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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Dementia 13
›NR1963 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 75m · William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton
A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
The Dead
›R2010 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 105m · Julia Scott-Russell, Rob Freeman, Ben Crowe
When the last evacuation flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, American Air Force Engineer Lieutenant Brian Murphy emerges as the sole survivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living.
You Might Be the Killer
›2019 · Horror, Comedy, Mystery · 92m · Fran Kranz, Alyson Hannigan, Brittany S. Hall
Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert Chuck to discuss his options.
The Golem
›R2018 · Horror, Drama · 95m · Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan, Lenny Ravich
A re-imagining of the old mystical folklore that follows a woman and a tight-knit Jewish community that is besieged by foreign invaders. She conjures a dangerous creature to protect them but it may be more evil than she ever imagined.
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It
›PG2007 · Horror, TV Movie, Fantasy · 87m · Emily Osment, Brittany Curran, Alex Winzenread
Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking for new tricks, she finds a little book called "The Evil Thing"
Still of the Night
›PG1982 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 91m · Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
Hush
›2008 · Thriller, Horror, Action · 91m · William Ash, Christine Bottomley, Andreas Wisniewski
A young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver when they see something disturbing in the back of his vehicle.
Scare Package
›NR2019 · Horror, Comedy · 106m · Jeremy King, Byron Brown, Hawn Tran
Chad Buckley is super crazy about horror movies, but also very lonely. He mostly spends his days in his small movie shop having wild discussions with his only returning customer, Sam.
Daddy's Head
›2024 · Horror · 92m · Julia Brown, Nathaniel Martello-White, Charles Aitken
A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse
›2022 · Action, Horror · 88m · Luke McKenzie, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Bianca Bradey
In a zombie-infested Australian wasteland, soldier Rhys has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure.
The Pit and the Pendulum
›R1991 · Horror, Romance · 97m · Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris
Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.
The Resurrected
›1991 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 105m · John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire
›2000 · TV Movie, Comedy, Family · 85m · Matt O'Leary, Laura Vandervoort, Myles Jeffrey
The Hansen kids are in a jam. Adam and his best friend Duffy have gotten their hands on some tickets for the Headless Horseman concert, and his sister Chelsea has a date with her dreamy boyfriend Peter. The only problem is they're both grounded. Chelsea and Adam will do whatever it takes to get their mom Lynette out of the house, even if it includes a chance meeting with a very mysterious man. Everything seems to go according to plan until their little brother Taylor realizes that this stranger might be a vampire.
The 4th Floor
›R1999 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 90m · Juliette Lewis, William Hurt, Shelley Duvall
A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.
Beast of War
›R2025 · Thriller, Action, War · 87m · Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nankervis, Sam Delich
When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.
End of the Line
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Ilona Elkin, Nicolas Wright, Neil Napier
Karen, a young psychiatric nurse, boards the last subway train of the night only to have it stop in the middle of the tunnel. Suddenly, her nightmare begins: a mysterious cult has decided that it's the end of the world and the only way to save the souls of the living is to kill them in cold blood. As those around her are brutally murdered, Karen and a handful of survivors must face the homicidal cult, supernatural forces, and their own fears of Armageddon in order to survive.
Angel
›R1984 · Action, Crime, Thriller · 93m · Donna Wilkes, Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell
Molly Stewart, a teen at the top of her class who survives by working nights as a prostitute on Hollywood Blvd, finds her world beginning to fall apart when a depraved, necrophiliac serial killer begins targeting LA’s streetwalkers.
Night Shift
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Phoebe Tonkin, Lamorne Morris, Madison Hu
A young woman working her first night shift at a remote motel begins to suspect that she is being followed by a dangerous character from her past. As the night progresses and increasingly supernatural events occur, she quickly finds out that nothing is what it appears to be.
American Gothic
›R1987 · Horror · 90m · Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Michael J. Pollard
When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
›1993 · Family, TV Movie, Horror · 96m · Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Cloris Leachman
On Halloween night, two precocious little girls try to save their parents from their nasty old capitalist aunt's greedy clutches. Magic abounds and they meet mysterious new friends along the way.
Good Neighbours
›R2011 · Thriller, Drama · 99m · Jay Baruchel, Scott Speedman, Emily Hampshire
Neighbors Spencer and Louise have bonded over their fascination with a recent string of murders terrorizing their community. When a new tenant named Victor moves into the building, all three quickly hit it off. However, they soon discover each has his or her own dark secret. As the violence outside mounts, the city retreats indoors for safety. But the more time these three neighbors spend together in their apartment building, the clearer it becomes that what they once thought of as a safe haven is as dangerous as any outside terrors they could imagine.
Campfire Tales
›R1997 · Horror · 88m · James Marsden, Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor
Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.
She Will
›2022 · Drama, Horror · 95m · Alice Krige, Kota Eberhardt, Malcolm McDowell
Veronica, an aging film star, retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse Desi to recover from a double mastectomy. While there, mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams.
It Came from Beneath the Sea
›1955 · Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror · 79m · Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis
A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.