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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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.
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.
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 Killing SeasonSeries
›TV-142016 · Crime, Documentary · 1 season · Joshua Zeman, Rachel Mills
Follow documentarians Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills as they investigate one of the most bizarre unsolved serial killer cases of our time – the deaths of ten sex workers discovered on Gilgo Beach, Long Island.
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.
Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder TapesSeries
›TV-142021 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Paul Bernardo, Karla Homolka
Three schoolgirl murders. Two killers hiding in plain sight. Six video tapes that horrify the world and lead to one of the most controversial murder trials in modern history: one that left a nation shamed, victims denied justice, and a serial killer roaming free in Canada today. Over the course four parts, THE KEN AND BARBIE KILLERS: THE LOST MURDER TAPES follows the extraordinary twists and turns of the case and trial of glamour couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, the "demonic duo of dark kink", who quickly became the most notorious killers in Canadian history.
Prison
›R1987 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 102m · Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Lane Smith
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.
Steel and Lace
›R1991 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 94m · Clare Wren, Bruce Davison, Stacy Haiduk
After her attackers go free, Gaily Morton, the victim of a vicious assault, commits suicide. Her vengeful brother, brilliant robotics engineer and scientist, Dr. Albert Morton, decides to use his skills to enact vengeance, transplanting his sister's brain into a humanoid cyborg with bone-crushing strength and an array of built-in torture devices...
Destroyer
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Lyle Alzado, Deborah Foreman, Clayton Rohner
A prison riot breaks out at the moment of a serial murderer's execution by electrocution, and his fate becomes indeterminate when the prison is shut down. 18 months later, a team of filmmakers converge on the prison to film a women-in-prison exploitation flick, but find that a certain somebody is disrupting their shooting schedule...
The Zodiac
›R2005 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 92m · Justin Chambers, Robin Tunney, Rory Culkin
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
Cabin 28
›NR2017 · Horror · 84m · Harriet Rees, Terri Dwyer, Lee Bane
Based on one of the most infamous unsolved murder cases in American history, this film follows a family who are terrorized at an isolated cabin by mysterious assailants.
