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 Girl with All the Gifts
›R2016 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 111m · Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
Swamp ThingSeries
›TV-PG1990 · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery · 3 seasons · Dick Durock, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Kari Wührer
Swamp Thing: The Series, is a science fiction, action/adventure television series based on the DC Comics character Swamp Thing. It debuted on USA Network on July 27, 1990 and lasted three seasons for a total of 72 episodes. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.
Come True
›2020 · Science Fiction, Horror · 105m · Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski
Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery.
Piranha
›R1978 · Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy · 94m · Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
All That We Destroy
›NR2019 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 85m · Israel Broussard, Samantha Mathis, Aurora Perrineau
A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer creates a group of clones in an attempt to cure him of his psychopathic tendencies by allowing him to relive the murder of his first victim.
Strange Behavior
›R1981 · Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery · 99m · Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.
Splice
›R2010 · Horror, Science Fiction · 104m · Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac
Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.
The Werewolf
›NR1956 · Horror, Science Fiction · 79m · Steven Ritch, Don Megowan, Joyce Holden
The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and his daughter attempt to help the stranger, the sheriff investigates the murders; and they uncover a sinister experiment involving two rogue scientists, a car accident victim, his wife and children, and a serum that causes a man to turn into a ravaging werewolf.
Scream and Scream Again
›PG1970 · Horror, Science Fiction · 95m · Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
A serial killer who drains his victims of blood is on the loose and London police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
Divinity
›NR2023 · Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror · 94m · Stephen Dorff, Moisés Arias, Jason Genao
Two brothers crash into the decaying Earth to stop a capitalist from manufacturing an immortality serum, which is synthesized utilizing heinous methods and leaving an increasingly dire infertility rate in its wake.
The Lazarus Effect
›PG-132015 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 83m · Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, Donald Glover
Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they've done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something evil is within her.
Deep Blue Sea 3
›R2020 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 100m · Tania Raymonde, Nathaniel Buzolic, Emerson Brooks
Dr. Emma Collins and her team are spending their third summer on the island of Little Happy studying the effect of climate change on the great white sharks who come to the nearby nursery every year to give birth. Along with the last two inhabitants of this former fishing village, their peaceful life is disrupted when a "scientific" team led by her ex-boyfriend and marine biologist Richard show up looking for three bull sharks who we soon learn aren't just any bull sharks.
Big Monster on Campus
›1998 · Comedy, Horror · 92m · Matthew Lawrence, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Walker
A student receives a serial killer's brain in a transplant after being thrown into a pool with no water in it.
Death Warmed Up
›1984 · Horror, Science Fiction · 78m · Michael Hurst, Margaret Umbers, William Upjohn
A kid is hypnotized by a scientist to kill his parents and ends in a mental institution. As a grown up he returns to seek revenge over the scientist.
Hellmaster
›1992 · Horror · 96m · John Saxon, David Emge, Amy Raasch
A psychotic college professor uses unwitting students as laboratory rats, injecting them with a drug that mutates them into gory killers
Man's Best Friend
›R1993 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 97m · Ally Sheedy, Lance Henriksen, Robert Costanzo
A genetic research facility worker exposes animal abuses there to a local TV reporter, who frees and takes in a genetically altered dog from the lab, unaware that he has a violent streak.
Watchers
›R1988 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 91m · Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams
A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that it's an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unbeknownst to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature that's not quite so friendly.
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
›PG-132004 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 96m · Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden
A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant extended life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
›NR2014 · Horror · 91m · Jillian Murray, Mitch Ryan, Lydia Hearst
A group of friends head to a deserted Caribbean island for a surprise overnight bachelor party only to discover that the island isn't deserted. It's actually the home to a secret medical facility. Not only that, there's something wrong with the water surrounding the island...
Hidden 3D
›2011 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · Sean Clement, Simonetta Solder, Jordan Hayes
Following the death of celebrated scientist Susan Carter, her son Brian is surprised to inherit her controversial experimental addiction treatment center. When he and some friends visit the property, they uncover a terrifying and deadly secret.
Naked Souls
›R1996 · Science Fiction, Thriller · 85m · Brian Krause, Pamela Anderson, David Warner
Edward is busy trying to unlock the secrets of reading and recording people's thoughts. He is very involved with his work leaving little room for girlfriend Britt. Longstreet comes along and offers Edward a place to do his research and have unlimited funding. There are, however, ulterior motives as Edward is also somehow unlocking the secrets of eternal life.
Species III
›R2005 · Science Fiction, Action, Horror · 111m · Robin Dunne, Robert Knepper, Sunny Mabrey
After she delivers her child in an ambulance, alien Eve is killed by a half-breed. Fortunately, Dr. Abbot scoops up the baby alien and escapes. In time, the baby grows into a gorgeous blonde named Sara and begins her quest to find a worthy mate. But Sara is also savage and leaves a trail of deaths in her wake. This carnage makes chemistry student Dean question whether to help her race or not.
Toxin
›2015 · Drama, Science Fiction, Horror · 81m · Taylor Handley, Danny Glover, Vinnie Jones
A pharmaceutical company recruits a well-known scientist to help develop a vaccine against a deadly virus.
Shark Attack
›R1999 · Horror, TV Movie · 95m · Casper Van Dien, Ernie Hudson, Bentley Mitchum
When an accidental death verdict is given on discovery of the remains of a top scientist, within the stomach of a hammerhead shark his closest friend Marine Biologist Steven McRay is not happy with the explanation and travels to investigate further, where he discovers that his friend's death was not an isolated incident, and that the local population have been terrorised by a rash of shark attacks.Developments in scientific technology had allowed experts to predict the pattern and likelihood of Shark Attacks, but now it seems that they may also be able to actually control these factors, rendering at their disposal the ultimate Killing machine.Enjoy the water... you may never want to go in the sea again!