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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1247 titles
Double Blind
›2024 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 90m · Millie Brady, Pollyanna McIntosh, Akshay Kumar
After an experimental drug trial goes awry, the test subjects face a terrifying side effect: if you fall asleep you die. Trapped in an isolated facility, panic ensues as they try to escape and somehow stay awake.
Flesh & Blood
›NR2018 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 93m · Diana Silvers, Dermot Mulroney, Tembi Locke
Kimberly, a teenager suffering from agoraphobia, has not left the house since her mother's unsolved murder. On the eve of Thanksgiving, she begins to suspect that the safe harbor of home and her doting father may be a dangerous mirage.
The Premature Burial
›NR1962 · Horror, Drama, Mystery · 81m · Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.
The Reptile
›1966 · Horror · 90m · Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett
Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by a lethal reptilian bite. They befriend a young woman Anna whose tyrannical father controls her life and, as they discover that others in the village have suffered a similar fate, their investigations lead to Anna. What they uncover is a victim of the most terrifying legacy... a destiny of mutilation and murder.
The Unseen
›2016 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 110m · Aden Young, Camille Sullivan, Julia Sarah Stone
A man, who years earlier mysteriously abandoned his family and isolated himself in a small northern town, returns for one last chance to reconnect with his troubled daughter. When she goes missing, he risks everything to find her, including exposing the fact that he is becoming invisible.
She Never Died
›NR2019 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 89m · Oluniké Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Kiana Madeira
Lacey, a socially detached loner is cursed with immortality and a never-ending tedium of existence. In her attempts to keep her compulsions in check, she seeks out the darkest souls humanity has to offer. Lacey must now face her own inner demons while simultaneously finding her next meal.
FrankensteinSeries
›2004 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Alec Newman, William Hurt, Julie Delpy
A scientist brings life to a creature fashioned from corpses and various body parts.
The Skeleton Key
›PG-132005 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 104m · Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Peter Sarsgaard
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
The Room
›NR2019 · Horror, Drama, Mystery · 99m · Olga Kurylenko, Kevin Janssens, Francis Chapman
Kate and Matt discover that a part of their house can grant wishes. In the wake of two miscarriages, what they want most is a child.
The Arrival
›PG-131996 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 115m · Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
Twilight Zone: The Movie
›PG1983 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 101m · Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
Werewolves Within
›R2021 · Horror, Comedy · 96m · Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil
When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.
We Are What We Are
›R2013 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 105m · Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner
The Parkers, reclusive people who cling to ancient customs, find their secret lives threatened when a torrential downpour and the death of the family matriarch forces daughters Iris and Rose to assume special responsibilities.
Sweetheart
›2019 · Horror · 82m · Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan Lawrence
Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.
Dolls
›R1987 · Fantasy, Horror · 77m · Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine
A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.
Sick
›R2022 · Horror, Mystery · 83m · Gideon Adlon, Bethlehem Million, Dylan Sprayberry
While quarantining at her family's lake house during the pandemic, Parker and her best friend are threatened by an unexpected visitor.
When a Stranger Calls
›R1979 · Horror, Thriller · 97m · Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.
Phase IV
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 86m · Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy, Lynne Frederick
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
Burnt Offerings
›PG1976 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 116m · Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
The Harvest
›NR2015 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 104m · Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Natasha Calis
After becoming orphaned, a lonely girl moves in with her grandparents and tries to befriend a sick, bed-ridden boy next door, despite his mother’s strong objections. Her persistence leads to a friendship, but during secret visits, she uncovers dark secrets in the boy's home.
You'll Never Find Me
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Brendan Rock, Jordan Cowan, Elena Carapetis
Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick’s intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality...
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
›PG1971 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 89m · Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor
Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.
The Rule of Jenny Pen
›R2025 · Horror, Thriller · 104m · John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Nathaniel Lees
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
Hellbender
›NR2021 · Horror · 83m · Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams
A teen and her mother live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making rock music. A chance encounter with a fellow teen causes her to uncover a connection between her family and witchcraft, which causes a rift with her mother.