
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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A Wounded Fawn
›NR2022 · Horror · 91m · Josh Ruben, Sarah Lind, Malin Barr
A local museum curator who is dipping her toe back into the dating pool is targeted by a charming serial killer. When a fateful romantic getaway between the two becomes a tense game of cat and mouse, both must confront the madness within him.

Circus of Horrors
›NR1960 · Horror, Crime · 88m · Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
›PG1972 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
›R2020 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 98m · Melinda Page Hamilton, Bailey Edwards, Ed Asner
A distraught mother suspects her teenage son is a psychopath who may shoot up his high school, but when he outsmarts the mental healthcare system she is forced to take matters into her own hands.

Boys from County Hell
›NR2021 · Horror, Comedy · 89m · Jack Rowan, Nigel O'Neill, Louisa Harland
A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.

Two Heads Creek
›2019 · Horror, Comedy · 86m · Jordan Waller, Kathryn Wilder, Helen Dallimore
A timid butcher and his drama queen twin sister quit the hostile confines of post-Brexit Britain and venture to Australia in search of their birth mother, but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.

The Mephisto Waltz
›R1971 · Horror · 115m · Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins
A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not much interested in Myles until noticing that Myles' hands are ideally suited for piano. Suddenly, he can't get enough of his new friend, and Myles' wife, Paula, becomes suspicious of Duncan's intentions. Her suspicions grow when Duncan dies and Myles mysteriously becomes a virtuoso overnight.

Blood Star
›2024 · Thriller, Horror · 97m · Britni Camacho, John Schwab, Sydney Brumfield
A young woman is driving through the desert alone when she is drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a psychopathic Sheriff. The chase escalates to deadly levels, and she must use her street-smarts to turn the tables against him.

UFO Abduction
›NR1989 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 63m · Tommy Giavocchini, Patrick Kelley, Shirly McCalla
On October 8th, 1983, the Van Heese family gathered together to celebrate the 5th birthday of Michelle, the littlest member of their household. Everything was captured on VHS by Michael McPherson and his new camcorder — including the alien invasion.

Strange Behavior
›R1981 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 99m · Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.

Sole Survivor
›R1984 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson, Robin Davidson
After inexplicably surviving a plane crash, TV station worker Denise tries to get on with her life. She soon learns that she was actually supposed to die in the crash. Death refuses to be cheated and starts sending its minions, people that have recently died, to collect her.

Invisible Agent
›1942 · Horror, Science Fiction, War · 81m · Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

The Witches
›1966 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 89m · Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.

BeforeSeries
›TV-MA2024 · Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Billy Crystal, Judith Light, Rosie Perez
After tragically losing his wife, child psychiatrist Dr. Eli Adler encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli's past.

Nadja
›R1995 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Elina Löwensohn, Suzy Amis, Galaxy Craze
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.

Sugar Hill
›PG1974 · Crime, Action, Horror · 91m · Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley
When a nightclub owner is murdered by gangsters after refusing to sell his business to the mob boss, his grieving fiancé enlists the help of a voodoo priestess to avenge his death.

The Dogs
›2025 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 97m · Donovan Colan, Kathleen Munroe, Kristen Holden-Ried
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.

Fanatic
›1965 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 97m · Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan
A young woman is terrorized by her former fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death. Also known as Die! Die! My Darling!

Blood Moon
›NR2021 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 82m · Megalyn Echikunwoke, Yonas Kibreab, Joshua Dov
When Esme and her ten-year-old son, Luna move to a small desert town looking for a fresh start, they attract all the wrong kinds of attention. Esme must battle to protect her son and a terrifying secret before the next full moon reveals all.

Slanted
›R2026 · Horror, Comedy, Science Fiction · 104m · Shirley Chen, Mckenna Grace, Amelie Zilber
An insecure Chinese-American teenager undergoes experimental surgery to appear white, hoping to secure the prom queen title and peer acceptance.

Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story
›2019 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 87m · Alyson Hannigan, Daphne Hoskins, Howie Lai
High school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.

Text
›NR2008 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Hanna Hall, Lane Compton, Michael Kaiser
Four friends search for the answers to a series of deadly text messages killing students at their high school.

Homecoming
›2005 · Thriller, Horror, TV Movie · 58m · Thea Gill, Jon Tenney, Terry David Mulligan
A hotshot White House speech writer deals with the publicity nightmare of his life when recently deceased soldiers return from beyond the grave.

The Ghoul
›2017 · Drama, Thriller · 81m · Tom Meeten, Alice Lowe, Paul Kaye
A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.






















