
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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Ouija: Origin of Evil
›PG-132016 · Horror · 99m · Parker Mack, Annalise Basso, Elizabeth Reaser
In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small family confronts unthinkable fears to save her and send her possessor back to the other side.

The Appointment
›1983 · Horror · 90m · Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow, Samantha Weysom
Prophetic nightmares precede a family's confrontation with an evil, unseen force.

Roar
›1981 · Adventure, Comedy, Horror · 95m · Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith, John Marshall
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

The ShiningSeries
›TV-141997 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Wil Horneff
A new caretaker moves with his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter.

UFO Abduction
›NR1989 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 63m · Tommy Giavocchini, Patrick Kelley, Shirly McCalla
On October 8th, 1983, the Van Heese family gathered together to celebrate the 5th birthday of Michelle, the littlest member of their household. Everything was captured on VHS by Michael McPherson and his new camcorder — including the alien invasion.

Residue
›2017 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 82m · Costas Mandylor, James Clayton, Taylor Hickson
A private investigator reads a book of sinister origins and unknowingly puts his daughter and himself in a fight for their lives...and their eternal souls.

The Cellar
›2022 · Horror, Mystery · 94m · Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken, Dylan Fitzmaurice-Brady
When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.

Thir13en Ghosts
›R2001 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.

Itsy Bitsy
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Bruce Davison, Denise Crosby, Elizabeth Roberts
A family moves into a secluded mansion where they soon find themselves being targeted by an entity taking the form of a giant spider.

Beyond Darkness
›1990 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Gene LeBrock, David Brandon, Barbara Bingham
A priest and his family move into a new house, without knowing that it was built over the place where twenty witches were burnt at the stake.

Playhouse
›2020 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · William Holstead, Grace Courtney, Helen Mackay
Reckless Jack Travis is an irreverent horror writer notorious for scaring audiences. But as he obsesses over creating a new theatre show set in a haunted Scottish castle, demonic disturbances from deep within the walls begin to prey on his troubled daughter. When the alarming supernatural forces start to close in on him too, Jack is forced to reckon with the terrifying consequences of creating such a dark and macabre play. But will he realise the danger of unearthing a historic curse and stop writing before he damns himself, his personal sanity and those he loves forever?

The Messengers
›PG-132007 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 90m · Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller
When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.

The Banishing
›NR2021 · Horror · 97m · Jessica Brown Findlay, John Heffernan, John Lynch
In the 1930s, a young reverend and his family are forced to confront their worst fears when they discover their new home holds a horrifying secret.

Dolly Dearest
›R1991 · Horror · 93m · Denise Crosby, Sam Bottoms, Rip Torn
An American family moves to Mexico to fabricate dolls, but their toy factory happens to be next to a Sanzian grave and the toys come into possession of an old, malicious spirit.

Darkness
›PG-132002 · Horror · 88m · Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen
A teenage girl moves into a remote country home with her family, only to discover that the gloomy old house has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy them.

Night Swim
›PG-132024 · Horror, Mystery · 98m · Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle
Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He hopes that the backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. However, a dark secret from the home's past soon unleashes a malevolent force that drags the family into the depths of inescapable terror.

Art of the Dead
›NR2019 · Horror · 97m · Alex Rinehart, Jessica Morris, Robert Donavan
When a man purchases a collection of seven paintings to hang in his wealthy estate, he has no idea what horrors he has unleashed for himself and his family.

The Carpenter's Son
›R2025 · Horror, Fantasy · 94m · Nicolas Cage, Noah Jupe, FKA twigs
A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces.

Slumber
›R2017 · Horror · 84m · Maggie Q, Will Kemp, Sylvester McCoy
A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.

Nothing Left to Fear
›R2013 · Horror · 100m · Clancy Brown, James Tupper, Anne Heche
Wendy, her husband Dan and their kids have just moved to the small town of Stull, Kansas, where Dan is the new pastor. But in this sleepy community of friendly neighbors, a horrific series of occurrences awaits them: Their teenage daughter is being tormented by grisly visions. Her younger sister has been marked for a depraved ritual. And deep within the heartland darkness, one of The Seven Gates of Hell demands the blood of the innocent to unleash the creatures of the damned.

Cabin 28
›NR2017 · Horror · 84m · Harriet Rees, Terri Dwyer, Lee Bane
Based on one of the most infamous unsolved murder cases in American history, this film follows a family who are terrorized at an isolated cabin by mysterious assailants.

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…

Poltergeist Activity
›2015 · Horror · 83m · Lee Bane, Natalie Martins, Jared Morgan
A father and daughter encounter unexplainable occurrences and frightening visions in their new home.

The Candy Witch
›2020 · Horror · 94m · Abi Casson Thompson, Jon Callaway, Kate Lush
Two ghost hunters are called upon a distressed family who claim they are being tormented by an evil spirit known in their local town as The Candy Witch. But as the mystery of her curse is uncovered, surprising and sinister turns are discovered around The Candy Witch's identity. Their hardest case yet, can they solve this evil curse before more people are killed by the demonic spirit?






















