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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The Eclipse
›R2009 · Drama, Horror · 88m · Ciarán Hinds, Iben Hjejle, Aidan Quinn
Michael is a widower who is struggling to adjust to his new role as the sole caretaker of his two children. Still reeling from the death of his wife, he has been plagued by terrifying apparitions. When he volunteers at a local literary festival, he finds himself drawn to Lena, an empathetic author of supernatural fiction. While Lena tries to help Michael with the mystery of his nightmarish visions, she must contend with problems of her own, as she’s being jealously pursued by self-obsessed novelist Nicholas, her one-time lover. As the festival progresses, the three adults’ lives converge and collide.
The Haunted
›1991 · Horror, Mystery, TV Movie · 100m · Sally Kirkland, Jeffrey DeMunn, Louise Latham
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted. When the Catholic Church is no help, they reach out to famous demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren
Diabolic
›NR2025 · Horror · 95m · Elizabeth Cullen, John Harlan Kim, Mia Challis
A woman's hope for a miracle cure turns into a nightmare when she confronts the vengeful spirit of a cursed witch, determined to claim her as a vessel for her evil power.
The Hideout
›2007 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 100m · Laura Morante, Rita Tushingham, Burt Young
A mystery-thriller about an Italian woman who moves to Davenport to open a restaurant. After her husband commits suicide, she spends fifteen years recovering at a Minnesota mental hospital. When she builds herself up enough to begin another restaurant, she discovers that a murder took place there fifty years earlier. She decides to investigate and finds a secret plot.
Man in the Attic
›1953 · Thriller, Crime, Horror · 82m · Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harley finds Slade odd and increasingly suspects the worst; her niece Lily (star of a decidedly Parisian stage revue) finds him interesting and increasingly attractive. Is Lily in danger, or are her mother's suspicions merely a red herring?
Van Diemen's Land
›2009 · Drama, History, Thriller · 104m · Oscar Redding, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
The Lady Vanishes
›2013 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 86m · Tuppence Middleton, Keeley Hawes, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
Raging Grace
›2023 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 100m · Leanne Best, Max Eigenmann, Jaeden Paige Boadilla
An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a careworker for a seemingly terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for and holds dear.
Leaving D.C.
›2013 · Mystery, Drama, Horror · 77m · Karin Crighton, Josh Criss, Jeff Manney
After 20 years of living in Washington, D.C., Mark Klein seeks much-needed solace by moving to the remote wilds of West Virginia. To ease his loneliness, he sends regular video updates to members of his OCD-support group back in the city. But Mark gradually realizes that despite his new, isolated setting, he may not be alone. From the endless woods surrounding his home, something else is watching.
Let the Wrong One In
›NR2021 · Comedy, Horror · 96m · Karl Rice, Eoin Duffy, Anthony Stewart Head
16 year old Matt is a little too nice for his own good, and when he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he's faced with a dilemma: will he risk his own life to help his sibling, with blood being thicker than water; or will he stake him before he spreads the infection further?
What's the Matter with Helen?
›R1971 · Thriller, Horror · 101m · Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver
Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
Petey Wheatstraw
›R1977 · Fantasy, Action, Comedy · 99m · Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels
Petey Wheatstraw is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to give him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen.
Jekyll & Hyde
›1990 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 96m · Michael Caine, Cheryl Ladd, Joss Ackland
Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into the dual nature of man have yielded a personality-splitting drug that he has tested on himself, changing him into an uninhibited brute who seeks violent and undignified pleasures. Jekyll quickly becomes addicted to the sordid freedom induced by the drug. He can commit the most enjoyably revolting deeds, then return to his laboratory and use an antidote to change back to his original form, so that his lofty persona remains untarnished.
S&Man
›R2006 · Horror · 84m · Elizabeth Cartier, Carol J. Clover, Debbie D
S&Man (also known as Sandman) is a 2006 pseudo-documentary film that examines the underground subculture of horror films. It combines real interviews with indie horror film makers and a scripted plot that does not immediately come into focus until the second half of the film.
The Black Cat
›NR1941 · Comedy, Horror, Mystery · 70m · Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
The Caller
›R1987 · Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller · 97m · Malcolm McDowell, Madolyn Smith Osborne
One night, an unusual stranger in need asks a woman living alone in a house in the woods if he can use her phone. It soon becomes clear that they're playing a strange mind game and that there's something very wrong about the woods.
Man-Made Monster
›1941 · Horror, Science Fiction · 60m · Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Anne Nagel
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Night Monster
›1942 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 72m · Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson
Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
The Undying Monster
›1942 · Horror, Mystery · 64m · James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard
A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence, but the investigating Inspector soon finds out that this tradition has gone on for generations and tries to find a link between the werewolf and the family, leading to a frightening conclusion.
House of Horrors
›NR1946 · Horror, Crime, Thriller · 65m · Rondo Hatton, Martin Kosleck, Robert Lowery
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
Save Me from Everything
›2021 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 83m · Paige Henderson
This elevated horror tale follows the emotionally unstable Emmy, who is led to Ireland where a Stranger guides her investigation of a family curse and its sinister origins.
Calling Dr. Death
›1943 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 63m · Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish
Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele, aware of his conniving wife's infidelity, believes he may have been the killer and enlists the aid of his pretty nurse Stella to hypnotize him into recovering his lost memories.
Rabbit Trap
›2025 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 88m · Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot
When a musician and her husband move to a remote house in Wales, the music they make disturbs local ancient folk magic, bringing a nameless child to their door who is intent on infiltrating their lives.
Haeckel's Tale
›2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 60m · Steve Bacic, Micki Maunsell, Gerard Plunkett
A grieving widower seeking the help of a necromancer is told the terrible tale of Ernst Haeckel, a man obsessed with reanimation.