
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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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.

Pooka!
›NR2018 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 83m · Nyasha Hatendi, Latarsha Rose, Jon Daly
A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, Pooka; he slowly develops two personalities—one when he's in the suit and one that's outside it.

It's a Wonderful Knife
›R2023 · Horror, Comedy · 87m · Jane Widdop, Jess McLeod, Joel McHale
Winnie's life is less than wonderful one year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve. When she wishes she was never born, she finds herself magically transported to a nightmarish parallel universe. With the murderous maniac now back, she must team up with a misfit to identify the culprit and get back to her own reality.

Once Upon a Time at Christmas
›R2017 · Horror · 97m · Simon Phillips, Sayla de Goede, Laurel Brady
In the twelve days leading up to Christmas, the residents of the snowy and isolated town of Woodridge are being murdered in a variety of gruesome ways by a psychotic Santa and Mrs. Claus. While the small-town cops scramble to protect the townsfolk, the killings seem to center around one young woman who may be the final victim on Santa's list. As the slaughter continues and the bodies pile up, it seems that nothing and no one may be able to stop the murderers before they complete their own deadly take on the twelve days of Christmas.

Mother Krampus
›R2017 · Horror · 90m · Claire-Maria Fox, Faye Goodwin, Tony Manders
Based on the myth of Frau Perchta, a witch that comes on the 12 days of Christmas taking children each night.






















