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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Zodiac
›R2007 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 157m · Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards
Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StorySeries
›TV-MA2022 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald
This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
DesSeries
›2020 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.
The Long ShadowSeries
›2023 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Lee Ingleby
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
›2009 · Thriller, Crime, Drama · 93m · Paddy Considine, Warren Clarke, Maxine Peake
After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.
Appropriate AdultSeries
›2011 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Dominic West, Emily Watson, Robert Glenister
The extraordinary story of Gloucester housewife Janet Leach who played a key role in the uncovering of the crimes of Fred and Rosemary West.
Four LivesSeries
›2022 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Stephen Merchant, Sheridan Smith, Leanne Best
The true story of the courageous families of four young gay men who lost their lives to killer Stephen Port. Facing police failings, they fought for justice for their loved ones.
Until I Kill YouSeries
›TV-142024 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Anna Maxwell Martin, Shaun Evans
A extraordinary true story of Delia Balmer, who survived a near-fatal relationship with murderer John Sweeney. The series narrates the ordeal Delia suffered at the hands of John Sweeney, and her traumatic journey through the police and criminal justice system as they attempt to prosecute him for his crimes.
The Boston Strangler
›R1968 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · 116m · Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
The RipperSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Alan Whitehouse, Keith Hellawell, Bruce Jones
For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.
Five DaughtersSeries
›2010 · Drama · 1 season · Juliet Aubrey, Ian Hart, Sarah Lancashire
The stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
The Good Nurse
›R2022 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · 121m · Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
Bodycam
›2026 · Horror · 75m · Jaime M. Callica, Sean Rogerson, Catherine Lough Haggquist
A call to a quiet suburban home unleashes unthinkable carnage when two officers mistakenly shoot a man and his infant child, spiraling the tragedy into a fierce, unrelenting fall into the unknown.
The Atlanta Child MurdersSeries
›1985 · Drama · 1 season · Jason Robards, James Earl Jones, Rip Torn
The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS. Inspired by true events, the miniseries examines the so-called "Atlanta child murders" of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial KillerSeries
›2025 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Jeff Jellison
Hamilton County coroner Jeff Jellison launches a new investigation into Herb Baumeister decades after thousands of bones were found in the woods behind Fox Hollow Farms, Baumeister's stately home. Using new DNA technology, Jellison and his team work to identify the human remains, bringing long-deferred closure to victims' families and unearthing unsettling questions about potential accomplices, missing evidence, and a key witness whose story keeps changing.
Frightmare
›R1974 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax
In 1957, Dorothy and Edmund Yates were committed to an institution for the criminally insane, she for acts of murder and cannibalism and he for covering up her crimes. Fifteen years later, they are pronounced fit for society and released. However, in Dorothy's case the doctors may have jumped the gun a bit. Edmund and eldest daughter, Jackie, try to discover just how far Mother's bloodlust has taken her. Meanwhile, youngest daughter Debbie begins to explore the crazy roots of her family tree as fully as possible.
Alone in the Dark
›R1982 · Horror, Thriller · 93m · Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau
A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house.
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters
›R2020 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 98m · Melinda Page Hamilton, Bailey Edwards, Ed Asner
A distraught mother suspects her teenage son is a psychopath who may shoot up his high school, but when he outsmarts the mental healthcare system she is forced to take matters into her own hands.
Assault
›R1971 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 91m · Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.
Ravage
›2020 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Robert Longstreet, Bruce Dern
When a nature photographer explains to the Police how she fought her way out of the Watchatoomy Valley, they dismiss her crazed and violent story as a meth-induced nightmare. But when they discover that she's telling the truth, it's too late.
Nightmare
›R1981 · Horror · 99m · Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke
A drug-treated schizophrenic plagued by horrible nightmares is released from the hospital and goes on a killing spree.
Daddy's Deadly Darling
›R1973 · Horror · 80m · Toni Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Catherine Ross
The owner of a roadside diner and his new helper kill people and feed them to pigs.
Dark Ride
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers
Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called Dark Ride. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the park.
Student Body
›NR2022 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Montse Hernandez, Cheyenne Haynes, Anthony Keyvan
High school student Jane Shipley seeks to mend her splintering relationship with childhood best friend Merritt, and fit in with her rebellious peers. When Jane's math teacher oversteps his bounds, an apathetic high school administration forces Jane and Merritt to take matters into their own hands, driving their relationship into further turmoil and inciting deadly consequences.
