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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Pathology
›R2008 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 95m · Milo Ventimiglia, Alyssa Milano, Michael Weston
Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, undetectable murder, then the others compete to determine the victim's cause of death.
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
›2023 · Horror · 92m · Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman
Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life.
The Return of Doctor X
›1939 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 62m · Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.
The Undertaker
›1988 · Horror · 89m · Joe Spinell, Rebecca Yaron, Patrick Askin
A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.
Curdled
›R1996 · Comedy, Crime, Thriller · 88m · William Baldwin, Angela Jones, Bruce Ramsay
A death-obsessed cleaning woman uncovers a clue identifying a Florida bartender for a series of socialite murders.
Riding the Bullet
›R2004 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 98m · Jonathan Jackson, Barbara Hershey, David Arquette
In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.
Rings
›PG-132017 · Horror · 102m · Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki
Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after viewing. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a "movie within the movie" that no one has ever seen before.
Faces of Death
›R1978 · Horror, Documentary · 109m · Michael Carr, Samuel Berkowitz, Mary Ellen Brighton
What question has plagued mankind more than the mystery—and terror—of death? This forbidden pursuit has driven Dr. Frances B. Gröss to the brink of madness, but in his obsession, he has amassed a uniquely comprehensive collection of films that depict life in its final, grueling moments. From the savagery of cold-blooded murder to the perverse realities of war, tragic accidents, and the everyday lives of those who collect, dissect, and bury the dead, this descent into morbidity lays bare a truth that all of us will one day face.
