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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Swamp ThingSeries
›TV-MA2019 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Crystal Reed, Andy Bean, Will Patton
CDC researcher Abby Arcane investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but she soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.
The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman
›NR2001 · Documentary, Crime, Thriller · 43m · Richard Kuklinski, Mark Musto, Rocco Fazzolari
Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, a loving father...and a ruthless killer. A decade after HBO last visited him in prison, the convicted murderer, who freely admits having whacked more than 100 people in cold blood, takes viewers back inside his cold, calculating mind. In this follow-up to America Undercover's 1992 film The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer, Kuklinski provides all-new insights about his exploits as one of the Mafia's most notorious assassins...and reveals some shocking confessions for a number of previously unsolved murders.
The Bad Seed
›NR1956 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 129m · Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
›R2016 · Horror, Mystery · 86m · Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
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.
The Clovehitch Killer
›NR2018 · Drama, Mystery, Crime · 109m · Dylan McDermott, Charlie Plummer, Samantha Mathis
A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13 women ten years prior.
Hell House LLC
›NR2015 · Horror, Mystery · 91m · Danny Bellini, Ryan Jennifer Jones, Gore Abrams
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.
The Gorgon
›NR1964 · Horror, Fantasy · 83m · Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a living horror, vicious and deadly. A professor has come to investigate the deaths, bringing with him his beautiful assistant whose knowledge of the Gorgon is more intimate than anyone would ever realise.
50 States of FrightSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Drama, Crime · 2 seasons
A horror anthology series based on urban legends that takes viewers deeper into the horrors that lurk just beneath the surface of America.
Night Must Fall
›NR1964 · Thriller, Horror · 92m · Albert Finney, Mona Washbourne, Susan Hampshire
A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleasant results for all.
The Terror: Devil in SilverSeries
›TV-MA2026 · Drama · 1 season · Dan Stevens, Judith Light
Wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital, one man faces secretive doctors, dangerous patients, and something even worse …
They Will Kill You
›R2026 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 94m · Zazie Beetz, Myha'la, Paterson Joseph
A woman answers a help wanted ad to be a housekeeper in a mysterious New York City high-rise, unaware that she is entering a community that has seen a number of disappearances over the years and may be under the grip of a Satanic cult.
The Hideout
›2007 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 100m · Laura Morante, Rita Tushingham, Burt Young
A mystery-thriller about an Italian woman who moves to Davenport to open a restaurant. After her husband commits suicide, she spends fifteen years recovering at a Minnesota mental hospital. When she builds herself up enough to begin another restaurant, she discovers that a murder took place there fifty years earlier. She decides to investigate and finds a secret plot.
Silver Bullet
›R1985 · Horror · 95m · Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Tovah Feldshuh
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
Just Cause
›R1995 · Action, Drama, Mystery · 102m · Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Blair Underwood
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
The Minus Man
›R1999 · Drama, Thriller · 111m · Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Cox
When the quiet and amiable Vann Siegert drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies beneath the surface. Despite his easy charm, Vann is merely a reflection of what those he encounters want him to be. Soon, as locals start to disappear, it becomes clear that an eerie subtraction is at work in the sleepy hamlet.
The Gray Man
›R2007 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 97m · Patrick Bauchau, Jack Conley, John Aylward
In the late 1920s, Albert Fish, a seemingly benevolent father and grandfather who reared his family by himself after his wife deserted them, turns out to be a serial child molester and murderer. Based on a true story.
Theatre of Death
›1967 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Christopher Lee, Julian Glover, Lelia Goldoni
The Theatre of Death in Paris specialises in horror presentations. A police surgeon finds himself becoming involved in the place through his attraction to one of the performers. When bloodless bodies start showing up all over town he realises there could be links with the theatre.
Paranormal Activity 3
›R2011 · Horror, Mystery · 83m · Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
The Sentinel
›R1977 · Horror, Mystery, Fantasy · 92m · Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Martin Balsam
As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.
Lisa
›PG-131990 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 95m · Staci Keanan, Cheryl Ladd, D.W. Moffett
A teenage girl becomes infatuated with a stranger who is, unbeknownst to her, a serial killer.
The Woods
›R2006 · Mystery, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Agnes Bruckner, Emma Campbell, Bruce Campbell
In 1965 New England, a troubled girl encounters mysterious happenings in the woods surrounding an isolated girls school that she was sent to by her estranged parents.
V/H/S/85
›NR2023 · Horror, Thriller · 111m · Alex Galick, Anna Sundberg, Chelsey Grant
Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.
The Girl in the WoodsSeries
›TV-PG2021 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Stefanie Scott, Sofia Bryant, Misha Osherovich
Carrie is a mysterious warrior who escaped from a cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door in the woods.
