
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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Combat Shock
›R1986 · War, Drama, Horror · 97m · Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork, Mitch Maglio
A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

Killer Legends
›2014 · Documentary, History, Crime · 86m · Rachel Mills, Joshua Zeman, Cindy Butler
Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.

Phantom of the Megaplex
›G2000 · Comedy, Family, Mystery · 89m · Taylor Handley, Corinne Bohrer, Caitlin Wachs
Pete Riley is a 17-year-old who lands a part-time job at a multiplex in his neighbourhood. He and his friends are excited when it's announced that the theatre will play host to the premier of a major motion picture, with a number of Hollywood celebrities in attendance. However, when the big night comes, Pete has to contend with disappearing staff, malfunctioning equipment, and a broken popcorn machine.

The Documentary
›2017 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Aaron Bowden, Jake B. Miller, Tristin Rupp
D. stalks Sandra but she doesn't know it. She does think that D. is a documentary filmmaker having her be in film about conquering fear. Little does she know that D. is not who he claims to be, and far worse.

The Deeper You Dig
›NR2019 · Horror, Drama · 95m · John Adams, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams
14-year old Echo and her mother Ivy, a tarot card reader, live a quiet life in a rural area. When reclusive Kurt moves down the road to restore an abandoned farmhouse, an accident leads to Echo’s murder, and suddenly three lives collide in mysterious and wicked ways. Kurt assumes he can hide his secret under the ground. But Echo burrows into his head until he can feel her in his bones. As she haunts his every move, trying to reach her mother from beyond, Ivy must dig deep to see the signs and prove that love won’t stay buried.

Full Circle
›R1978 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 98m · Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti
After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.

X: The Unknown
›1956 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 81m · Dean Jagger, Leo McKern, William Lucas
Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.

Frightmare
›R1974 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax
In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes. Fifteen years later, they are pronounced fit for society and released. However, in Dorothy's case the doctors may have jumped the gun a bit. Edmund and eldest daughter, Jackie, try to discover just how far Mother's bloodlust has taken her. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Debbie begins to explore the crazy roots of her family tree as fully as possible.

The Sisterhood of Night
›PG-132015 · Mystery, Drama, Thriller · 104m · Kara Hayward, Georgie Henley, Olivia DeJonge
When a teenage girl says she's the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial.

Rituals
›R1977 · Horror, Adventure · 99m · Hal Holbrook, Lawrence Dane, Robin Gammell
Five doctors go camping in the remote woods of Northern Ontario. When their boots are stolen they begin to suspect they are being stalked.

Not of This Earth
›NR1957 · Science Fiction, Horror · 67m · Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones
An alien from planet Davanna, whose population has developed a terminal blood disease caused by nuclear radiation, is sent to Earth to acquire fresh human blood for his people.

I Saw What You Did
›NR1965 · Thriller, Horror, Crime · 82m · Andi Garrett, Sara Lane, Joan Crawford
Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a brutal double murder committed by one of their targets.

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
›PG1974 · Horror · 85m · Lesley Gilb Taplin, Cheryl Smith, William Whitton
A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...

Nature of the Beast
›R1995 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 91m · Lance Henriksen, Eric Roberts, Brion James
Two men, both hiding a deadly secret, are on a murderous rampage through the desert.

Be My Cat: A Film for Anne
›NR2015 · Horror, Thriller, Crime · 91m · Adrian Țofei, Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton
An aspiring filmmaker goes to shocking extremes to convince Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway to star in his film. First entry in Adrian Țofei's spiritual trilogy which includes We Put the World to Sleep and Pure.

Gatlopp: Hell of a Game
›2022 · Comedy, Horror · 80m · Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jim Mahoney, Jon Bass
Four friends get together for a nostalgic evening of fun and games after a decade of absence, which takes a dark turn.

Dr. Caligari
›R1989 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 78m · Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris, Laura Albert
Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van Houten has a disease of the libido.

The Witch Who Came from the Sea
›R1976 · Drama, Horror · 88m · Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown
Anger stemming from being abused as a child drives an alcoholic's daughter to kill as an adult.

Brooklyn 45
›2023 · Horror, Thriller, History · 93m · Anne Ramsay, Ezra Buzzington, Jeremy Holm
Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together in a Brooklyn brownstone several months after the end of World War II, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.

Eye of the Devil
›NR1966 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Sharon Tate
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.

K-Shop
›2016 · Thriller, Horror, Crime · 115m · Ziad Abaza, Scot Williams, Darren Morfitt
After his father is killed in an altercation with drunken thugs, Salah's world is plunged into darkness. Forced into running the family kebab shop alone, Salah struggles to manage the increasingly rowdy night life and when a fight with an angry customer goes fatally wrong, he finds himself with a dead body on his hands. With no faith in the authorities Salah disposes of the body in the one place he knows best… the kebabs.

4D Man
›NR1959 · Science Fiction, Horror · 85m · Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, James Congdon
Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.

Night of the Reaper
›2025 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Jessica Clement, Ryan Robbins, Summer H. Howell
A college student returns home for the weekend and reluctantly takes a babysitting job after a local babysitter is brutally murdered. When the town’s sheriff receives chilling evidence that the killing wasn’t an isolated incident, a deadly night unfolds as a masked killer sets the stage for another attack.

Flux Gourmet
›NR2022 · Drama, Comedy, Horror · 112m · Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie, Ariane Labed
At an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective finds themselves embroiled in power struggles, artistic vendettas and gastrointestinal disorders.






















