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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The Legend of Hell House
›PG1973 · Horror, Mystery · 95m · Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill
A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.
Last Shift
›R2014 · Horror, Mystery · 87m · Juliana Harkavy, Joshua Mikel, Hank Stone
Rookie police officer Jessica Loren has been assigned the last shift at a closing police station and must wait for a hazmat crew to collect biomedical evidence. Ordered not to leave the station under any circumstances, Jessica comes to learn that it's more than just an outdated station, it's home to the ultimate embodiment of evil and his devoted bloodthirsty followers. Jessica is left to fend for herself in the Devil's playground.
The Vanishing
›R1993 · Thriller, Drama, Mystery · 109m · Kiefer Sutherland, Jeff Bridges, Nancy Travis
The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
Kill Me Again
›2025 · Thriller, Horror · 108m · Brendan Fehr, Majandra Delfino, Raoul Max Trujillo
Charlie, a notorious serial killer known as the Midnight Mangler finds himself trapped, reliving the same violent night over and over. Initially embracing his grisly urges, Charlie soon becomes desperate to escape the endless nightmare.
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
›R2007 · Horror, Mystery, Crime · 81m · Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Lou George
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.
Chop
›2011 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 98m · Will Keenan, Timothy Muskatell, Ricardo Gray
Lance Reed is forced by a psychotic stranger to confront his duplicitous past. Seeking retribution for a crime, the man forces Lance to reveal his inner most secrets by systematically removing his limbs.
Possessed
›NR2000 · Horror, TV Movie · 110m · Timothy Dalton, Henry Czerny, Jonathan Malen
An 11 year old boy starts throwing temper tantrums, vomiting on and attacking people, and swearing uncontrollably. Furniture begins to move on its own when he is around, and he doesn't remember any of it. After giving up on the protestants, the boy's parents turn to the catholic church for help. Father Bowden is a WWII veteran who is experiencing nightmares, flashbacks and other personal problems, including alcoholism. He is recruited by the archbishop to perform a series of exorcisms. This is the apparent true account of the last exorcism known to have been done by the catholic church.
The Dare
›R2019 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 97m · Bart Edwards, Richard Brake, Richard Short
A rare family night for Jay takes a brutal twist when he awakens in a basement with three other prisoners. As their vengeful captor runs riot, Jay engages in a twisted battle to solve the puzzle to his past and save his family's future.
Salvage
›NR2006 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 80m · Lauren Currie Lewis, Cody Darbe, Chris Ferry
Claire Parker is going to die. At the hands of a sadistic and depraved killer, she will endure a terrifying, unimaginable brutal death--and it will all happen again. After being beaten, dragged, sliced, and stabbed, Claire awakens at work--where it all began--untouched and unharmed. But the hellish ordeal is far from over. The madman is back and he's ready for more blood...
The Midnight Man
›2016 · Horror · 95m · Gabrielle Haugh, Grayson Gabriel, Lin Shaye
A girl and her friends find a game in the attic that summons a creature known as The Midnight Man, who uses their worst fears against them.
Broken
›2007 · Horror, Thriller · 110m · Eric Colvin, Nadja Brand, Abbey Stirling
After dating a wonderful man, Hope comes back home, sees her daughter Jennifer and goes to sleep. She wakes-up in the woods with a psychopath...
Animalistic
›2015 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 74m · Hanna Oldenburg, Torbjörn Andersson, Ralf Beck
Emma is kidnapped and imprisoned by a trio of psychopaths.
Galaxy of Terror
›R1981 · Action, Adventure, Horror · 81m · Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston
As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a strange pyramid form. Surprise turns to horror as one by one, they discover that their darkest nightmares are all starting to become real. The pyramid has to be behind it all somehow, but how can they save themselves from its influence?
In the Trap
›2020 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Jamie Paul, David Bailie, Robert Strange
Philip, a solitary proof reader, is trapped in his apartment, too afraid to leave and tortured by an unknown evil force that has kept him prisoner for the last two years.
Tempus Tormentum
›2018 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Tyhr Trubiak, Virine Bahadoosingh, Dan Grapko
A drifter passing through a small town is drugged by three masked psychopaths and forced into a bizarre game of cat and mouse. He is chased through a series of more and more bizarre events until, in the end, he finds that this evening of terror has lasting consequences. It’s a feel bad film, nasty and brutish, red in tooth and claw.
The Watcher
›R2000 · Mystery, Thriller · 96m · James Spader, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could only have been committed by one man: David Allen Griffin. One of Joel's most elusive and cunning nemeses, Griffin has followed his former pursuer to Chicago in order to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Taunting Joel with photographs of his intended victims and leaving his crime scenes meticulously free of clues in order to keep the police at bay, Griffin derives as much pleasure out of watching Joel react to every movement as watching his victims die. But when Griffin moves into Joel's inner circle, Joel must quickly find some way to stop him before someone close to him becomes the next one to die.
Rogue River
›R2012 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Michelle Page, Art Alexakis, Chris Coy
When a young woman takes a trip down Rogue River, her car mysteriously disappears. Lost without transport or communication, she accepts the hospitality of a stranger who offers her shelter for the night at his cabin. With no other options available, she reluctantly accepts only to forever regret it. The ensuing hours yield nothing but torture, indescribable pain, and horrific agony. If you've seen Misery, you've seen nothing. This movie starts where horror films end and leaves viewers paralysed by fear and disgust.
Thr3e
›PG-132007 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Bill Moseley
Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.
Night Night
›2021 · Thriller, Horror · 92m · Brenna D'Amico, Tony Todd, Eric Roberts
After waking up from a horrific car accident, April must find a way to work through her trauma and a will to survive a recovery from hell.
Captivity
›R2007 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 85m · Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince
The sought-after images of top model Jennifer adorn magazine covers and billboards worldwide. When alone at a club, she is abducted and incarcerated in a cell with another prisoner. When their captor subjects the two to torture, they commit to escaping the chamber of horrors before they're killed.
Return to Silent Hill
›R2026 · Mystery, Drama, Horror · 106m · Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Ljiljana Velimirov
When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill—a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness. As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the edge of his sanity.
