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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Dexter: Original SinSeries
›TV-MA2024 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Patrick Gibson, Christian Slater, Molly Brown
In 1991 Miami, Dexter Morgan transitions from student to avenging serial killer. When his bloodthirsty urges can't be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness. With the guidance of his father, Harry, he adopts a Code designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to be eliminated from society without getting on law enforcements' radar. This is a particular challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.
A Discovery of WitchesSeries
›TV-MA2018 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 3 seasons · Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel
Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.
BewitchedSeries
›TV-G1964 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family · 8 seasons · Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
HavenSeries
›TV-142010 · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery · 5 seasons · Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant, Eric Balfour
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
Werewolf by Night
›PG-132022 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 55m · Gael García Bernal, Laura Donnelly, Harriet Sansom Harris
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader’s life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic—a hunt that will ultimately bring them face to face with a dangerous monster.
ServantSeries
›TV-MA2019 · Drama, Mystery · 4 seasons · Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free
A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
Tower PrepSeries
›2010 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Drew Van Acker, Ryan Pinkston, Dyana Liu
Ian Archer wakes up one morning to find himself at a mysterious academy for teens with special abilities. Unable to find answers to his questions from the school’s faculty and cut off from any kind of outside contact or means of escape, Ian forms a secret group with fellow suspicious students.
WolfbloodSeries
›TV-PG2012 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery · 5 seasons · Rachel Teate, Gabrielle Green, Louis Payne
Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a Wolfblood teenager is ten times more complicated. 14 year old Maddy loves her abilities - heightened senses, being faster, stronger and more graceful - but hates the secrets that come with them.
Wolf LakeSeries
›TV-142001 · Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Lou Diamond Phillips, Mia Kirshner, Sharon Lawrence
"There are those among us who can move at will between the world of the wolves and the world of the humans. My people call them skin walkers." Seattle police detective John Kanin has a problem. He's in love, but shortly after agreeing to marry him, his girlfriend disapears. His search leads to her home town, where people are clearly hiding information from him. One of the things they are hiding is the fact that they are all werewolves, as is John's girlfriend, Ruby.
The Equalizer
›R2014 · Thriller, Action, Crime · 132m · Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Dressed to Kill
›R1980 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 105m · Michael Caine, Nancy Allen, Angie Dickinson
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
The Nine Lives of Chloe KingSeries
›TV-PG2011 · Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Skyler Samuels, Gracie Gillam, Ki Hong Lee
Chloe King is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her friends and single mother, just like every other year... that is until she starts developing heightened abilities and discovers she's being pursued by a mysterious figure. Chloe soon learns she's part of an ancient race which has been hunted by human assassins for millennia —and that she may be their only hope for ultimate survival.
The Stepfather
›R1987 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack
Seemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison has just murdered his entire family. After adopting a new identity and skipping town, he begins building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter. However, he soon begins struggling to hide his true identity and maintain a grip on reality.
TidelandsSeries
›TV-MA2018 · Drama, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Charlotte Best, Marco Pigossi, Elsa Pataky
Ex-con Cal McTeer's return to her hometown of Orphelin Bay blows the lid off a generations-long conspiracy of silence around murder, drugs and Sirens.
The ListenerSeries
›TV-142009 · Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama · 5 seasons · Craig Olejnik, Ennis Esmer, Lauren Lee Smith
Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares with no one, has made him a bit of a loner. Until now, Toby has kept his ability hidden, exploring its possibilities only with his long time mentor and confidante Dr. Ray Mercer.
Homicidal
›1961 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Eugenie Leontovich
A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who was the childhood guardian of a pair of siblings: Miriam Webster and her half-brother, Warren, who is about to inherit the estate of their late father. Who is the mysterious Emily and what are her intentions?
The Howling
›R1981 · Horror · 91m · Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Captain Clegg
›1962 · Adventure, Crime, Thriller · 83m · Peter Cushing, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed
A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and a horrifying curse.
Bad Ronald
›NR1974 · TV Movie, Drama, Thriller · 74m · Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch
When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.
ShadowhuntersSeries
›TV-142016 · Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 3 seasons · Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Alberto Rosende
When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.
Symptoms
›1974 · Horror · 91m · Angela Pleasence, Peter Vaughan, Lorna Heilbron
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it seems--and neither is the friend who issued the invitation.
Compulsion
›2024 · Thriller, Horror · 101m · Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Charlotte Kirk, Zach McGowan
Two women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of Malta.
The Bat
›1926 · Comedy, Mystery, Thriller · 86m · George Beranger, Charles Herzinger, Emily Fitzroy
A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.
Vampirina: Teenage VampireSeries
›TV-G2025 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy · 2 seasons · Kenzi Richardson, Jiwon Lee, Faith Hedley
Follow a tween vampire girl who leaves the safety of Transylvania to attend a performing arts boarding school. Living amongst humans for the first time, she pursues her passion for music while keeping her vampire identity a secret, something that’s made more challenging when her overprotective father charges an overzealous ghost to live with her at the school.