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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›TV-MA2022 · Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 4 seasons · Harold Perrineau, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ricky He
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
Cube
›R1998 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery · 90m · Nicole De Boer, Nicky Guadagni, Maurice Dean Wint
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.
Blood Punch
›2014 · Horror, Thriller · 104m · Milo Cawthorne, Olivia Tennet, Ari Boyland
Milton, a college dropout, was only supposed to cook meth for one day. Broken out of rehab by a brash young woman and her trigger-happy ("ex") boyfriend and driven to a remote cabin the woods, Milton finds himself drawn into a dangerous love triangle gone haywire. The couple's deadpan half-truths spin around Milton like a song on repeat. They seem to read him like an open book, until a mysterious message opens his eyes to his cursed existence. With unlimited ammunition, any hunting tool they could desire, and an ever-growing body count, for what did Milton really sign up?
Play Dead
›2025 · Horror · 72m · Paula Brasca, Damián Del Castillo, Marta Quarleri
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
Till Death
›R2021 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Megan Fox, Eoin Macken, Aml Ameen
After a romantic evening at their secluded lake house, a woman wakes up handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her late spouse's twisted plan.
Vacancy
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
The Boy Behind the Door
›NR2020 · Horror · 88m · Lonnie Chavis, Ezra Dewey, Kristin Bauer
Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.
The Funhouse
›R1981 · Horror · 95m · Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, Kevin Conway
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask. Locked in, Amy and her friends must evade the murderous carnival workers and escape before it leaves town the next day.
Vampyres
›R1974 · Horror · 88m · Marianne Morris, Anulka Dziubinska, Murray Brown
A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the English countryside.
I Am a Ghost
›2012 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 74m · Jeannie Barroga, Anna Ishida, Rick Burkhardt
Emily, a troubled spirit, haunts her own house every day, wondering why she can't leave. With the help of Sylvia, a clairvoyant hired to rid the house of spirits, Emily is forced into a 'patient/therapist' relationship, uncovering disturbing mysteries about her past that may help her move on to 'the next place
Whirlpool
›1970 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 87m · Karl Lanchbury, Vivien Neves, Pia Andersson
Tulia, a young model, is invited to a photographer's country home for what purports to be a quiet weekend retreat - but soon appears to be anything but.
Who's Watching Oliver
›R2018 · Horror, TV Movie · 87m · Russell Geoffrey Banks, Sara Malakul Lane, Margaret Roche
The story of a mentally unstable loner lost in a life forced upon him. By night Oliver aimlessly wanders the streets and bars on what can only be described as a truly shocking and humiliating killing spree. His only savior and possible way out of a life he is desperate to escape comes in the form of the beautiful Sophia with her sweet eccentricity and naivety to the danger she has put herself in.
Night of Fear
›1973 · Horror, Thriller · 54m · Norman Yemm, Carla Hoogeveen, Mike Dorsey
A young girl who has just spent an afternoon playing tennis and making love with a man, gets accidentally run off the road by a truck. Ending up on a dead-end dirt road, her car gets stuck in a ditch, where she starts getting terrorized by a drooling, gibbering psycho, who also has a colony of rats.
Haunter
›2013 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 97m · Abigail Breslin, Stephen McHattie, David Hewlett
A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
Population 436
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Jeremy Sisto, Charlotte Sullivan, Fred Durst
A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
Lost Things
›R2004 · Thriller, Horror · 83m · Leon Ford, Charlie Garber, Lenka Kripac
Four teenagers; Gary (Leon Ford), Brad (Chalie Garber), Emily (Lenka Kripac) and Tracey (Alex Vaughan) travel to a desert paradisiacal beach and spend the weekend together. When they arrive, they meet the older Zippo (Steve Le Marquand), and experience a sense of Déjà vu with weird events, feeling that they had previously been in that place. That Saturday, they start to realize that they are actually trapped in a nightmare.
No One Gets Out Alive
›R2021 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 85m · Cristina Rodlo, Marc Menchaca, David Figlioli
An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.
Beezel
›2024 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Bob Gallagher, LeJon Woods, Nicolas Robin
Over six tumultuous decades, three unwitting guests of a cursed New England home stumble upon a sinister secret dwelling beneath its floors - an eternal witch with an insatiable thirst for the flesh of the living.
Killjoy 3
›2010 · Horror · 77m · Trent Haaga, Victoria De Mare, Al Burke
The demon clown Killjoy is resurrected once again, but this time he is not given the name of his victim and is trapped in his realm. Using a magic mirror he lures four unsuspecting college students into his realm where he can have his macabre fun! A mysterious man returns and we finally discover who Killjoy's true target is!
In the Tall Grass
›2019 · Horror · 101m · Laysla De Oliveira, Harrison Gilbertson, Avery Whitted
After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and enter the field, discovering that they are not alone and, for some reason, they are unable to escape a completely inextricable vegetable labyrinth.
Offseason
›2022 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 83m · Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Richard Brake
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as she arrives, the island closes for the season, leaving Marie trapped in a nightmare.
Cruel Peter
›2020 · Horror · 95m · Angelica Alleruzzo, Antonio Alveario, Aran Bevan
It is Christmas 1908 in Messina, one of the richest merchant cities of the Mediterranean. Peter, the 13 year-old son of a rich English family is notorious for his cruelty to children, animals and servants. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin underground in the city's Gothic cemetery, buried in retaliation for his callousness by a servant boy from his mother's estate. When a powerful earthquake razes Messina to the ground, Peter is trapped and his whereabouts are forgotten. Until a century later an English archaeologist and his daughter arrive in the city.
No Escape Room
›2018 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 86m · Jeni Ross, Mark Ghanimé, Hamza Haq
A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place.
An Affair to Die For
›2019 · Thriller, Horror · 83m · Claire Forlani, Jake Abel, Titus Welliver
A weekend get-away for two lovers turns into a nightmare of psychological mind games when their infidelity is discovered.