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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The Twilight ZoneSeries
›TV-PG1959 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama · 5 seasons · Rod Serling
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Night of the Demon
›NR1957 · Fantasy, Horror, Mystery · 96m · Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
ThrillerSeries
›TV-PG1960 · Crime · 2 seasons · Boris Karloff
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
›PG1978 · Science Fiction, Horror · 116m · Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
›NR1927 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 91m · Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
Identity
›R2003 · Mystery, Thriller · 90m · John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
The Twilight ZoneSeries
›TV-PG2002 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Forest Whitaker
A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
›1965 · Horror · 98m · Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Roy Castle
Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
The Seventh Victim
›1943 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 71m · Kim Hunter, Tom Conway, Jean Brooks
After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.
Isle of the Dead
›1945 · Horror, Drama, Mystery · 72m · Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people—a superstitious old peasant—suspects a young woman of being a vampiric demon.
Signs
›PG-132002 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror · 106m · Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
The Blair Witch Project
›R1999 · Horror, Mystery · 81m · Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Disturbia
›PG-132007 · Thriller, Drama, Mystery · 105m · Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss
Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problem—he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.
The Invitation
›NR2016 · Thriller, Horror · 100m · Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
Something Very Bad Is Going to HappenSeries
›TV-MA2026 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Camila Morrone, Adam DiMarco, Gus Birney
A bride has a feeling that something horrifying will happen at her wedding — and the closer to the altar she gets, the worse it becomes.
Summer of 84
›NR2018 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 106m · Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.
Hidden
›R2015 · Thriller, Horror · 83m · Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough, Emily Alyn Lind
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
Nightmare
›NR1964 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 83m · David Knight, Moira Redmond, Jennie Linden
A young woman is plagued by nightmares of her asylum-patient mother. Upon returning to her family home, the nightmares become real when she sees a strange woman pacing the halls.
The Conspiracy
›NR2012 · Thriller, Horror · 85m · Aaron Poole, James Gilbert, Ian Anderson
A documentary about conspiracy theories takes a horrific turn after the filmmakers uncover an ancient and dangerous secret society.
All My Friends Hate Me
›R2022 · Comedy, Thriller, Horror · 93m · Tom Stourton, Georgina Campbell, Charly Clive
A college reunion goes awry when Pete suspects his friends may be out to get him... As their weekend getaway grows more and more uncomfortable, should Pete be worried about his safety, or is it all in his head?
Ten Little Indians
›1965 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 92m · Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one.
Loop Track
›2023 · Thriller, Horror · 94m · Tom Sainsbury, Hayden J. Weal, Tawanda Manyimo
A four-day journey turns into a fight for survival. This is a psychological thriller about Ian, who wants to get as far away from humanity as possible, into the New Zealand bush. Some other individuals get attached to him. And he has the feeling that they are being followed. Is that real though?
A Cold Night's Death
›1973 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 74m · Robert Culp, Eli Wallach, Michael C. Gwynne
Two scientists suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.
Race with the Devil
›PG1975 · Action, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.