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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The Fog
›R1980 · Horror · 90m · Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Jamie Lee Curtis
Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
BedlamSeries
›TV-142011 · Drama, Mystery · 2 seasons · Hugo Speer, Lacey Turner, Gemma Chan
Welcome to Bedlam Heights. Converted from an imposing former lunatic asylum, this apartment building offers the ultimate in stylish 21st century urban living. But little do its new residents suspect that behind the luxury fittings lay unimaginable horrors.
The Blackwell Ghost 3
›2019 · Horror · 75m · Turner Clay
A filmmaker takes a journey to discover a new haunted house and brings along his cameras to document what happens inside. The house, which is plagued by its dark history, begins to come alive in this third instalment of “The Blackwell Ghost.”
The Haunted MuseumSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Drama, Mystery · 2 seasons
Follow the frightening and hellish tales behind the spooky relics on display in Zak Bagans' Las Vegas museum, by way of scripted shorts produced by Eli Roth and his accredited team, and with featured commentary from Bagans himself.
The Evictors
›PG1979 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 92m · Vic Morrow, Michael Parks, Jessica Harper
A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history.
Toolbox Murders
›R2004 · Horror, Mystery · 95m · Angela Bettis, Brent Roam, Rance Howard
A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades, but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.
Evil Laugh
›R1986 · Horror · 87m · Ashlyn Gere, Steven Baio, Tony Griffin
A group of medical students take a weekend to fix up an old house where a mass murder occurred 10 years earlier.
Ghosts of Darkness
›2017 · Horror · 83m · Michael Koltes, Paul Flannery, Lisa Livingstone
Two paranormal investigators are unexpectedly thrown together in the hope of solving a 100 year mystery. Locked for three nights in a house with a dark and unsettling past, the two investigators must put their differences to one side and work together. They soon discover the myths and stories are nothing compared to what actually resides within the eerie walls of Richwood Manor. Scepticism and showmanship are soon put to one side when the two investigators realise there is more at stake than just their professional reputation. For once they have stumbled onto the real thing, but this time it's their own lives at stake.
The Haunting at Saint Joseph's
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Tim Spriggs, Melissa Brattoni, Brandon Krum
An engaged Muslim doctor, her fiancé, and their friends go on a holiday at St. Joseph’s Guesthouse, unaware that it was the site of a sacrifice of an innocent centuries before. They soon come to believe that it's haunted and causing them to go crazy, as their emotions spiral out of control.
Blackburn
›R2015 · Horror · 84m · Lochlyn Munro, Emilie Ullerup, Calum Worthy
A forest fire and rock-slide trap five bickering college friends in a small Alaskan ghost town with a horrifying history. When they seek refuge inside the torched ruins of Blackburn Asylum they must fight to survive as the angry inhabitants slaughter the friends one-by-one.
Spin the Bottle
›R2024 · Horror · 124m · Tanner Stine, Kaylee Kaneshiro, Tony Amendola
When a group of friends play spin the bottle in a house marked by a brutal massacre, they unknowingly unleash an evil spirit and start dying in terrifying ways. Now, the survivors must stick together to uncover the house's dark secrets and end the bloodshed.
The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill
›PG-132013 · Horror · 88m · Michael G. Bartlett, Kevin Gates, Craig Stovin
In March 1963, a black mass was held at a ruined church in Clophill, Bedfordshire by a coven of dark witches. Tombs were looted, animals sacrificed and human bones arranged during a macabre ceremony. Further defilements continued at Clophill in the following years, with cattle in nearby fields found mutilated, evidence of necromancy discovered and perpetual sightings of paranormal activity witnessed at the isolated ruin. 50 years on from the original incident, the Clophill legend remains etched on the psyches of the local populace. In 2010, a documentary team was assembled to investigate the legend of the Clophill witches and to try and uncover the truth behind the paranormal events. What followed during that long weekend at Clophill was a terrifying journey into the unknown.
Out of the Dark
›R2014 · Thriller, Horror · 92m · Julia Stiles, Scott Speedman, Stephen Rea
A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
Death of a Ghost Hunter
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 107m · Patti Tindall, Mike Marsh, Davina Joy
Renowned "ghost hunter", Carter Simms is paid to conduct a paranormal investigation of a supposedly haunted house. Along with a cameraman, a reporter, and a spiritual advocate, she embarks on a three night journey into terror.
Haunting of the Queen Mary
›2023 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 125m · Alice Eve, Joel Fry, Nell Hudson
When photographers Erin and Patrick are brought aboard the ship with their young son Lukas, they unleash a series of events that entwines their family with the ship’s dark past. As the terror unfolds around them they begin to realise there is more to this sumptuous ocean liner than meets the eye: its remarkable legacy masking violent secrets.
Uninhabited
›2010 · Thriller, Horror · 93m · Geraldine Hakewill, Bob Baines, Tasia Zalar
Harry and Beth wanted a different kind of holiday so they chartered a boat to drop them off on a remote coral island on the Great Barrier Reef. The island was idyllic, surrounded by a wide reef, covered in palms and full of birds and other wildlife. It was small and totally deserted or so they thought. But when things go missing from their camp site and they discover someone else's footprints in the sand this quickly becomes disturbing as they realize the island has a ghost! Inspired by actual events.
Silent Retreat
›2016 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Donny Boaz, Rebecca Summers, Danilo Di Julio
Six members of a media company go on a weekend business retreat at an isolated lodge in the woods. When one of the members goes missing, they discover that the lodge was formerly a private mental institution that had been shut down after allegations of devious misconduct. One by one, they fall victim to the dark secrets buried at the lodge.
The St. Francisville Experiment
›PG-132000 · Horror, Thriller · 79m · Madison Charap, Troy Taylor, Ryan Larson
Four non-actors, with no script, lock themselves in a haunted Louisiana plantation home overnight to film what takes places. The Lalaurie plantation, site of grisly murders, comes alive before their camera lens and they experience a night more terrifying and incredible than they imagined.
Devil's Island
›2021 · Horror · 71m · Elle Alexander, Kristjan Sokoli, Danielle Jean Schaefer
A young woman inherits a small island in New York and discovers it has a dangerous history.
American Conjuring
›NR2016 · Horror · 86m · Darren Matheson, Lynn Csontos, Eliza Faria
A family move into an abandoned orphanage and they soon learn that their new home has a disturbing history and that they aren't alone…
The Disappointments Room
›R2016 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Kate Beckinsale, Mel Raido, Duncan Joiner
A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.
Amityville Exorcism
›NR2017 · Horror · 77m · Marie DeLorenzo, Jeff Kirkendall, James Carolus
A family must put faith in a mysterious priest when an demonic force, connected to a decades-old murders in their home, possesses their daughter.