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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Halloween
›R1978 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Intensity
›1997 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 186m · John C. McGinley, Molly Parker, Blu Mankuma
Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in the Napa Valley. A serial killer named Edgler Foreman Vess breaks into the house, killing Laura and her parents. Chyna survives, but she learns of Vess's captive: a girl, just as innocent as Chyna, trapped in Vess's home far from the Napa Valley.
Fortress
›1985 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Rachel Ward, Sean Garlick, Elaine Cusick
After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.
K-12
›R2019 · Fantasy, Horror · 92m · Melanie Martinez, Elita Harkov, Megan Gage
Cry Baby, a strong and sensitive girl, is sent off to a disturbing sleepaway school that’s hidden underneath a grandiose façade. Luckily, she has a sweet and unapologetic best friend who sticks up for her when she gets bullied by the other students whose brains are under control by the Principal and his wicked staff. With the help of the magical friends they meet along the way, as well as an Angelic Spirit Guide, they are able to gain the strength they need to fight off the school’s belligerent patriarchal conditioning.
Cat's Eye
›PG-131985 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Drew Barrymore, James Woods, Alan King
Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.
The Prophecy
›R1995 · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller · 98m · Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven. However, it is hidden inside of a Native American girl and only a former priest and a schoolteacher can stop him.
The Kiss
›R1988 · Thriller, Horror, Drama · 101m · Meredith Salenger, Joanna Pacula, Mimi Kuzyk
After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to infiltrate her and her father's lives.
Saint Catherine
›2024 · Horror · 86m · Raymond E. Lee, Pachi Lucas, Julia Kraiselburd
An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
Shadow Builder
›R1998 · Horror · 101m · Michael Rooker, Leslie Hope, Shawn Thompson
A demon is summoned to take the soul of a young boy who has the potential to become a saint. By doing this he will open a doorway to hell and destroy the world.
Children of the Night
›R1991 · Horror · 92m · Karen Black, Peter DeLuise, Ami Dolenz
In the quiet little town of Allburg, friends Lucy and Cindy are on the verge of going away to college when they partake in a cleansing ritual by swimming in an abandoned church crypt. After Lucy accidentally drops her crucifix in the water, it drifts down and awakens the ancient vampire Czakyr, who becomes thirsty for Lucy's virgin blood.
Don't Go Near the Park
›R1979 · Horror · 83m · Aldo Ray, Meeno Peluce, Tammy Taylor
In the prehistory of man, 12,000 years ago, two members of a superhuman tribe abuse the treasured secret of eternal youth. They use the methods of ritual cannibalism on the children of their own tribe and when discovered by the 'Queen' of the tribe, they are cursed to an eternity of old age with no chance to ever die. Now, in present day Los Angeles, their only hope to recapture eternal youth is the ritualistic sacrifice of a 16-year-old female virgin. Their existence is discovered by an investigative reporter and a young runaway child and this leads to an unexplained and terrifying confrontation
Bless the Child
›R2000 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 107m · Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
›R2001 · Thriller, Horror, Fantasy · 89m · Jason Connery, A.J. Cook, Tobias Mehler
The evil Djinn is back at it again, this time wreaking havoc on the students of Illinois' Baxter University. His victim is a beautiful, innocent and studious teenage girl named Diana Collins who accidentally opened up the Djinn's tomb and released him.
