
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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Descendent
›2025 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 93m · Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger, Susan Wilder
After a traumatic brain injury triggers terrifying visions of extraterrestrials and a newfound talent for drawing, a father-to-be begins to question his reality and becomes obsessed with the need to protect his family from an unseen threat.

The Plastic Men
›2026 · War, Drama, Horror · William Fichtner, James Preston, Aaron Dalla Villa
Vietnam veteran Jonathan Teller suffers from guilt and paranoid delusions. He decides to take his own life, but as he struggles to come to terms with his choice and reality, a chance encounter changes everything.

Alma & the Wolf
›R2025 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Ethan Embry, Li Jun Li, Mather Zickel
After a violent animal attack, paranoia spreads through Spiral Creek. But when Deputy Ren Accord gets too close, his son vanishes, and reality begins to fracture.

The Signal
›R2007 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 103m · Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn, AJ Bowen
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.

Chasing Sleep
›R2001 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 104m · Jeff Daniels, Molly Price, Gil Bellows
A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.

V/H/S/94
›R2021 · Horror, Thriller · 103m · Anna Hopkins, Christian Potenza, Brian Paul
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.

Braid
›2019 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 85m · Madeline Brewer, Imogen Waterhouse, Sarah Hay
Two drug dealers on the lam seek refuge inside their mentally unstable friend’s mansion. But in order to stay, they have to participate in her elaborate, and increasingly dangerous, game of permanent make-believe.

Black Mountain Side
›NR2016 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 99m · Shane Twerdun, Michael Dickson, Carl Toftfelt
A group of archaeologists working in Northern Canada uncover a strange structure dating over ten thousand years before the present. The team soon finds themselves isolated when their communication systems fail and they begin to feel the effects of solitude.

The Broken
›R2008 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 93m · Lena Headey, Ulrich Thomsen, Melvil Poupaud
The life of a successful radiologist spirals out of control when she sees the spitting image of herself driving down a London street. While attempting to uncover who the imposter could be, she stumbles into a terrifying mystery that her family and closest friends are somehow involved in, leaving her with no one to trust.

You Should Have Left
›R2020 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Tiiu Essex
In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries to tear them apart.

Nightmare
›R1981 · Horror · 99m · Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.

Antibirth
›2016 · Horror · 94m · Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Meg Tilly
In a desolate community full of drug-addled Marines and rumors of kidnapping, a wild-eyed stoner named Lou wakes up after a crazy night of partying with symptoms of a strange illness and recurring visions. As she struggles to get a grip on reality, the stories of conspiracy spread.

Housewife
›2017 · Horror · 82m · Clémentine Poidatz, David Sakurai, Alicia Kapudağ
Housewife is centered on Holly whose mother murdered her sister and father when she was seven. 20 years later and slowly losing her grip on the difference between reality and nightmares, she runs into a celebrity psychic who claims that he is destined to help her.

Reeker
›PG-132005 · Horror, Mystery · 91m · Devon Gummersall, Derek Richardson, Tina Illman
Strangers trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert must unravel the mystery behind their visions of dying people while they are preyed upon by a decaying creature.

House of Last Things
›NC-172013 · Fantasy, Thriller, Horror · 110m · Lindsey Haun, Blake Berris, RJ Mitte
A mind-bending thriller set in Portland, Oregon about an unspoken tragedy and its effects on a house, its temporary caretakers and the owners, a classical music critic and his wife on a recuperative trip to Italy.

The Rambler
›R2013 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 97m · Dermot Mulroney, Lindsay Pulsipher, Natasha Lyonne
After being released from prison, a man known as The Rambler stumbles upon a strange mystery as he attempts a dangerous journey through treacherous back roads and small towns en route to reconnecting with his long lost brother.

After She Wakes
›2019 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Hannah Ward, Stella Carlish, Micah Joe Parker
After tragic death of her baby son, a narcoleptic mother with young daughter suffers from terrifying sleep disruptions as they try to deal with ongoing pain and grief. They begin experiencing different episodes of parasomnia including night terrors and sleep paralysis, leaving them unable to move and only able to witness horrific visions. These nightmares become too disturbing as they create a rift in their own realities causing the mother to believe someone or something is watching her sleep every night. Soon the terrifying visions from their dreams begin to manifest into a sinister reality, leaving the mother vulnerable.

Jacob's Ladder
›R2019 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 89m · Michael Ealy, Jesse Williams, Nicole Beharie
After losing his brother in combat, Jacob Singer returns home from Afghanistan -- only to be pulled into a mind-twisting state of paranoia. Singer soon realizes that his sibling is alive but life is not what it seems.






















