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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271 titles
Sick for Toys
›NR2018 · Horror · 90m · Camille Montgomery, Jon Paul Burkhart, David Gunning
Roy is the nice guy who finishes last. Sick of his current situation, he accepts an invitation to have Christmas dinner with the beautiful and strangely alluring Emilia. Once at dinner, Roy realizes that Emilia and her oddball brother Edward are not what they seem.
Dracula's Widow
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Sylvia Kristel, Josef Sommer, Lenny Von Dohlen
Dracula's wife, Vanessa, comes back to life and attacks Raymond who has a waxworks museum, where he displays notorious monsters and murderers.
Knock Knock
›R2015 · Horror, Thriller, Crime · 99m · Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas
When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Faces in the Crowd
›R2011 · Thriller, Crime · 102m · Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, David Atrakchi
Anna is living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
Dead Tone
›2007 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Rutger Hauer, Wil Horneff, Brian Hooks
As another semester draws to a close at the University of Dreyskill, a simple game dreamt to help students avoid studying becomes a bloody battle for survival.
Never Cry Werewolf
›PG-132008 · Horror · 87m · Nina Dobrev, Kevin Sorbo, Peter Stebbings
Loren doesn't like her new neighbor, Jared, or his vicious dog. Along with her friend Steven, Loren spies on Jared and begins to suspect he's a werewolf, responsible for a rash of disappearances. But Jared is watching her just as closely because Loren reminds him of his dead wife. As a full-moon night nears, Loren enlists the help of TV star Redd Tucker, who knows how to hunt -- and who believes her werewolf theory.
He Knows You're Alone
›R1980 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Don Scardino, Caitlin O'Heaney, Elizabeth Kemp
A reluctant bride-to-be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard-boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt the killer down before it is too late.
Savage Weekend
›R1979 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Christopher Allport, James Doerr, David Gale
Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask.
The Black Water Vampire
›2014 · Horror, Mystery · 82m · Danielle Lozeau, Andrea Monier, Anthony Fanelli
A documentary film crew investigate a series of brutal killings known as the Black Water murders. As they dwelve deeper into the story, they stumble upon a horrifying secret. One they may not survive.
Living Among Us
›NR2018 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Thomas Ian Nicholas, John Heard, Andrew Keegan
Vampires have just made themselves public! Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to spend some time with them and learn how they live and coexist with humans. But as reality sets in, the crew realize they are in for far more than they bargained for.
Shiver
›2012 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Danielle Harris, John Jarratt, Casper Van Dien
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.
Maneater
›2007 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Gary Busey, Ian D. Clark, Ty Wood
When a dismembered body is found in the Appalachian Mountains, a county Sheriff is shocked to discover that the predator is a six-hundred pound Bengal tiger.
Chop Chop
›2020 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 81m · Atala Arce, Jake Taylor, David Harper
A night of chaos ensues when a murderous psychopath targets a loving young couple who might be harboring a secret of their own.
Hellmaster
›1992 · Horror · 96m · John Saxon, David Emge, Amy Raasch
A psychotic college professor uses unwitting students as laboratory rats, injecting them with a drug that mutates them into gory killers
Recovery
›2019 · Horror · 87m · Stephanie Pearson, Hope Quattrocki, Liz Fenning
The patients and staff of a secluded heroin treatment center must do battle with more than their own demons as a mysterious killer begins picking them off one-by-one.
The Watcher
›R2000 · Mystery, Thriller · 96m · James Spader, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could only have been committed by one man: David Allen Griffin. One of Joel's most elusive and cunning nemeses, Griffin has followed his former pursuer to Chicago in order to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Taunting Joel with photographs of his intended victims and leaving his crime scenes meticulously free of clues in order to keep the police at bay, Griffin derives as much pleasure out of watching Joel react to every movement as watching his victims die. But when Griffin moves into Joel's inner circle, Joel must quickly find some way to stop him before someone close to him becomes the next one to die.
Uninvited
›PG-131988 · Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Toni Hudson, Rob Estes, Alex Cord
A sinister corporation loses control of a house cat infected with a genetically-engineered virus. The death-toll rises during the mutant feline's rampage, and eventually, it finds its way on board a ship of a criminal king-pin.
Red Woods
›2021 · Horror, Adventure, Mystery · 95m · Michael Barnett, Brian E Stead, Jacquelynn Ware
A group of urbex enthusiasts travel to the backwoods of Appalachia to capture footage of abandoned houses, when they unwittingly become the subjects of a much darker video - made by a different kind of "enthusiast".
The Prey
›R1983 · Horror · 80m · Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond, Lori Lethin
Three couples go on a camping trip in the woods of southern California during the summer, where a deformed man is stalking their camp.
Slaughter
›R2009 · Thriller, Horror · 96m · Lucy Holt, Amy Shiels, David Sterne
A young woman looks to escape her abusive life by moving to her family's farm near Atlanta. Unfortunately, she learns her place of supposed comfort offers more terrifying forms of abuse.
The Frozen
›PG-132012 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Brit Morgan, Noah Segan, Sedona James
After a harrowing snowmobile accident, a young couple is stranded in the woods and must survive while waiting for help to arrive. Events take a turn for the worse after the disappearance of Emma's boyfriend, leaving her on her own not only to battle the elements, but also to elude a mysterious hunter who is tracking her through the forest.
Tethered
›2022 · Horror, Drama, Mystery · 88m · Alexandra Paul, Kareem Ferguson, Jared Laufree
Miles from civilization, a blind teenager and the hunter he befriends are tormented by a mysterious creature lurking in the woods.
Summoned
›PG-132013 · TV Movie, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Cuba Gooding Jr., Ashley Scott, Bailey Chase
Follow three individuals who served on the jury for one of San Francisco's most high profile serial killer cases. Now someone, or something, is killing them off one by one.
Wreckage
›R2010 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Aaron Paul, Justin Allen, Mike Erwin
Jared, Kate, Rick, and Jessica find themselves stranded in a wreckage yard after their car breaks down during a drag race. Meanwhile, the sheriff's office receives notice that a convict escaped from a local state prison. As the teenagers mysteriously disappear one by one, the killer grows hungry and the thriller continues to unravel.