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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CardinalSeries
›TV-MA2017 · Crime, Drama · 4 seasons · Billy Campbell, Karine Vanasse
Detective John Cardinal attempts to uncover the mystery of what happened to the missing 13-year-old girl whose body is discovered in the shaft-head of an abandoned mine. At the same time, he comes under investigation by his new partner, Lise Delorme, a tough investigator in her own right.
Frenzy
›1972 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 116m · Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
The BridgeSeries
›TV-MA2013 · Drama, Crime · 2 seasons · Diane Kruger, Demián Bichir, Annabeth Gish
A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
City of Angels | City of DeathSeries
›2021 · Crime, Documentary · 1 season · Matt Murphy, Bob Grogan, James Allen Fox
Documents the chilling 1970s-80s era of rampant serial killers in Los Angeles with first-hand accounts from the detectives who tracked down the Freeway Killer, Hillside Strangler and Sunset Strip Killer, bringing justice for the victims and survivors
Longlegs
›R2024 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 101m · Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.
The Hunt for the Zodiac KillerSeries
›TV-142017 · Documentary, Crime, Reality · 1 season · Sal LaBarbera, Craig P. Bauer, Michael Butterfield
A look at the hunt for California's Zodiac Killer, who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early '70s.
After the NightSeries
›2020 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · Dianne, Geoff, Hugh
The horrifying true story of Eric Edgar Cooke, one of Australia’s most notorious and deadliest serial killers.
Strange Harvest
›R2025 · Horror, Crime, Mystery · 94m · Peter Zizzo, Terri Apple, Andrew Lauer
Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam TapesSeries
›TV-MA2025 · Documentary, Crime · 1 season · David Berkowitz, Jack Jones, Mary Murphy
Mixing present-day interviews with previously unheard recordings, this true-crime series examines serial killer David Berkowitz's mark on 1970s New York.
Wicked CitySeries
›TV-142015 · Drama, Crime · 1 season · Erika Christensen, Ed Westwick, Taissa Farmiga
Detectives Jack and Paco investigate a murder spree on the rock ’n’ roll, cocaine-infused revelry of the Sunset Strip.
The Limehouse Golem
›2016 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 109m · Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Somewhere BetweenSeries
›TV-142017 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Paula Patton, Devon Sawa, JR Bourne
Laura Price, a local news producer in San Francisco, is helping the police to hunt down a serial killer. After the killer strikes close to home, a twist of fate allows a “Groundhog Day”-type reset, and Laura relives the week prior to the string of murders. Can she change fate and stop the killer?
Surveillance
›R2008 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 97m · Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
The Sight
›PG-132000 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 86m · Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Tighe, Amanda Redman
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying to contact him to solve murders of a serial killer. Michael, with the support of Jake, Detective Pryce and the ghosts, try to avoid the ninth crime and find the serial-killer.
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.
The Alphabet Murders
›NR1965 · Comedy, Crime, Mystery · 90m · Tony Randall, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
Calendar Girl Murders
›NR1984 · Crime, Mystery, TV Movie · 95m · Tom Skerritt, Sharon Stone, Barbara Bosson
During the launch party of a nude calendar, one of the models is thrown to her death by a black gloved killer. When the killer begins to strike again, going in the order of the calendar itself, a hard nosed cop realizes that he needs to solve the mystery, or risk all of the models ending up in the morgue!
Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer
›2010 · Crime, Horror, Mystery · 87m · Tiffany Shepis, Danielle Harris, Brian Krause
A small independent news crew investigates a series of unexplained disappearances in a small Midwestern county. They find themselves interviewing a man who possesses an all too intimate knowledge of the details of "The County Line Cannibal" - Cyrus.
High Heel Homicide
›NC-172017 · Thriller, Horror · 81m · Carter Cruise, Brent Harvey, Mia Li
As a string of brutal murders plague the city, two undercover detectives race to solve the mystery and unmask the killer. Their only clues: each victim is a former cop and each has a blood-red letter painted on their body. How many will have to die before the killer spells out their message in blood?
The Breed
›R2001 · Horror, Action, Science Fiction · 91m · Adrian Paul, Bokeem Woodbine, Bai Ling
Vampires have come out of the shadows and are living as normal citizens. Two policemen, one a vampire, are assigned to track down a serial killer who tears the throat of his victims and drains their blood.
Ripper's Revenge
›2023 · Thriller, Horror, History · 85m · Chris Bell, Rachel Warren, Ayvianna Snow
One year on from the notorious Ripper murders, London is terrorised once again by a series of brutal killings. When gruesome letters from the Ripper begin landing on his desk, an innocent reporter finds himself drawn into a deadly mystery, threatening the lives of everyone around him.
The Snowman
›R2017 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 119m · Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.
Kill Switch
›R2008 · Action, Thriller, Crime · 92m · Steven Seagal, Holly Dignard, Chris Thomas King
A troubled and violent detective investigates a series of serial killer murders in Memphis, Tennessee.
