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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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
›NR1986 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 83m · Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.
Manifesto of a Serial KillerSeries
›2023 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Ron McFall, Sharon Sellitto, Steve Matthews
In a riveting character-led narrative full of unimaginable twists and turns normally reserved for fiction, detectives discover two depraved men who killed at least 25 people in pursuit of their macabre sexual fantasy to enslave young women at a remote cabin in the woods, and who documented their horrifying crimes. All these years later, mystery still swirls around the facts of this case and the possible involvement of a third person, whose story the show will seek to uncover.
Lady in a Cage
›1964 · Drama, Mystery, Thriller · 94m · Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Jennifer Billingsley
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
›R1976 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 86m · Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells
When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.
Assault
›R1971 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 91m · Suzy Kendall, Frank Finlay, Freddie Jones
After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the help of a reporter, and against the wishes of a local psychologist, a young schoolteacher uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out.
Act of Vengeance
›R1974 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 90m · Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Jennifer Lee Pryor
A woman is sexually assaulted by a serial rapist wearing a hockey mask. She and other victims form a squad that targets would-be rapists, all the while searching for the mask wearing maniac that raped them all.
The Man in the White Van
›PG-132024 · Horror, Thriller · 105m · Madison Wolfe, Brec Bassinger, Ali Larter
In early 1970s Florida, an ominous white van stalks young women. A teenage girl is the latest victim, but this one won't stay a victim.
Cabin by the Lake
›2000 · Horror, TV Movie · 91m · Judd Nelson, Hedy Burress, Susan Gibney
A screenwriter does research for his new script by actually kidnapping and drowning young girls. He then places them in his "garden" of other dead girls coming back daily to check on them. One girl narrowly escapes and the other bodies are found leading to an ingenious plot to try and capture the killer.
Out of the Dark
›R1988 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 89m · Cameron Dye, Karen Black, Bud Cort
A deranged killer wearing a clown mask begins preying on a group of young women working at a phone-sex company.
The Slumber Party Massacre
›R1982 · Horror, Comedy · 76m · Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella
Trish invites her high school basketball teammates over for a night they'll never forget when an unexpected guest crashes the party: an escaped psychopath with a portable power drill.
Ted Bundy
›2002 · Crime, Horror · 99m · Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss, Tracey Walter
Seattle, 1974. Ted Bundy gives into his violent passions and embarks on a cross country killing spree, leaving a trail of raped, tortured, murdered, dismembered, and defiled corpses in his wake…
Hellbent
›2005 · Horror · 85m · Dylan Fergus, Bryan Kirkwood, Hank Harris
A night filled with beautiful people, music and dancing at the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival turns deadly for four gay friends. When two men are found dead, the friends find that they are the killer's next target. No one knows who will survive the night. A wild, relentless ride filled with unexpected surprises and shocking scares.
Rush Week
›1989 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · Pamela Ludwig, Dean Hamilton, Roy Thinnes
An ambitious young journalist working for her college newspaper becomes intrigued by the recent string of disappearances of several female students, which she believes to be connected to an on-campus murder that happened the previous year during the college's raucous Rush Week.
Daddy's Deadly Darling
›R1973 · Horror · 80m · Toni Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Catherine Ross
The owner of a roadside diner and his new helper kill people and feed them to pigs.
Vacancy 2: The First Cut
›R2008 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 86m · Agnes Bruckner, Joe Reegan, Gwendoline Yeo
Three young people check into the Meadow View Inn for a night's rest, fully unaware of the inn's sick-minded employees and their nefarious intentions.
Trip with the Teacher
›R1975 · Thriller, Horror · 91m · Zalman King, Brenda Fogarty, Cathy Worthington
A high-school field trip takes a nightmarish turn when the students' bus breaks down and thugs come to their aid.
I Spit on Your Grave 2
›R2013 · Thriller, Horror, Crime · 106m · Jemma Dallender, Joe Absolom, Aleksandar Aleksiev
Broke, and in desperate need to update her portfolio, New York City model Katie calls a number from a tear-off flyer offering free photos. But this innocent attempt quickly turns into an unthinkable kidnapping nightmare where she's ripped away from everyone and everything she knows.
The Toolbox Murders
›R1978 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 93m · Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure
A serial killer, plagued by the memory of a fatal car accident, uses various tools to murder female tenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, then abducts a teenaged girl who lives there with her family. When the police express doubt that the murders are connected to the girl's disappearance, her brother sets out to search for her on his own.
Night Game
›R1989 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 95m · Roy Scheider, Karen Young, Richard Bradford
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.
Neighbor
›2009 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · America Olivo, Christian Campbell, Mink Stole
A mysterious new girl arrives in posh suburban neighborhood and quickly sets out to terrorize the town. As she starts breaking into homes and torturing the occupants, they begin to realize that she isn't just another girl next door.
Final Exam
›R1981 · Horror · 90m · Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice, Ralph Brown
In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.
The Row
›R2018 · Thriller, Horror · 85m · Lala Kent, Mia Rose Frampton, Randy Couture
A killer stalks and terrorizes a group of sorority girls on a college campus.
Girls Gone Dead
›R2012 · Horror, Comedy · 104m · Katie Peterson, Shea Stewart, Brandy Whitford
A group of six ex-high school cheerleaders are stalked by a killer with a medieval war hammer and battle axe during their first Spring Break from college.