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 X-FilesSeries
›TV-141993 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime · 11 seasons · David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
So WeirdSeries
›1999 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids · 3 seasons · Mackenzie Phillips, Alexz Johnson, Patrick Levis
Fourteen-year-old Fi Phillips investigates the paranormal while touring the country in a bus with her widowed rock-star mom and her skeptical brother, Jack. At the beginning of Season 3, Fi passed the job of case cracker to a songbird named Annie
In Search of...Series
›1977 · Documentary, Mystery · 7 seasons · Leonard Nimoy
In Search of... is a TV series that was broadcast weekly from 1977 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success of three one-hour TV documentaries produced by creator Alan Landsburg: In Search of Ancient Astronauts in 1973, In Search of Ancient Mysteries and The Outer Space Connection, both in 1975. All three featured narration by Rod Serling, who was the initial choice to host the spin-off show. After Serling's death, Leonard Nimoy was selected to be the host.
EvilSeries
›TV-MA2019 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 4 seasons · Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi
Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.
TorchwoodSeries
›TV-MA2006 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama · 4 seasons · John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Alexa Havins
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.
Ghostwatch
›1992 · Horror, Mystery, TV Movie · 91m · Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Craig Charles
For Halloween 1992, the BBC decides to broadcast an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene & Craig Charles) and a camera crew attempt to discover the truth behind the most haunted house in Britain. This ground-breaking live television experiment does not go as planned, however.
The Conjuring
›R2013 · Horror, Thriller · 112m · Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Destination TruthSeries
›2007 · Documentary, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Reality · 5 seasons · Josh Gates, Jael de Pardo, Jarrod Tomassi
Destination Truth is a weekly American paranormal reality television series that premiered on June 6, 2007, on Syfy. Produced by Mandt Bros. Productions and Ping Pong Productions, the program follows paranormal researcher Josh Gates around the world to investigate claims of the supernatural, mainly in the field of cryptozoology.
Ghost Adventures
›2007 · Documentary, Horror · 87m · Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, Aaron Goodwin
In 2007, The Sci-Fi Channel premiered "Ghost Adventures," a raw documentary in which 3 men go to Virginia City, NV and Goldfield, NV on a ghost hunting expedition. Virginia City is rife with macabre lore and reputed to be one of the most haunted cities in America. Ghost Adventures has won a Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary that was given by the New York International Film & Video Festival.
FreakyLinksSeries
›2000 · Drama, Comedy · 1 season · Ethan Embry, Lisa Sheridan, Karim Prince
Derek Barnes, assisted by his friends Chloe and Jason, runs a website called "FreakyLinks.com" that seeks out the dark and forbidden truths behind paranormal phenomena and urban legends. He took over the site after his twin brother, Adam, died under mysterious circumstances. Follow as Derek and his friends investigate supernatural claims for the website and uncover clues that might reveal the truth of his brother's fate.
The Conjuring 2
›R2016 · Horror · 134m · Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Ghost AdventuresSeries
›TV-142008 · Reality · 26 seasons · Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin
Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, search for haunted locations both domestically and internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the general area; interview locals about the hauntings; and go face-to-face with the evil spirits who reportedly haunt these locations.
The Living and the DeadSeries
›TV-142016 · Drama · 1 season · Colin Morgan, Charlotte Spencer, David Oakes
Somerset 1894. When a pioneering Victorian psychologist brings his vivacious young wife to live on his family's estate, he is confronted by one disturbing case after another. Are these strange events linked merely by coincidence, or is there something more sinister - more supernatural - going on at Shepzoy?
The OthersSeries
›2000 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Julianne Nicholson, Gabriel Macht, Missy Crider
The Others is an American TV series created by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, and produced by Delusional Films, NBC and DreamWorks Television. It ran for 13 40-minute episodes from February 5, 2000 to June 10, 2000, airing on NBC in the US, Five in the UK and on Nine in Australia. It concerned a group of people with various psychic talents as they encountered different, and often evil, paranormal forces, Essentially an ensemble show.
FearSeries
›2000 · Drama, Reality · 2 seasons
Fear is an American paranormal reality television series that originally aired from 2000 to 2002 on MTV. The program follows a group of five or more contestants being left at an allegedly haunted location and led them on a series of dares over two nights to explore and confirm whether or not the place is haunted. The show was created by Martin Kunert and Eric Manes. The pilot episode was Co-Executive Produced and directed by George Verschoor. The series aired the first two episodes in a pilot run, which received outstanding reviews and a full season was ordered. After eight more episodes, another season was ordered. The second season ended after 6 episodes aired. The series was not cancelled due to a lack of interest, but due to the high cost of producing each episode. A DVD, MTV's Inside Fear, was released on November 6, 2001. Fear was named #6 on Entertainment Weekly's "15 Taboo-Breaking TV Moments." The show brought several innovations to the reality show genre, including having contestants film their own experience as no video crew followed them into the 'haunted' locations, use of night vision cameras, and use of body mounted cameras to have contestants film their own close-ups.
SurrealEstateSeries
›TV-142021 · Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 3 seasons · Tim Rozon, Sarah Levy, Maurice Dean Wint
Aided by his own remarkable abilities and an eclectic team of associates, real estate agent Luke Roman specializes in “metaphysically engaged properties,” aka haunted houses. Together they investigate, clear and close the houses nobody else can.
Darker PassagesSeries
›2023 · Mystery, Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Steve Kasan, William Conrad, Darrin Drugan
A follow-up series to the popular Dark Passages program - continuing the exploration of lesser-known supernatural events, unsolved mysteries, cults, and urban legends.
Project FearSeries
›2023 · Reality, Mystery · 10 seasons · Dakota Laden, Chelsea Laden, Tanner Wiseman
After the devastating cancellation of their hit show, "Destination Fear", Dakota, Chelsea, Tanner, and Alex rule out the option of ending their terrifying road trips and continue their paranormal investigations by uncovering some of the most haunted places in all of America and the world. On their YouTube channel they create haunted road trips, exploration videos, and go ghost hunting. They will be surviving abandoned asylums, USA's most haunted hotels, the real conjuring house, and The Stanley Hotel. Dakota Laden, Chelsea Laden, Tanner Wiseman, and Alex Schroeder have been on the TV Show Destination Fear, Ghost Adventures, and Ghost Hunters. Watch Their scary content and demonic encounters. Subscribe to travel with them and explore the paranormal!
The Enfield HauntingSeries
›2015 · Drama, Mystery · 1 season · Timothy Spall, Matthew Macfadyen, Juliet Stevenson
A three part dramatization of the terrifying and bizarre real events that took place at an ordinary house in Enfield during the autumn of 1977. Adapted from Guy Lyon Playfair's book This House is Haunted.
Paranormal LockdownSeries
›TV-142016 · Reality, Documentary · 4 seasons · Nick Groff, Katrina Weidman
Nick Groff, a paranormal investigator who's "on a mission to discover something new in the paranormal field", and his paranormal researcher Katrina Weidman spend 72 hours together locked down in the most haunted locations in their quest to learn more about the unknown. They stay with the dead at these reportedly haunted places, many of which have never been filmed for a production and some will be investigated for the first time on television. Groff and Weidman believe, that "the longer they stay, the more the spirits will communicate with them and the more information they can gather about the unknown".
Kindred SpiritsSeries
›TV-142016 · Reality, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 7 seasons · Adam Berry, Amy Bruni, Chip Coffey
Ghost hunters Adam Berry and Amy Bruni help real families who claim to be bedeviled by paranormal activity in their homes.
Sea of SoulsSeries
›2004 · Drama, Mystery · 4 seasons · Bill Paterson
Sea of Souls follows para-psychologist Monaghan and his two sidekicks from a fictitious Scottish University that investigates paranormal activity.
Poltergeist: The LegacySeries
›TV-141996 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 4 seasons · Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins, Helen Shaver
The adventures of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers.
The Ghost BustersSeries
›1975 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Comedy · 1 season · Larry Storch, Forrest Tucker, Linda Gary
The Ghost Busters was a live-action children's television series that ran in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences. Only 15 episodes were created. This series reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop. Tucker played Jake Kong, and Storch played zoot suit-wearing Eddie Spencer. The third member of the trio was Tracy the Gorilla, played by actor Bob Burns. The series was unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters.