
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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Bag of BonesSeries
›2011 · Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George, Annabeth Gish
Bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, unable to cope after his wife's sudden death, returns to the couple's lakeside retreat in Maine, where he becomes involved in a custody battle between a young widow and her child's enormously wealthy grandfather. Mike inexplicably receives mysterious ghostly visitations, escalating nightmares and the realization that his late wife still has something to tell him.

Still/Born
›2018 · Horror · 87m · Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson
Still/Born follows Mary, a new mother who lost one of her twins in childbirth. As she struggles with the loss of one of her children, she starts to suspect something sinister is after her surviving child – a supernatural entity that has chosen her child and will stop at nothing to take it from her.

Broadcast Signal Intrusion
›2021 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 104m · Harry Shum Jr., Kelley Mack, Chris Sullivan
In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.

Cat Sick Blues
›R2016 · Horror, Comedy · 94m · Matthew C. Vaughan, Shian Denovan, Rachel Rai
When Ted’s beloved cat dies, the trauma triggers a terrible mental breakdown. His broken brain prompts him to bring his feline friend back – all he needs is nine human lives. Ted dons vicious deadly cat claw gloves and a creepy cat mask, and goes on a murderous rampage. As the butchery escalates, a twisted romance blossoms between Ted and Claire, a young woman who has also recently lost her cat in a horrifying incident.

The Retaliators
›2022 · Horror, Thriller, Action · 96m · Michael Lombardi, Marc Menchaca, Joseph Gatt
An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder.

Lovely, Dark, and Deep
›2023 · Horror · 87m · Georgina Campbell, Nick Blood, Wai Ching Ho
Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child.

Imagining Argentina
›2003 · Drama, Romance, Thriller · 107m · Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Leticia Dolera
Set during the unsettling disappearances in Buenos Aires during the dictatorship of the 1970s, the film involves theater director Carlos Rueda and his wife Cecilia. Shortly after Cecilia writes an editorial commentary questioning the mysterious abductions, she is herself abducted and taken into police custody.

Mother, May I?
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 99m · Kyle Gallner, Holland Roden, Chris Mulkey
Emmett enters into a nightmarish game of therapy with his wife Anya, who has inexplicably taken on the persona of his estranged and recently-deceased mother.

The Midnight Swim
›2015 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 87m · Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Lafleur, Aleksa Palladino
Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No diver has ever managed to find the bottom. When Dr. Amelia Brooks disappears during a deep-water dive, her three daughters travel home. They find themselves unable to let go and become drawn into the mysteries of the lake.

Wait Till Helen Comes
›PG-132016 · Thriller, Fantasy · 81m · Maria Bello, Sophie Nélisse, Callum Keith Rennie
After a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly, must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the desperate ghost of a young girl. Based on the best selling novel by Mary Downing Hahn.

The Crescent
›2017 · Mystery, Horror · 99m · Britt Loder, Andrew Gillis, Amy Trefry
After an unexpected death in the family, a mother and son struggle to find spiritual healing at a beachfront summer home.

The Boy
›PG-132016 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 98m · Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

Dead Silence
›R2007 · Horror · 89m · Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.

Maggie
›PG-132015 · Horror, Drama, Science Fiction · 95m · Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson
There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to eradicate those with the virus, Wade is pushed to the limits in an effort to protect her. Joely Richardson co-stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller.

Until Dawn
›R2025 · Horror, Mystery · 103m · Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Belmont Cameli
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one...only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.

Life After Beth
›R2014 · Romance, Comedy, Horror · 89m · Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down...

Half Light
›R2006 · Thriller, Horror, Drama · 110m · Demi Moore, Henry Ian Cusick, Jordan El-Balawi
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.

The Kindred
›2021 · Horror · 94m · April Pearson, Blake Harrison, James Cosmo
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.

Dark Encounter
›2019 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 97m · Laura Fraser, Mel Raido, Sid Phoenix
A year after the mysterious disappearance of an 8 year-old girl, we meet her grieving family as they return home from her memorial service in their small town. Later that evening, strange lights appear in the nearby forest and the family is exposed to an inexplicably strange phenomenon that rattles them to the core. The origin of the lights appear to be visitors from another world that seemingly terrorize the family. What they don't realize is that these 'beings' will lead the family to the truth behind the little girl's disturbing disappearance.

Conjuring the Cult
›2024 · Horror, Drama · 93m · Neil Green, Elissa Dowling, Chynna Rae Shurts
After discovering his blood-soaked daughter dead in the bathtub, David Bryson attends a self-help group to help save him from his ghostly nightmares. But when a group of mysterious cult-like women offer to help him resurrect his daughter. David's choices will not just decide his fate... but the fate of his dead daughter's SOUL.

The Godsend
›R1980 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Malcolm Stoddard, Cyd Hayman, Angela Pleasence
An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth. They raise the baby girl as their own, but over the years the strange deaths of their children make them consider whether the little girl is more than she appears.

Tales from the Lodge
›2019 · Comedy, Horror · 93m · Mackenzie Crook, Dustin Demri-Burns, Laura Fraser
Tales From The Lodge is a fresh take on the portmanteau horror-comedy genre. An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nudging 40, gather for a weekend to scatter the ashes of their friend, Jonesy, who drowned himself in the lake three years earlier. They settle in for a fun evening, entertaining each other with stories of murders, ghosts, zombies and possessions, but as day turns to night, the gang become aware of another horror story unfolding around them - And this one is real.

Antrum
›NR2018 · Horror · 94m · Nicole Tompkins, Rowan Smyth, Dan Istrate
Rumored to have been lost, Antrum appears as a cursed film from the 1970s. Viewers are warned to proceed with caution. It’s said to be a story about a young boy and girl who enter the forest in an attempt to save the soul of their recently deceased pet. They journey to “The Antrum,” the very spot the devil landed after being cast out of heaven. There, the children begin to dig a hole to hell.

Beyond the Gates
›NR2016 · Adventure, Horror · 84m · Graham Skipper, Chase Williamson, Barbara Crampton
Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game titled 'Beyond the Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.






















