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.
The Crypt Charts
See all charts →
31 titles
The Haunted Palace
›1963 · Horror · 87m · Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr.
A man and his wife claim the mansion of his warlock ancestor burned alive in 1765.
Insidious: Chapter 2
›PG-132013 · Horror, Thriller · 106m · Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Supernatural
›1933 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 64m · Carole Lombard, Alan Dinehart, Vivienne Osborne
After her brother's death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When a fake psychic claims to have a message from her dead brother, he coaxes her into participating in a séance. While her fiancé first believes the séance is nothing more than a scam, he eventually realizes that the vengeful spirit of an executed murderer has possessed Roma's body.
The House That Would Not Die
›NR1970 · Horror, TV Movie · 74m · Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Egan, Michael Anderson Jr.
A tale of witchcraft, black magic and a haunted house in the Amish country.
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
›PG1971 · Horror · 94m · Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir, James Villiers
Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and terrifying incidents, powerless against the forces of darkness, directed by Corbeck, that are taking possession of her body and soul to fulfill the ancient prophesy that Queen Tara will be resurrected to continue her reign of unspeakable evil.
Husk
›R2011 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Devon Graye, Wes Chatham, C.J. Thomason
A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual.
The Hazing
›2004 · Horror · 87m · Brad Dourif, Tiffany Shepis, Nectar Rose
The Evil Dead meets Scream as an evil professor, through an ancient staff and a book of incantation, possesses the bodies of a group of fraterity and sorority pledges during a night of "hazing" activities in an abandoned mansion. When the students meet one grisly death after another, the survivors finally realize it's the professor who is possessing their friends and killing them all off. Now none of them trust each other-- is it their friends or puppets of the professor that they're hanging with? Somone better figure it out quick... or none of them will make it through the hellish night of The Hazing!
South of HellSeries
›TV-142015 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Mena Suvari, Zachary Booth, Lamman Rucker
A supernatural thriller set in South Carolina, South Of Hell focuses on Maria Abascal (Suvari), a stunning demon-hunter-for-hire whose power stems from within. Like those she hunts, Maria is divided within herself, struggling with her own demon, Abigail, who resides inside of her, feeding on the evil Maria exorcises from others. Maria and Abigail share a soul and a destiny, but as Maria desperately tries to overtake Abigail, she will discover how far Abigail will go to remain a part of her.
The She Beast
›NR1966 · Thriller, Horror, Comedy · 79m · Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy
A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them.
Mark of the Witch
›NR1970 · Horror · 84m · Robert Elston, Barbara Brownell, Gary Brockette
A 300-year-old witch terrorizes a college town to get revenge on the descendant of the man who persecuted her.
Witchboard
›R2025 · Horror · 113m · Madison Iseman, Aaron Dominguez, Mel Jarnson
A cursed Witchboard awakens dark forces, dragging a young couple into a deadly game of possession, deception, and supernatural terror in New Orleans.
Hosts
›NR2020 · Horror · 89m · Neal Ward, Samantha Loxley, Frank Jakeman
On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.
Nightmare Sisters
›1988 · Horror, Comedy · 83m · Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, Michelle Bauer
Three socially awkward sorority girls invite three fraternity pledges over for a night of fun, but when the group holds a séance, the girls find themselves possessed by a shaman who transforms them into lustful, uninhibited succubi.
Rob1n
›NR2025 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 91m · Ethan Taylor, Leona Clarke, Simon Davies
When a robotics expert channels the grief of losing his 11 year-old son into building 'Robin', a fully functioning robotic doll, a series of horrific events makes it clear Robin will do whatever it takes to have his creator all to himself.
Ghost Son
›R2007 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 97m · Laura Harring, John Hannah, Pete Postlethwaite
A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems to be possessed by the dead man.
The Dark Side of the Moon
›R1990 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 91m · Will Bledsoe, Robert Sampson, Joe Turkel
It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded on the dark side of the moon, while rapidly running out of fuel and oxygen. They are surprised to discover a NASA space shuttle floating in space, and board it in the hope of salvaging some supplies. One by one, the crew is possessed and killed, and it is up to Paxton Warner to find the links between the dark side of the moon, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Devil himself.
The Ferryman
›2007 · Horror, Thriller, Fantasy · 100m · John Rhys-Davies, Kerry Fox, Tamer Hassan
Out on a dead calm ocean, in a thick fog, a group of tourists on a pleasure craft are about to cross paths with an ancient and terrible evil. Sharing the same ocean, a sick, dying old Greek man drifts alone on a stricken yacht.
Chemical Wedding
›2008 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 106m · Simon Callow, John Shrapnel, Kal Weber
A shy, stuttering professor brings satanist Aleister Crowley back to life.
The Haunting of Morella
›1990 · Horror, Thriller, Romance · 82m · David McCallum, Nicole Eggert, Christopher Halsted
An executed witch inhabits her teenaged daughter's body to continue in the pursuit of bloodshed.
Beyond Evil
›R1980 · Horror · 94m · John Saxon, Lynda Day George, Michael Dante
Middle-aged newlyweds Larry & Barbara spend their honeymoon at a palatial Filipino mansion, unaware that it is inhabited by the vengeful spirit of a notorious voodoo witch queen who was murdered a century ago. The woman's evil spirit promptly begins precipitating a variety of violent deaths in accordance with a diabolical ritual intended to bring her back to life -a process which is ultimately consummated by taking possession of Barbara's body.
Slaughterhouse Rock
›R1988 · Horror · 90m · Toni Basil, Nicholas Celozzi, Tom Reilly
A man visits Alcatraz prison after having dreams about all the people who died there. When he gets there, his brother is possessed by an evil cannibal demon. The ghost of a female heavy metal singer who was killed there tries to help the man fight the monster.
Born
›2007 · Horror · 107m · Joan Severance, Alison Brie, Kane Hodder
Mary Elizabeth goes to bed alone one night, still a twenty one year old virgin, and wakes up the next morning pregnant. Possessed by the demon fetus growing within her womb, Mary Elizabeth obeys her homicidal cravings to kill, for the sake of her unborn spawn. Mary Elizabeth's dark transformation is controlled by her unborn demon child's deadly evil cravings.
Black Devil Doll
›2007 · Horror · 73m · Heather Murphy, Natasha Talonz, Christine Svendsen
Five hot sexy young big-breasted chicks are raped, abused, tortured, and killed (?) by an evil jive-ass talking doll possessed by the spirit of an executed black militant death row inmate. Who will survive...
Death Ship
›R1980 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 91m · George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso
Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.
