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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9 titles
To Catch a Killer
›1992 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · Brian Dennehy, Michael Riley, Margot Kidder
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
The Boston Strangler
›R1968 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · 116m · Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
The Iceman
›R2012 · Thriller, Crime, Drama · 105m · Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
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.
Love Me Deadly
›R1973 · Horror, Drama · 95m · Mary Charlotte Wilcox, Lyle Waggoner, Christopher Stone
A young socialite struggling to control her necrophiliac urges is torn between her affection for a kind businessman and the mortician who supplies her with bodies.
Trap
›PG-132024 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 105m · Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Night Shyamalan
A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.
A Good Marriage
›R2014 · Thriller · 103m · Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?
B.T.K.
›2008 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 90m · Kane Hodder, Amy Lyndon, Odessa Rae
A story based on real-life serial killer Dennis L. Rader, who systematically tortured and killed his victims for over two decades and evaded the police for over 30 years, all while leading a seemingly normal life as a husband, father, security officer and church president.
Gacy
›R2003 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 88m · Mark Holton, Adam Baldwin, Charlie Weber
Based on a true story of serial killer a model citizen, loving father and husband and serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man with over 30 dead men and boys entombed in the crawl space underneath his house which he shared with his family.