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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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.
Dark Age
›1987 · Adventure, Horror · 91m · John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, Max Phipps
In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that has been killing and eating the local populace..
In the Heart of the Sea
›PG-132015 · Thriller, Drama, Adventure · 122m · Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
Rogue
›R2007 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 99m · Radha Mitchell, Michael Vartan, Sam Worthington
When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds.
Gator Lake
›2024 · Horror, Comedy, Adventure · 87m · Derek Russo, Jeff Benninghofen, Michael Houston King
In 2003, Lake Jesup became the stage for a real-life horror story, as a monstrous alligator escaped from captivity and began a reign of terror. As the body count rose, a desperate hunt ensued to stop the creature.
Deep Water
›R2026 · Horror, Thriller · 107m · Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Molly Belle Wright
A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their differences if they hope to escape their sinking plane and the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage.
Cold Meat
›2024 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · Allen Leech, Nina Bergman, Yan Tual
David Petersen is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again alone through a dangerous snow blizzard. One false move behind the wheel has him waking up inside a ravine, in the eye of the storm. But the cold is the least of his worries when a beast starts prowling outside. How will he survive?
The BeastSeries
›TV-PG1996 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · William L. Petersen, Karen Sillas, Charles Martin Smith
Mysterious deaths and unexplained disappearances begin to occur in the small seaport village of Graves Point. When a large, strange claw is discovered on an empty raft washing up on the shore, marine biologist Dr. Herbert Talley identifies it as belonging to a rare giant squid.
The Lighthouse
›NR2016 · Drama, History, Horror · 102m · Mark Lewis Jones, Michael Jibson, Ian Virgo
Two lighthouse keepers clash, making their duties difficult even before a freak storms hits and strands them at the lighthouse for months. Based on a true story.
Beast
›R2022 · Action, Adventure, Horror · 93m · Idris Elba, Leah Sava Jeffries, Iyana Halley
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
Beaten to Death
›NR2023 · Horror · 92m · Thomas Roach, David Tracy, Nicole Tudor
A desperate choice leads Jack down a path that leaves him beaten and bruised as he struggles against man, nature and his own insanity. Stranded in the middle of nowhere after barely surviving a horrific assault, Jack encounters one local after another and quickly learns that a sick game of cat and mouse is about to begin. Battling the deranged country psychos and the harsh landscape, Jack must go to extreme lengths to survive.
The Meg
›PG-132018 · Action, Science Fiction, Horror · 113m · Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Tremors: Shrieker Island
›PG-132020 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 102m · Michael Gross, Jon Heder, Caroline Langrishe
When a group of hunters genetically modify Graboid eggs, they face an all-out war against the larger, terrifyingly intelligent creatures, and swiftly multiplying Shriekers!
Lake Placid
›R1999 · Horror, Comedy, Action · 82m · Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Anaconda
›PG-132025 · Adventure, Comedy, Horror · 100m · Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn
A group of friends facing mid-life crises head to the rainforest with the intention of remaking their favorite movie from their youth, only to find themselves in a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes and violent criminals.
The Son of Kong
›1933 · Adventure, Action, Horror · 70m · Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
Dinosaurus!
›1960 · Science Fiction, Horror · 85m · Ward Ramsey, Paul Lukather, Kristina Hanson
After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting population.
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
›PG-132015 · Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Michael Gross, Jamie Kennedy, Pearl Thusi
When Gummer is hired to capture a deadly creature terrorizing South Africa, he and his new sidekick, Travis Welker, engage in another battle of survival against the fiercely aggressive Graboids.
The Strangeness
›1985 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Dan Lunham, Terri Berland, Mark Sawicki
A group of young miners venture into the Gold Spike Mine in search of gold, even after being warned by old-time prospectors to stay away. The miners proceed into the caverns anyway and soon realize that there’s no gold in these mines, but also that they’re not alone.
The Millennium Bug
›2011 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · John Charles Meyer, Jessica Simons, Christine Haeberman
When the Haskin family seeks refuge from Y2K hysteria in the isolated forests of the Sierra Diablos mountains, madness and terror find them there. Abducted by a vicious hillbilly clan, the Haskins fight for survival, but neither they nor the hillbilly Crawfords can comprehend the monstrous nightmare about to erupt from the bowels of the earth.
Into the Grizzly Maze
›R2015 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 94m · James Marsden, Thomas Jane, Piper Perabo
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
Nightwing
›PG1979 · Horror · 105m · Nick Mancuso, David Warner, Kathryn Harrold
Killer bats plague an Indian reservation in Arizona.
Big Legend
›NR2018 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 89m · Kevin Makely, Todd A. Robinson, Summer Spiro
An ex-soldier ventures into the Pacific Northwest to uncover the truth behind his fiance's disappearance.
Pig Hunt
›2008 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 100m · Travis Aaron Wade, Tina Huang, Howard Johnson Jr.
When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns - despite the presence of John's sexy girlfriend Brooks. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise and the legend of The Ripper -- a murderous three-thousand-pound black boar!