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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352 titles
I Am a Ghost
›2012 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 74m · Jeannie Barroga, Anna Ishida, Rick Burkhardt
Emily, a troubled spirit, haunts her own house every day, wondering why she can't leave. With the help of Sylvia, a clairvoyant hired to rid the house of spirits, Emily is forced into a 'patient/therapist' relationship, uncovering disturbing mysteries about her past that may help her move on to 'the next place
The Comeback
›1978 · Horror, Mystery · 100m · Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle
A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. His ex-wife is brutally murdered, and the killer may be stalking him next.
Mischief Night
›2014 · Horror · 88m · Brooke Anne Smith, Malcolm McDowell, Marc Valera
The night before Halloween, a teenage babysitter is stalked by a masked killer; but in an unusual turn of events, victim and victimizer begin to develop romantic feelings for each other.
Dead Dicks
›2019 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Jillian Harris, Heston Horwin, Matt Keyes
After Becca receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie, she rushes over to his apartment and finds him alive and well - surrounded by copies of his own dead body.
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead
›PG-132025 · Horror, Fantasy · 91m · Bean Reid, Adeline Lo, Seth Isaac Johnson
When his brother disappears and everyone forgets he existed, Sam must unravel the mystery before Finn is gone forever.
Alison's Birthday
›1981 · Horror · 99m · Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Bunney Brooke
During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyond the grave not to go home for her birthday three years later.
Butter on the Latch
›2013 · Horror, Drama, Fantasy · 72m · Isolde Chae-Lawrence, Sarah Small, Charlie Hewson
Sarah and Isolde share an interest in the traditional music and dance of the Balkans, but it turns out that shared interests don’t always unite them. Their trip, initially a fun bonding experience, takes a southward turn when Sarah becomes interested in handsome fellow camper Steph. A seemingly innocent romantic overture touches off an abrupt shift in the dynamic between the two girlfriends, steering a previously ecstatic camp outing down a psychological rabbit hole.
Unmasked Part 25
›1989 · Comedy, Horror, Romance · 88m · Gregory Cox, Edward Brayshaw, Fiona Evans
Jackson is a lonely serial killer who is really beginning to question the point of all his killing. He is losing focus on why he started to kill in the first place. The future looks bleak until he meets a blind girl, Shelly, who begins to show him that life isn't so bad. It is all up to Jackson to decide if he's going to stop killing and start learning responsibility and think about finding a real job and starting a family.
The Uninvited
›PG-132009 · Horror · 87m · Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.
Cuckoo
›R2024 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 103m · Hunter Schafer, Jan Bluthardt, Marton Csokas
After reluctantly moving to the German Alps with her father and his new family, Gretchen discovers that their new town hides sinister secrets, as she's plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.
The Dark Half
›R1993 · Mystery, Horror · 122m · Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker
Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gruesome murders to begin occurring as in his books.
April Fool's Day
›R1986 · Horror, Mystery · 89m · Amy Steel, Ken Olandt, Deborah Foreman
On April Fool's Day weekend, a group of college friends gather together at a secluded island mansion to celebrate their final year of school, where they soon become prey for an unseen murderer.
You Might Be the Killer
›2019 · Horror, Comedy, Mystery · 92m · Fran Kranz, Alyson Hannigan, Brittany S. Hall
Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert Chuck to discuss his options.
Night Shift
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Phoebe Tonkin, Lamorne Morris, Madison Hu
A young woman working her first night shift at a remote motel begins to suspect that she is being followed by a dangerous character from her past. As the night progresses and increasingly supernatural events occur, she quickly finds out that nothing is what it appears to be.
Fade to Black
›R1980 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 102m · Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford
A lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
Grafted
›2024 · Horror · 93m · Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, Eden Hart
When an awkward but brilliant Chinese student wins a scholarship into a prestigious New Zealand University, she finds a new way of achieving the popularity she craves one bloody body at a time.
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
›R1975 · Horror, Mystery · 105m · Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O'Neill, Margot Kidder
When college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but which seems familiar and where he soon finds his previous incarnation's wife.
The Werewolf
›NR1956 · Horror, Science Fiction · 79m · Steven Ritch, Don Megowan, Joyce Holden
The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and his daughter attempt to help the stranger, the sheriff investigates the murders; and they uncover a sinister experiment involving two rogue scientists, a car accident victim, his wife and children, and a serum that causes a man to turn into a ravaging werewolf.
Culture Shock
›NR2019 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 91m · Martha Higareda, Shawn Ashmore, Richard Cabral
A young Mexican woman crosses the border in search of the American dream, only to instead find her worst nightmare lying within.
The Dark Red
›2020 · Horror, Mystery · 101m · April Billingsley, Kelsey Scott, Conal Byrne
A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital and claims her newborn was stolen by a dark cult.
Schizo
›R1976 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 109m · Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham
A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.
Stalker
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Sophie Skelton, Stuart Brennan, Bret Hart
Rose Hepburn, a young actor working in horror movies, returns to her empty hotel. Forced to use the old freight elevator, it jolts to a halt on the twelfth floor, leaving her trapped with an unusual stranger. Left with no mobile phone signal as a storm approaches, tensions escalate and suspicions rise when Rose discovers the identity of the mysterious man is Daniel Reed, a camera operator on her latest movie, who is seemingly obsessed with her. As the elevator hangs precariously high about to plunge down at any minute, some harsh truths and actions start unfolding.
Ninja Assassin
›R2009 · Action, Adventure, Thriller · 99m · Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.
Antiviral
›NR2012 · Science Fiction, Horror · 110m · Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell
Syd March is employed at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.