
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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Rosemary's Baby
›R1968 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 138m · Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Helter Skelter
›1976 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 184m · George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".

The FollowingSeries
›TV-142013 · Crime, Drama · 3 seasons · Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Shawn Ashmore
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to consult on the case, as he was the one responsible for Carroll’s capture in 2003. Ryan, working closely with an FBI team, including Mike Weston and FBI Specialist Debra Parker, piece together the ever-growing web of murders orchestrated by the devious Carroll.

Archive 81Series
›TV-MA2022 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Mamoudou Athie, Dina Shihabi, Evan Jonigkeit
An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.

The Invitation
›NR2016 · Thriller, Horror · 100m · Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

The Dain CurseSeries
›TV-141978 · Mystery, Crime, Drama · 1 season · James Coburn, Hattie Winston, Malachy McCourt
Hard-boiled private detective Hamilton Nash investigates a supposed family curse linked to stolen diamonds, which unravels into a complex mystery involving murder, drugs, and a cult.

The Dark Red
›2020 · Horror, Mystery · 101m · April Billingsley, Kelsey Scott, Conal Byrne
A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital and claims her newborn was stolen by a dark cult.

One of Us
›2017 · Mystery, Horror, Drama · 86m · Christa B. Allen, Derek Smith, Carly Schroeder
A young journalist goes deep undercover within a mountain commune and becomes manipulated by a duplicitous cult leader.

Apartment 7A
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 104m · Julia Garner, Dianne Wiest, Jim Sturgess
A struggling young dancer finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected older couple promise her a shot at fame.

To the Devil a Daughter
›R1976 · Horror · 95m · Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Nastassja Kinski
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.

Conjuring the Cult
›2024 · Horror, Drama · 93m · Neil Green, Elissa Dowling, Chynna Rae Shurts
After discovering his blood-soaked daughter dead in the bathtub, David Bryson attends a self-help group to help save him from his ghostly nightmares. But when a group of mysterious cult-like women offer to help him resurrect his daughter. David's choices will not just decide his fate... but the fate of his dead daughter's SOUL.

The Brain
›R1988 · Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · Tom Bresnahan, Cynthia Preston, David Gale
Dr. Blake runs a TV show called "Independent Thinkers", which is sort of a Scientology-like self-help/religion program. But he's not making his audience think any more independently – with the help of an alien organism he calls The Brain, he's using brainwashing and mind control. The only thing that stands between them and world domination is a brilliant but troubled high school student with a penchant for pranks...

Children of Sorrow
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Bill Oberst Jr., Hannah Levien, Whitney Nielsen
Simon Leach is a very, very sick man. Thriving on despair, pain, and panic, he unites a group of broken and desperate people in the middle of the desert. He showers them with the love and affection they’re so desperate for, but Simon has a much greater plan for his followers.

The Silence
›PG-132019 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 91m · Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto
With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.

The Resurrection of Charles Manson
›R2023 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Frank Grillo, Will Peltz, Sarah Dumont
While a couple creates an audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality as they find themselves intertwined in an occult leader's sinister plot.

Netherworld
›R1992 · Horror · 87m · Michael Bendetti, Denise Gentile, Anjanette Comer
A young man arrives at his father's mansion in Louisiana to discover that a secretive cult is using winged creatures to raise the dead to do their bidding.

HIM
›R2025 · Horror, Mystery · 96m · Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox
After suffering a potentially career-ending brain trauma, Cameron Cade receives a lifeline when his hero, legendary eight-time Championship quarterback and cultural megastar Isaiah White, offers to train Cam at Isaiah's isolated compound that he shares with his celebrity influencer wife. But as Cam's training accelerates, Isaiah's charisma begins to curdle into something darker.

The Thirst
›NC-172007 · Horror · 88m · Matt Keeslar, Clare Kramer, Jeremy Sisto
Maxx and his girlfriend Lisa are a pair of recovering drug addicts whom are recruited by a clan of sex & violence crazed vampires led by the egotistical and charismatic Darius. But to become members, Maxx and Lisa have to give up their humanity and become vampires themselves. As Maxx and Lisa adopt to their new lifestyle of immortality with all the advantages and disadvantages, their addiction to drugs now turns to addiction to human blood and each new 'fix' leads them deeper into debauchery. Will these two rookie vampires find salvation, or be damned to all eternity of their latest thirst for blood?

Lost Boys: The Thirst
›R2010 · Horror, Action, Comedy · 81m · Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Tanit Phoenix
A mysterious fiend uses a designer drug to turn partiers at an all-night rave into his personal army of never-say-die bloodsuckers.

Devil's Prey
›2001 · Horror · 88m · Ashley Jones, Charlie O'Connell, Bryan Kirkwood
A group of young adults attend an all-night rave, only to discover that it's a trap for a satanic cult that requires flesh for bloody sacrifices.

Night Terrors
›1993 · Horror · 94m · Robert Englund, Zoe Trilling, Chandra West
A woman visiting her father in Egypt becomes involved with the Marquis de Sade's descendant and his terrifying cult.

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
›R1995 · Horror · 88m · Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan
Six years after being presumed dead in a fire, and just as the town prepares to finally celebrate Halloween again, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield to continue his reign of terror.

Hellraiser: Deader
›R2005 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Kari Wührer, Paul Rhys, Simon Kunz
When a tough-as-nails reporter is lead to a mysterious cult and the evil Pinhead, any moment could be her last.

Octane
›R2003 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 91m · Madeleine Stowe, Norman Reedus, Bijou Phillips
After a family visit, stressed businesswoman Senga Wilson is driving with her rebellious daughter, Nat, down an ominous highway in the middle of the night. After they pick up a weird teenage hitchhiker, their journey goes awry. Nat decides to give her mom the slip and runs off with the hitchhiker at a rest stop. In a desperate search to find her daughter, Senga learns that Nat has been drawn into an evil cult.





















