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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iZombieSeries
›TV-142015 · Drama, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 5 seasons · Rose McIver, David Anders, Robert Buckley
A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.
The Boulet Brothers' DragulaSeries
›TV-MA2016 · Reality · 6 seasons · Dracmorda Boulet, Swanthula Boulet, Israel Zamora
Hosted by The Boulet Brothers, this reality competition show features monster drag artists from around the world competing for a chance to win $100,000 and the title of "Dragula, The World's Next Drag Supermonster". Each week, the competitors are tasked with horror-based makeup, design, and performance challenges meant to test their skills and prove they have what it takes to remain in the competition. For the monsters that fail, grueling mental and physical "Extermination Challenges" await with horrifying and deadly consequences, until only the strongest finalists remain.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
›R1975 · Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror · 100m · Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.
Cat People
›NR1942 · Mystery, Horror, Romance · 73m · Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
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 4400Series
›TV-142004 · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 4 seasons · Jacqueline McKenzie, Joel Gretsch, Patrick John Flueger
4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing touch. A government agency is formed to track the 4400 people after one of them commits a murder.
Red Dragon
›R2002 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 124m · Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Annihilation
›R2018 · Science Fiction, Horror · 115m · Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
›PG1971 · Horror · 97m · Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim
In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, innocent, female victims, ensuring continuation of the bloodstained research. With each transformation Sister Hyde becomes the more dominant personality, determined to eventually suppress the frail, ineffectual Dr Jekyll forever.
Swamp ThingSeries
›TV-PG1990 · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery · 3 seasons · Dick Durock, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Kari Wührer
Swamp Thing: The Series, is a science fiction, action/adventure television series based on the DC Comics character Swamp Thing. It debuted on USA Network on July 27, 1990 and lasted three seasons for a total of 72 episodes. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.
Dagon
›2001 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 95m · Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's secret..they worship Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea...and Dagon's unholy offspring are on the loose...
Nightbreed
›R1990 · Horror, Fantasy · 121m · Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
The Carmilla Movie
›R2017 · Horror, Comedy, Romance · 94m · Elise Bauman, Natasha Negovanlis, Annie Briggs
It has been five years since Laura and Carmilla vanquished the apocalypse and Carmilla became a bonafide mortal human. They have settled in to a cozy apartment in downtown Toronto, Laura continues to hone her journalism skills while Carmilla adjusts to a non-vampire lifestyle. Their domestic bliss is suddenly ruptured when Carmilla begins to show signs of "re-vamping" – from a fondness for bloody treats to accidental biting – while Laura has started having bizarre, ghostly dreams. The couple must now enlist their old friends from Silas University to uncover the unknown supernatural threat and save humanity – including Carmilla's.
American Mary
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller · 102m · Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk
A young medical student struggling to pay tuition is drawn into the shady world of underground body-modification.
I, Madman
›R1989 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner, Randall William Cook
A bookshop clerk starts seeing the disfigured killer from her favorite 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her.
Lace Crater
›2015 · Horror, Comedy, Drama · 83m · Joe Swanberg, Lindsay Burdge, Peter Vack
Opting to sleep in the allegedly-haunted guest house while spending a weekend in the Hamptons with friends, Ruth, a lonely young woman in her mid-twenties who's had too much to drink, strikes up a conversation that leads to a sexual encounter with Michael, a burlap-draped ghost that casually appears before her. Through this inter-paranormal relation, Ruth contracts an STD with alarming effects.
The Resurrected
›1991 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 105m · John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
I, Monster
›PG1971 · Horror, Science Fiction · 70m · Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.
Another WolfCop
›2017 · Horror, Comedy · 82m · Leo Fafard, Yannick Bisson, Amy Matysio
An alcoholic cop experiences blackouts and starts turning into a werewolf when the full moon appears in the sky.
The Alligator People
›NR1959 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 74m · Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr.
Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.
Terror Is a Man
›NR1959 · Horror · 90m · Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr
A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.
The Wolfman
›R2010 · Horror · 103m · Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.
Victim
›2010 · Horror · 74m · Stephen Weigand, Bob Bancroft, Brendan Kelly
After being mysteriously kidnapped by a Doctor and his violent henchman, a young man is held captive in the converted cellar of an old mansion. For reasons unknown, he's forced to endure heinous physical and psychological torture, but slowly realizes the worst is yet to come when the Doctor's brutal plan for him is finally revealed….
Here Come the Munsters
›1995 · Horror, Comedy, Family · 96m · Edward Herrmann, Veronica Hamel, Robert Morse
The Munsters come to America to search for Herman's brother-in-law Norman Hyde, only to find out that he has turned himself into Brent Jekyll, who is running for congress, and Grandpa must make a formula to change Norman back.