was shuttered in the wake of an unspeakable massacre. The sole survivor of that massacre still resides in the ruins of the school, hiding from the world and wanting only to be left alone. When Laurie and Hugh's friends explore the property, they have no idea that they disturbed an emotionally-broken killing machine: The Blood Widow.

The Culling
›NR2015 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Jeremy Sumpter, Elizabeth Di Prinzio, Brett Davern
Five college pals head out of town for a fun weekend, but plans quickly change after they encounter a strange 7-year old girl at an abandoned roadside cafe and offer to drive her home - and come face to face with evil incarnate.

Psychosis
›2010 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Charisma Carpenter, Paul Sculfor, Ricci Harnett
A serial killer unleashes his blood lust at a remote environmental-camp. Years later a horror novelist relocates to rural England and is plagued to the point of madness by horrific hauntings of a massacre.

The Device
›NR2014 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · David S. Hogan, Kate Alden, Gabriel Congdon
Abby and Rebecca reunite to spread their mother's ashes at the family lake house, and uncover the nefarious object that divided them years earlier.

The Watermen
›R2011 · Horror, Thriller · 96m · Richard Riehle, Jason Mewes, Blakely Bunnell
A clan of watermen capture a crew of sport fishermen who must then fight for their lives.






















