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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27 titles
Invaders from Mars
›1953 · Science Fiction, Horror · 78m · Jimmy Hunt, Arthur Franz, Helena Carter
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
The Return of the Vampire
›1943 · Horror · 69m · Bela Lugosi, Nina Foch, Roland Varno
In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
Not of This Earth
›NR1957 · Science Fiction, Horror · 67m · Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones
An alien from planet Davanna, whose population has developed a terminal blood disease caused by nuclear radiation, is sent to Earth to acquire fresh human blood for his people.
Man-Made Monster
›1941 · Horror, Science Fiction · 60m · Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Anne Nagel
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Strange Behavior
›R1981 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 99m · Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.
The Hypnotic Eye
›1960 · Horror · 79m · Jacques Bergerac, Merry Anders, Marcia Henderson
A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.
Donovan's Brain
›1953 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 83m · Lew Ayres, Nancy Reagan, Gene Evans
A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.
Banshee Chapter
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Ted Levine, Katia Winter, Michael McMillian
On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin.
Scanner Cop
›R1994 · Science Fiction, Horror, Action · 94m · Daniel Quinn, Darlanne Fluegel, Richard Grove
Rookie cop Sam Staziak has a unique gift: he is a Scanner, which gives him the power to read the thoughts of others, and also to inflict great bodily harm. When a mad scientist begins using mind control to murder police officers, Sam realizes that only he and his unique gift can put an end to the mayhem.
The Puppet Masters
›R1994 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 109m · Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner
The Midwest USA is invaded by stingray-shaped alien slugs that ride on people's backs and control their minds in order to spread their dominion. Government agency reps Sam Givens, Andrew Nivens, and Mary Sefton must stop the aliens.
The Brain
›R1988 · Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · Tom Bresnahan, Cynthia Preston, David Gale
Dr. Blake runs a TV show called "Independent Thinkers", which is sort of a Scientology-like self-help/religion program. But he's not making his audience think any more independently – with the help of an alien organism he calls The Brain, he's using brainwashing and mind control. The only thing that stands between them and world domination is a brilliant but troubled high school student with a penchant for pranks...
Disturbing Behavior
›R1998 · Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction · 84m · James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they're a little too perfect. When Steve's rebellious friend Gavin mysteriously joins their ranks, Steve searches for the truth with fellow misfit Rachel.
The Wizard of Gore
›R1970 · Horror · 95m · Ray Sager, Judy Cler, Wayne Ratay
A talk show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician who has the ability to hypnotize and control people's thoughts in order to stage gory onstage illusions using his powers of mindbending.
Death Warmed Up
›1984 · Horror, Science Fiction · 78m · Michael Hurst, Margaret Umbers, William Upjohn
A kid is hypnotized by a scientist to kill his parents and ends in a mental institution. As a grown up he returns to seek revenge over the scientist.
The Brain Eaters
›NR1958 · Science Fiction, Horror · 61m · Ed Nelson, Joanna Lee, Cornelius Keefe
A huge, alien structure resembling an inverted cone, appears in the woods outside a small rural town. Sent from Washington to investigate the origin of the mysterious object, a team of investigators discovers that intelligent parasites from inside the "cone" can attach themselves to humans' nervous systems and control their minds, taking control of the authorities and workers, making communication with the outside world impossible, and leaving the responsibility of stopping the invasion up to seven people who have thus far been able to avoid possession by these creatures from parts unknown.
Seedpeople
›R1992 · Horror, Science Fiction · 87m · Sam Hennings, Andrea Roth, Dane Witherspoon
The citizens of Comet Valley are being taken over by seeds from an alien plant that has taken root there. A sheriff investigates the strange goings-on.
Scanners III: The Takeover
›R1992 · Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 95m · Steve Parrish, Liliana Komorowska, Valérie Valois
A young scanner with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a lethal killing machine after taking one of her father's experimental drugs.
Devil Doll
›1964 · Horror, Mystery · 81m · Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester, Yvonne Romain
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
Zombie High
›R1987 · Comedy, Horror · 90m · Virginia Madsen, Richard Cox, James Wilder
A freshman begins to notice that students at her new school are losing their individuality. She discovers that the faculty are operating on the students' brains to make them docile and productive.
The Thing That Couldn't Die
›NR1958 · Horror · 69m · William Reynolds, Carolyn Kearney, Jeffrey Stone
A 400 year old disembodied head hypnotizes a female psychic, who recovered it using a dowsing rod, to search for the rest of its body.
Latency
›PG-132024 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 94m · Sasha Luss, Alexis Ren, Ava Caryofyllis
When professional gamer Hana, who suffers from acute agoraphobia, receives new equipment that enhances her game, she begins to wonder if it is reading her mind – or controlling it.
The Beast with a Million Eyes
›NR1955 · Science Fiction, Horror · 78m · Paul Birch, Lorna Thayer, Dona Cole
At a decrepit farm outside a remote American desert community, something takes over the minds of some of the local humans and animals and is able to see through their eyes and control their actions.
Zontar: The Thing from Venus
›1967 · Horror, Science Fiction, TV Movie · 80m · John Agar, Susan Bjurman, Tony Huston
A misguided scientist enables an alien from Venus named Zontar to come to earth in order to "help solve man's problems". However, as soon as Zontar arrives on Earth, it quickly becomes obvious that the three-eyed, bat-winged, skeletal black creature has a hidden agenda.
Teenage Zombies
›PG1959 · Horror, Science Fiction · 73m · Don Sullivan, Katherine Victor, Steve Conte
A boating trip to an uncharted island becomes a fight for survival when two men happen upon a mad scientist, her brainwashed minions and a murderous gorilla.
