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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51 titles
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.
The Haunting
›G1963 · Horror · 112m · Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
Lured
›NR1947 · Mystery, Crime, Thriller · 102m · George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
Black Christmas
›R1974 · Horror, Mystery, Crime · 98m · Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
Woman of the Hour
›R2024 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 95m · Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson
An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."
Trilogy of Terror
›1975 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 72m · Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen
A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines that her free-spirited blonde sister is evil; and a woman's night turns upside down after she purchases an ancient Zuni fetish doll.
Watcher
›R2022 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
Bluebeard
›NR1944 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 72m · John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
The Magician
›1926 · Drama, Horror, Fantasy · 79m · Alice Terry, Paul Wegener, Firmin Gémier
A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple by performing a delicate operation on her spine.
The Dead Girl
›R2006 · Mystery, Drama, Crime · 94m · Brittany Murphy, Rose Byrne, Toni Collette
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.
The Entity
›R1982 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 125m · Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
The Stranger Beside Me
›PG-132003 · Thriller, Drama, Crime · 89m · Billy Campbell, Barbara Hershey, Kevin Dunn
While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule.
The Witches
›1966 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 89m · Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.
Fanatic
›1965 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 97m · Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan
A young woman is terrorized by her former fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death. Also known as Die! Die! My Darling!
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.
Straight On Till Morning
›R1972 · Thriller, Mystery · 96m · Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, Katya Wyeth
Brenda, a timid, withdrawn woman, meets Peter, a man she believes is finally the love of her life. However, little does Brenda know that Peter is a vicious serial killer.
Shallow Grave
›R1987 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Tony March, Lisa Stahl, Tom Law
When four young college girls stumble upon a murder, they find themselves targeted by a killer who will stop at nothing to silence them.
Assault
›R1971 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 91m · Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.
The Power
›2021 · Horror · 93m · Rose Williams, Charlie Carrick, Gbemisola Ikumelo
London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and deepest fears.
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.
And Now the Screaming Starts!
›R1973 · Horror · 91m · Stephanie Beacham, Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of the Fengriffen family. The young bride is victim of terrifying visions and apparitions, threatening her very sanity. A London psychiatrist comes to her help and uncovers the terrible secret that haunts the estate.
Heart of Midnight
›R1988 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 93m · Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brenda Vaccaro, Jack Hallett
A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. Carol decides to renovate the venue, but, in the process, uncovers dark secrets about the club and her dead relative. After a series of disturbing events, Carol becomes increasingly unstable, but she finds some measure of comfort in Sharpe, an enigmatic older detective.
Born for Hell
›1976 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 92m · Mathieu Carrière, Debra Berger, Christine Boisson
Loosely based on the notorious Richard Speck murders, this is the grim tale of a disturbed Vietnam vet returning home via Belfast, who invades a house shared by eight nurses and proceeds to terrorize and murder them.
Deadly Blessing
›R1981 · Horror, Thriller · 104m · Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner
When a former member of a religious cult dies in a mysterious accident, Martha, who now lives alone and close to the cult's church, begins to fear for her life and the lives of her visiting friends.