
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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Paranoiac
›1963 · Thriller, Horror · 80m · Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell
Eleven years ago, the wealthy Ashby family was shattered when Mr and Mrs Ashby died in an airplane crash and their grieving son Tony committed suicide. All who remains is cruel Simon, an alcoholic in desperate need of funds; his mentally fragile sister Eleanor; and his protective aunt Harriet. Simon is just weeks away from receiving his inheritance, but there's a hitch in his plans when the long-believed dead Tony suddenly arrives.

The Watch
›2008 · Drama, Mystery, Horror · 90m · Clea DuVall, James A. Woods, Elizabeth Whitmere
Cassie, a psych student, was kidnapped and traumatized as a child by a disturbed person. To exorcise her demons and to finish her thesis, she decides on an experiment in isolation, working at a secluded watch tower as a fire lookout. But once she's alone, strange things start happening. Or is she just paranoid? Cassie is terrified that her past may be coming back to haunt her.

The Slayer
›R1982 · Horror · 80m · Sarah Kendall, Frederick Flynn, Carol Kottenbrook
Siblings, Eric & his surreal artist sister Kay, her doctor husband David, her sister-in-law Brooke along with pilot Marsh become stranded on a rugged isle face off against a supernatural beast drawn to Kay who dreams of its killings.

Scissors
›R1991 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 105m · Sharon Stone, Steve Railsback, Ronny Cox
A woman trying to recover from a sexual attack is locked in a posh apartment with a corpse of the very man she's been dreaming would murder her. She tries to hang on to reality when objects around her seem to come to life.

They
›PG-132002 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry
A psychology student who experienced night terrors as a child must face the chilling realization that her nightmares were not all in her head.






















