
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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Videodrome
›R1983 · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 88m · James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

Inland Empire
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 180m · Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux
When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.

John Dies at the End
›R2013 · Horror, Comedy · 99m · Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.

I Saw the TV Glow
›PG-132024 · Horror, Drama · 100m · Justice Smith, Jack Haven, Ian Foreman
In late-90s suburbia, a lonely teenager meets a girl at school who introduces him to a mysterious late-night T.V. show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, however, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives. In the pale glow of the television, their view of reality begins to crack.

The Fear Footage 3AM
›NR2021 · Horror · 70m · Ricky Umberger, Dennis Frazier, Alex Ahmer
Dennis Rosen disappeared on September 19th, 2020, while filming an episode for his urban exploration channel ‘Dennis the Explorer.’ He was exploring Darkbluff, Maryland — a town that authorities discovered abandoned during their search for Dennis. They also discovered a camera. This footage was on that camera.

Pooka!
›NR2018 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie · 83m · Nyasha Hatendi, Latarsha Rose, Jon Daly
A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, Pooka; he slowly develops two personalities—one when he's in the suit and one that's outside it.

#No_Filter
›2022 · Horror, Thriller, Fantasy · 87m · Hannah McIver, Jasmine Daoud, Samuel van der Zwalmen
As the #1 social influencer at her high school, Anna is still discovering the advantages and drawbacks of this new status. Home alone, she’s determined to gain as many followers as possible but when the line between real and virtual is getting blurry, the night becomes bloody.

Fear, Inc.
›R2016 · Horror, Comedy, Thriller · 92m · Lucas Neff, Caitlin Stasey, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
Horror junkie Joe Foster gets to live out his ultimate scary movie fantasy courtesy of Fear Inc., a company that specializes in giving you the fright of your life. But as lines blur between what is and is not part of the game, Joe's dream come true begins to look more like a nightmare.

Special Effects
›R1984 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 106m · Zoë Lund, Eric Bogosian, Brad Rijn
Reality and illusion collide as megalomaniacal filmmaker Chris Neville murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the deceased's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the late actress.

Kolobos
›R1999 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Amy Weber, Donny Terranova, Nichole Pelerine
Five young individuals agree to live in an isolated lodge together and have their daily activities filmed. But soon the house is locked down and they each run into the murderous clutches of a faceless serial killer who may not be working alone.

Scary Movie
›1991 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 82m · John Hawkes, Jason Waller, Suzanne Aldrich
On Halloween night, big-time nerd Warren attends a spookhouse in a small Texas town. But is the haunted house as harmless as it seems, or has a psychotic mental patient found a new stomping ground?

Bride of the Gorilla
›1951 · Horror · 70m · Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr.
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?

Choose or Die
›NR2022 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 85m · Iola Evans, Asa Butterfield, Robert Englund
In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced with dangerous choices and reality-warping challenges. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she realizes she’s no longer playing for the money but for her life.

DeVour
›R2005 · Horror · 90m · Jensen Ackles, Shannyn Sossamon, Dominique Swain
Friends become increasingly addicted to a video game that has an evil agenda.

Soul Survivors
›PG-132001 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 84m · Melissa Sagemiller, Wes Bentley, Casey Affleck
A college freshman involved in a fatal car crash discovers she may not have survived after all when she becomes caught between the worlds of the living and the dead.

Phantasmagoria
›2026 · Mystery, Horror · Shimaz Syed, Shimaz Syed, Shimaz Syed
A dream-like sequence of clips capturing the bizarre and surreal.






















