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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Best Seller
›R1987 · Action, Crime, Drama · 95m · James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.
The Baby
›PG1973 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Anjanette Comer, Susanne Zenor, Ruth Roman
A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. The problem is, the baby is twenty-one years old.
Poison
›NC-171991 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith
A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.
The Mask of Fu Manchu
›1932 · Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction · 68m · Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.
Twice-Told Tales
›NR1963 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 120m · Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Brett Halsey
3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.
Symptoms
›1974 · Horror · 91m · Angela Pleasence, Peter Vaughan, Lorna Heilbron
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.
Compulsion
›2024 · Thriller, Horror · 101m · Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Charlotte Kirk, Zach McGowan
Two women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of Malta.
Wicked CitySeries
›TV-142015 · Drama, Crime · 1 season · Erika Christensen, Ed Westwick, Taissa Farmiga
Detectives Jack and Paco investigate a murder spree on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip.
Follow Me Quietly
›NR1949 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 60m · William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey
When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as "The Judge" looks for his next strangling victim. For months, the madman has been stalking at night, leaving behind clues, but police efforts have been fruitless. Constructing a life-size dummy of the murderer, police Lt. Harry Grant is growing obsessed with capturing him, and always following Grant is the relentless reporter Ann Gorman looking to break the story, but the hunt continues.
Night Must Fall
›NR1964 · Thriller, Horror · 92m · Albert Finney, Mona Washbourne, Susan Hampshire
A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.
The Dain CurseSeries
›TV-141978 · Mystery, Crime, Drama · 1 season · James Coburn, Hattie Winston, Malachy McCourt
Hard-boiled private detective Hamilton Nash investigates a supposed family curse linked to stolen diamonds, which unravels into a complex mystery involving murder, drugs, and a cult.
The Killings at Parrish StationSeries
›2026 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Mia Wasikowska, Heather Mitchell, Xavier Samuel
It’s 1987, and Detective Georgia Cooke is called in to investigate the massacre of four scientists who have been brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect. But as Georgia digs deeper, unravelling a complex case entangled in mania, ritual, and the occult, her obsessive quest for the truth spirals into a nightmare that will put her family, career, and sanity on the line. 37 years later, a chilling new spree of murders will pull Georgia back into this nightmare as she confronts the terrifying possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.
The Ninth Gate
›R1999 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 133m · Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin
A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.
What Lies Beneath
›PG-132000 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 130m · Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford, Diana Scarwid
Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.
Luther: The Fallen Sun
›R2023 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 129m · Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis
A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
The Empty Man
›R2020 · Horror, Mystery · 137m · James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Sasha Frolova
On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.
Berlin Syndrome
›R2017 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 116m · Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Matthias Habich
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in an abandoned Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
I Am Not a Serial Killer
›NR2016 · Horror, Mystery, Crime · 104m · Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser
In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay.
We Go On
›2016 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 89m · Clark Freeman, Jay Dunn, John Glover
Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom takes out an advert offering $30,000 in reward money to the first person who can show him evidence of an angel, a demon, or prove that ghosts exist - anything to prove to him that we go on after our deaths. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates - a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. Along with his protective mother, he embarks on an adventure through Los Angeles that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.
The Transfiguration
›2016 · Horror, Drama · 97m · Eric Ruffin, Chloë Levine, Luis Scott
When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
The Abominable Snowman
›1957 · Adventure, Horror · 85m · Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Arnold Marlé
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.
Influencers
›2025 · Horror, Thriller · 110m · Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant, Georgina Campbell
In the picturesque landscapes of Southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.
The Phantom of the Opera
›1962 · Horror · 84m · Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza
A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is intent on seeking his revenge.
Incident at Loch Ness
›PG-132004 · Comedy, Adventure, Horror · 94m · Werner Herzog, Zak Penn, Kitana Baker
When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much more than they bargained for. Unexplained sightings of the creature and chaos among the crew create an uneasy feeling that things aren't what they seem.