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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15 titles
Frankenstein
›1931 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 70m · Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the SaviorSeries
›2024 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Ian Kincaid, Jack Truitt, Chaz Riddle
Explore the life and crimes of Hadden Clark, a lesser-known serial killer. Dive into the inner workings of the volatile and dysfunctional Clark family, Hadden's path of depravity, and the shocking confessions he made to his cellmate that sent investigators on a search to solve the cold cases allegedly linked to him.
Jeffrey Dahmer: Killer CannibalSeries
›2019 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season
Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood, combative parents, obsession with dead animals, strange behavior in high school, and first sexual yearnings collide and turn a once-happy boy into a cannibalistic serial killer.
Chained
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 94m · Vincent D'Onofrio, Eamon Farren, Evan Bird
A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
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.
The Bad Seed
›PG-132018 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 84m · Rob Lowe, Mckenna Grace, Sarah Dugdale
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
It's Alive
›PG1974 · Horror, Science Fiction · 91m · John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan
The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever scared. And it's easily scared.
The Island of Dr. Moreau
›PG1977 · Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure · 99m · Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport
A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turned beasts into human beings.
Morgan
›R2016 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 92m · Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
Wildling
›R2018 · Horror, Fantasy, Thriller · 92m · Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, Collin Kelly-Sordelet
A young woman held in captivity discovers the realities of truth and lies in the outside world.
The Beast Within
›R1982 · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction · 98m · Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens
A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty natural tendencies force him to make jambalaya out of the locals.
Wolves
›R2014 · Horror, Action · 90m · Lucas Till, Jason Momoa, John Pyper-Ferguson
The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders lost without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge to hunt down the truths of his history. But in the end, who's really hunting whom?
The Twilight People
›PG1972 · Science Fiction, Horror · 80m · John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Jan Merlin
A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.
Malevolence 3: Killer
›2018 · Horror · 89m · Katie Gibson, Kevin McKelvy, Victoria Mena
Martin Bristol returns to where it all began: the home where he was kidnapped from. But he is not the boy who disappeared over 10 years ago. Tortured and abused at the hands of his psychotic captor Graham Sutter, Martin is damaged beyond repair. Lurking in the shadows of suburbia, he stalks and kills without remorse. Special Agent William Perkins follows Martin's trail of terror, desperate to capture him before he kills again. Martin's family, mourning his disappearance for over 10 years, is informed not only that he is alive, but that he is responsible for the wave of murder sweeping through their town. Will they be able to reunite with their long-lost son before it's too late, or will Perkins have to use force to bring him down?
It's Alive
›R2009 · Horror, Science Fiction · 82m · Bijou Phillips, James Murray, Raphaël Coleman
When Lenore Harker learns that she's pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend Frank in the country. The happy new family's lives takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a mysterious connection to their newborn.