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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Mr. MercedesSeries
›TV-MA2017 · Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 3 seasons · Brendan Gleeson, Jharrel Jerome, Holland Taylor
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again.
The Dark Mirror
›1946 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 85m · Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
Red Dragon
›R2002 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 124m · Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Hounds of Love
›2016 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 108m · Ashleigh Cummings, Emma Booth, Stephen Curry
When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
Berlin Syndrome
›R2017 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 116m · Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Matthias Habich
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in an abandoned Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Captive
›2020 · Thriller, Horror · 89m · William Kircher, Tori Kostic, Jolene Andersen
A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
The Dark Hours
›R2005 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 80m · Kate Greenhouse, Aidan Devine, Gordon Currie
Dr. Samantha Goodman is a beautiful, young psychiatrist. Burnt out, she drives to the family’s winter cottage to spend time with her husband and sister. A relaxing weekend is jarringly interrupted when a terrifying and unexpected guest arrives. What follows is an extraordinary night of terror and evil mind games where escape is not an option.
The Cabinet of Caligari
›NR1962 · Horror, Thriller · 106m · Glynis Johns, Dan O'Herlihy, Richard Davalos
A delirious young woman feels trapped in a remote mansion at the mercy of a madman.
Locked
›R2025 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Bill Skarsgård, Anthony Hopkins, Ashley Cartwright
When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justice. With no means of escape, Eddie must fight to survive in a ride where escape is an illusion, survival is a nightmare, and justice shifts into high gear.
Braid
›2019 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery · 85m · Madeline Brewer, Imogen Waterhouse, Sarah Hay
Two drug dealers on the lam seek refuge inside their mentally unstable friend’s mansion. But in order to stay, they have to participate in her elaborate, and increasingly dangerous, game of permanent make-believe.
Dread
›R2009 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 108m · Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Evans, Hanne Steen
Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.
Hippopotamus
›2018 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 77m · Ingvild Deila, Stuart Mortimer, Tom Lincoln
Ruby wakes from a bad dream to find herself in a real life nightmare. She's trapped in a basement, her legs are broken and she can't remember who she is or how she got there. Her kidnapper, Tom, tells her she will remain captive until she falls in love with him. Ruby is focused on trying to escape until Tom starts helping her to remember her past and she begins to question everything.
Estranged
›2015 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · James Cosmo, Amy Manson, Nora-Jane Noone
Due to a near-fatal accident that has left her incapacitated and depleted of her long-term memory, a temporarily wheelchair-bound woman returns home after being abroad for six years accompanied by her bohemian boyfriend, the apparent cause of the accident. Unable to remember her family or her own childhood, she sets out, with the help of her boyfriend, to find the reason for her leaving all those years ago and quickly discovers her relatives may not be as loving as she’d thought
Madhouse
›R2004 · Horror, Thriller · 91m · Joshua Leonard, Jordan Ladd, Natasha Lyonne
A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.
Bad Dreams
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, Richard Lynch
Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all members are supposed to burn in a fire together, young Cynthia is spared by chance. Years later, the nightmare of Unity Field remains buried in her mind. But when those around Cynthia start killing themselves, and she begins having visions of Harris, she may be forced to confront the past -- before it confronts her.
Old Man
›NR2022 · Thriller, Horror · 98m · Stephen Lang, Marc Senter, Patch Darragh
Deep in the woods, a lost hiker stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive old man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.
The Odds
›NR2019 · Horror · 107m · Abbi Butler, James J. Fuertes, Katie Gunn
A young woman enlists in an underground game of pain endurance in the hope of winning the million dollar prize. She soon learns the real opponent is the man who's running the game, as he employs horrific methods to manipulate and defeat her.
He's Out There
›R2018 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Yvonne Strahovski, Justin Bruening, Abigail Pniowsky
On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
Journey to the Seventh Planet
›1962 · Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction · 77m · John Agar, Carl Ottosen, Ove Sprogøe
A space expedition to Uranus is menaced by a giant brain that can make illusions come true.
Scrapbook
›NR2000 · Horror, Drama · 95m · Emily Haack, Tommy Biondo
A young woman named Clara is captured by a serial killer named Leonard who records his “life story” by keeping a scrapbook of his many victims. In addition to adhering Polaroids, scraps of clothing, and other small trophies to the pages, Leonard has forced his victims to personally write in the scrapbook about their individual ordeals. Clara is beaten, raped, starved, and locked up like an animal, filthy and naked. She is forced to write in the scrapbook, adding her agony to the pages. She soon realizes that her only hope for survival is to manipulate Leonard through her writings in his cherished scrapbook.
Like Dogs
›NR2021 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Annabel Barrett, Ignacyo Matynia, Ryan Q. Tran
A behavioral experiment treating humans like animals goes awry when a University Student manipulates the research with deadly results.
LD 50 Lethal Dose
›2003 · Horror · 97m · Katharine Towne, Mel B, Tom Hardy
Re-formed by a coded message to their web site, a group of animal rights activists set off to free an imprisoned colleague from a terrifying ordeal. Their rescue mission leads them to a disused lab, but what should have been a simple raid turns into a series of twisted and mind bending incidents where the free and the caged switch places, in this tormented psychological horror.
Mockingbird
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Todd Stashwick, Alexandra Lydon, Audrey Marie Anderson
A couple are given a camera and a set of instructions which they must follow or else someone will die.
Pinocchio's Revenge
›R1996 · Horror, Mystery · 95m · Rosalind Allen, Todd Allen, Candace McKenzie
Defense attorney Jennifer Garrick acquires a Pinocchio puppet from a condemned serial killer. Her pre-teen daughter, Zoe, mistakes the puppet as a birthday present and grows attached to her new friend. Suddenly, accidents begin to happen to those who cross Zoe. Zoe claims it's her Pinocchio doll but her therapist thinks otherwise. Pinocchio promises he'll behave if Zoe will cut his strings...