
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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RellikSeries
›2017 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Richard Dormer, Jodi Balfour, Kieran Bew
A serial killer thriller told in reverse, unravelling the truth behind a series of murders as DCI Gabriel Markham hunts down a brutal killer.

Shades of Desire
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Sian Altman, Darrell Griggs, May Kelly
After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.

The Amazing Mr. X
›1948 · Thriller, Horror · 78m · Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...

House of Mortal Sin
›R1976 · Horror · 104m · Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham
A troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl, but later it is revealed that he will stop at nothing, including blackmail and murder, just to get close to her.

The Stone Tape
›1972 · Horror, TV Movie, Mystery · 90m · Michael Bryant, Jane Asher, Iain Cuthbertson
A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, which he believes is a psychic impression trapped in a stone wall (dubbed a "stone tape"), but to exorcise it too - with terrifying results...

The Blackwell Ghost 5
›NR2020 · Horror, Documentary · 72m · Turner Clay
In this 5th installment of "The Blackwell Ghost" series, the ghost hunting filmmaker returns to the "Lightfoot House" where he hopes to solve a newly discovered puzzle which may lead to the location of more undiscovered victims.

The Avenging Conscience
›NR1914 · Drama, Horror · 83m · Henry B. Walthall, Spottiswoode Aitken, Blanche Sweet
Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man's thoughts turn dark as he dwells on ways to deal with his uncle. Becoming convinced that murder is merely a natural part of life, he kills his uncle and hides the body. However, the man's conscience awakens; paranoia sets in and nightmarish visions begin to haunt him.

Chocolate
›2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 60m · Henry Thomas, Lucie Laurier, Matt Frewer
After eating a chocolate, a lonely, newly divorced young man who creates artificial flavorings for a living begins having turbulent psychic visions of a beautiful woman that he has never met.

I Can Make You Love Me
›1993 · Thriller, TV Movie, Horror · 92m · Richard Thomas, Brooke Shields, Viveka Davis
A beautiful young computer technician starting off her career in Silicon Valley during the Eighties, is stalked and harassed by a nerdy, dangerous and mentally-unstable colleague with a twisted obsession.

False Face
›1977 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 95m · Robert Lansing, Judith Chapman, Arlen Dean Snyder
A psychopathic plastic surgeon transforms a young accident victim into the spitting image of his missing daughter.

The Blackwell Ghost 8
›2024 · Horror · 69m · Turner Clay
A filmmaker continues his quest to uncover the truth behind a series of unsolved murders from years ago. This is the 8th installment of "The Blackwell Ghost" series.

In the Shadow of the Moon
›R2019 · Science Fiction, Thriller · 115m · Boyd Holbrook, Cleopatra Coleman, Michael C. Hall
In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas "Locke" Lockhart, hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer whose crimes defy scientific explanation. When the killer mysteriously resurfaces nine years later, Locke's obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.

Blood Work
›R2002 · Thriller, Crime, Action · 110m · Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston
Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

Censor
›NR2021 · Horror, Mystery · 84m · Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.

The Eyes of My Mother
›R2016 · Drama, Horror · 76m · Kika Magalhães, Diana Agostini, Will Brill
A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

Dracula's Daughter
›1936 · Horror · 68m · Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.

Jenifer
›2005 · Horror, TV Movie · 58m · Steven Weber, Laurie Brunetti, Carrie Anne Fleming
After a detective rescues a mute disfigured woman from being murdered, he takes her into his home to prevent her from staying in a mental hospital, a move which alienates his family and soon turns to obsession.

The Stylist
›2020 · Horror, Drama · 105m · Najarra Townsend, Brea Grant, Laura Kirk
Claire is a lonely hairstylist who secretly murders and scalps her clients. When Olivia makes the well-intentioned mistake of asking Claire to style her hair for her wedding, she becomes dangerously obsessed, and her sanity starts to slip away with bloody consequences.

The Asphyx
›PG1972 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Robert Powell, Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?

The HungerSeries
›1997 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2 seasons · David Bowie
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.

Sick Girl
›NR2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 56m · Angela Bettis, Erin Brown, Mike McKee
A shy entomologist named Ida—whose girlfriend has left her, due to her interest in insects—develops a crush on a strange girl, Misty. After Ida receives a mysterious insect in the mail, the two women spend the night together, and Ida awakens to find that Misty has stumbled upon her insect collection and has a great interest in them herself.

Grip of the Strangler
›NR1958 · Horror, Crime, Mystery · 78m · Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
›1982 · Drama, Romance, TV Movie · 102m · Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, David Suchet
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo's guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and a poor street poet. But Esmeralda's in love with a handsome soldier. When a mob mistakes her for a witch, it's up to Quasimodo to rescue her and claim sanctuary for her in the cathedral.

The Norliss Tapes
›1973 · Horror, TV Movie, Thriller · 72m · Roy Thinnes, Don Porter, Angie Dickinson
A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.






















