
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 Haunting of Bly ManorSeries
›TV-MA2020 · Mystery, Drama · 1 season · Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Henry Thomas
After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling tale.

Housebound
›NR2014 · Horror, Comedy, Thriller · 111m · Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru
When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

The Woman in Black
›PG-132012 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 95m · Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

Secret of the Blue Room
›NR1933 · Mystery, Thriller, Horror · 66m · Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Paul Lukas
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors of the heroine wager that each can survive a night in the forbidding blue room.

The Undying Monster
›1942 · Horror, Mystery · 64m · James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard
A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence, but the investigating Inspector soon finds out that this tradition has gone on for generations and tries to find a link between the werewolf and the family, leading to a frightening conclusion.

Terror Tract
›R2000 · Horror, Thriller, Comedy · 96m · John Ritter, David DeLuise, Allison Smith
A real estate agent terrifies a couple with the grim fates of the previous owners of a house they're looking at.

The Isle
›NR2019 · Thriller, Adventure, Fantasy · 96m · Conleth Hill, Alex Hassell, Tori Butler-Hart
1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' survival story has only just started as they uncover the strange past of the once vibrant island.

And Now the Screaming Starts!
›R1973 · Horror · 91m · Stephanie Beacham, Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of the Fengriffen family. The young bride is victim of terrifying visions and apparitions, threatening her very sanity. A London psychiatrist comes to her help and uncovers the terrible secret that haunts the estate.

Witchboard 2
›R1993 · Mystery, Horror · 98m · Ami Dolenz, Timothy Gibbs, Laraine Newman
A young woman starts receiving messages through a Ouija board, claiming to be from the former occupant of her apartment.

Spellcaster
›1988 · Horror, Mystery · 83m · Adam Ant, Richard Blade, Gail O'Grady
A group of people are killed one by one while participating at a million dollar treasure hunt in a mysterious Italian castle.

Deadly Manor
›R1990 · Horror · 87m · Jennifer Delora, Kathleen Patane, Jerry Kernion
A group of teenagers take refuge in an old, deserted mansion. Soon the members of the group start turning up dead, and the teenagers realize that they're not alone in the mansion.

Wolves
›R2014 · Horror, Action · 90m · Lucas Till, Jason Momoa, John Pyper-Ferguson
The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders lost without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge to hunt down the truths of his history. But in the end, who's really hunting whom?

The Dead Room
›R2015 · Horror, Thriller · 80m · Jed Brophy, Jeffrey Thomas, Laura Petersen
When a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their claims of a haunting. There they encounter a powerful spirit that will protect the house's secrets at all costs.

The Reeds
›R2010 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 90m · Karl Ashman, Geoff Bell, Anna Brewster
A weekend boating party turns into a nightmare for a group of young Londoners when they stumble upon a terrifying secret hidden in the reeds.

Ghost of Goodnight Lane
›2014 · Horror, Comedy · 97m · Lacey Chabert, Danielle Harris, Billy Zane
When the staff inside a renovated film studio finds a co-worker dead one morning, the pieces of a forty year puzzle add up to an angry ghost who has let the last person step inside her house. But will they ever get out alive?

The Haunted Mansion
›PG2003 · Thriller, Fantasy, Comedy · 88m · Eddie Murphy, Marsha Thomason, Terence Stamp
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands them with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen.

The Haunting of Helena
›NR2013 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Harriet MacMasters-Green, Sabrina Jolie Perez, Jarreth J. Merz
After a divorce, Sophia moves to the south of Italy with her daughter, Helena. Their new home, an apartment within an austere building of the fascist age, is a chance for them to start a new life. But inside an old storage room hides a mysterious closet and a buried secret. After the loss of Helena’s first baby tooth, a chilling obsession begins and an apparition haunts her sleep...

Spin the Bottle
›R2024 · Horror · 124m · Tanner Stine, Kaylee Kaneshiro, Tony Amendola
When a group of friends play spin the bottle in a house marked by a brutal massacre, they unknowingly unleash an evil spirit and start dying in terrifying ways. Now, the survivors must stick together to uncover the house's dark secrets and end the bloodshed.

13 Hours in a Warehouse
›R2008 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 92m · Paul Cram, Chars Bonin, Carson Lee
As five underworld heavies settle in for an all night stay at an abandoned warehouse and former film studio, a series of bizarre and unsettling occurrences quickly lead them to believe they are not alone. It was supposed to be a simple night of babysitting a single hostage, but when a series of numbers began to appear on the walls things soon took a dark turn. Later, after the hostage escapes, the perplexed thugs not only learn that there is a rat in the ranks, but also discover the unsettling nature of the films that were shot in the warehouse. Now, as terror takes hold, the thieves are about to discover that they are being stalked from the shadows and that their odds of living to see daybreak are shrinking with each passing minute.Written by Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

The Inheritance
›2024 · Horror · 84m · Bob Gunton, Peyton List, Briana Middleton
Billionaire Charles Abernathy, on the eve of his 75th birthday, invites his four estranged children back home out of fear that tonight someone – or something – is coming to kill him. To ensure his family will help protect him from whatever’s coming, Abernathy puts each of their inheritances on the line – they’ll get nothing if he’s found dead by dawn.

The Mistress
›2023 · Horror, Thriller · 102m · John Magaro, Chasten Harmon, Kat Cunning
Newlyweds Parker and Madeline move into their dream home. As they settle in, they discover a box of old love letters written to the original owner. And as the couple digs into the increasingly obsessive correspondence, a mysterious woman arrives with a horrifying secret that threatens their lives.

The Child Remains
›2017 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 107m · Suzanne Clément, Allan Hawco, Shelley Thompson
An expectant couple's intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered.

Exeter
›R2015 · Thriller, Horror · 91m · Stephen Lang, Kelly Blatz, Brittany Curran
During an all-night, drug-fueled party at an abandoned asylum known for the horrific treatment of its patients, a group of ordinary teens decide to experiment with the occult, mysteriously leading to a violent possession. In an effort to find help, the group rushes to escape, only to find themselves locked inside with no means of communication. Tempers flare, trusts are broken and in attempt to save one of their friends possessed by the demon, the amateurs try to perform an exorcism. Instead of solving the problem, and unbeknownst to them, they unleash an even more powerful and vengeful spirit, one with a distinct motive and which wants them all dead. The teen's only chance of survival is to uncover the asylum's deep mysteries and find a way out before it's too late.

Buried Alive
›NR2007 · Horror · 94m · Leah Rachel, Erin Reese, Ivan Padilla
A college prank at an abandoned house accidentally awakens a frightening spirit.






















