Cinema of the Damned

2023 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Lee Ingleby

Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.

IMDb 7.7TMDB 7.5☠ 7.6

TV-MA2025 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Michael Chernus, Gabriel Luna, James Badge Dale

When a teenager goes missing, it becomes clear that many young men and boys have disappeared at the hands of John Wayne Gacy, the prime suspect.

IMDb 7.5TMDB 7.3☠ 7.4

2010 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · David Morrissey, Eddie Marsan, Aidan Gillen

Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. Based on Mark Billingham's novels, the six-episode serial stars David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. Part one, Sleepyhead, follows Thorne, who, while investigating a series of attacks on young women, is dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races to find a killer. Part two, Scaredycat, sees two women murdered within hours of one another near St Pancras station, but in different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, Thorne realises two serial killers may be in a macabre partnership.

IMDb 6.7TMDB 6.5☠ 6.7

R2014 · Thriller, Crime, Horror · 118m · Eric Bana, Olivia Munn, Edgar Ramírez

When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.

IMDb 6.2MC 40🍅 29%TMDB 6.3☠ 5.8

NC-172017 · Thriller, Horror · 81m · Carter Cruise, Brent Harvey, Mia Li

As a string of brutal murders plague the city, two undercover detectives race to solve the mystery and unmask the killer. Their only clues: each victim is a former cop and each has a blood-red letter painted on their body. How many will have to die before the killer spells out their message in blood?

NR1978 · Horror · 97m · Curt Dawson, Gwen Arment, William Metzo

Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

IMDb 3.9TMDB 4.3☠ 4.7

R1976 · Mystery, Horror · 74m · John F. Goff, Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye

Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.

IMDb 3.7TMDB 4.1☠ 4.2

NR2006 · Horror · 81m · Elissa Dowling, Danielle Petty, Nola Roeper

A young rookie cop and his team discover dismembered female bodies in L.A. similar to the Black Dahlia cold case from 1947. A serial killer seems to be copying the brutal massacre of 1940s Hollywood starlet Betty Short. Ultimately his investigation leads him to a frightening lair of death and torture, all part of a terrifying fantasy that the killer is trying to bring to life.