
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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Mom
›2025 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Emily Hampshire, François Arnaud, Christian Convery
Struggling with postnatal depression and feeling misunderstood by her husband, Meredith begins to experience terrifying visions foreshadowing an ultimate tragedy.

Let's Scare Jessica to Death
›PG1971 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 89m · Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor
Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.

Heart of Midnight
›R1988 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 93m · Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brenda Vaccaro, Jack Hallett
A young woman who is getting back on her feet after a mental breakdown, Carol Rivers discovers that her late uncle has left her a rundown nightclub. Carol decides to renovate the venue, but, in the process, uncovers dark secrets about the club and her dead relative. After a series of disturbing events, Carol becomes increasingly unstable, but she finds some measure of comfort in Sharpe, an enigmatic older detective.

The House on Pine Street
›2015 · Drama, Horror · 111m · Emily Goss, Taylor Bottles, Cathy Barnett
A psychological horror about a young woman coping with an unwanted pregnancy after moving into a seemingly haunted house.

Blackwood
›2014 · Thriller, Horror · 100m · Ed Stoppard, Sophia Myles, Greg Wise
Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben's way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn't quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger

The Messenger
›2015 · Mystery, Drama, Horror · 95m · Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole, Joely Richardson
The Messenger is the story of Jack’s last melt down: a story of frustration and guilt, love and betrayal, family and blame. Unwillingly becoming embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a journalist brutally murdered in the local park and his television presenter wife, Sarah, to whom he’s desperate to say one last goodbye, Jack finds himself getting closer to Sarah, obsessed with passing on Mark’s message. Discovering hidden secrets and lies finally pushes the fragile Jack over the edge but there is hope when his estranged sister, Emma, gets in touch. Jack starts to remember the past they shared together and as the memories come flooding back, he confronts the truth about the death of his father.

Deadline
›R2009 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 89m · Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch, Tammy Blanchard
A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.

The Curse of Humpty Dumpty
›2021 · Horror · 92m · Nicola Wright, Sian Altman, Kate Sandison
An old doll seemingly returns to life to wreak havoc.

All Light Will End
›2018 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Sarah Butler, Andy Buckley, Katie Garfield
When a capricious young author with a dark secret returns home for her brother's graduation, she finds herself haunted by the past and tormented by night terrors.

The Screaming Skull
›NR1958 · Thriller, Horror · 68m · John Hudson, Peggy Webber, Russ Conway
Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a history of mental illness, begins to see strange things including a mysterious skull, which may or may not be a product of her imagination.

Smiley
›R2012 · Horror · 95m · Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson
After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.






















