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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30 titles
Dead Ringers
›R1988 · Thriller, Horror · 115m · Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
The Body Snatcher
›NR1945 · Horror, Thriller · 78m · Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
Coma
›PG1978 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 113m · Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley
When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.
Sisters
›R1973 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 93m · Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch, who helps her to uncover a secret about Danielle's past that has them both seeing double.
The Sender
›R1982 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 91m · Kathryn Harrold, Željko Ivanek, Shirley Knight
A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.
Dead RingersSeries
›TV-MA2023 · Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Rachel Weisz, Britne Oldford, Poppy Liu
Elliot and Beverly Mantle are twins who share everything: drugs, lovers, and an unapologetic desire to do whatever it takes — including pushing the boundaries on medical ethics — in an effort to challenge antiquated practices and bring women’s healthcare to the forefront.
Corridors of Blood
›1958 · Drama, Horror, Crime · 86m · Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Christopher Lee
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel of his peers ends in a horrific mishap with his patient awakening under the knife; he is forced to leave his position in disgrace. To complicate matters, he becomes addicted to his own chemical experiments and gets involved with a criminal gang led by Black Ben [Francis de Wolff], and a ruthless killer Resurrection Joe [Christopher Lee]. Unfortunately, this shady partnership leads Dr. Bolton to further ruin, culminating in his unwitting participation in murder — for which he becomes the first victim of a blackmail scheme.
The Dead Center
›2019 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 93m · Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan, Jeremy Childs
When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.
Dr. Caligari
›R1989 · Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction · 78m · Madeleine Reynal, Fox Harris, Laura Albert
Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van Houten has a disease of the libido.
Before I Hang
›NR1940 · Crime, Horror, Science Fiction · 62m · Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett
Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.
American Mary
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller · 102m · Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk
A young medical student struggling to pay tuition is drawn into the shady world of underground body-modification.
Faceless
›1988 · Horror · 98m · Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas
A detective investigating a missing model in Paris uncovers a plastic surgeon’s horrifying secret.
The Returned
›NR2013 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 98m · Emily Hampshire, Kristen Holden-Ried, Shawn Doyle
In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.
Alive
›2018 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Thomas Cocquerel, Camille Stopps, Angus Macfadyen
A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity.
The Terminal Man
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 107m · George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
Hands of a Stranger
›NR1962 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Noah
A concert pianist loses his hands in a car crash, but a surgeon gives him new ones. The experimental medical procedure goes awry when the new hands drive the pianist mad.
Body Parts
›R1991 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Duncan, Kim Delaney
A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.
Hellhole
›R1985 · Horror, Action, Drama · 96m · Ray Sharkey, Judy Landers, Mary Woronov
An unlucky woman’s mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injured, traumatised and suffering from amnesia. She’s committed to a mental institution, where Silk follows her, looking for the papers he was trying to get from her mother. And Silk’s only the beginning of her problems, since the asylum is run by a mad doctor, performing experiments in chemical lobotomies!
Antidote
›2021 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Louis Mandylor, Ashlynn Yennie, Scott Alin
A young woman is held captive in an underground medical facility where selected individuals are perpetually mutilated and then healed using an experimental miracle drug: a panacea.
The Lazarus Child
›2004 · Drama, Horror · 93m · Andy Garcia, Frances O'Connor, Angela Bassett
A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.
Rabid
›NR2019 · Science Fiction, Horror · 107m · Laura Vandervoort, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Ted Atherton
The quiet Rose works in women's fashion clothing, hoping to be a designer. A traffic accident damages her face. She gets experimental stem cell treatment, leaving her stronger and prettier than ever - but there's a side effect.
The Unborn
›R1991 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Brooke Adams, Jeff Hayenga, James Karen
Joy turns to horror when a pregnant mother discovers the nightmarish truth behind her doctor's unexpected success in helping her conceive.
Unrest
›R2006 · Horror, Mystery · 88m · Corri English, Scot Davis, Joshua Alba
A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.
Insanitarium
›R2008 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Jesse Metcalfe, Kiele Sanchez, Peter Stormare
After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths.