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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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.
The Brides of Dracula
›PG1960 · Horror · 82m · Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.
RequiemSeries
›TV-MA2018 · Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Lydia Wilson, Joel Fry, Joanna Scanlan
In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again. 23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason. Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence, linking her mother to the Welsh girl's disappearance all those years ago.
Mama
›PG-132013 · Horror · 100m · Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
The Harvest
›NR2015 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 104m · Samantha Morton, Michael Shannon, Natasha Calis
After becoming orphaned, a lonely girl moves in with her grandparents and tries to befriend a sick, bed-ridden boy next door, despite his mother’s strong objections. Her persistence leads to a friendship, but during secret visits, she uncovers dark secrets in the boy's home.
Deranged
›R1974 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 83m · Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson
A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies, he misses her, and a year later digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based loosely on the true story of Ed Gein.
All That We Destroy
›NR2019 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 85m · Israel Broussard, Samantha Mathis, Aurora Perrineau
A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer creates a group of clones in an attempt to cure him of his psychopathic tendencies by allowing him to relive the murder of his first victim.
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
›R2010 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 91m · Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
Trilogy of Terror II
›R1996 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 90m · Lysette Anthony, Geraint Wyn Davies, Matt Clark
Three tales of terror: in "The Graveyard Rats" lovers murder the woman's older husband and encounter horror when they attempt to rob his grave; "Bobby" is the story of a woman who summons her son back from the dead; and in "He Who Kills" an African doll goes on a murderous rampage.
Grace
›R2009 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Jordan Ladd, Samantha Ferris, Gabrielle Rose
In the wake of a horrific car accident that kills her husband, Michael, expectant mother Madeline Matheson discovers that her daughter, Grace, has died in the womb. Ignoring her doctor's warnings that the fetus must be removed from her body, a grief-stricken Matheson demands to carry the child to term -- even if it endangers her own life to do so. Curiously, little Grace emerges undead -- and with a craving for human blood.
Ed Gein
›2000 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 89m · Steve Railsback, Carrie Snodgress, Carol Mansell
The true story of Edward Gein, the farmer whose horrific crimes inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs. This is the first film to Gein's tormented upbringing, his adored but domineering mother, and the 1957 arrest uncovered the most bizarre series of murders America has ever seen
Scream Bloody Murder
›R1973 · Horror, Crime · 90m · Fred Holbert, Leigh Mitchell, Robert Knox
A disturbed young boy who kills his father with a tractor is institutionalized. Years later, when he's finally released, he goes on a murderous rampage after he finds out that his mother has remarried.
A.M.I.
›R2019 · Horror · 77m · Debs Howard, Philip Granger, Bonnie Hay
A seventeen year old girl forms a co-dependent relationship with an artificial intelligence on her phone and goes on a murderous rampage.
