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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143 titles
Dead Space
›R1991 · Science Fiction, Horror · 72m · Marc Singer, Laura Mae Tate, Judith Chapman
On the planet Phaebon, a controlled research facility had been thought to be safe... until a breach unleashes alien terrors unknown.
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
›NR1955 · Horror, Science Fiction · 80m · Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen
A marine biologist and a government agent investigate mysterious deaths and rumors of a sea monster in a secluded ocean cove, and find themselves involved with a marine biology professor conducting secretive experiments, international spies trying to steal his secrets, a radioactive light on the sea bottom, and the malevolent thing which guards it.
Doom: Annihilation
›R2019 · Action, Science Fiction, Horror · 97m · Amy Manson, Luke Allen-Gale, Nina Bergman
A group of UAC Marines responds to a distress call from a top-secret scientific base on Phobos, a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demons.
Parasite
›1982 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus & his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
The Black Hole
›PG2006 · Science Fiction, Thriller, TV Movie · 90m · Kristy Swanson, Judd Nelson, David Selby
It's 2 A.M. in St. Louis when a routine scientific experiment goes terribly wrong and an explosion shakes the city. A scientific team investigates, clashing with an intergalactic, voltage-devouring creature that vaporizes them.
Spiders II: Breeding Ground
›2001 · Horror, Science Fiction · 96m · Stephanie Niznik, Greg Cromer, Daniel Quinn
Happy couple Jason and Alexandra lose their sail yacht in a storm and are grateful to get picked up by Captain Jim Bigelow's commercial carrier. Suspicious about the ship's doctor and realizing the ship is improbably empty and the radio not broken as the crew claims, Jason starts snooping around. Bodies on meat-hooks, genetic experimentation and giant spiders are what he finds.
Extinction
›2014 · Thriller, Adventure · 100m · Ben Loyd-Holmes, Sarah Mac, Neil Newbon
Deep in the Amazon jungle a group of scientists are on a dangerous mission. When their guide suddenly abandons them, they find themselves in a savage and hostile environment. However, things turn deadly when they find they are in the middle of a hunting ground for a pack of prehistoric predators long thought extinct.
Bats
›PG-131999 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 91m · Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.
Lake Placid: Legacy
›R2018 · Horror, Action, Science Fiction · 93m · Katherine Barrell, Tim Rozon, Luke Newton
A group of young explorers discover a secret area hidden from all maps and GPS devices. When they reach the center of the lake, they discover an abandoned facility that houses one of the largest, and deadliest apex-predators known to man.
Night of the Lepus
›PG1972 · Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun
Rancher Cole Hillman is fed up of rabbits plaguing his fields. Zoologist Roy Bennett conducts an experiment to curb their population, but it gives rise to giant rabbits that terrorise the town.
The Incredible Melting Man
›R1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 84m · Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey
An astronaut exposed to cosmic rays outside of Saturn's rings returns to Earth and begins to melt away. Escaping from the hospital, he wanders around the backwoods looking for human flesh to eat.
Intersect
›2020 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 119m · Jason Spisak, Richard Dawkins, Abe Ruthless
A group of young Miskatonic University scientists invent a time machine, only to learn that they are being manipulated by mysterious, unseen forces from another dimension.
Raging Sharks
›2005 · Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · Corin Nemec, Vanessa Angel, Corbin Bernsen
An oceanic observation station is in desperate trouble after a sudden shark attack wrecked the oxygen supply. The accompanying ship, a coast guard cruiser, and other ships in and around the Bermuda triangle are attacked as well. The US Navy sends a submarine to investigate, but soon they too are under attack.
The Crawling Hand
›NR1963 · Horror, Science Fiction · 89m · Rod Lauren, Sirry Steffen, Peter Breck
After an astronaut space capsule is detonated in orbit, with the astronaut begging to be killed, a teenager couple finds a severed arm on a remote beach. The boy takes the arm home, where it becomes animate and the alien force which animates it soon possesses his mind as well.
Shark Attack 2
›R2000 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 98m · Thorsten Kaye, Nikita Ager, Dan Metcalfe
A biological experiment goes bad, this time releasing a gaggle of mutated great white sharks with a taste for human flesh. Soon enough, shark expert Nick West is on the case, leading a crew to study them and eventually bring them back into captivity. West's plans hit a snag, however, when Australian shark hunter Roy Bishop is called in to wipe out the fishy menace.
Ice Spiders
›R2007 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 90m · Patrick Muldoon, Charles Halford, Thomas Calabro
When a young ski team training for the Olympics arrives at the remote and isolated Lost Mountain Ski Resort to focus on training, they're thrilled to find a retired Olympic skier is there to help them train. But their plans are halted when a scientist working at a nearby government lab arrives with the horrifying news that a top secret Government project has produced giant spiders and they have escaped, killing and eating everything in sight.
Lake Placid vs. Anaconda
›R2015 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 92m · Yancy Butler, Corin Nemec, Skye Lourie
A giant alligator goes head to head with a giant Anaconda. The town sheriff must find a way to destroy the two monsters before they kill the whole town.
Piranha II: The Spawning
›R1982 · Horror · 94m · Tricia O'Neil, Steve Marachuk, Lance Henriksen
A scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.
Piranhaconda
›2012 · Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy · 90m · Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter, Rib Hillis
A hybrid creature - half piranha and half anaconda -- attacks a low-budget horror movie crew on location near her nest when her egg is stolen. Now they must outrun and kill the deadly piranhaconda as well as stop the mad scientist who stole the egg - before they all become dinner.
The Hive
›2008 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 90m · Tom Wopat, Kal Weber, Elizabeth Healey
When ants, displaying never-before-seen behavior, seize an island, the controversial Thorax Team is called in to stop the massive threat, only to discover that the ants are controlled by something beyond this world.
Anacondas: Trail of Blood
›R2009 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 89m · Crystal Allen, Linden Ashby, Danny Midwinter
A genetically created Anaconda, cut in half, regenerates itself into two new aggressive giant snakes, due to the Blood Orchid.
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
›2009 · Horror, Science Fiction · 90m · Lorenzo Lamas, Debbie Gibson, Sean Lawlor
The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Monster a Go-Go!
›1965 · Horror, Science Fiction · 69m · Henry Hite, Phil Morton, Lois Brooks
A space capsule crash-lands on Earth, and the astronaut aboard disappears. Is there a connection between the missing man and the monster roaming the area?