Cinema of the Damned

R2010 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 108m · Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

IMDb 8.0MC 79🍅 85%TMDB 7.7☠ 8.0

R1990 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 113m · Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

IMDb 7.4MC 62🍅 71%TMDB 7.4☠ 7.3

R1983 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 88m · James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

IMDb 7.2MC 58🍅 83%TMDB 7.2☠ 7.2

R1980 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 103m · William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

IMDb 6.9MC 58🍅 87%TMDB 6.7☠ 6.9

2012 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 92m · Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Cosimo Fusco

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

IMDb 6.2MC 80🍅 85%TMDB 6.0☠ 6.5

R2023 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 118m · Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman

While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you’re rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.

IMDb 6.0MC 72🍅 87%TMDB 6.1☠ 6.3

NR2021 · Horror, Mystery · 84m · Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns

A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.

IMDb 6.0MC 69🍅 89%TMDB 5.8☠ 6.3

R1989 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 78m · Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris, Laura Albert

Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van Houten has a disease of the libido.

IMDb 6.1TMDB 5.8☠ 6.2

2015 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Lauren Ashley Carter, Sean Young, Brian Morvant

A young woman slowly goes crazy after taking a job as the caretaker for an ancient New York home.

IMDb 5.5MC 60TMDB 5.4☠ 5.7

2023 · Horror, Thriller · 99m · Kyle Gallner, Holland Roden, Chris Mulkey

Emmett enters into a nightmarish game of therapy with his wife Anya, who has inexplicably taken on the persona of his estranged and recently-deceased mother.

IMDb 5.0🍅 83%TMDB 5.2☠ 5.7

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.

IMDb 4.8TMDB 5.4☠ 5.2