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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1247 titles
Psycho
›R1960 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 109m · Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
›2009 · Horror, Science Fiction, Drama · 62m · David Tennant, Lindsay Duncan, Peter O'Brien
In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe, knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.
The Sixth Sense
›PG-131999 · Mystery, Thriller, Drama · 107m · Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
The Thing
›R1982 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 109m · Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
›1956 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 80m · Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
›1962 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 135m · Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Repulsion
›NR1965 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 105m · Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
The Innocents
›NR1961 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 100m · Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Wait Until Dark
›NR1967 · Thriller, Horror · 108m · Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.
Misery
›R1990 · Drama, Thriller · 107m · Kathy Bates, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
The Birds
›NR1963 · Horror, Thriller · 119m · Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
The Wicker Man
›R1973 · Horror · 93m · Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.
The Others
›PG-132001 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 101m · Nicole Kidman, Alakina Mann, James Bentley
Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
›NR1957 · Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror · 81m · Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
›1964 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 133m · Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
›NR1939 · Mystery, Crime, Horror · 80m · Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
CallsSeries
›TV-MA2021 · Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season
Interconnected phone conversations chronicle the mysterious story of a group of strangers whose lives are thrown into disarray in the lead-up to an apocalyptic event.
An American Werewolf in London
›R1981 · Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · 97m · David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.
Take Shelter
›R2011 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 120m · Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
The Haunting
›G1963 · Horror · 112m · Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
The Spiral Staircase
›NR1946 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 83m · Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
Taste of Fear
›NR1961 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 82m · Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd
A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
The Woman in Black
›1989 · Horror, Mystery, TV Movie · 100m · Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
10 Cloverfield Lane
›PG-132016 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Drama · 104m · John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr.
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
