
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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A Touch of ClothSeries
›TV-142012 · Comedy, Crime · 3 seasons · John Hannah, Suranne Jones, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.

MessiahSeries
›2001 · Mystery, Drama, Crime · 5 seasons · Marc Warren, Marsha Thomason, Daniel Ryan
Crime drama series following the investigations of DCI Red Metcalfe.

Above SuspicionSeries
›2009 · Mystery, Crime, Drama · 4 seasons · Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall
Above Suspicion is a British crime drama programme starring Kelly Reilly as Anna Travis, a rookie detective determined to prove herself in the male-dominated police department by solving a trail of gruesome murders left by an unknown serial killer. Each series is based on a novel by Lynda La Plante: Above Suspicion (2009), The Red Dahlia (2010), Deadly Intent (2011), and Silent Scream (2012).

Durham CountySeries
›TV-MA2007 · Drama · 3 seasons · Hugh Dillon, Louis Ferreira, Helene Joy
Detective Mike Sweeney has just moved with his wife and daughters from Toronto to his hometown of Durham County after the death of his partner. Hoping to escape the violent world of big city police work, Mike falls into a suburban world besieged by crime, abuse and murder.

The Lodger
›1944 · Thriller, Mystery, Horror · 84m · Merle Oberon, Laird Cregar, George Sanders
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

ThorneSeries
›2010 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · David Morrissey, Eddie Marsan, Aidan Gillen
Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. Based on Mark Billingham's novels, the six-episode serial stars David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. Part one, Sleepyhead, follows Thorne, who, while investigating a series of attacks on young women, is dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races to find a killer. Part two, Scaredycat, sees two women murdered within hours of one another near St Pancras station, but in different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, Thorne realises two serial killers may be in a macabre partnership.

Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters
›2001 · Documentary, Thriller, Crime · 60m · Richard Morgan, Phil Morrison, Robert K. Ressler
This documentary examines a selection of real life serial killers and compares them to the fictional Hannibal Lecter.

The Secret Life: Jeffrey Dahmer
›1993 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 99m · Carl Crew, Christopher 'CJ' Smith, Donna Stewart Bowen
Based on the life of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men and ate many of them before he was caught in 1991.

Chasing Ghosts
›2005 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 119m · Michael Madsen, Corey Large, Shannyn Sossamon
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie partner hoping to crack one last case before retiring. As the web of deception and lies unravels, the truth slowly begins to reveal itself.

Silent Hours
›2021 · Thriller, Mystery · 155m · James Weber Brown, Indira Varma, Dervla Kirwan
Private detective John Duval, an ex-lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy and Naval Intelligence, finds himself the prime suspect in a police hunt for a sexual killer when three women are brutally murdered.

Shiver
›2012 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Danielle Harris, John Jarratt, Casper Van Dien
Wendy Alden, a young secretary in Portland lacking in self- confidence becomes victim of a savage killer who has claimed the lives of a number of other women. Somehow Wendy finds the resources of courage to fight back and escape.

Mardi Gras Massacre
›NR1978 · Horror · 97m · Curt Dawson, Gwen Arment, William Metzo
Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland
›R1989 · Comedy, Horror · 79m · Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, Michael J. Pollard
Psychotic Angela is itching to do what she does best: slaughter dozens of teenage campers. As luck would have it, the previous site of her murders has been renamed and converted into an experimental summer camp meant to bring together privileged and lower-class teens. On the day the youths are boarding the buses to camp, Angela runs over a potential camper with a garbage truck and assumes her identity. Once she has infiltrated the camp, the real terror begins.

Midnight in the Switchgrass
›R2021 · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 99m · Megan Fox, Bruce Willis, Emile Hirsch
FBI Agent Karl Helter and his partner Rebecca Lombardo are very close to busting a sex-trafficking ring. When they realize their investigation has crossed the path of a brutal serial killer, they team up with a FDLE agent to put an end to the infamous 'Truck Stop Killer'.

Drive-In Massacre
›R1976 · Mystery, Horror · 74m · John F. Goff, Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye
Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.

Farm House
›2026 · Horror · 61m · Andy Scullin, Frank Palangi, Aaron Michael Lambert
House sitting can be relaxing, peaceful and refreshing, but terror is here to stay. This Warren County Serial Killings Cases is just one of the most perplexing and tragic chapters in the recent American criminal history.






















